Nope, still the woman’s right to choose., If they can get it out of her alive, they can put it up for adoption. If you’re really pro-choice you wouldn’t limit it by saying “sorry, you had your chance!”

Slavery appears to be one of the presidential candidate’s favorite talking points.

Granted, this is referring to the US and not the UK.

“What they are saying is that because I don’t think surgery will turn a man into a woman I should not be allowed to speak anywhere.”

I work with teens who have mental issues, can be violent, and often break the law. As I was reading, I kept thinking how this boy could easily be one of my students, and the “brain disorder” line clinched it.

I am so sorry to hear that. I’m not saying cognitive delays can excuse someone from a crime like this or the crime happened to you. In BOTH your case and this case I would hope that if someone is found to have cognitive delays and “not accountable” for their actions they would be sentenced to a mental health facility…

And even if he has some kind of disorder they can’t just let him run around as he is a danger to others.

Less angry answer from someone less prone to anger than me: “Paul Ryan is not some random famous or important person. Paul Ryan makes laws! If Paul Ryan wants to put family leave on the national agenda, he is uniquely positioned to do that by virtue of his (probable) position as speaker! He is exactly the kind of…

That’s not what’s happening at all. His voting record is in complete opposition to this and yet he’s being praised. THAT is what’s bothering people.

I thought it was more like he’s being criticized because this is hypocritical as he seems to not care about women’s issues at all. And it’s usually women who have to take time away from work since they have to have the babies and all.

Really? Are you seriously telling me I should praise the guy that does not support me getting even one paid day of leave even to give birth because he asked to spend time with his family? Fuck no! He’s an asshole!

Paul Ryan demanding “family time” fills me with a blind rage.

Imagine the reaction if Nancy Pelosi said something like this. It’d be endless handwringing and “Can a woman be a mother and a congressperson?” on every major news network. Someone on Fox would openly suggest that this is why women should stay home.

If it wasn’t covered, that would just be one more reason only rich people run for federal office.

Paul Ryan’s entire life is an example of “for me, but not thee.”

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#23: Make everyone cry.

The Cow beat me to some of them, but Aristophanes dealt with that specifically in Frogs, and the epic poets before that in the Labors. Heracles is nigh-infinitely strong, and once he gets the Nemean lion skin, nigh-indestructible. But he's also famously impatient (look up the story of when he tried to learn guitar)…

What an excellent reply. You have won the internets today!

See rule 12. That's the first thing that came to your mind. What other ways could someone be the opposite of Hercules? Instead of a weak girl, how about a weak man? Maybe the king Eurystheus, to whom he was enslaved. How about a strong woman, like Queen Hippolyta or Hera? Hercules was bisexual, so maybe his nemesis is…