Fuck the morons. You’re under the mistaken impression that if we just play nice with the idiots, they will see the error of their ways, turn off their AM radios and rush to embrace the progressive movement. They won’t. They are ignorant, angry, bitter and most of all, tribal. They will continue to choose the…

My husband is more conservative than I am (most people are) and even HE has a crush on NPH. LOL

I’m going to disagree, respectfully. I think there is that hard-core 20% of RWNJ that wouldn’t care if the CNN anchors, AC specifically, licked Trumps shoes, agreed with the WH surrogates’ batshit crazy statements, and basically groveled for acceptance - if it’s not on Breitbart or Fox, it won’t matter. The other 25%…

My friend sitting next to me right now, who is a conservative, would like to add NPH to this list of liberal eye rollers who wouldn’t piss off conservatives. Ha!

No offense taken. I get what you’re saying. But even homophobic middle America loves Anderson Cooper. And Ellen. They can do no wrong, so I’m not sure this was harmful.

Press coverage is generally not desired in hostage situations, and political grandstanding by leaders even less so. Both tend to limit options as the process progresses.

Yes, also I would imagine that the rest of the world not want “the West” to start trying to run everything (again in some countries). Everything doesnt have to be about us(Westerners)

I’d say it’s a while lot less a race issue than a “do western powers have vested financial interests in that part of the world” issue.

I’m totally befuddled. There are similar situations happening all over the world, and we are not even apprised of them. Compared to all of the human rights abuses happening in myriad countries, we certainly do know and care about the Nigerian schoolgirls. Who hasn’t heard of Boko Haram?

It drives me insane that people still think Obama is a Muslim. Obama was President for 8 years and is now gone. Even if he was a Muslim what did he do that was so bad? Try to give people health care?

I hear you, but it’s important to note that Nigerian women’s groups did not want us to help in the way you are describing. This (meaning international negotiations), and things like capacity-building assistance for local efforts including counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism as well are the most…

Caucasians (and Desi, for that matter) are foreigners in Nigeria. Boko Haram is interested in increasing its numbers and force, vastly. This is a Nigerian issue: I find it slightly odd to even mention Caucasians in regard to this? With all due respect, not everything is about “the West” (though in the case of…

This story is such a great testament to both the emotional and the monetary costs of having uninsured people. It is cheaper to treat stage 1 colon cancer than stage 4. It is better for the economy to have people starting small businesses, launching successful freelance careers, etc. without having to worry about…

You definitely seem like the type of person I would avoid being around in real life.... but I gotta give you props for “Root racists” which is a slur I had never heard before. Big ups, my guy.

This is not some innate cultural feature; merely sloppy, uneducated poor English; and people who speak poor English typically stay poor.

This is a perfect example of racial bias. You just equated “sounding Caucasian” with speaking “properly.” “Speaking properly without give-away intonations, expressions and speech patterns which allow people to...discriminate against you....” also shifts the responsibility to not discriminate to the victim of the…

Counterpoint: “sounding white” doesn’t have to mean “speaking properly.” Plenty of white people fail to “speak properly without give-away intonations, expressions and speech patterns.” I would know — I grew up in the Boston area. My whole family sounds white, but they sure as shit don’t sound “proper.”

Is “abusing semicolons to project the illusion of superiority” a white value?

Speaking properly: check

Hmmm, it seems to me that people like you are the reason the quote works so well...