Correction: She hasn’t been convicted of anything. She was arrested on suspicion of a DWI after she was pulled over by a cop and refused a breathalizer test. Apparently, if you refuse breathalizer tests in TX, your license is automatically suspended (which is totally ridiculous, given the the 5th Amendment...). But…

Uniforms do not bring more attention to socioeconomic disparities.

He wouldn’t have been disqualified. He would have been struck by the defense though because this is a rape case. Just as the State probably struck social workers, teachers, anyone with family members who have been incarcerated, black people, etc., etc. (and I’m not kidding about this, this is the South after all...).

Is this variation even statistically significant though?

The author of this article said the Bible demands “justice.” I was asking for clarification on what she meant. I assumed she meant prison/detention and not the death penalty, but she didn’t clarify. I do not subscribe to that book myself, for some of the reasons you enumerate.

I’m not defending him. I’m just asking what the author envisioned when she said the Bible demands justice. Did she want him locked in prison? In adult prison? In a juvenile detention center? In either institution, he would have been placed in solitary confinement, which is considered torture. I’m just wondering what…

Where does the bible discuss putting 14-year-olds in prison? Just curious.

Is it really that farfetched that a bunch of old drunks were beating each other up?

Interesting. Well, I haven’t really been following the case that closely to have caught that distinction. Are there any studies on this topic that you could refer me to? Given the crisis of high suicide rates among veterans in this country, I wonder if these studies are longitudinal or merely survey people’s mental…

To be fair, that would be the response you would expect from someone suffering from depression/PTSD (which is what almost all people who commit murder/people who have been held in isolation for years develop). Murder isn’t something you “get away with” (well, unless you’re Dubya in which case you just paint said…

I guess you missed the jokey tone of my comment? But anyway, intersectional feminists are very interested in how men of color, LGBTQI men, and poor men are discriminated against and the ways in which mainstream (or “white”) feminism can sometimes be carceral, pro-war, and racist (see the writings of Jasbir Puar). It’s…

cute but this demonstrative fails to show that cheese pizzas are better off in measurable ways than deluxe burgers...

You're the one who brought up what *I* do first. So I can't vaguely defend myself because of how off-base you were about me? I certainly was never bragging, just talking about how some experiences that I have had has shaped the way I think about the world and these issues. Again, what you're projecting in your…

LOL on you criticizing my motivation to help people. Hell yeah I'm motivated to do my work because I'm actually helping people and I've been lucky to work for awesome organizations that empower, support, and give voice to victims of discrimination and violence. My convictions against torture and lynchings and the…

Your comment wasn't nuanced. I am horrified when I read comments advocating for torture and lynching of men of color (and these comments are not uncommon on local southern news sites in the U.S. that I read). I'm allowed to voice that horror just as you're allowed to voice your thoughts. I am not a "hipster…

I'm just trying to join the discussion but I guess it's over. One thing I'd like to ask about is your comment on the Cuban embargo. It's my understanding that that policy has been derided by people on both sides of the political aisle as a complete failure and certainly by statistics on the ground in Cuba. I'm…

So you think a country of 1.2 billion should be judged on the criminal acts of several people? Huh.

+100 to your comments. As you said, I think these comments reflect racism. I'm especially disturbed by commenters advocating for the alleged perpetrators to be tortured and lynched, given what destruction and violence white colonists have wrought on that continent.

India is not a monolithic country. Hundreds of different languages are spoken there and hundreds of people with unique ethnicities and cultures live there. That's not to say that there isn't a problem there with violence against women in India, but this problem exists in every country. India's problems are…

Advocating for torture lynchings of a group of brown men accused but not proven of crime? Who cares if they arrested someone who wasn't involved or didn't commit the crime, right? Classy. But your avatar is of Zendaya wearing locs so that means you're not racist at all.