I think they’re either super religious, have never been in the situation themselves and lack empathy, or are afraid to speak out against their own community. Or all of the above. 

name one state that does that. Show me the law. I’ll wait. 

Let me alleviate your fears and say that no one their right mind goes through two trimesters of pregnancy and then is like “actually I don’t want a kid.” Every single abortion that happens in the third trimester is out of medical necessity. Every single one. And no state in the US allows for late term abortions if…

Who would even want that? Who would be preggers for 8 months, including all the shitty parts, and then be like “you what, I’ve changed my mind”? I will give $1,000 to the person who finds me an example of such a person (assuming they aren’t like clinically insane or something like). 

It’s essentially like being an omnivore. Hey, I’d like the opportunity to eat meat, veggies, grains, dairy, etc, but if you don’t want to, I mean I might think you’re dumb, but I’m not going to shove the food pyramid down your throat (literally, I guess). Extremism is all about control and I don’t see why that’s so…

No, I didn’t characterize anyone as anything. Please try again.

Right, exactly. 

So, that’s not really addressing my comment or the argument. I think we can all see how one becomes an anti-abortion extremist. You believe something is evil, you’re an extremist against. It’s not different really than say, Islamic terrorism or white supremacist terrorism. You believe in a form of control over others,…

More practically, forced sterilization and government limits on how many children someone can have is the opposite extreme. Forced birthers need to take up their issues with China. Especially since we’re always told to fight for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia instead of complaining about not having equal pay.

How is one even an extremist about something like having a choice?

Usually, the reason we see some exhibits and not others is a lack of information or lack of artifacts. Frida Kahlo was born like 7 years after Wilde died. Just by basic time scale, artifacts belonging to Kahlo are more likely to remain preserved than those owned by Wilde. Someone who might be a more direct comparison…

I think some people will just use it as a day off, but I think most people will go vote.

Also, I read Bitch McConnell’s last opinion piece on how the democrats letting people vote is trying to shift the power to the left. By that same logic, wouldn’t that mean that the voting system in its current iteration is…

I also think men like Bundy are attractive to a certain contingent of people, they know it, and they target and attract those people. Andrew Cunanan, who killed five people including Gianni Versace, was essentially a con artist who understood he was charming to older gay men who were probably somewhat insecure about…

This was my takeaway too. I personally didn’t hate the documentary, I thought it was perhaps too long. But I found it interesting. I don’t know why people feel like exploring these stories is immediately “fetishizing” the killer, or turning him into an icon. I’m really into true crime, and I listen to a lot of the…

Thanks for the explanation, I think that’s a valid concern. After much personal thought, I decided to go with the expressed sentiment regarding the pussy hats, although I still feel it’s a really misconstrued vision of the original intent (pussy referring to Trump’s language, pink to symbolize PP), but if people are…

Sure, and lots of abolitionists were also racist, they just didn’t think you should be able to own people, no matter how much you dislike them. Fredrick did his best to convince people this was going to be better for everyone, but he sold suffragettes out on this one and then tried to cover his ass on it. I certainly…

I mean, I think that was the fear. LaGuardia is a major airport, I suspect it was in part legitimate safety concerns over so many TSA agents and employees calling out sick, and partly a move by airport administration in solidarity with their workers. When I saw that news, I knew the end of the shutdown was imminent.…

I think the key thing with the TSA sickout was that it caused LaGuardia to shut down. Going to the airport on a good day is an annoyance, and there’s basically no level of abuse we won’t take in order to get to our destinations. BUT, if we can’t get to our destination at all, THAT is a problem. When I saw the news…

So... his problem with Khashoggi is that he was a journalist who expressed a political opinion?? Has heard of a journalism outlet called Fox News? There’s a place for straightforward just the facts journalism, and I totally support it, but there is also a legitimate place for people who have been investigating a…

It’s one of my life goals to educate people on the complexity of this issue, because you hear one of two stories, either “hey suffragists were racist!” or “hey they got everyone the right to vote!”
In reality, the Seneca Falls wave of suffragists were early supporters of extending the vote to black men, as well as…