Asshattery

A 2-post collection

New York decides pregnant women are not mere vessels... but it was a close call

New York decides pregnant women are not mere vessels... but it was a close call

wateringgoodseeds:

A man in California (identified only as "S B M" in court coduments) sued a woman ("Sara McK") for "kidnapping" his unborn child. He was not married to her -- in fact, he had broken off their relationship after Ms. McK became pregnant, and married another woman before the…

This is just dangerous

On Stubenville, the news, and victim blaming

We all know what the news did. What we might have missed is WHY they did it.

Ratings.

Angry people gets more people in. It’s free advertising. They all victim blame because that gets them more viewers to who are watching to see what stupid thing they do next.

Therefore, the only way to make them stop is to drop their ratings.

I propose to you: #NoNewsFriday

Deliberately turn off, or tune in to a better channel [cartoon network, discovery,

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