I really wish there was a civic organization that would compile information about local elections that people could reference for when they vote. I voted yesterday but ended up going along party lines because I didn’t even know where to start to get educated.

I’m 28 and work full-time. Yesterday I used my lunch hour to go vote. At my polling place (in a New England city who, with suburbs, has a population somewhere around 500k), there were roughly 6 other people there to vote, along with myself and my GF.

THIS SO MUCH. Vote in EVERY ELECTION YOU CAN. Not just the big one for President. EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.

yes not voting is a vote.

People obviously need a fucking reminder...

Also, if you live in a state where polls close early (I believe in Kentucky they close at 6 p.m.) that shit needs to change. Working people can’t vote if polls are only open when they’re at work.

I’ll never understand people who act like the confederate flag is “no big deal” if it's no big deal why is it such a BIG DEAL to get rid of it

Grr, I hate when the left is described as wanting to erase history. No. We want to stop glorifying objects of hatred and oppression. We are not the ones removing language from textbooks or saying the reason behind the Civil War is states’ rights.

You know, she was treated like shit and should absolutely call out the crap policies that led to the treatment she got. I'm just not sure she's going about it the right way. Going to the same media that has been over-sensationalizing every single case of Ebola in this country and saying you aren't going to follow the…

Probably so. My wife is in an MFA program herself, and she gets whiny dudes like this all the time. It's kind of funny to watch as an outsider because these guys JUST DON'T GET IT. I really think it's a complete and total lack of empathy for half of the world's population.

I'll tell you what man, when the Libertarians I run into start advocating for reasonable changes that stand a chance in hell of actually improving things for people, versus the stuff I see that always disproportionately benefits the rich and screws over anyone belonging to a non-majority group, I'll start taking them…

The wages have BEEN similar. Would I be willing to pay $3 more for a combo meal than I currently do if I made double what I made at my last job?

You know he's got to be completely seething right now...

Cue the heavy use of my banhammer. I'm not playing any of that Ayn Rand shit.

To say nothing of long-term *sustainability*. The universe may be near-infinite, but a company's growth potential is not. I don't fucking understand why a whole bunch of people with, I assume, business or finance degrees can't see a stable, profitable, mid-sized company and go "yeah, good work there - you've got a…

If no one is starving in the street, how can I ever feel truly rich?

And it helps so much that U.S. investor-held companies (which is the large majority of the big employers) are seemingly interested only in worshiping at the altar of the NYSE and doing pretty much anything if only it'll mean a constantly-rising stock price. Wage cuts? Layoffs? Offshoring and outsourcing? Cutting costs…

Just shut up. It is SO tiring to hear this defense of GamerGate. GamerGate is not some heroic defense of a lifestyle and valiant charge against ethical issues in reporting. It's a bunch of boys scared by women with a voice. And they respond to being scared by spewing out some of the most vile misogynistic crap I have…

Yes, that is clearly the biggest issue here. It's not the death/rape threats, it's the fact that you saw a totally sweet YouTube video that TOTALLY puts Anita Sarkeesian in her place and no one else is watching it. So sad. How hard it must be to be you.

what exactly is the "feminist agenda"? To let women participate in the development process without being threatened with rape?