Lol. You have no idea if I am projecting onto others because you just inserted yourself into the conversation and presumed to know which people I was talking about. I am well aware of the nuance of privilege. I was not saying that she didn’t benefit from being in a heterosexual relationship. The existence of…

Also, the people I refer to completely refuse to acknowledge any benefit HE got from HER, in terms of her intelligence and policy advice, child-rearing duties, willingness to play the “wife” role to get him elected in Arkansas, and many other things we cannot possible know. That is absolutely sexism.

I agree with the first part of your comment. However, it is in fact very sexist to assume that Hillary rode Bill’s coattails, which implies achieving success one doesn’t deserve. Benefiting from being married to a man in a patriarchal society is not the same thing; if anything that proves my point because HE had an…

Ugh. Those are my least favorite Hillary-haters, because they are so determined that they are right about an alternate reality that DOESN’T EXIST. Like, how do you have any idea what her life and career would have been like without Bill? Also, how do you know what his life and career would have been like without…

Hahaha this is amazing. What is it from?

Exactly. It’s not being an asshole to have a moral or spiritual objection to eating something. I’m not going to force feed a Muslim something that’s not halal just because I personally don’t follow those guidelines.

It’s not “picky” to have a moral objection to eating meat. Would you be so snotty about a strict Hindu turning down meat? Or a Muslim not wanting to eat something that’s not halal? It’s perfectly fine to turn something down if you are gracious and polite about it.

As a born-n-bred North Carolinian, I just want to say how tickled I am that you are honeymooning there! The NC mountains are SO beautiful, and I promise the people are better than what Pat McCrory and HB2 make it seem (especially in Asheville and Black Mountain which are very liberal). Have a great trip!

Kinja is taking away a star every time I try to recommend your post, but well said!

So true. Opposite side being gun control looked inviting when the black panthers were packing. It’s enough to make you almost want terrible things to happen to enough white people that the nation finally fucking addresses them, but society is so unequal that probably wouldn’t happen without the most poor and…

Well, I’m sure that’s true for a lot of folks, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find her genuinely vulnerable and in need of help and stability AND think the same of black girls. Like the solution is not to say fuck ‘em all.

I’m with you. I don’t think every lyric of a song is supposed to be prescriptive. Good art (and I’m not saying that’s Drake but whatever) is about exploring a subject honestly, and if you’re honestly a whiny shithead? Well that’s okay to talk about.

Seems to me you know more than a lot of men! Thanks for being so open to learning. I bet your wife appreciates that.

My response is that they didn’t understand the piece. It’s not about singling out that guy and determining whether he was actually a creep or not. He probably wasn’t. The piece is about HER trauma and the hyper-vigilance she now has to deal with and expend energy on as a result, on top of everything else.

Sure, but you have to let people learn from their mistakes and change. Otherwise, what’s the point? Other than congratulating ourselves on how woke or radical we are in comparison.

Um, most of the pink hat wearers were already in the democratic party, so your use of the word “infecting” is weird, not to mention lazy and rude. And I don’t have a pink hat so I am not saying this because I’m personally offended.

No, I wouldn’t, you stupid fucking asshole. I don’t know why I am responding to an obvious troll. But I assume if I am having a conversation in a public place surrounded by people that those people can listen to me if they so choose. And I would be grateful if someone thought I was being bothered by a man and then…

Yeah I know exactly what you mean. I was sexually assaulted twice in college and afterwards I basically stopped drinking for a while because in one of the incidents I was blackout drunk. It was really hard for me to be around my friends who were still interested in hard partying, because I didn’t want to have a…

You are so fucking dumb. Like you are literally the dumbest person I have encountered in any way today. She heard someone talking in line. You have no expectation of privacy in line in a public venue. The rest of your stupid, pointless, inconsiderate comment doesn’t really deserve addressing, but if you want to try to…

Damn, that’s fucked up. For what it’s worth, I am filled with admiration and gratitude toward women who react like you did. It helps all women to see someone standing up for themselves and saying what happened to them. My assaults happened when I was too young and scared to “make a scene” and I am filled with regret…