It seems... appropriate, somehow. Maybe symbolic, even.

Agreed. If Germaine Greer (or the late Fred Phelps, or whoever) gave a talk at a college to an empty room, or a room containing only a few pissed-off protesters, that would honestly make a greater impact than Germaine Greer (or Fred Phelps) being banned from speaking.

Oh, and don’t forget that raw vegetables (especially fibrous stuff like celery) increase your risk of certain cancers as well. So do any fruits or vegetables with a high acid content (citrus, tomatoes, ect.) and strongly flavored things like onions, garlic, and quite a few spices. Also anything pan-seared, roasted, or…

And another would get caught having spent their campaign funds on an abortion for their mistress.

I wonder if it would be possible for someone to launch an investigation of the entire Texas state legislature. Subpoena all of their campaign financial records, just to make sure they’re not misusing any donated funds. Maybe look into everything they’ve ever done with their taxpayer-funded salaries. We woudn’t want…

The problem can be summed up as:

I’m putting in my vote for ‘take every penny from him and everyone else involved in this fucking disaster, and in fact anyone involved in any of these goddamn ‘direct deposit prepaid card’ scams, give all that money to the people they’ve been intentionally and maliciously screwing over for years, and leave those…

I came here to say pretty much the same thing. People were so mad at her for not ‘placating the public’s fears,’ but we’ve got some pretty solid historical evidence that placating the fears of ignorant people only ever leads to ignorant people saying “look we were totally right!” and spreading their stupidity faster…

The key difference is that measles and whooping cough are good, honest, god-fearing American diseases, while ebola is one of those tricky foreign diseases. Can’t trust them, you know. They’re shifty.

I’m not sure about hating children, but the justice system sure looooooooves it some rich white dudes.

Right? I would assume/hope that the moment something like this happens, applebees corporate sends in a response team of some sorts containing at least one lawyer and at least one PR person, with the stated goal of “how can we cover our asses legally, and also how can we come off looking the least awful.” And well,…

Ugh, there’s this whole fucking... thing about how men have to “Pass on the Family Name” by getting married, having their wife take their last name, having kids, and having their kids take their name. Why? Why is this even a thing? Does anybody actually care about pass on their family name, or is everybody pretending…

It’s always a special kind of sickeningly sad when a conspiracy theorist who doesn’t have the disease convinces someone who actually does have it to forgo treatment. It’s one thing to sacrifice your own life on the alter of your misguided, stupid beliefs, but to do it to someone else is just so heart-wrenchingly…

From the article:

Yes, so much this. I read earlier today that Sesame Street was planning to partner with Autism Speaks (everyone’s favorite autistic-people-hating, pro-euthanasia, pro-child-abuse ‘charity,’) but fans, parents, and actual live autistic people convinced them to talk to Autistic Self Advocacy Network instead.

So this might be a little off-theme, but I just can’t resist

“About 6.8 million Americans, ... or nearly three percent of all marijuana, said the study.”

The problem with that is these assholes consider ‘stating facts’ about the confederacy and the civil war to be ‘demonizing.’ Your idea would be a great one if all the parties involved were reasonable, logical people, but that’s really, really not the case.

May you always feel like your phone is vibrating in your pants pocket when it’s not. Even when you have your phone in your hand. Even when you’re not wearing pants.

Well there’s that too, but don’t underestimate the vicious, murderous hatred some of these assholes have for autistic people. The biggest and most recognizable autism-related charity (Autism Speaks) openly supports eugenics programs to wipe autistic people off the face of the earth. The form of therapy most frequently…