Which is pretty much the same response one gets from Google when you ask them to make a traditional menu bar an option in Chrome.

LK

My local public school nearly killed my love of learning.

I was in the gifted program and I nearly didn't graduate with my friends. Not because I couldn't learn the material or keep up, I did that and more. I quickly became bored with pointless busy work and ended up getting into trouble. I was admitted to a state school and after a terrible freshman year, I was kicked out of academic suspension.

It took until I was 30 years old for me to recover from the damage done to my love of learning as a child. Fortunately, I was able to return to college and get my B.S. and M.S. degrees in short order but I could have easily been a statistic.

So, from someone who has experience, I say fuck Allison Benedikt. Fuck her right in her stupid ass.

I can only afford to send my children to public school but I'm doing everything possible to get them into a charter school.

LK

People should be able to believe or disbelieve as they wish. If I have questions, I'll ask you.

I have asked questions of my Christian, Muslim and atheist friends when I was looking for clarity on their world-view. What I don't want is to have my day interrupted with proselytizing from anyone.

LK

We are mostly in agreement.

Obviously, hot and heavy petting. Everyone is naked. Someone says "no", that means that it's a no. No queston about that.

"You absolutely need express verbal consent, or it's rape."

I'm going to have to disagree here.

This frames sex as something that men do to women or something that women give to men as opposed to an activity between two consenting equals.

Does he have to give verbal permission for her to not have raped him?

You cannot, in one breath, argue that the sexes are equal but in another argue that the level of responsibility in sexuality is unequal.

Moreover, it doesn't address that rape is sex against someone's will, regardless of verbal statements. If the words are all that matter, putting a knife to someone's throat and making them say "yes, you have my permission to begin sex" would absolve someone of criminal liability.

LK

I didn't go there.

If you were paying attention, you'd have seen that it was a sponsored post. It appeared on my news feed despite the fact that I had never gone to their page before.

LK

Agreed. We should do more to educate young men about consent and why rape is never ok.

That doesn't change the reality of human nature. We've been teaching people that it's not acceptable to murder and mug each other for thousands of years but murders and muggings still happen.

Just like we all know that it's wrong to mug someone, we also don't advise people that they should walk around in high crime areas in the middle of the night with expensive jewelry on and waving stacks of cash around.

We can't stop every mugging, we can't stop every rape, people can practice good judgment and try to avoid becoming a target.

That's what I'm saying about sexual violence.

You can go through life with that "You're not the boss of me, I'll do whatever I feel like!" mentality or you can wise up and think.

Please understand, I'm in no way saying that the victims are ever at fault. I'm saying that you can decrease your chances of being victimized.

LK

In pretty much every region, there are males who can not suppress that urge.

It's common sense to not be the low hanging fruit. I'm not saying that women should wear burqas, I am saying that it's a good idea to not be the least clothed woman in any venue.

LK

THIS! A MILLION TIMES THIS!

Earlier this month I explained to the admin of an evangelical atheist FB page that I didn't want to see his sponsored posts. He accused me of being an overly sensitive Christian and of being afraid that my faith couldn't stand a little self-examination. I explained to him that I'm not a Christian and merely found him to be as annoying as any other evangelical with the audacity to intrude upon my day with his proclamations of good news. He was, in essence, acting like a non-believing Jehova's witness.

LK

And you are a shill.

LK

This is also the guy who advocated for forced abortions, forced sterilization and covert delivery of birth control to the unwitting.

To say he's batshit crazy is like saying that the Bush family "has been involved in politics".

LK