51! = $1,551,118,753,287,382,280,224,243,016,469,303,211,063,259,720,016,986,112,000,000,000,000

That’s a pretty big donation even if it were in pesos.

But also, kids of the target age for this doll should not be able to jump on the internet and type in any address they want. Hopefully the only traffic increase is from adults who heard about the mistake and were curious.

Is it really any different than forcing a woman to carry and raise her rapist’s child?

And many of us men are just as baffled by it. I honestly don’t understand why there are so many men – who I’m sure shutter at any mention of a woman’s period – that feel the need to control every aspect of reproduction and do so in the most cruel ways.

But also, the women who voted in support of those men are exponentially more baffling to me.

My brain hurts trying to understand it.

Here’s a real number. 56% of Americans read at or below a sixth grade reading level.

When complex topics like the economy are discussed, _at least _ 56% can’t comprehend the concepts because they lack the vocabulary. They do not understand how government works, or their own bodies, or diplomacy, or historical contexts. They are not capable of being part of many important national conversations.

Now couple this with the fact that Democrats are terrible at messaging and simplifying complex policy into digestible sound bites while Republicans have perfected it, and you can easily see how we get to where we are now.