They may be assholes, but at least you can get a damn fine cup of coffee.

i cannot with the red dress, the shades, the car. gurllll.

I definitely recommend Jon Krakauer’s book Under the Banner of Heaven. He gets into all of the LDS-specific factors that could have prevented her early rescue, including her belief that she was damaged goods. As an ex-mo woman myself, it was completely believable and understandable.

Have you watched the clip of the Anderson Cooper interview in this thread? She addresses your points. Also she was raped, multiple times a day. How much more detail do we really need?

Even the Daily Mail commenters dismissed people who said the same as you and understand why she acted that way, and her own father said that he feels the most quilty because he basically taught her to be submissive and slave to any men. And her family was full of religious lunatics who intodruced people like this who…

I’m an atheist and my observation has been that Smart is one tough cookie, not some brain-washed religious freak. You might want to inform yourself a bit more about her before making another dumb ass comment.

All of Utah has rallied around her, and she’s made some very feminist public statements. Say what you want about the LDS church, but this girl has become her own woman, with her own voice.

Elizabeth Smart is fucking badass. Congrats, girl.

I’m the same age as Elizabeth and her story, since she was missing to when she was found and beyond, has always stayed with me. Primarily how she schooled Nancy Grace during an interview, and how she talked about how her school and church’s teachings of purity negatively impacted her after she returned home.…

“No it’s cool because we said ‘African American’ instead of ‘black,’ which means we aren’t racist.”

Still confused. Why is Bruce Jenner an asshole in general?

It’s not an issue of whether the police found him at fault. It’s a question of who has the right to sue for wrongful death, which is limited by law. Not every relative has standing to sue (or has standing to sue for the person’s whole life). A child can usually sue for the death of a parent, but usually not after the…

Still no.

Huh? How so?

I’m all for revenge on horrible customers, but maybe poisoning them is a bit much, you know, legally.

I mean who in their right fucking mind adamantly supports a child molester? I know his son killed a dog for giggles but still.

WE ARE. FROM. ARKANSAS.

You got a good one!

Alternately, if your mom is sort of an asshole, quietly tolerates her while occasionally dropping in dry-humored bon mots, then giving you a discreet knowing smirk.