I used to know a guy who constantly used the term “cotton pickin’” to describe things that were mild annoyances or worse.

he made his way across the country in a “big rig” before being dropped off by a “McDonald’s near a tall building” Monday night.

Like most athletes who wind up in Sacremento, he was confused, upset, and looked for any way to get the hell out of there.

That’s not how etymology works. “Niggard rigged” never happened.

Actually, “cotton-pickin’” is not actually racist.

People’s resilience and ability to not be physically harmed by words is not a reason to perpetuate demeaning and hateful expressions, even if they’ve lost some of that ugliness over time. I get what you’re saying here (they’re only words, right?), but this concept of “people just shouldn’t take it the wrong way” is…

More seriously, I understand that when people talk about being sold down the river they are undoubtedly still being treated better than a misbehaving slave.

At the same time, when people get very hungry before dinner they aren’t “starving” and when someone had to wait a long time for something it wasn’t literally…

Or James Holmes, or Jared Lee Loughner, or Nidal Hassan.

Similar story about the cross country coach:

It didn’t really change anything with Dylann Roof, so I’m not sure we’ll see much different in the cycle here either.

There were a few similar stories from the Vegas shooting (what a sad sentence to write). In the ceaseless shitstorm of bad faith our society is drowning in, it’s reassuring to know that selfless people are still around, reacting with courage when it’s exactly what’s needed.

So hard to process. He left behind a wife and child whose lives will never be the same. Such a high cost. And yet, he surrendered his life in the act of purchasing life for other children. Stunning.

I want a fucking parade for this guy.

I’m not crying at my desk...You’re crying at my desk!

I really thought Sandy Hook was going to be the turning point. 20 dead 6- and 7-year-olds; who could the fuck could hear about that not think sweeping reforms were needed? Once people showed that they were willing to accept the systematic execution of schoolchildren, all bets were off.

Fuck Trump, fuck Rubio, fuck Ryan. Fuck every lawmaker who is STILL arguing that sensible gun control isn’t needed, and fuck every lawmaker who is not helping to make mental health programs a priority. Even more, fuck Trump for blaming the KIDS for this happening, fuck that asshole on Fox who said the kids should have…

Remember when the Republicans tried to frame themselves as “the Constitution Party”? Remember that ridiculous charade when members of Congress all read from the Constitution on the floor of the House? Remember how the Democrats participated in that idiotic display, thereby implicitly rebuking their own President (who…

If the police had to attend to every report of a troubled, young white man, they wouldn’t have enough time to harass scores of non-white young people that simply left the house non-white.

Nothing will ever fix this. There’s no desire to. The NRA views these dead kids as the cost of doing business. I’d imagine most of the shitheels that pop up in the comments trying to spew a bunch of raw data do as well. This is what they want.

Sure, they’ll try to deny it, but at the same time they’ll also say: “Well…

NO! Goodness...