Dear people who write on the bathroom walls,

I'm so sick of reading your black scribble all over the doors of the bathroom stalls. You might respond something about free speech, or "if you don't like it, don't read it," but I really think something needs to be said.

However, to the girls that write positive things, it is still defacing property that is not your own and therefore against the law, but it is with good intention and I applaud you for wanting to empower other people who use the restroom.

First of all, it saddens me to think that we can be so uninformed and cruel. Below is an image of a sticker plastered on the wall that reads "together we can stop diabetes." Written on the palm of the cartoon hand was something like "maybe lose weight" that was later scribbled out.

This is infuriating- there are many things that are wrong with this comment. Yes, being overweight and having a high BMI are considered risk factors for diabetes, but by no means is everyone with diabetes overweight. Secondly, a person with diabetes cannot simply get rid of the disease by losing weight. Sure, eating healthy, routine exercise, and subsequent weight loss can make diabetes more manageable, but by no means is this a cure-all.

Worse yet, the person who commented is blaming all people who are diagnosed with diabetes for their diabetes, similar to saying "you made yourself fat, you gave yourself diabetes, if you lose the weight you gained, problem solved." As if the two little boys in my hometown with diabetes (young, thin, active, beautiful boys mind you) deserve to be diagnosed with diabetes because of something they have done in the less than ten years they have been on this planet.

This is cruel and ignorant. But also, this is only one example.

This next one is terribly puzzling. A conversation starting with a message to go vote quickly escalates into cruel banter based solely on extreme stereotypes. It says, "good thing only liberals are unattractive, nasty ass women.. Shave your pits, get on a treadmill. Y'all need a good dicking for REAL!"

This isn't about politics anymore, it's about human decency. It is a terrible thing to stereotype a group based on "unfavorable" characteristics of a few and I put unfavorable in quotes because by heteronormative standards of beauty being overweight and unshaven is considered "unfavorable."

Who are you to judge someone for their choices/preferences/appearances because they are not the same as yours?

Also a note about the responding comment which says "LOL you honestly sound so stupid. These stereotypes are why no one in this country can engage in productive dialogue. Sincerely, a size 2 liberal who thinks not shaving is repulsive." - This comment is a great comeback up to the point where they sign off as a skinny and shaven liberal.

The overall message is great, stereotypes are bologna, but by signing off the comment by stating that you are not overweight and further insinuating that people who choose not to shave their legs are "repulsive," this person plays just as much into stereotypes about overweight and ungroomed people as the first comment.

I have included a few more pictures, none of which are okay. I also want to note that every single one of these pictures can be found in the same women's bathroom (3rd floor Van Hise Hall). These aren't things that I had to search out of look for, these are just some of the vulgar comments that pollute public places everywhere.

And, yes, people are entitled to their own opinions, but that is the same argument for not critiquing others in the first place.

"Spread love not hate"

"NO PUNCH NAZIS"

"They want you to believe violence is bad but it's not"

"PUNCH NAZIS"

"You deserve the world"

"Nothing you deserve nothing"

"I bet they love Trump"

"As if not non-white women can't have certain opinions"

"For the record I'm black and I disagree stop abusing the race card"

"I voted for Trump"

"And you 're a dumb b*tch for that"

"and you're entitled to your own opinions"

"I'm a liberal and I think safe spaces are dumb"

"because sometimes people feel threatened but that's okay because everyone also deserves to feel safe"

I guess that I am just disappointed. I am assuming that the people who are writing these things are UW-Madison students and it makes me really sad that these are things that we choose to say to each other.

We are all educated, we are all intelligent and we are all here because we want to learn and create a productive, inclusive and flourishing environment to live in... So, let's do that.

Also, stop writing on the bathroom walls, all together.