Don’t you worry, you will be comfortably front row-seated up on a rainbow cloud with all the other people of the LGBTQ+ persuasion who only ever did stuff between consenting adults, watching these motherfuckers burn.

These are people who like to take the bible literally...

Ain’t no hypocrite like an evangelical hypocrite coz an evangelical hypocrite don’t quit!

I am completely and utterly anti-violence, or so I thought. Reading article after article where only the names change, I may have to rethink my stance for real.

Wow. Yes, I could see that.

Thank you for that. Did I already mention that I think you awesome and brave? Bears repeating.

I can imagine her perfectly well as a mother. She’s the type of parent to belittle you and/or yell at you if ever you dare voice a need as a child. She will be mainly annoyed with her children most of the time, interspersed with grand gestures and gifts (with the peace not even lasting all the way through the car…

I mean, I know you’re awesome and brave, but you seem to have been braver and more awesome at seventeen already than most of us. My hat’s off to you.

Looking forward to the book.

In the back. No fewer than seven times.

I would take it even one step farther and say that fanaticism is fanaticism. Regardless of flavour, a “religious” fanatic, a “political” fanatic, an incel etc. etc. - they are all birds of one hateful feather.

Well, there is the difference between a religion and a cult. The former offers teachings and beliefs for you to try on for size. The latter wants to force everybody to conform to their teachings and beliefs, no matter the cost for the individual. (No, we do not have a lot of true religions in this world, why would…

The important word here is irrational.

Beautiful.

Oh Dog, yes. What if the vengeful ghost happened to also be racist; would a racist real estate agent sell the haunted house to a Black person on purpose?

I read the book a couple years ago and was struck by what you described in the article: that yes, there are monsters and magic and that’s all very scary, but nowhere nearly as scary as the aspects of the story that are 100% realistic.

“I think it’s important,” Jones said. “I think it’s important individually. I think it’s important for the country.”

I’m over people.

I took it as a means to cater to the racists and colourists in the Latinx community, even if only accidentally*. “Unlike African-Americans, who are all, you know, Black...”

An entire crop of competent, voter-connecting officials in positions of federal power would be great! They are coming up, but it takes time to reach the top. For now, we are stuck with Not an Open Fascist.