I was watching the verdict. When they came to the discussion of bail, the prosecution was concerned that now she was convicted that she was a danger to others and herself. The defense said she has demonstrated that she could be trusted since she has never missed a court date in the past two years. The judge agreed…

I mentioned this in another comment, but this is happening just a few towns over. You hear people calling into local radio stations, I see FB posts by people who knew this boy....there is a whole bunch more that the general public hasn’t heard or seen yet.

I honestly don’t know how I feel about this verdict. I mean, everything I’ve read about the case tells me this girl is horrible and morally culpable, but I just don’t know enough about the law to say whether she’s legally culpable. And even if she is, I don’t know that I think she should be.

We don’t know what kind of person she is. Seems like she might be a less-bright version of Cathy from East of Eden. A fantastic character-study of a psychopath from an age when they weren’t really understood medically. If true she wouldn’t benefit. People know right from wrong at age 17. I remember having a…

She’s an obvious TERF (trans-exclusionary “radical” feminist). Here’s some of their work:

What I think she’s getting at — and it’s possible I’m being overly generous here — is the idea that gender isn’t/can’t be entirely self determined. A person may have their own idea about who they are, but the world at large doesn’t necessarily know or care about that; if someone has a male body, they’re going to be…

That’s just one of many aspects though. They use your height, weight, eye and hair color, fingerprints, DNA if it’s on record. If they’re looking for someone putting on a skirt or pants won’t fool them if they know how you look or you left evidence.

Good job, Oregano.

Good on Oregon, and especially the state government seemingly doing this is a really sober, by-the-book way.

What?

See if I got an X I wouldn’t be able to stop myself going “that’s right, my gender is X, for extreme” at the border.

Okay am I drunk or did the whole messaging thing change? I haven’t had anything to drink but ya never know.

Rapists of the world unite

I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that there are Cosby supporters. It would be like saying Jim Jones was just handing out cool beverages on a warm day.

These women are fucking superheroes and I think we should build them a shrine and worship at it

These women - Lili Bernard, Jewel Allison - they are fucking warriors. They are the ones we need to teach our sons and daughters about. The courage, compassion, strength and LOVE of these women in the face of such disgusting injustice and disrespect will be something I’ll never forget.

Y’all, Pence just hired private counsel.

Maybe she doesn’t feel worse though. Maybe she feels empowered by standing up to them. I wouldn’t be able to d0 it. I tip my hat to her.

This is a real problem these days. Example A: the presidency.