I know I shouldn't be shocked that there are people who commit violence just because but that goth murder story teared me up. Especially when her boyfriend said he wished that his girlfriend could be alive instead of him.

Wow, that article about the goth girl is really upsetting.

I clicked on a couple links... the Lourdes one and National Lampoon both link to the Anti Emo Riots!

@dummyfakeroller:

Came in here to say the same thing...breaks my heart.

I hope they have to serve the entire life sentence.

From one of the conservative women:
"Even now, I'd date a decent liberal. If a guy really cares, he should have no problem proving his love for me by voting McCain/Rove '08. It will make him feel like a real man."

If anyone ever wanted me to vote a certain way to them to prove my love, I'd be out the door so fast, regardless of whether my views matched theirs.

@dummyfakeroller: Jesus, my heart stopped mid-beat reading that goth story. Just when I think I have grown a tougher skin, something like this comes along and just breaks my heart.

Jesus that's depressing. She looked like a such a sunny little soul. What makes people such assclowns? It's really incomprehensible to me.

@fizzyg: Please tell me Rove part of the ticket is a gag, right?

right wing blogger chicks on dating liberal guys...

"It has been years since I intentionally dated a liberal. But I don't ask any more -- don't have to -- you can see it in their actions. Liberals were always happy to suggest we split the check; it must be some Clintonian socialist entitlement. They also tend to own clothing displaying their irrational fear of Dick Cheney, and/or love for Che Guevara. They are the shaggy haired, greasy hipster types you find loitering in the Apple Store.

Even now, I'd date a decent liberal. If a guy really cares, he should have no problem proving his love for me by voting McCain/Rove '08. It will make him feel like a real man."

conservative lads, PLEASE marry them.

@fizzyg: bwahahahaha! snap!

Barbies are evil. Duh.
And, you know, they have to stop all this gay kissing on television, otherwise the children will think it's okay to be gay.

Shaving 100 pounds off your 400lb body will not kill you. Also, you would not be "suffering" with a mere 3000cal a day if you weren't in jail for stabbing someone to death and then setting his house on fire. Be glad I'm not in charge; you'd be living on stale bread and water. Jerk.

oy it should be noted that that mass quinceañera is for low-income peeps so go goth chica!

My heart goes out to manufacturers of clear heels everywhere, who are sure to be hit hard by the great stripper recession of 2008.

how does a person lose 100 lbs in a jail serving 3000 cal/day and not working out? how many calories a day must this guy have been eating previously?

yeah mexico isn't very fun unless your rich and european.

@Charlotte Corday, Miss Stabby Stabby 1793: They also tend to own clothing displaying their irrational fear of Dick Cheney, and/or love for Che Guevara.

Um....who ISN'T afraid of Dick Cheney? And WTF on the whole "if he loves me he will vote against his ideals" - how old is this chick, 12?

Meanwhile as the Iranian govt. frets over the "Barbie Invasion", the country's heroin habit, poverty, and prostitution go unmentioned.

@Charlotte Corday, Miss Stabby Stabby 1793: "Irrational fear" is an oxymoron when it comes to Dick Cheney.

Re: the conservative women. I was extra annoyed by the girl who wanted guys to give up a seat for her on the Metro because she'd been wearing stiletto heels all day. Whatever happened to the conservative sense of personal responsibility? Change into shoes that don't hurt your feet after work like most people in DC. And don't complain if you do choose to wear shoes you know will be uncomfortable.

Wowza...that goth murder story is chilling! Sometimes I wish they wouldn't release details of how grusomely people are murdered. It was sad enough before I got to the part where it described how they were kicking her head like they were kicking a ball back and forth! :( I really didn't need that mental image.

Anyway, I just have to lighten this up a bit. Reading through these comments is kinda funny b/c everyone is commenting on different things and...it just looks funny when reading from top to bottom. K...that's all I got.

You know I was just looking at my pizza and thinking about how much better it would be with some penis.

ugh, did anybody read the article about penis food? it sounds funny at first, but you can, for a "handsome fee" and a "membership permit", order the penis of an endangered tiger to eat. to prove how macho you are, you know. this makes me stabby.

in extra added irony, the page produces a picture of the day of pandas frolicking.

Something is up with these ultra-violent teenagers worldwide. It's A Clockwork Orange springing to life.

Funny thing about the texting article, there was a post on Language Log just recently about how the practice of omitting letters to shorten words isn't a new thing brought about by SMS...the ancient Romans did it too. Of course, as the post points out, the Roman civilization crashed and burned, so take what you will from that. ;)

@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: @blackbirdfly: right?! dick cheney, the man who shot his FRIEND in the face (and didn't seem too upset about it) and aligns himself with the sort of people who'd describe his gay daughter, her partner and child as an "abomination".

the man has no fucking soul.

