That's the joke. The entire "controversy" has completely bypassed the issue Colbert and his writers were ridiculing in the first place: How in 2014, a team can still be called the Redskins. It's satirizing how we're so numb to the fact that Redskins is a long-defined racial slur but gooks and other words instantly set…

So you mean that the 2nd layer of satire was a bridge too far?

.....why in the motherfuck did she have gasoline on her? And how do you not see this and anticipate fiery death? This whole story is so crackpipe I'm getting fucking high just sitting here reading it.

will he get probation and luxury rehab as well?

So you're okay with these nice officers searching your house for drugs and other contraband, right? They're searching all the houses in your neighborhood, because studies show it will reduce crime and make you safer. Thank you citizen.

So... probably a bottle of vodka?

The car may not have left skid marks, but I bet the tire changer did.

"Those aren't thugs! They're goons!"

that's how you can tell it didn't happen in America

And they obviously don't, so why should I ? I'm sick of being the better man.

"Dear goody good religious gooders, your prayers can't do shit, you're saying that, only because it makes you feel better. " - Love, doctors of the world.

Competent person...man...no need to split hairs!

The Army still using it or not is irrelevant. It was for sale.

how about the army keep the vehicle which is meant for war and the police buy an appropriate vehicle for civilian duty

An interesting way to look at accounting. You're saying they saved their local taxpayers $250k...but you're also kind of skipping over the point that this was an asset of the federal government. It's not like it's free money.

lol you missed the reality that we the taxpayers already paid $600k when the army bought it. Why didn't the army keep it? What do we think we're done with wars where we'll need armored vehicles?

Since Lindy didn't do a great job describing the situation, here's how I pictured it...

"I passive-aggressively jarred his foot with my backpack"

Yeah, she basically went from ruining her seatmate's day to everyone around her in earshot.

So.....you violated someone's space, he muttered something sotto voce, then you went and wrote an angry screed about it?