I wouldn’t say AS much, but I do think they have a lot more than a lot of us. I’ve experienced a lot of strange oblivious prejudice from white gay dudes, including weird behavior towards women (just because you’re gay does not mean you can grab my tits, for example). On the one hand it’s great that we’re getting…

Yeah - and then they should have offered more!

I wonder how much time there was between “became belligerent” and “was ripped out of his seat and down the aisle by police.” If someone told me I had to get off the plane, after paying for my seat and boarding, and if I had something important (like patients) the next day, I too would raise my voice and refuse to…

Yeah, I’ve been imagining what my response would be, or worse - my husband’s response. I am a pleasant person and I’d be belligerent! My husband would be outright assholeish if either of us was demanded to get off the plane - because the reasonable approach is STILL what United did not do - offer more money to…

It continues to amaze me that in the face of the public outrage, this is their response. It’s like they think they’re the government and not a corporation! This response just riles people up - they could be smoothing things over and working to still fuck people over more quietly.

My husband hates it and avoids it if he can, but it’s not like he would complain if there was a group that needed it in the theater with him. I sort of like them.

I’m seeing a lot of discussion on what the rules are, and even what the legality is so he can sue, but there is also the fact that even with the huge amount of regulations airlines are under, United is still a business. They could be allowed to do this and would STILL have fucked up majorly! They are a business that…

Now that we’ve got Gorka doing whatever it is he’s doing maybe that won’t be a problem anymore :/

The number of people I know who have been denied higher clearance for things like “visited China on vacation as a kid” is significant (I know a lot of government contractors). It’s not EASY. This is a pretty big screwup.

My attempts to star your comment are removing stars! Sorry for being a star thief!

There’s a lot of joking and sarcasm here, but the relative beauty of camels and poems about that have been a pretty darn important part of Bedouin culture for ages. It’s sort of cool that it continues like this.

Man do I ever have a mixed bag of feelings on this one.

I know you’re joking but the frequency with which I get that exact response is sort of terrifying. I was recently accused of trying to “destroy everyone who doesn’t agree with me” in a response that included almost exactly that line you wrote. It’s driving me slowly crazy.

I feel like I am justifiably uncomfortable with a good chunk of people in the US - which usually is some combo of male, Trump supporter, extremely religious, or has loudly offensive bumper stickers. I hope that doesn’t make me a bigot (I say that a little tongue in cheek, since I have been accused of bigotry against…

I moved away from upstate NY where all MY friends are! I am totally up for making friends with badass feminist lesbians (as long as they are ok with an average-ass feminist bisexual with a husband.)

Excellent point - I think my parents knew the parents of my friends, because they wanted to make sure I wasn’t running off with crazies or something. I actually remember my dad driving me to my best friend’s house and asking me “Uhhhh...Dave and Carol. Dave and Susan??” to remember who he was leaving me with.

This is an excellent perspective and I like it.

We really need some form of Jezzie meetup thing that is like ... a message board for regions so we can all make adult friends? I see this repeatedly on here, and it seems like people who frequent this site might appreciate finding other like people in the real world. I am 31 and in Austin, and could seriously use some…

I have seen the preview for this movie before every goddamned movie I have seen in the theater for the last who knows how many months, and I would not watch it if you paid me. I do not know who the target audience for this is but I am so sick of it already without even watching it.

Good point - I was sitting here thinking about the men I might be going to lunch with, but like ... my husband also goes to lunch with women because he is a reasonable professional who works with women. We also have female friends he occasionally hangs out with without me!