Wait, wait, wait. Doesn't LOL mean laughing out loud? The texting article says it means lots of laughs...fact check much?

The story about the Goth girl killed me...I wish I was there to beat those little fuckers up. And the conservative girls whining about "liberal" guys seem to be mistaking hippies for liberals. Half the things they listed as being bad, my conservative boyfriend possesses. And couldn't get over how all of them used "like". Like, Oh my gosh, like, liberal guys, are like, so greasy...

@AmazonRedheadedUberVixen: Don't worry, I'm sure Shauna Sand and Pam Anderson are keeping the industry thriving...

@Charlotte Corday, Miss Stabby Stabby 1793: Ugh… I'm going to guess some of the gents she thinks are conservative because of how they look and what they do are probably a. too polite to get into a political discussion on a date once they realize they are with someone who thinks the Earth is flat and 6000 years old, and b. have no interest in any further contact, thus leaving her with her false impression that she was with a "conservative".

And, btw, Che, who had severe health problems, didn't hide behind deferments when it came time to physically fight real injustice.

Ugh again.

Why are conservative women bloggers so ridiculous when it comes to dating? I would never limit myself by telling guys I could date them if they agree on politics. How fucking BORING. I've had the hots for many a hot conservative dude, and I think it's fun to date people who disagree with you sometimes, because at least you can have interesting conversations now and then. And then they get angry when people consider conservatives 'narrow-minded'. What a bunch of judgmental and finicky bitches.

@starbuck1011: holy caputa!!!!! you read language log too OMGZ! *end giddy moment here*

Rating prostitutes: an idea only a john in deep denial could love: "Candy," "Tiffany," and "Barbie" are all really Sheila, Karen, and Sally, so what are you really rating? Maybe they think the prostitutes really do think they are hot, too!

@Charlotte Corday, Miss Stabby Stabby 1793: Yeah, this was the same woman too who had the nerve to preface her rant about liberal guys with: "So much for the 'open-minded liberal' myth." I love how these gals can't see the hypocrisy so rampant in themselves.

@Ack: that would take a level of humility and self awareness that these girls, by the sounds of their interview responses, just don't have.

I don't know why that editor is still hung up on shorthand text speak when it's so 2 years ago. She needs to be worried about LOLCatzese.

It's in hur langwij, scrooin up tha Inglush.

@Ack: Ha! so true... I find it rich that the chicks think that the Liberal guy shouldn't have problems giving up his ideals, but how dare he ask something like that of them? Gasp! I consider myself wildly liberal and I have dated plenty of conservative guys, including my current bf. IN fact, four of my five bfs have been/are conservative. Makes for interesting conversations, and lets me be kinky in the 'sleeping with the enemy" way...

The series of interviews are in response to a frequent meme in love/relationship stories of "I can deal with anything as long as he isn't republican!" Just a reaction to a certain smug attitude - assumed liberalism is exceptionally common in the media and in certain large cities, especially amongst professional classes.

As to Moxie... you need to read her blog. Her nom de plume is descriptive and she's very cool and funny. If you don't get the sadistic glee from the McCain/Rove quip, you're taking this stuff far too seriously.

Scientists finally prove that a good pussy can heal a broken heart.

@BAngieB: And if the children think it's okay to be gay, then they might (shock horror) learn tolerance! We have to start feeding boys penis from a young age so they know how to be macho and don't become tolerant.

Re: Six conservative women talk about dating whiny liberal men...

Did anyone check the article? This is my favorite quote:

..."he downgraded to a liberal woman -- with cankles and purple contacts. Obviously, she must have an unusually wonderful personality."

Because all of us liberals have 'cankles', obviously. And colored contacts. Hee!

Something else was nagging me about the Goth Tragedy-- the boy Goth (who survived) is Roger Maltby. You might remember this story on Jezebel in January About a Human Pet--also another Goth couple in England, ostracized by a bus driver because the girl was on a leash. Her name was Tasha Maltby.

Coincidence?

@the memorexe: Yeah, them both being Maltby is a co-incidence...(that leapt out at me too!) and apparentely there is no connection, it's just a commom name in that area.

(My brother lives close by and this nugget of info from their local paper. I hope they were accurate!)

Do those concervative womenz have any idea how demanding they are? They expect a guy to open a door, pull out a chair (does anyone under 50 do that?) give up a seat, only do things they enjoy, not disagree with them in any way (cos that would obviously show the guy's arrogance not theirs) and vote what they tell them to vote. Controlling beast much?

@MansonNixon: Yeah! CANKLES TRUMP EVERYTHING!

Holy shit dude, cankles are not even close to being on my list of unattractive criteria.

I would take a becankled girl over a self-righteous bitch anyday.