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Do we have to always say “fucked”? Is that obligatory now?

Exactly. We had two incredible leaders. Sadly that has come to pass.

Look at the data so far. Gary Johnson got WAY more votes than Jill Stein. That shows that our country is more conservative than you think.

We (progressives) need to become better conversationalists. We have to convince people instead of “shaming” them or labeling them as “bigots”. Calling someone a bigot does not…

The Nazis:

1. Rallied their supporters by protesting the Weimar Republic’s strict gun control policies, saying that they were disarming the German people.

2. Rallied their supporters by protesting the Weimar Republic’s nationalized healthcare plan, saying that noncontributing parasites were costing “real” hardworking…

I am part German, and for as long as I can remember, Americans have asked me how on earth Hitler could have been elected in such an advanced and wealthy nation. Perhaps they will no longer have to ask.

Ha ha, my (female) friend just wrote pretty much that exact screed on Facebook, talking about how her feelings, her innate inborn wisdom, were hurt by having to vote for Hillary, but she felt compelled to do so and now she feels sick and third party voters are heroes and Bernie Bernie Bernie. I had to click away…

As a straight white male:

I’d like to think this cold-blooded murder passes the Bechdel Test.

Imagine what all that apathy told the groper about how the world works.

I want more Moise Morancys everywhere, please. What a great human being.

A busload of people and one person acts. (Eventually two.) That’s a scary level of apathy. I know someone is going to say that it was okay for them to not get involved because “you never know” but I’m going to preemptively say fuck that. The aggressor was totally outnumbered and no one had to get physical if they were…

Moise Morancy, I hope you are out there reading these comments.

But she’s another white lady! I heard somewhere that invalidates her life story, or something.

He’s not saying she was an accident, but it’s more like you were lucky we made you instead of leaving you unfertilized like your other potential brothers and sisters. Typical dad joke/threat, really.

Ryan Reynolds is funnier than Chelsea Peretti.

I once knew a Catholic family who referred to their kids as Leaky, Sneaky, and the Rhythm Twins.
Your move, Reynolds.

I’m with you, all the way. The number of times each day that I think about how I’m reacting to something and make the choice to be nice is not that much. But it makes a huge difference. Civility and empathy are free, and while other people benefit from it, the person who benefits most is me—it helps my outlook, my…

Empathy is a skill that must be practiced. It’s easy to feel empathy toward people we have much in common with—our shared experiences make that rather simple. It is much harder, but perhaps a truer definition of empathy, to be able to feel for people with whom we share very little. Empathy has little to do with…

This was a really interesting piece! I also grew up in a conservative church environment—the comparison to chewed-up gum if you had sex before marriage was a key component of the chastity talk—and while I’ve left the church behind, I’ll admit I’m worried that this might be what happens when I start having sex.