Well played. Unfortunately, this will not land where it needs to.

When I was first dating my husband, he asked me to use Pinterest to find some hairstyles that he could show the stylist at his next hair appointment. I thought Darren Criss has similar hair texture so I pinned a few pics of him. Ever since whenever my husband goes on Pinterest, his feed is just topless photos of…

Not just political issues, but “differences of opinion”. We need to start putting forth the idea that there is ABSOLUTELY the wrong opinion. When your opinion is in line with the White Supremacist and Men’s Rights groups , you need to rethink your entire outlook on life and start making better life choices.

The thing is, the problem isn’t about letting go of political points of contention, the problem is when people present things like racism, misogyny, and bigotry as political issues instead of ones of basic human decency. If the divide were just over political issues, even loaded ones, like medicare for all, that would…

1. Isn’t it a bit too soon for this? The last season is barely cold.

Gee, it’s almost like that is (un)intentional consequence of the “White Privilege” Concept

What is there to dismiss? I think the GoP has made their position abundantly clear: we will continue to cry foul whenever we don’t get exactly what we want, and we will continue to use bad actors in key positions to advance these political temper tantrums, and we will continue relying on 70 million + idiots to prop us…

“There is a world where being white provides you no advantage relative to other races”

In these conversations debating “economic anxiety” vs good old racism & bigotry, I’m wondering why Fox News isn’t coming up more often. I agree that those other elements are both factors, but the highest correlator between people in my life who fell for the whole Trump thing is that they get their “news” from that…

The problem with your reaction article is the same as the problematic nature of the phrase “white privilege” haphazardly being tossed around - it usually originates from someone with no actual experience living in poor white America. Typically a young kid who grew up in an urban center and was afforded a liberal arts…

Both can be true!

They are literally the most educated people in their communities. They are unquestionably the intelligentsia there.

I was Iowa small town born and raised, and I’ve lived many years in large cities, including but not limited to Chicago (city proper, not suburbs).

NARRATOR: . . . It turned out, late stage capitalism was the enemy all along . . .

“It could happen to anyone” should be used more generally, not in reference to Nexium. I can say with confidence that I would always have seen through Nexium, but it’s not impossible that a cult offering different ‘solutions’ more in line with my own values might have successfully preyed on me when I was young and…

There are plenty of poor people in cults.

There are still monarchies in the world, so I think it’s more or less a condition of society.

Been an interesting year for cults. Learning a lot about this group and the methods used to hone in on individuals and manipulate them made me slowly realize “Oh man, I can see how somebody can get sucked into this.”

Self-help scams that work are successful BECAUSE the leaders get their minions to talk one on one with people to show them how, no, this one is legit, look how it’s helped me. You’d think people wouldn’t fall for multilevel marketing scams either, but if you can get someone to be your “friend” who tells you this one…

It’s pretty appalling that you can so easily couch-quarterback and show little-to-no empathy for what was a very harrowing experience.