I’m all for the well-being and safety of those who suffer because ideological zealotry. That said, excusing violence because it’s against ideologies I disagree seems like a bit of cognitive dissonance.
Classify white supremacists as terrorists, fine. I think the term (terrorism/terrorist) is mostly pointless and was…

Nobody can tell you that. You just have to decide between your own values and the well-being and safety of those who are actively being targeted by rightwing terrorists who have been very clear that their goals are the annihilation of these people, both in groups and individually. You do realize that, right? There are…

I notice a lot of said comments are not being “approved” while comments posted later definitely have been. Perhaps it was unintentional, but it certainly feels like censorship.

Holy crap, the majority of the comments in the greys right now give new meaning to the term “irony”...

Honest question, what is the correct response to Anti-fa violence? Also, what responsibility does a group have over the actions of a minority?

Generally, my response has been that I am always against violent protest when possible. It diminishes the message and just provides ammunition to the other side. I guess it…

Next thing you know social media will be useful for propoganda purposes....oh wait.

Prejudices are prejudices, but people’s opinions are not prejudices just because you want them to be. That you think you can rationalize your hatefulness against a group of people behind some false prejudice label is disgusting and goes against every principle you claim to uphold.

I want to know what kind of danger he’s exposing himself to for his job as an engineer at Google. Obviously, not getting to be openly sexist and racist at work has been difficult for him, but I wouldn’t say that’s “danger.” 

Welp, this is gonna be a fun commment’s section.

Summarily dismissing the screed as being “anti-diversity” is exactly the problem it was outlining. Ms. Conger, it’s difficult to have discussions with people that prefer to affix labels out of some misguided sense of moral superiority. Listening to other perspectives, whether you agree with them or not, is just part…