1000x no on this. Ricky Gervais is a self-absorbed, arrogant asshole who absolutely must be seen as right and smart on every topic he talks about. Ricky Gervais is constantly putting other people down. Gervais only serves to show other people how smart Gervais is.

Or, to put it more accurately: Ricky Gervais, the British comedian who is absolutely nothing like Louis C.K.

the "fat girl" segment on his show was the realest thing ive ever seen filmed on TV. It was raw and real and made me a lifelong fan.

None of that makes sense. Louis C.K.'s humor is self-directed. His comedy isn't mean-spirited, and he's the butt of his jokes. It's openly self-aware. Ricky Gervais tackles the same material, but directs it at others, not himself. David Brent is a blowhard moron, who, unlike Louie, doesn't recognize that he's a…

You know, I've been following this pretty closely over the past few days, falling down the rabbit hole and reading a lot of intelligent, inspiring articles on the issue as a result, while also reading way too many horrible, vitriolic words from those I'd always considered "my people."

The goal is to annoy fake-libertarian 'cop-luvrs'

The goal, my inquisitive friend? The goal is not what Deadspin says! While they claim it's an effort to gather data to track lethal force and help improve police action, it's actually a sinister plot by the blacks and progressives to scope out cops as candidates for human sacrifice to summon Mal'grafor, He Who Is…

To replace the police departments around the country with heroes like George Zimmerman.

Accountability.

From Mark Steyn:

You collect data, then reach conclusions, not the other way around.

I can't speak for Deadspin, but my hope for this is that police begin to be held accountable for the frequency with which they kill U.S. citizens.

welllll cars were way, way lighter in the 80s. like, 1000 lbs + lighter, in many cases. so 500 hp in a 4,000lb sedan is gonna be damn quick, but not full-on ludicrous like it would be if it were in a 3,000lb car.

And I agree with the larger point, I just think the inclusion of Trayvon Martin here detracts from it as to me it seems included more for name recognition than for actual relevance.

Oh PUH-LEASE. There is like ZERO legitimacy to a "watch captains" oath. Zimmerman disobeyed dispatchers orders to leave it alone and let the cops handle it and went after the kid.

The looting occurred away from the protest, by a group of people who were not participants.

The police were certainly complicit in letting his killer walk free.

I'm sorry - are you referring to the kid or the cop? Because that kid sure got that exact treatment from a cop with a gun.

it's really that black people are asserting their rights/space/dignity like white people. It's just that an entire swath of white America isn't ready for a post racial society.