Just because that’s the first lie that pops into your mind doesn’t mean that’s what the survey actually asked or included.

I think it’s probably not thought of as the same type of coercion. There’s a big difference between having something growing inside your body and simply having to decide whether to leave/stay in a relationship.

Luckily nobody said that was what they meant by lies, then! Just because your mind goes there first doesn’t mean that’s what the study actually meant.

Do you go around congratulating teenagers with trust funds on their hard-earned “accomplishments,” too?

Kansas was an example, you raging narcissist, not where I actually come from. I’m sorry everything beyond this city confuses you, but that doesn’t make everyone who says something you don’t understand some Sex and the City loving rich kid.

I live in New York City. I’m guessing you don’t have experience with much beyond it, so the less informed person in this conversation is you. People who leave less progressive places in this country often do it because they find those environments oppressive, and devoid of opportunity (economic and otherwise). You can…

Yup. See: everyone on here begging that nobody conflate the OC with wherever in California they happen to live (and the response to anything about the very conservative parts of CA).

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Did I miss something in the article that said he’s not from California?

They didn’t say you “can’t” see it. They said you don’t, and explained why. You absolutely can, and there are plenty of comments on this very article that could help you do so if you’re willing to listen.

Nah. He wouldn’t have said the same thing to a blond sorority girl with a Longchamp bag who came up to him in the Apple store. Maybe “you’re lucky we have freedom of speech,” but not “America lets you be here.”

Nobody, unless one of them did not consent to that sex and decides to pursue charges.

An idea: pay them better, and start incentivizing (rather than actively inhibiting) the best and brightest to join.

Everyone is aware. That’s why there’s no mandatory police service, and why there already are plenty of measures in place to give police extra protection, etc.

Really? You did nothing that your fellow liberals in more difficult places haven’t done, and probably less. Do whatever you want, but you haven’t earned smugness

“We?”

But they’re, like, so much better than those people! White ladies dropped thm near people who agree with them! How selfish of you to remind them of the rest of the world.

Huh? There are plenty of other states that are proportionally as liberal as yours, and plenty of backwards areas in your state.