It’s always seemed weird to me that the legislature or a governor could propose their own maps. I realize there is no way to make it 100% neutral but there has to be at least a MORE neutral way than partisan folks who have agendas draw the map

Patriotism was just as much a force driving the confederate soldiers, and the KKK, and Nazis. Patriotism is jingoism but for polite society. The idea of creating boundary lines of devotion on one side and un-devotion on the other is corrupt and contemptible no matter what letter is next to the name of the politician…

How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name…

Jesus Jezebel’s coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been dreadful. I hardly know where to start.

I remain absolutely gobsmacked that judges in your country can openly (and proudly!) proclaim that they actually consulted jeezus for legal advice, and still keep their jobs.

I agonized. I’m not ashamed to say that I actually prayed over what is the appropriate sentence in this case, because there was great pain,

Where was the “good guy with a gun?”

WTF is this garbage excuse for a legal system? If you murder someone because they spoke to your girlfriend you should go to prison for life because you are evil. I guess you’re a different flavor of murderer if you’re a racist murderer but I say throw away the key either way. Someone that evil and petty will kill…

Most of the publications Jezebel pulls from are sympathetic to the celebrity involved (media empires gonna empire) and are light on details, so the Inside Edition info was interesting to me.

Two recent indictments; one of a District Attorney, the other of cops, hopefully is a positive trend toward cleaning up the judicial system. The two indictments are:

Congratulations, I guess, to this comment section for unironically demonstrating how personally affronted the stupid and selfish among us feel when anyone asks them to consider making even an unbelievably minor change that would make existence slightly less miserable for the people around them. Because, waaaaaaaah, I…

I get what you’re saying, but part of the problem is that people using the language aren’t really in a position to be able to say “this isn’t offensive and it’s your fault if you think it is, not mine.”

it assumes that everyone talking with those phrases with this “ableist” mentality in the forefront to intentionally be mean towards others.

No, separation of church and state should absolutely be a thing, yet religious forces have infiltrated an entire party, a disturbing portion of the Supreme Court bench (though I must say I’ve been surprised about recent rulings, however I am waiting for the other shoe to drop) and are seeking to encode their…

Biden is doing exactly what he should: not allowing his beliefs, whatever they may be (and we have no idea about his personal stance ) to influence public policy of the government he was elected to run.

It would only be fair. Quid pro quo, those fuckers should understand Latin.

I don’t think I’ll ever see this, but it would be one of the best days of my life.

Cool, pull their tax exemptions.

this is why we need a life ending event.  Humanity has fucked things up too much.  time to wipe the slate clean and let the next species take over.

I’m not even counting “platypuses are one of only three monotremes aka egg-laying mammals” or “platypuses are one of very few venomous mammals” because, while fun, they’re fairly well-known.