Acting politely in front of someone black and/or gay and then making horrible claims about their intelligence or worth as human beings after they leave the room is not kindness - it's hypocrisy.

An adult woman should not be so possessive of her own birthday that she begrudges her friends the chance to get married on the same day.

Someone who has a disability is not necessarily in distress. You may be embarrassing and inconveniencing someone by butting in and making assumptions.

Anyone who thinks it’s funny to name their network "Tom’sHugeEtc" is going to think it’s funny that one of his neighbors is also named Tom and is embarrassed by it.

One of the glorious things about being a person in the world is that you don't have to worry about whether or not someone else is trying to be creepy.

Anyone who wants to pretend that your Huntington's disease is an invention is someone who does not have your best interests at heart.

A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.