Due to the backward way religious protection works in America, its very hard to get atheist/secular/humanist beliefs protected at the same level as religious beliefs—example: one can be a conscientious objector if one is a Quaker but not if one has a personal, philosophically or morally based opposition to warfare

They should be aware of it and they should be lambasting it—what’s going on in NC is an absurdly undemocratic attempted power grab

Did anyone really this this man was a 100% perfect hero? Do we now need to assume, if people don’t put a disclaimer at the end, that they assume a person is perfect? What an insane place we’ve gotten to.

And just to be clear: that’s an absurd requirement. It’s completely out of the ordinary, would be upsetting to many, and has no purpose, or presumably other states with more abortion providers would do it

Y’all this Nigel person is clearly trolling. They’re going to keep making that alive=human straw man until they “make you realize” your logical error in not seeing that, or they’re going to be “convinced” by you that yes, it’s murder

I live in Brooklyn and you justinspired me to check the stats—my BOROUGH has more people than 15 states do! How can anyone argue that our current system is fair?

Um, I’m fairly certain there’s a way to prevent this crazy slippery slope, considering it seems plenty of countries manage direct election of their chief executive. the president is the only NATIONALLY elected representative...why would it be apportioned differently than all other representatives? Why wouldn’t the…

The poor in some urban areas live so much longer than in rural areas that it’s like we’ve cured cancer. Maybe people who believe in gutting the social safety net shouldn’t get to play t-ball electorally. And yes, before anyone asks, I’ve been bitching about the ec for MUCH longer than the last week. America is no…

You guys are spending a lot of time defending dispicable actions. While I live Sam bee the tv personality, tying schools to local property taxes/keeping them in certain neighborhoods is one of the probably most egrigious forms of segregation in our country today. In New York City—it’s fucking horrible. I work in a…

Also: there’s such a difference between the non-sexual Latino cheek kiss and a creep. People who try to conflate them are ruining it for everyone.

Dukakis! MONDALE!! WJC and HRC are the problematic leaders we deserve, just for fucking Dukakis.

Well, it is the first week of October...

So it actually sounds like your method would be less logical? If the purpose is to get people to evacuate, the most logical course of action is whatever gets them to leave.

So you don’t see any difference culturally between “Aryana”/wasps/Nordic people and more Mediterranean white people?

Also, do we have any confirmation that she actually gained 40-60 pounds? Looking at the pictures from the disgusting media circus gym trip (when she was supposedly at her out of control fattest) I literally cannot see how she could be 40-60 pounds up from a starting weight that wasn’t dangerously underweight.

Lotta (I assume) white folks here showing their asses and equating poor with minority/person of color. Shits gross b

Pestering is often the first step. Pestering can turn very quickly to violence or coercion or other forms of rape rape. Pestering comes from the thought process that women are not full humans with the right to decide what happens to their bodies. By creating some arbitrary distinction in the process where it “becomes”…

Him now: that’s not pestering! Ur cheapening rape by using that language.

Please be honest: if she had started by saying those actions are rape or assault, you would have taken the opposite argument and told her she was cheapening rape by calling nonviolent acts rape or assault. Women cannot win this semantics war. It doesn’t matter what you call it. We need to stop this.

I would say that the huge number of teenaged/young men fighting in wars or local conflicts kind of belies the notion that only coddled first worlders put themselves in needless danger for dumb shit. Or have you not heard about isis’s main recruits?