My parents spanked me, and look how my life turned out; I’m commenting from the grays at Jezebel. Parents, never spank your kids.

I am not someone who thinks spanking makes any damn sense, but I certainly think there’s a difference between light open-hand spankings and child abuse.

open hand spanking =/= hitting.

Perhaps it is important not to sanitize the struggle? It may also give us notice that we may have to endure our own dark times in protecting democracy.

George Michael would have been so, so honored that you mourned for him while dressed to the nines.

Your friend in drugs who sticks around after the drugs is a goddamn friend, indeed.

My fantasy lunch date would have been with these two women, plus Tina Fey and the late Nora Ephron. With Nora cooking.

I’m watching the hell out of this. I’ve missed him so much since Dont Trust the B**** in Apt 23 was canceled.

While the segment was pretty funny,

John Oliver is British, so he probably finds this reception to be a comforting reminder of his rightful place in the universe.

Keep up the good fight! I’m a liberal here in NC and we are working hard to correct the problems caused by our nutty general assembly and ex-gov. I know you guys can do it too - Texas is full of great people - mobilize the musicians, they are your super power. Keep Austin Weird for me and save me some barbeque!

And God bless you for it. Spent my life among liberals, now in a firmly red state for job reasons. It takes a lot more courage to live among conservatives and bide with them well enough that when you are the lone (or one of few) voice of dissent, they occasionally listen. It’s lonely and far harder to maintain than…

I feel the same when people trash SC. I moved here from New England. I’m working to help a red state go purple and comments like that are childish.

Exactly. I thought that one of the great things about being liberal is that you are smart enough to treat people as individuals instead of generalizing an entire group. Just because you are not doing this based on gender or race does not make it less small minded.

PREACH!!! From a fellow Texan-based Democrat, I totally commiserate. The inmates are running the asylum here, and I just returned to TX after 9 years in a liberal bastion. Talk about reverse culture shock, but we HAVE TO REFUSE TO GIVE UP and can’t just let them continue wrecking this place.

Please tell us of the utopia you hail from, traveler.

I am so fucking tired of this comment appearing on every article about whatever fucking bullshit Texas republicans are up to today. I live in Texas. I vote democrat, I donate democrat, I go to protests, and I volunteer with the people hurt by our bullshit state government. Sick of losing national elections? How about…