haHA. I’m only super nice at certain very specific levels of caffeination. I’ve got a few motivations that may or may not approximate niceness: (a) my own 1001 comment-section rage-wars have left me curious about how, if ever, these arguments can produce anything remotely useful; (b) I don’t know you at all, but…

I agree w/ all your points and think they’re smart and practical. Lingering question (to which I have no answer) is just about the real social utility of various punishments for this specific group of offenders in this specific moment. Reforms that “mak[e] things better for people who suffer the most” are probably the…

But you apparently “care” about the argument, as evidenced by your multiple posts and replies. If you only care at the road-rage level of telling off putative morons: done. If you partly (> 10%?) care about the content of your disagreement, why raise the insult bar? djp is clearly 100% not a moron (I assume you’re…

Accepting all your arguments to this point as reasonable, I still have a question: if we take as a given that “making an example” of Huffman has little symbolic/deterrence value for her cohort (rich, white, white-collar criminals), does that mean it has no symbolic value vis-à-vis investment in the legal system by…

She’s clearly not a moron. And you definitely play yourself when you escalate to next-level name-calling. Don’t feel your POV’s being respected? Try elevating (or at least matching) the respectfulness of your tone. 

That’s a solid guess at how they’d justify the decision. I also like Dr. Letiecq’s counterpoint that, even within a pure cost-benefit rubric, the cost-side math should include independently investigating the allegations against him. He’s been publicly accused of sexual assault and harassment, tacitly “absolved” by…

Ok yes but I feel like you guys effed up the “draft” part here, cuz you all picked individually tasty toppings but forgot to build viable teams! Kevin’s lineup is 100% soft-squishy w/ no textural variation. Allison’s trying to make BBQ play with goat cheese, Gwen’s got no “creamy.” Kate’s lineup is probably best, but…

I have a 3-ton granite millstone you guys can borrow, to grind some ancient grains for a respectable bun.

Annals of Yogurt Injustice, Vol. 1: Fage/Chobani is the Betamax/VHS of dairy products.

Never been accused of wisdom on these boards before. Might have to frame this one.

The Loaded Axe should be topped with onion rings, bbq sauce and applewood smoked bacon.

star for your nickname.

star for your nickname.

Exactly. And, if anything, the pleasure they had sitting (probably) at the counter and the pain they experienced at a big back-room table were probably two sides of the same coin.

Er. Try everybody.

All true. But don’t your comments apply to everyone, including both Chelsea Clinton and Ilhan Omar? I read Omar’s tweets as expressing unconscious bias against the Jewish/Israeli side of a terrible, complex, multi-sided conflict in the Middle East. I also support Congresswoman Omar and think Democrats need to rally…

But the chuds will sign onto anything if they see a chance to claim high ground they don’t really deserve. There’s nothing right about the far right. But there’s also nothing right about blaming bigotry-fueled murder on Clinton, just for a bland tweet against anti-Semitism. These kids who think Israel-Palestine is a…

HHhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

AOC is admirable, interesting, and important. 116 other women were elected to Congress in the mid-terms. I always wonder what drives Jezebel’s overwhelming focus on covering a few political celebrities in a few consistent modes - often as totes relatable saints we love (or the opposite), flawless heroes we support…

Don’t agree with everything you wrote but definitely agree that anyone unilaterally supporting either side of that conflict is already doing something wrong. Both sides need tougher love from allies who recognize the other side’s humanity.