Not what I said/meant- I realized I was getting long, so things got abbreviated. I’ll expand. But I will ask you to stop making assumptions about me, who I am, and my education. It derails the conversation, tempting me to go “Nuh-uh! Not my personal background!” instead of discussing ideas.

NO VOTES FOR TURNCOATS WHILE I WAVE MY TURNCOAT FLAG

As a non-American my understanding of the arguments around the Confederate (Battle) Flag go like this -

I’m done with all this talk about hyphenated Americans. We are not Indian-Americans, Irish-Americans, African-Americans, rich Americans, or poor Americans - we are all Americans*

Has it begun already? Where Jezzies start calling you a bigot for going to church, even though they have no idea what the fuck the values of your congregation are?

yea, dude, go fuck yourself.

what the fuck is wrong w you

I don’t get it. Like I read this several times and literally don’t understand what’s happening, can someone explain it without me having to watch that video and give the guy youtube views?

Well, it did just get posted. And it’s a long read. I prefer commentors who read first, personally.

A lot of commenters would show up if it were a white church. Saying witty things like: “So much for your sky fairy saving your stupid church“ or “Where is your messiah now?”

My church is such a big part of my life. Being there is as comfortable as home for me. I can’t imagine how violated I would feel if I found out someone had set fire to it.

So Utah has some fairly nice homeless shelters, up to and including a renovated Holiday Inn that was converted into basically an apartment complex where whole families can stay together for the low-low price of $50 a month. They basically read all the studies that prove socially and financially that it’s better to…

The problem is that Iowa’s Steve King (US House Rep from IA) says exactly the same shit all the time, and Iowa’s first up in the caucus/primary calendar, so all the GOP candidates are going to (stealing a phrase from Igloo Australia) suck his asshole 24/7.

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ok normal people can be a fifth wheel

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought, “Well done? Really, Nicki? You can do better.” I like my steak pink like her first album.

For what it’s worth, Burner Creator is a misogynistic troll. There’s no answer you could give him besides, “Of course I will take my husband’s last name, because men’s names are important and women just don’t matter!” that wouldn’t piss him off.

Because I’m not going to tell my (future) husband what to do or what decisions to make? It’s up to him. It’s his name and his life, and I’m sure he would have his own reasons for whatever he chose. Like I believe strongly in letting people make their own decisions.

I think this is a very personal decision, and I’m glad to see more women keeping their names! That said, I raised a lot of eyebrows when I DID decide to change my name. A lot of people expected me to keep it since my husband and I are pretty vocal feminists and pretty nontraditional in a lot of ways. I had actually…

“Good! Don’t take his name. By the 3rd or 4th wedding it’s just a hassle.”