Meeeee toooooo! I think there should be professional jurors. There would definitely be problems, but would the problems really be worse than what we see now? People with no knowledge of the justice system and no pretense of training on ignoring biases? (save whatever lecture the court gives them). Plus, serving on a…

What about the fact that a “jury of your peers” - rather than trained legal professionals - is judging you and if you are unlikable or the kind of person who “seems guilty” when accused of things - even when you didn’t do them - you might end up being convicted? I can remember a few times someone has accused me of…

I’ve heard this theory that rape is all about power and barely sex and I find it strange. I feel like it doesn’t apply at all to those date rapes where the man might be appeased to have“normal sex” but is also willing to coerce and rape for sex. For those who go out seeking to rape, I’m still not sure how you can…

Watch the clip, it’s mostly Ice Cube talking and calling out Bill Maher. He’s so on-point and it’s great. 

You can make it better though - after I did mindfulness, during my social anxiety spirals I would just say “oh well!” and think of something new. And then it would come back, and I’d say “oh well!” again and move my thoughts on. It is harder for the “sick in your gut” interactions where even if your head moves on your…

I’m extroverted and still spend all my time in my head. I would think introverted people might talk less and think more unlike me who is constantly making conversations go to long (how do you end them politely?) and putting my foot in my mouth. I think it’s one of those “the grass is greener” things

“If beauty is a skill which can be achieved by any woman, that really makes me less emphatic to the idea of negative female body image. If any woman can be beautiful, than that makes me care a lot less that women are judged primarily on their bodies. And also, I don’t think that every woman can be beautiful.”

What if they are dry and itchy?

I try to hold back my excitement, because nothing could come of it, but the corruption here is way more blantent, and without any pretense that people are doing what’s in the best interest of the country. I think Bush really felt he was doing the right thing, and those under him might have as well.

I heard she was polite to the Wall Street People when she gave the speech. So really is she any better than Trump?

We are certainly nowhere close to “equality for all”, and there are plenty of outwardly racist white people or, even more common, groups where racist comments are met with silence, but yes of course there are also many, many white people who find this abhorrent. Basically, like any group white people are pretty…

The biggest factor seems to be people realizing they themselves will lose their health insurance. They don’t like this, so they are complaining to their representatives.

I was just going by your comments.

I don’t think by American standards it’s an immense luxury to have a 3 bedroom house with 2 kids. I lived in a very nice two bedroom that suddenly felt very small when we had a child. Toddlers need space to run around, constantly. I know plenty of people grow up in city apartments, but a house, or yard space, or…

It’s kind of a stretch to say living in a city is a luxury. It’s only become a luxury b/c it’s so expensive. That’s where jobs are, and even commuter towns are expensive.

Not to say #notallwhitepeople , but - not all white people. I’m saying this not to defend white people but to let people know this isn’t the way things are everywhere and with every white group. I’m not saying each of my white friends is a bastion of full understanding of the POC experience, but no one is bashing…

I’m sure I’ll get in trouble for this but, if you take away privacy concerns, I see no inherent injustice done in using discarded tissue for medical research. In fact, I see much more issue in wasting hard-to-obtain medical samples and losing valuable information that could help solve devastating medical issues.

I would be pretty flustered if I was supposed to keep my child out of my husband’s office for his Big Important Interview and they rushed in. That seemed standard mom to me. I bet she went to the bathroom and the kids escaped.

yes... Bernie didn’t seem to have much of a command on the issues, although he had great messaging, and Hillary was as knowable as they come. Bernie’s apparent lack of knowledge and seeming lack of interest in building that knowledge truly worried me. Hillary was also a voice for women and children before it was…

The left and the center had a lot of extreme false equivalency of Hillary being “just as bad as Trump” which definitely was a big part in costing her the election. I have no interest in blaming BLM for anything. Sexism played a huge part in her defeat right along with racism and the other issues you point out. (Her…