Because, for some stupid reason, they consider hate speech part of free speech.

Because if you only allow people to talk that you agree with you don’t really believe in free speech or thought.

The First Amendment. We don’t outlaw speech, only actions (generally). So you can mostly say what you want, you just can’t act on some of it.

Because of the constitutionally-protected rights to free speech and free association.

As an almost 40 something liberal bi chick... I am fucking sick of seeing “trigger warning” in front of every story I read. It is up to me to deal with my shit. I have been through REAL crappy stuff and part of dealing with things is to confront it. College classrooms, for the most part, ARE safe spaces. Debates have…

As a college professor I can only speak from my experience and here it is: trigger warnings are used by students mainly as a way of getting out of work or for not having to read literature that they don’t want to. In legit cases (such as a veteran fresh from Afghanistan who didn’t want to watch a segment of Band of…

Mmm. Intergenerational conflict. Bring on the Boomers to shake their walkers and the other Millenials to make fun of them with Snapchat filters. As a dedicated Xer, I shall dutifully express my aloofness by rolling my eyes at all of you.

oh, millenials are going to "fix" things. can't wait for that.

My parents did it to celebrate their 25th anniversary. That seems like an ok time to do it and not necessarily a last-gasp effort. That being said, I tend to agree with you about vow renewals.

I still feel bad for David. So wrong of him to cheat, but Shannon neutered him. She is a neurotic nag. Imagine how free the affair must have made him feel. And then he wimped out and took his medicine when he should have peaced out on the whole thing.

Let me lead with this: I will continue to watch OC, just like I continue to watch Atlanta and NJ. I am shameless.

RHONJ has been going in circles for a couple seasons now. Really ever since the Gorgas’ first appearance and Danielle’s departure (can’t remember what season that was exactly) because it moved the entire series away from the interactions of different individuals and focused the entire show on the self destruction of…

“she’s a brilliant business-woman”

I don’t know if you’re just being willfully obtuse or are genuinely a few pancakes short of a stack.

And I think BM, though she may have spoke out of turn, seems to gives a lot more of a shit about the LGBT community than CJ.

yup. I honestly got no problem with the tweet.

Having respect for transgender people and also believing Kaitlin Jenner may be a phony are not mutually exclusive points of view.

On the one hand this is good news- the taxing of said products is harmful, gendered and offensive. On the other hand the state of Illinois is broke- now they’re taking in even less money. Makes the win feel kind of like a loss :/

This is suprising, Illinois just loooooves to tax everything.

No he’s not being fined. He’s being extorted. A fine is imposed pursuant to a legitimate statute, is reasonably related to the crime, and has a limit imposed by statute that is, again, related to the damage caused by the crime. You don’t impose a “fine” of $10,000 for the misdemeanor crime of causing a few hundred…