As a teacher, I really feel for police officers. Overworked, underpaid and everyone telling you that they could do your job so much better than you can.

This. I find this attitude unbelievable. So a cop should risk their own safety to examine whether this BB gun (that looks like a real gun) pulled on them is a real one - which if it were, he could be dead and then you have an armed cop killer loose on the streets, putting other citizens and bystanders at risk. At what…

Yup, when reasonable, mild-mannered men like Mitt Romney are called evil! and racist! and misogynist! and Hitler!, no one wants to listen when the genuine article is in front of them. This is the classic case of the left calling everyone who is a white Republican male an awful, terrible, horrible, no good, very bad…

This. I am originally from India (legal immigrant, now naturalized US citizen) and truth be told told, I am over people freaking the fuck out if Trump wins. I do think people need to toughen up a little, geez - this “I’m terrified! there will be concentration camps! I don’t feel safe anymore! I am unspeakably scared!…

That last point. Not everyone is on Jezebel/Twitter and don’t keep up-to-date on whatever soundbite escapes Trump’s mouth. My husband’s colleague refuses to watch the news. She is the happiest person I know in real life.

Precisely. I don’t even understand the selfish part of it, honestly. It’s my vote. I get one. You get one. That’s democracy. I will cast it as I see fit, based on my values and worldview - my vote is not meant to validate some one else’s wants, needs and desires. It is *absolutely* meant to be selfish. Everyone votes…

This. 5 years ago my father was in the hospital with a heart attack. My colleague’s mother (around 70) was in the hospital with pneumonia. Everyone was super nice to me, fearing the worst. My father is (thankfully!) still fine after a bypass surgery, my colleague’s mom passed away within 72 hours. I didn’t have the…

I agree, I am surprised by how people choose to ascribe motivation and cause to any action depending on their prism. Muslim wears a hijab - it’s her freedom of choice and religion, how dare you rob her of her agency - without taking social, cultural pressure into account. But random nutjob attacks hijab wearing ladies…

Are there any statistics on this - hates crimes post-Brexit? It’d be interesting to look at.

Eh, you’re right - I guess, I mischaracterized that “relief and benign glee” at the passing of another human being as “actively wishing for their death.” It’s sort of similar to those who say “can’t wait for the old racists to die out!”

Yup, there was a picture going around on Twitter comparing the Iranian Olympic female athletes from the 1960s and the contingent from this year’s. It wasn’t what I’d call “progressive.” I did a double-take.

This, precisely. Liberals love Latinos and Muslims even though, they are both, as large demographic populations, very, very socially conservative. I have worked in a private Islamic school (four years) and a charter school that’s 99% Hispanic population (three years) - guess, what the prevailing opinion on gays and…

I am generally against bans of any kind as they are illiberal and undemocratic — ideally the best approach would be to create conditions whereby the women themselves reject outdated notions of modesty tied to the conception of their bodies as provoking lust in men. However, I also understand that that could…

I guess I don’t understand people who are actually happy that someone whose *politics* they disagreed with (e.g.: Scalia, Schlafly) are dead. Heck, half this country (and many others globally) is conservative and probably share a lot of those political beliefs and world view - should we actively wish for their deaths,…

Sure, I have plenty of privilege and would never deny it. As far as empathy goes, no, I am not a bleeding heart liberal and don’t hand out free passes to brown, poor people, either. And of course, don’t forget to play the bigot card whenever possible. Even though I teach at a Title 1, 99% Hispanic dual language…

White liberals who are so guilted up their own butts utterly fascinate me. Black man allegedly pulls a gun on a white woman. “Now, now. Let’s step back a bit and understand the historical context of this/ healthy skepticism.” Contrast this with the reaction on Jez to a random white college guy accused of something…

100% agree. It’s not just that they are convinced that they’re absolutely and entirely correct in their views all the time; they also see anyone else holding opposing viewpoints as an terrible, horrible, no good, very bad person (and not just that they may have had different life experiences that shaped their own…

Are only white people against illegal immigration? Because it impacts low-income minority communities as well. Heck, I am a legal immigrant from India, now naturalized US citizen. Having been through the process and knowing a lot more about immigration laws than the average American, I am decidedly anti-illegal…

Just because this is the first US election that I am eligible to vote in, doesn’t mean I wasn’t alive or aware of politics prior to it. Going through the legal process and becoming a U.S. citizen meant a lot to me - my right to vote is a privilege that I take very seriously. I refuse to be condescended or shamed into…

Oh, yeah, I know two. One’s my professor from college, he taught South Asian history. Another is a good friend of mine from college as well who was enthralled by SRK and went to India on a semester abroad exchange program, she studied the language for a couple of years - she does pretty well and can hold a decent…