schmerd commented on Why No One Noticed the McCain Gambling Expose

"A vague lede and a story filled with hedging language that too closely resembled the 'appearance of impropriety' story about the female staffer, even though there is real evidence on the gambling one."

schmerd commented on Racists Seek, Receive Attention For Anti-Obama Flyer

"@SinisterRouge: Huh."

schmerd commented on Racists Seek, Receive Attention For Anti-Obama Flyer

"Taking a tacitly racist quotation from the mouth of a rank and file union member who read a letter (the exact contents of which you don't know) and calling it a UAW "announc[ement]" is totally unfair."

schmerd commented on Meet Sarah Tofte: Death Penalty Researcher Turned Rape Kit Activist

"On a slightly related note, honestly, I always get skeeved when jezebel does a report on some awful sex offender and there are a bunch of comments gloating about how he's going to be someone's 'bitch' when he gets to prison."

schmerd commented on Meet Sarah Tofte: Death Penalty Researcher Turned Rape Kit Activist

"So why not get her email address or phone number and ask her?"

schmerd commented on Many Egyptian Men Think Women Deserve To Be Harassed

"Last year my 70 year old mother was groped by a teenage boy in Egypt when she refused to buy something from him in a market in Cairo."

schmerd commented on 'White Beauty' Has An Ugly Message

"You'd be surprised at the number of major companies that market whitening lotions in Asia and Africa."

schmerd commented on O Writer Claims That Beneath Every Marriage Runs The "Chyron Of Divorce"

"@venus_infers: So maybe don't get married?"

schmerd commented on O Writer Claims That Beneath Every Marriage Runs The "Chyron Of Divorce"

"I'm glad someone wrote a response to this."

schmerd commented on Beauty, Sexuality Are In The Eye Of The Beholder

"@ccchild: The photographer did not create the image in response to this scandal."