I assume you mean me, and if you had the knobs to just ask me yourself I would have told you that, if I personally hadn’t been aware of the difference in Trump’s immigration policy, the point they posed is actually a good one. And not every commenter with the word burn in their name is a troll.

Troll or not, I can’t believe you even have to type this to anyone. 

But as opposed to Obama, and Bush before him, Trump’s administration enacted a blanket zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration, therefore referring all illegal crossings for immediate criminal prosecution. And because children can’t be held in detention facilities for adults, parents being separated from their…

I don’t think the military is the answer to this conundrum for many reasons (and I know you’re not advocating for it), but otherwise very much agreed — understanding the world is one thing, but what’s the point if you’re not changing it? If the latter doesn’t follow the former, your “understanding” is worse than…

I’m no fan of the reactionary character of most US gun culture, but the police are quite literally more of a threat to the people than mass shooters, and having them armed to the teeth with military surplus does nothing to prevent that sort of violence but quite a bit to enforce white supremacy.

2.2 million.

In my experience, the easiest way to test whether or not someone understands Rev. Dr. King, and agrees with him, is whether or not they can remember any quote from him that is neither “the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice”, nor “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a…

Agreed. At a certain level, I am always pleased when an alcoholic admits that he has a problem. I am less enthused when an alcoholic confuses the first step, namely, admit you have a problem, with all twelve steps. As is, our political structure suffers from a perpetual underpants gnome problem. It’s always willing to…

500,000+ civilians are dead as a direct result of Bush’s decisions. Fuck him forever. 

What would really change the conversation isn’t listening but rather apologizing from a place of privilege.

THIS (gwb) guy needs to go back to the hole he crawled from and STFU. How DARE he make a statement about systemic racism when he left my city to drown with no help for 5 fucking days!!

It’s performative bullshit from Dems and Republicans alike and always has been, made even more galling by the fact that the solutions are right there, material, and achievable: take away their guns, take away their money, and take away their immunity. No more pumping endless flows of cash into “racial sensitivity…

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a…

Bush wasn’t responsible for over 100,000 American deaths though (it’s unfortunate, but American presidencies have to be judged on domestic policy...the whole empire, blow brown people up half a world away thing is about the only bipartisan tradition at this point).

Compared to Trump, Bush’s actions killed a lot more people.

As a veteran of the Mesopotamian Unpleasantness, I find the rehabilitation of “Dubya” and his “heckuva job” administration more than a bit disconcerting. He literally started a land war in Asia to look strong in front of the rubes when his double-digit IQ Intel services (the folks who thought Gitmo and Abu Ghraib were…

No, he's still the worst. 

I’m guessing you’re not Iraqi. Or Afghan. 

and that’s okay! There’s an implicit ‘if Black people are around you’ attached to the statement. Consider also: the internet— with the caveat that I don’t want you to go out and try to collect Black friends like Pokemon.

There’s no way to tell