I have enjoyed reading all of the posts shared today. I generally just read- most of the time everything I am thinking someone else has already said. I am not a troll, just a nurse and homeschool mom from Alabama. I have to travel at least 4 miles to even get to a bridge from my house in the woods at the end of a long dirt road.

I mean a lot of people can't pass nursing school, can't earn an engineering degree, don't have the ability to work in a high tech field. I don't know what percentage of the population that includes but I know they exist. Surgeon, lawyer, CEO- not even on my radar. I don't see how stating some people aren't very smart and can't work at higher paying jobs is even remotely the same as girls are bad at math. I don't mean they are morons - I mean they aren't good with numbers, spelling, written communication, organizing ideas, etc. I don't understand why it strikes such a nerve here for someone to say everyone isn't capable of these things. What are these great careers that people who, for lack of a better term, aren't very smart pursue in your area? Here, the ones with a connection work in a mine or steel plant. They earn a good income and have good benefits. Those jobs are very limited though.

Thank you.

No, I am not the one who said people with a lower IQ than yours are bumbling idiots. I do find it completely out of my realm of experience that there are areas where the gas stations and group homes are manned by mainly people with "highly gifted" level IQs.

So there is nowhere else people work these jobs forever? Everywhere else the fries are made by someone qualified to run a business or a bank? No CNAs in all of your local nursing homes who really wanted to make it in nursing school but couldn't? They are all people who particularly love changing adult diapers or nursing school students? The housekeeping staff in your hospitals is made up of people who are capable of success in engineering programs? The cashiers at your Walmarts are all super bright people who work because the enjoy interaction with the public? Well, that isn't the case here. I never made a sweeping or broad statement. I said many people aren't capable of higher level thinking that higher paying jobs require. I stand by it.

Then I am not referring to you. I didn't say all or even most, but many. You worked with mainly people whose IQ was similar to yours at your gas station and group home jobs?

I can try to clarify mommymilkies. Many people who work low paying jobs such as fast food, gas station, grocery store clerk, etc. do so because they aren't smart enough to do anything else. They aren't good enough with their hands to pursue a skilled trade either. They do work hard and they do work their tail off but no real success will be seen. Outside of working tons of hours and usually multiple jobs they can't afford basic necessities I don't understand what you find so ridiculous about the idea that intellectual ability varies greatly and those who are lacking it find it necessary to take jobs that don't pay well.

I rarely see anyone mention the fact that a lot of the people who are stuck in these lower paying jobs are often stuck there because they don't have the intellectual ability to do much else. Being smart enough to work your tail off and succeed isn't a given.

How is it possible that the earlier blogs, etc. weren't enough to catch the attention of some type of CPS? I find it terribly saddening to think that this proof of abuse has been just sitting around for years while they continue to use such tactics with their children.

These examples aren't suitable for comparison to anything that 2 children could face. In those examples there is an adult there to react and use their adult judgement.

Prayed

We are naming this little one Ezekiel and plan to call him Zeke. Our other 2 are Tyler and William (Will). The older 2 were named after family members and Zeke is just named after himself.

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Nothing should happen. But it does. We can't make murder any more illegal than it is or free speech any more legal than it is. I don't understand why posters keep asking this question over and over? Nothing should happen, but it does and everyone knows that it may before they choose to speak, draw, etc. We are all free to draw the line for ourselves where we see it appropriate to do so.

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I can't imagine a shirt this offensive and specific that sharing the message would create a privacy concern. I really want to know what it says!

I don't like chicken if it is in the crock pot more than around 4 hours on high and 6 on low. Any more than that and the texture reminds me of canned tuna.

It is our job as parents to teach and live out our faith for our children. Church is a few hours a week. You can do scripture memory every day at home. Look at Seeds Family Worship - they have scripture set to music that most enjoy. It is a pretty easy way to add it to the day when you just have to hit play :)

Time for a new doctor. My ob is very friendly and informal- he has delivered around 25 members of my family and we are soon to deliver my 3rd son. However, he is thorough and I feel well cared for. Your ob - I just don't have any words. Get a new one.

He is right. If CH had avoided offending the religious extremists they would have avoided getting hurt. He isn't speaking that into truth and existence. It already is.

What do you suggest?

It is extremely sad when a parent hopes for something to be "wrong" with their child. I wish everyone had the support and ability necessary to permit their children to develop at their own pace.

I agree - some are quick to point out that the pope didn't speak in a vacuum. Neither do satirists or anyone else. It is deplorable, but foreseeable that extremists would react to the work of the cartoonists.

That is terribly sad. I am thankful you guys are there.

I agree with him. Although terribly sad, it isn't a surprise when people react to having their buttons purposely pushed time and time again.