The other day I heard someone argue "going to college turns you into a democrat!" 

Now I don't like to expressly talk negatively about one party or another but if you invite me in I'm going to walk around your house. 

By saying college makes you a democrat, you are saying that HIGHER EDUCATION makes you a democrat. You know, that KNOWLEDGE stuff and exposure to other cultures and types of people. 

So it is your ignorance and lack of knowledge that makes you a Republican? No? Then maybe I'd reword your argument. 

My political science professor once used this to explain the liberal bias in the media. To become a journalist you have to go to college, and statistically those who go to college are democrat. Don't like the liberal bias? Quit putting faith in your google education and go get some knowledge. Just try to resist those nasty liberals that try to convert you while you're in college with things like logic, facts, and exposure to the world. 

The fact that Dolce and Gabbana are gay have nothing to do with their rude comments. You can't disguise hatred by dressing it up in a fancy suit and smart dress shoes. 

Cannnnnn you feeeeeel the loooove toonightttt *whispers softly* toonight

It's amazing just how far some people will stretch to justify their beliefs in a way that doesn't make them sound hateful.

I am not making this up when I heard this from an old roommates friend the other day .. 

"I don't understand why they had to put a gay guy in Frozen. Like, my life is already dramatic enough. I don't need political drama in my movies!" 

If that were in the least bit true then there's more movies than just Frozen that you would assume to be inapplicable to your lifestyle. Your Marvel superhero movies are full of political drama. You're just mad people have started embracing all of humanity. 

In other news... Who was the gay guy in Frozen? If she's talking about the shop keeper with the accent fitting for the setting of the movie then oh honey ... You need to educate yourself on different cultures because that's more than just homophobia ... That's assuming everyone drives a mini-van and uses the word "like" as a modifier. Ego-centric much?

War on religion or war on your religion? 

Idaho, I'm ashamed. How dare you. You don't get to decide which gods are "false" no more than you get to decide who deserves civil rights. 

Remember the faces of those three politicians, those oh-so-noble warriors of Christianity who couldn't even be bothered to listen to a Hindu prayer. 

They are NOT the kind of people you want making decisions for a large group of diverse people. Because believe it or not Idaho IS diverse and many of us are not happy with how we are being represented. You are a joke. 

Feminism is not a matter of choosing between domestic housewife or climbing the corporate ladder. Feminism is not choosing between having a family or a one bedroom apartment with your cat. Feminism is not choosing between Beyoncé or Betty Crocker. 

Feminism is about having a choice. It is many things in that it is one thing, and that is women deciding what life means to them and what they are going to do with it. 

I feel like refusing refuge to immigrant children is inhumane at BEST. 

At worse, it's a testament to the "white man's" long-running, convoluted feelings of superiority and elitism regarding all other races and cultures. 

When America worked over the first European settlers, it was the Native Americans who made sure it was possible for the Puritan way of life to exist outside of Europe. Their humanitarian efforts were met with fake treaties, smallpox epidemics, and the stripping away of their identity in the hopes that they could be converted to Christianity. Now, they struggle to keep their culture and traditions alive while living in poverty on lands given to them by the oh so generous government (is giving someone land that's technically theirs actually generous though? They had first dibs, yo.) 

Even before the Puritans, Europeans were touching down in lands close to ours and wreaking havoc to what was a wealthy, thriving culture (Cortez in Central America anyone?) 

And the hell we put African Americans through? We basically told them they weren't even completely human, and that we were above them. Then forced them to come to our land and work for us. 

It's like we've swirled around our fingers in everyone else's pies while our own is under high security, guarded by red necks with assault rifles and beer bellies who like to pass the time by shooting at Pepsi cans. 

I understand the argument, "but then we'd have to champion humanitarian campaigns for all struggling children." For awhile there I was hung up on such a refute because it's true. Why these children? But you want to know why? Because they're asking for help, damn it. Nowhere else is singing the praise of America and I bet if you started reading international news outlets you'd see foreign countries don't hold us in high respect anyways and would likely prefer we stay out. 

But not these children. They are knocking at our door, asking for help. Isn't there some analogy about Jesus knocking on a door without a knob, asking to be let in? Think about it. 

Once More, With Feeling

If you say you don't want people to have sex on your dime, are you aware that Viagra is completely paid for by insurance? Or is that not the real issue here ... Not to mention everything else we don't have a choice in paying for ... like war. That's kind of how taxes work. 

If you say women should not be having sex, are you aware birth control also helps with acne, hormone imbalances, heavy menstrual flow, painful menstrual cramps, irregular or non-existing menstrual cycles, and never ending menstrual periods due to iron deficiencies? Or is that not the real problem here.. Not to mention no one ever questions men having sex. Ever. 

If you don't want women in control of when they choose to start a family due to your religious beliefs, then I guess that's cool. Nothing like giving and supporting men in their ability to impregnate whomever they want, willing or not willing, ready or not ready, while simultaneously forcing women to carry out their pregnancy like a scarlet letter in a country that provides mediocre benefits at best to pregnant women (the United States is the only industrialized country to deny women paid maternity leave as well as expecting them to squeeze out a watermelon through something the size of a lemon and be to work in six weeks). Good for you.