That’s because in order to ratify it, it had to pass a vote.

This is not “crying wolf.” I understand what you’re getting at in terms of relative harms, but thinking along these lines and then telling people they can only call out the worst possible offensive behavior is a problem.

Treating women’s bodies as a commodity to be consumed is an unacceptable and pernicious trend that needs to be called out.

I think we do need to value intellectual and ethical consistency. We, the left, reap what we sow in this type of social media strategy. This is going to be the new political battleground in the Bannon era whitehouse. Have no doubt that teams of op research folks are scrolling through the public accounts and…

Asking women to stop their misogyny (which is often a tactic to ingratiate themselves to the oppressors) instead of asking men to stop their misogyny gets it backwards. Women wouldn’t need to be misogynistic if men didn’t hate women. I will defend every woman against gendered attacks because it defends us all.

True, but US policy has been an effective recruiting tool for terrorists dating back several Presidents, current President included.

That one that was full of sick people with diarrhea and vomiting and no toilets?

You are not a dork (neither of you) You are geeks. I am too. (science, Sci fi, comics and mmos) Say it proudly.

Ah, to me it has a negative connotation, as if it is dumb to be smart and interested in science. I love STEM, science fiction, and RPGs, but I don’t think I’m a dork.*

There is, of course, no evidence that anybody is actually selling fetal tissue, unless you count the heavily edited, roundly debunked videos produced by the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress. Every state that has investigated the allegations made in the CMP videos has turned up nothing, but the panel is still…

I know what Code Switch is. The point of that podcast is to discuss race and identity. Are you talking about “casual racism” toward white people? Are you talking about white people being “judged” by their skin color?

People who work at NPR might be liberal, but they do excellent fact-based reporting. They also strive for balance when they have roundtable discussions or opinion segments. I used to do guest spots on a fairly big NPR affiliate and the regional reporters there were some of the best I’ve ever met.

Yes, let’s all read Breitbart so we can understand how dumb women are and how to decode dog whistles about race (some of which are hardly dog whistles at all). Sure, they have a lot of actual news on there, but if you think they are a fully legitimate news source I don’t know what to tell you. I don’t consider HuffPo…

Agreed. There was an enormous amount of responsible media coverage....during the General Election.

I’m seeing a lot of criticism which boils down to, “The MSM didn’t pull the remotes out of my hands and make me look at what was actually happening! This is all their fault!”

There was an absolutely enormous amount of responsible media coverage on Trump’s candidacy in every major newspaper and media outlet, including this one—on his failure to produce tax returns, on his insane charity, on Trump University, on the allegations of sexual assault against him, on his unprecedented conflicts of…

I just want to thank all of you guys for going THROUGH this for us. It hit me Thursday night that you had all genuinely taken a HUGE HIT on our behalf. It has been raw and wrenching enough as a media consumer/shlub, but witnessing this epic slow motion disaster at such close range and so single-mindedly must be a kind…

Expect a lot of resignations then. I can’t picture working for Obama for 8 years and suddenly be okay with working for a cheez whiz goblin.

I wanted to. I wanted to. I wanted to. He begged. He pointed at the people standing in line and asked why they could vote and he couldn’t (they were there before 7:00). It was SO HARD. But transparent and legal elections are the bedrock of our democracy, which means we all have to follow the rules, even when it breaks…

I ... kind ... of ... don’t ... think ... he’s ... totally .... wrong ... ?

Oh god, that was painful to type.

Now, my state doesn’t have early voting, so I’m not totally sure how lax or tight it’s run in comparison to the day-of voting, but I have been a poll worker, and the hardest—THE HARDEST—thing I’ve ever had to…