“People simply don’t understand that when you get really sick, it doesn’t matter what your employer healthcare policy covers because you will no longer be employed when you can no longer work. “

“Not that this really needs repeating in this crowd, but I’ll say it again anyway: even if you have employer-provided healthcare, even if you like it, even if you don’t have to pay a penny for it (except in what you would otherwise make in salary) - it can go away. There is no guarantee that your employer will keep…

“People carry guns while shopping? What’s the matter with you?”

Lim worked with other writers, generally including the series creators on the shows she worked on. Which suggests that she was always the junior writer on those episodes. It further suggests that while she contributed to those episodes, she probably wasn’t the driving force behind them.

“Let us know when nobody dies in a mass shooting on some random day in Amerika, that’ll be news.”

“Call them what they are when they do acts like this, media. Terrorists.”

“I was more thinking of it in terms of “this is a dangerous thing in your home with the potential to kill people.””

At “best” (from your perspective) gun ownership would be a wash. Widespread gun ownership deters crime. Firearms are used for self defense far more often than they are used to kill. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if actual actuarial data demonstrated that gun ownership lowered insurance company liability overall…

He’d just been fired, so it seems like a Falling Down sort of situation.

Are you aware of how court cases work? The party making the allegations has to prove the veracity of their claims. The party accused typically disputes the veracity of the claims. In order to effectively dispute the accuser’s claims, the accuser has to turn over all their evidence to the accused. The accused then…

“I don’t want to work with, understand or compromise with any right wing shit. I want you all gone.”

“And if they can’t answer in words, then they can’t consent.”

“Inherent in the ridiculous human condition is the necessity that we continually relearn lessons of the past, the hard way.”

“Part of commenting on a women’s website is being empathetic to women’s issues.”

“...the question of how to disarm America does not have an easy answer.”

“And then squeeze from her the name of every rich fuck who thought they’d get away with this cabal.

“Like yeah, maybe mostly, but that’s because we don’t have as many examples of women in positions of power that they can exploit...”

Well, for one thing, Scalise is a member of Congress. “The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. (Article 1 Section 6).” While this language does neither requires nor prohibits Congressmen from…

Every single provision in the Bill of Rights is a prohibition of authority to the Federal government. Are we to interpret these prohibitions of authority so as to limit the authority of the Federal government as little as possible? If so, what purpose does the Bill of Rights serve?

“His argument is based on the bat-shit crazy premise that gun owners will magically know who is law abiding, and who isn’t.”