I’m biracial. I’m half white. I’ve been in SO MANY uncomfortable situations with ignorant white folks (I’m sorry, but it’s always white folks) who think they are safe to be bigoted around me because I “pass”.

I hate Illinois Nazis!

I’ve been a teacher since 1998. In this year alone, I’ve had kids paint swastikas in the front of our school. I had a blonde kid I did not know come up to me and do a Nazi salute and say, “Heil, Frau Bensey”. Note: I’m one of the only black teachers in the high school. This term, I’ve had two white kids raise their…

It’s Islamophobia, because he assumes that all Muslims are terrorists or terrorist sympathizers. That isn’t the same as mocking religion in general. He doesn’t accuse Christians of all being abortion clinic bombers or sympathizers. His ignorance about other religions and cultures around the world is astounding.

The majority of the working class is actually white though (for now). And Trump won both men and women within that demographic.

I got in a HUGE fight with Jean-Luc over this. I lost my crap when Bill Maher said that, and J-L argued with me about it.

1. This wasn’t some clandestine code based hack, these were simple phishing emails that at least in the case of Podesta were flagged and he chose to ignore the explicit instructions from his IT staff on how to enable two factor authentication. In short there’s nothing to investigate, you can’t fix stupid via…

which is remarkably funny, because melania totally aped the first lady’s speech, in heels.

The alt right certainly seems to be looking toward Putin, Trump, and Le Pen as the new Axis.

A. No, it means with voters outside the bubble of the Dem primary, like, you know, the general election. Derp.

He is hugely popular, in the general populace, not just the insular bubble of Democratic primary voters. Which is what wins a general election, you know. But hey, keep defending your shortsightedness. All I can say is; we told you so.

Yes, this was a piece on This American Life. IIRC, she actually (after much hounding) recanted and confessed to lying. But she had been telling the truth. So sad. https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/581/anatomy-of-doubt

Jesus. I almost hope she made it up, because if she’s being charged and prosecuted for the crime of being a hate crime victim ... I can’t even imagine.

I taught special ed kids who would write like this aged 14.

I assumed the kid was trying to “disguise” his or her handwriting, a la ransom note, so she wouldn’t know who it was. High school kids are clever like that!

Really? Cause it just looks to me like someone trying to hide their handwriting.

Jez should create a living document of all these stories. There are already hundreds and it’s been four days.

Oh, it was class. But it was also plain old ignorance. Find me a sentient observer of the economy who thinks that rural and rust-belt America will be awash in factory jobs within 4 years. There aren’t any, because that type of job is gone, forever. Trump knows that, but he is great at repeating the same bullshit over…

I have students asking me if their DACA status is secure, making preparations for deportation of family, and generally living in fear. Colleagues are offering to take in children of undocumented community members should that horrific time come. I have Muslim students scared to wear any visual evidence of their faith,…

But half of your party is only a small fraction of the population, so you lose. That is reality, your ‘win’ was a phyrric victory.