I refuse to be offended that a known individual asshole defended a known collective of assholes.

Not going to change your mind which is fine.
I’d only like to confirm that the author is not “revoking” consent, rather, as I understood it, she’s saying that consent was granted with great internal reservation.

Try rereading the piece from a non-defensive viewpoint. The author is simply stating that consent is a murkier concept than our collective discussion about it often implies and that all of us who are sexually active should be aware of that and act appropriately. She’s not accusing anyone of rape...she’s accusing past…

Read through a number of comments and didn’t see this:
I know it’s too little too late, but as a white man and thus a spokesperson for ALL white people...I’m sorry this happened. I’m officially putting it on the list...and heading out to buy more paper because this list is long AF.

This is the crux of the problem - when you start legislating what parents are allowed to do to protect their children you run into a host emotional, psychological, and likely genetic roadblocks. You and I can recognize that gifting your child a 100 million trust is overkill, but to the wealthy this is a way to ensure…

Also, can we not all agree that cops have better things to do during an historical flood than stop people from eating?

Speaking as a Giants fan: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

By writing a piece about the collective “you”, you’re actually empowering the “not me” response. But perhaps that’s the intent.

I’ve been toying with the idea of a team-wide weight cap. The speed of the players can’t be changed, but we can limit the size race. So if you have a nose tackle who weighs 300, you lose girth on the o-line. Or vice versa.

Exactly DP, the tendency of this site to speak in generalities is problematic. However, I find the subject matter covered here important and hard to find in other media so I stick around.
As to moving on from a topic that doesn’t apply to me - I don’t follow.

White women...amirite? All of them and their attention seeking hystrionics. Surprised this got written as an article since white women do shit like this every single day. Happened today a work. Three different white women, two from HR, one from legal, all of whom weren’t getting any attention in a meeting (because men…

Yes yes yes. Bring on the eugenics arguments to combat colonialism and racism. I think this is the only path forward. Peasant Stock indeed! Low born! Genetically inferior and incapable of rising above their predestined lot!
I don’t doubt your negative experiences with Canadians, but I would suggest that blaming their…

If a dog has legitimate special needs that one can’t provide, why is a negative to re-home them where those needs can be met? I fostered an australan shepherd with intense separation anxiety. She was miserable with me as I’m single and didn’t have another dog. She would escape her crate and did serious damage to my…

It’s not scary. And I will take it under advisement, though in my experience I haven’t experienced “ruined” encounters from explorative, light, questioning touching that asks for consent and goes no further until consent is granted. Maybe I’ve been doing it wrong; something to discuss with my partner.

I was merely pointing out the absurdity of the original response. If my partner has hard “no go zones” then, yes, I would want to know about them before hand and would be happy to discuss them, particularly if my partner has suffered sexual trauma in the past and doesn’t want to be re-traumatized. I have zero interest…

Is this how you have sex? By discussing all the places that can be touched prior to engaging in any touching? Can I kiss you? Can I touch your neck while kissing you? Can I kiss your neck? Can I bite it just a little but then kiss it again? Can I touch your arm as I move my arm to get more comfortable? Oops, my leg…

Hate is rarely improved by being educated.

And the Glass Is Half Full Award goes to...

As a lifelong warriors fan, I get the enmity. I just don’t give a f---. Great team to watch, great team to follow, great team to compare to other great teams. Mostly I want to thank Westbrook and the Thunder organization for making KD feel like the grass had to be greener.

Well yes. But that has nothing to do with the messaging on the signs. Just be glad you’re not a futbol fan where you have to sit underneath a fifty foot by twenty flag for half the game.