I was never thin enough for any of the many stores/chains that are closing now. Schadenfreude out the wazoo right now.

I actually agree with this point. Having lost family members to the Holocaust—of one branch of the extended family, only two individuals survived the camps—I know that there is no rational conversation on this topic. The horror and the grief and the rage are so immense (and should be) that it seems obscene to impose…

You make and/or imply a lot of claims in your message. My responses follow.

1) Yes. People are responsible for their actions.
2) The OP made no “ultra-rational speaker” claim.
3) I agree. Many stupid opinions are unpopular.
4) Stupid may have similar connotations to idiocy, but nothing attributing naivety.

None of the…

“People can’t not do illegal drugs”

This might be an unpopular opinion, and obviously everyone should be arrested and prosecuted equally, and I get that is the point here, but you could also... not do illegal drugs? Wait for it to be legal or if its really that important to you that you would risk ending up in this situation, move somewhere where it…

None that I’m aware of. If this is all in season and in accordance with state law, I’m just not feeling upset about this particular act

I like how he started shit because a baby was ... not injured? and then said he didn’t want to make a big deal of it... while talking to a fucking news crew. Yeah okay broseph, you’re a real hero

Yeah this Tony dude didn’t “stand up for” the woman. He threatened the guy and got in his face. No one looks good here.

I’m not saying this was Melania’s case, but you don’t know the stories behind what makes women become “mail-order brides.” You don’t know their history, their material conditions, their desperation level, you don’t know a bunch of things. You also don’t mention the reason behind why some western men choose these…

When women start doing that to me, and hit them with the “ehn, mine’s a little on the slow side, but he’s sweet and happy, but I drank like a fish through most of my pregnancy, so [shrug!]”

Excuse me while I snort my birth control off my desk.

Donald Trump: orders women to pee on a mattress.

Yes, even in progressive cities there is a lot of ignorance out there. Largely perpetuated by me.

That’s a mute point

SOLID DEFENSE, DUDE. Can’t imagine why people are worried about your treatment of gay folks.

As another trans woman who was circumcised at birth and not thrilled that it still goes on, you really need to cut this bullshit out. Even if you sincerely believe that a circumcision is comparable to a clitoredectomy (lol) I can guarantee you that all you’re doing right now is pissing off would-be allies and giving…

You brought up penile circumcision on an FGM post in the first place. You did the exact same thing that MRAs do. I realize you did it for entirely different reasons — as I wrote, your experience is important and valid — but it is NOT this. You are a woman who experienced penile circumcision and that is not what is…

No. I realize we are all limited to our lived experience, but your experience here is not analogous with what this doctor did or what people commonly refer to as FGM.

I am not surprised in the least that this doctor is a woman. FGM is often insisted upon by the women who have themselves endured it. I’m no fan of Ayaan Hirsi but she is clear that her father opposed the procedure, and her grandmother secreted her away from the home to undergo it. As well as another case profiled on…

Yep. Well, honestly, it needs to be remember that it isn’t the same thing at all. What’s removed in FGM is not equivalent removing the foreskin. It’s equivalent to emasculation — removal of all or at least part of the glans.