It’s certainly the smart move and (by a certain logic) a necessary legal action, but it’s still feels pretty dickish.

Which is why I didn’t defend the lawyers.

Oh, because one gets over the horrific murder of a loved one in a couple of months? A couple of years? Is there a specific time limit on irrational emotions after a life-changing trauma? I wasn’t aware. How wonderfully convenient!

I don’t know if you’re a troll or simply an asshole, but do you not understand basic human emotion? These were the victims of a horrific crime. Victims and the living family members of the deceased will inevitably try to make sense of what happened or find a scenario in which things may have worked out differently;…

Cinnemark might not enforce the order, given that they’re going to be receiving a lot of bad press. The company makes upward of 2 billion a year, so they can certainly swallow the cost of their legal representation. It’s possible they wanted the judge’s order on record to deter similar sorts of lawsuits painting…

If the atheist congressman made “family values” the cornerstone of his identity as a politician? Probably. If the atheist congressman deliberately misused state-issued property and was actively being extorted, meaning he ceased to be a prudent and uncompromised agent of the state? Of fucking course. His religious…

*You* enjoyed helping your father. Your experiences are not every (or even most) child’s experiences. Do you not understand how basic subjectivity works?

Body positivity is obviously a desirable goal, but it shouldn’t be deployed as a weapon to shame women or violate the basic premise of choice feminism, i.e., women can make autonomous decisions about their lives and bodies without fear of external judgment or interdiction. Using body positivity as a shaming technique…

While it’s obviously good (and almost shockingly heartening) that the proposed bill closes several loopholes in CA’s rape statutes, instituting a three-year mandatory minimum isn’t the answer. Mandatory minimums give a problematic degree of power to prosecutors b/c they allow prosecutors to preemptively determine a…

I’m not sure where you’re getting your information, but no, Kerry has never said that we are *directly* arming Wahhabis. He’s said that JAN soldiers—who oppose both ISIS and Assad—are often embedded with more secular groups, meaning JAN has occasionally gotten ahold of American weaponry through roundabout means. (And…

I know you weren’t necessarily defending Trump (I wouldn’t bother to comment if you were), but there’s a lot of factually incorrect information in your account. ISIS was primarily a response to 1) Paul Bremer’s decision to disband Hussein’s military and intelligence organizations, putting 400,000 trained soldiers out…

So your father abandoned your family and your mother cycled through husbands she didn’t love, but you think nannies were the greatest issue with your childhood? For whatever reason, you now equate having a career outside of the home with genuine parental neglect. They’re not the same thing. And I was also “raised” by…

This honestly sounds like you’ve never once interacted with a child.

Your entire argument is predicated on the idea that parents are always a positive influence or will always know what is best for the emotional health and safety of their child. They don’t. Humans are fallible, and reproduction won’t magically instill in you several millennia’s worth of parental wisdom. Being there for…

The thing is, those sorts of essays have been written. Repeatedly. Sure, Jezebel could use a more conciliatory tone, they could welcome these first-time fathers into the feminist fold, but let’s be clear: men who *only* see value in feminism once they have had daughters are part of the problem. Sure, it’s wonderful…

I’m not sure labeling Trump a psychopath is necessary or right, but I do think it makes sense to call him out for his outrageous narcissism. What distinguishes a DSM-variety narcissist from a run-of-the-mill asshole is his/her innate inability to empathize. And that describes Trump to a tee. Even if he’s less of an…

I’d say the most urgent issue facing America is the racist, sexist demagogue fueling the xenophobic rage of low-income voters. Reversing the ill effects of predatory capitalism will take time, but if Trump and his ilk gain a political foothold, even incremental change will be impossible. Besides, economic reform will…

I don’t expect to change your mind, but it’s fairly absurd to say that Hillary “is for war.” She’s known in the foreign policy community as a situationist, not a trigger-happy warmonger. On multiple occasions, she has advocated for restraint, e.g., she chose not to intervene in Egypt in 2011 because she (rightfully)…

Discussing economic inequality wouldn’t be smart politics. While economic populism appeals to a decent chunk of blue-collar Trump voters, polls have repeatedly shown that they are far more invested in xenophobic tribalism than Sanders-style social correctives; Clinton has zero chance of swaying those voters. Clinton…

Um, maybe because fathers are still publishing these masturbatory, self-congratulatory essays in earnest?