From your other screeds, I can clearly see you are a reasonable person, worthy of engaging with. If you can’t discuss things in a civilized manner, then you’ll discuss them with someone other than me.

Some things have changed. A majority of the country believes Dr. Ford. A majority of the country does not think Kavanaugh should be confirmed. These are unprecedented results. Saying that nothing has changed because 11 guys on the committee are working from an old playbook is missing the point. Society is a ship with…

Look to the sins of thine own generation before you get too caught up in pointing fingers. 

When you make a blanket statement this all-encompassing, with such a cartoonish assessment, that’s a warning sign that you’re walking into a delusion. There are a lot of people in the country and in government. Once you’ve lost the ability to see them as people, some of whom may proceed in good faith from a first…

Frankly, yes, I think it would be different. For one thing, she might very well have never come forward. The crux of this situation is someone poised to ascend to the highest court in the land without even having had to reckon with the consequences of his actions. Put briefly, the fear of “he’s going to get away with…

Nobody’s talking about sending anyone to prison. This is not a criminal trial, and the burden of proof is not “beyond a reasonable doubt.” What we are probably looking at is “a preponderance of the evidence”, which has probably been fulfilled. 

Phrasing.

Oh yeah, I think my girlfriend mentioned knowing one of them.

Unless I'm assaulted, I'll never fully understand the difficulties women face. But I'm starting to, as I continue to read the accounts of women from all walks of life. So, never think you're screaming into a vacuum. A lot of people are listening.

Even if you didn’t make his mistake, I know you’ve made others, because you’re not a God. Even as you look down on this guy from your high horse, you can be certain that there are people out there thinking the same thing about you. Despite your own self-aggrandizement about how great you were at 22, I can see that one…

Frankly by this point I’m surprised he didn’t insist that it meant you’d gone to Bible Study with her.

The thing is, most people, myself included, would forgive him that sort of petty, high-school cruelty. It’s shameful, but people are right when they say that not every single thing a person does as a child should be held against them. What gets me is, he won’t even admit to the truth about that. Or that sometimes he…

No, because he denies it all. Even the things people would forgive, like drinking too much now and then or doing dumb stuff while drunk. To hear him tell it, he never drank to excess nor had sex until he was out of college. There are over a dozen people on record now, from both sides of the isle, who say that is a big…

Holy crap, he ate 20 eggs? I read a news story about a guy who did that onstage and suffered an immediate and debilitating stroke, which left him paralyzed.

Describe it how you like, and say what you will about their motives, this is still a good thing for the person who is testifying. Testifying before 11 people about anything where you are the center of attention is terrifying. While it’s true that this will avoid bad optics for the Republicans, this will also create a…

Maybe he just... has a different opinion about art than yours?

“Notice me, Senpai...”

Look, I was going to get pissed because it’s sad when someone dies like this, because so many people don’t understand the fragility of life. And in fact, if you’d only made your first comment, I would have. But... damn, that is a really good joke.

The thing is, these 325lb linemen aren’t the lumbering mountains you probably think they are. Linemen in football are still very fast. If you really want to raise your eyebrows, look at the difference in 40 yard dash times between the fastest receiver in the NFL and the slowest lineman. It’s not a huge difference at…

Bless you. You understand. Any coach who cannot train an athlete safely while still being effective should not be a coach. A coach, a corner-man, a trainer... their first responsibility is to their athletes’ safety. Or rather... it should be.