Does anyone else want to start a movement dubbing him the buffoon-in-chief?

And realistically, if someone was trying to put chemicals in the atmosphere (like the chemtrail nuts believe) wouldn’t it be easier to do it another, less visible way, like sending up multiple weather ballons laced with the stuff?

And this is when the other men who are still in Brazil should hightail it to the American embassy and not leave until they have confirmed flights out of the country. Brazil is trying to apply pressure tactics to force them to say they made up the whole thing because Brazil doesn’t want to look bad.

Yes, the incidents of women getting murdered because they refused to date or broke up with a guy are (thankfully) relatively rare, but they’re still far too common. They’re also on the extreme end of a spectrum of male violence/aggression toward women. Nearly every woman I know (including me) could you tell stories…

How is this not a massive violation of patient privacy laws? Regardless of whether they broadcast it on TV or not, that’s still a ton of non-medical personnel who are now privy to potentially sensitive medical information.

This lawsuit is long overdue and I hope the hospital and the TV station lose billions. For whatever idiot thought this kind of show is a good idea, I really hope there’s a special place in hell for you.

Okay, if you think I’m playing words games, please point out where. If you think the values necessary to live in a pluralistic society are Vulcanistic and amoral, I fear you may have a difficult time accepting reality.

More word semantics? Really?

I wouldn’t say “I have heter/homosexual preferences,” but I would absolutely say “I’m more attracted to men/women than women/men” or “I prefer having sex with men/women.” And let’s be honest, just because I prefer having sex with someone of one gender doesn’t mean I CAN’t have sex with someone of another gender, it…

Maybe, or maybe not. We can’t know, and I prefer not alienating people in the absence of that knowledge. Why create enemies when you don’t have to? Attacking people who are trying to be tolerant doesn’t create acceptance, it only turns tolerance into intolerance.

There is a difference between disagreement and hate speech.

Honestly? In the sense in which I intended to use the word “preference,” I’d consider it a synonym with orientation. To me, preference neither implies changeability nor a sense that one preference is better or more desirable than another. (For the record, I would also describe being heterosexual as a preference.)

Okay, let’s try this again. You’ve done nothing but insult me and attack me for expressing an opinion that differs slightly from your own. And this comes after I’ve repeatedly stressed that I think people should have the right to live as they choose as long as they aren’t hurting other people, and that I don’t support…

Since I do actually have to leave my computer and do things, I will offer one final comment.

That’s irrelevant. Either you’re going to tell me that I’m an insult to my fellow non-heterosexuals and I just don’t get it, or that I don’t have a right to have an opinion because I’m heterosexual and just don’t get it. Either way, I can’t win that one.

In an ideal world, I agree with you, there wouldn’t be a conversation about the existence/correctness of either sexual preferences or gender identity. However, we don’t live in that world, and burying our heads in the sand and pretending we do by vilifying everyone who points out the difference between ideals and…

I wasn’t discussing gender, I was discussing sexuality (note the phrase “non-heterosexual preferences.” Since when has heterosexual been considered a gender? ). And technically, it is a preference, or a tendency if you prefer. You wanted the definition, here it is:

Thanks for proving my point.

To start off with, I believe everyone should have the right to live as they choose, as long as they aren’t doing anything illegal or hurting other people. I also disagree with laws like Mississippi’s, which enshrine discrimination.

Is it wrong that I laughed when they finally tasered the idiot?