Yates swore to uphold the Constitution, too. Then she got replaced for doing so with somebody who swore the same oath, but then turned around and talked about serving the President. You don’t think the same would happen to anyone else?

You can reject Trump and his positions without having to reject absolutely everyone he has every associated with.

While I actually disagree with Turton’s Thiel obsession, your head in the sand opening line is absurd. It most certainly is a weak attempt at a Muslim ban.

Go ask Justice how strong their morale is today. But that didn’t stop Trump from firing the acting Attorney General of the United States because she wouldn’t fall in line and potentially violate the Constitution. What’s more, the White House labeled this crisis of conscious as “betrayal”.

Sure! If someone I employ believes in the wholesale extermination of the Jewish people (a political belief), and speaks publicly about that belief, you’re damn right I’d fire them.

I appreciate the insight you offer. If you don’t mind a question; I’ve been listening to an intolerable number of call-in shows (on NPR, to preserve some sanity) concerning the Muslim ban and the voices in favor seem split pretty evenly among vets and people who sound like they aren’t even sure what a Muslim is, much…

I’m torn. I’m a veteran of the 1st Iraq Shit Show and the Cold War. I didn’t join out of patriotism, I was in a crappy small town and I wanted out. It worked. Being the military actually MADE me a Liberal. (Kind of hard to hate people for the color of their skin when you share a life with them, hard to hate…

We as a society need to stop overblowing how people who join the military are “heroes.” Meanwhile, federal employees (civilians) are seen as wasteful and useless (see recent EO freezing federal hiring and increasing military). People join the military, I think, for as many self-serving reasons as they do for public…

Exactly. A wall between Texas and Mexico won’t be that much trouble* for the people driving from Kentucky to Florida thrice a week to buy pain pills.

They use the Constitution like they do the Bible: Only mention the parts you like and reinterpret those parts as needed.

Please. The Republicans have not held the Constitution dear since Ronald Reagan got elected.

I was making a tongue-in-cheek comment in response to someone else's, and it wasn't just about Swift. But, you know, thanks for calling me stupid.

What are you talking about? Shoot, R&J is how I get myself going on sexytimes nights. I'm all, "Let's get romantical, like if I was a 13-year-old and your family hated mine, and mine hated yours, and instead of working things out in any sort of productive way we just bang that one time and then kill ourselves! I AM SO…

It's not a hobby when you are a paid professional music critic. It was this person's job to respond to Swift's music — not something they do in their off-time.

It is if you know that "star-crossed lovers" was Shakespeare foreshadowing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet before the play even started.

I wouldn't trust the person who thinks that Romeo & Juliet is a sweet, uplifting love story to understand that feminism isn't a Battle Royale death match between men and women.

I think the point is that every woman (and every person) should be a feminist because if you believe in feminism, it means you believe in equality for men and women. The fact that she thinks feminism means something about men versus women is disheartening and misguided...

I seriously don't understand how she could be confused that that was the meaning young girls would take away. Because most 15-year-olds don't have professional critics analyzing their work.

I wrote a song called "Mean" about a critic who hated me. I put it out, and all of a sudden, it became an anthem against bullies in schools, which is a refreshing and new take on it.

Man, "Electric Youth" taught me SO MANY life lessons...