Yeah, it honestly seems really fucked from an ethical perspective. I have a family friend who is a defense attorney for some clients who I’m sure everyone knows is guilty, but her defenses revolve around challenging rights violations - procedural mistakes made by the police or in court. That line of defense is…

Uhhh what? He actually said “boys have to make more than girls”? Usually they know better than to actually admit that directly. And other people defended this?

Absolutely, which is why I agreed with the overall point.

Ok, I think I understand your point a bit better now. But I do think you’re underestimating straight men by saying they’re just going to see boobs and not listen to or think about what the protest is actually for.

You’re protesting straight men

All true, though I’d argue that it does matter that white Latinas like Emma are typically treated in racist America as non-white. It’s absolutely a big problem that black voices from Parkland haven’t been getting the same press, but I do still think it’s significant that there’s a Latinx voice among those being most…

It was a quote from the piece. It bothered me when I read it the first time too, so I was surprised to see someone quoting it without comment to the misspelling.

Look at the comment history and dismiss that troll. No one needs to hear his absurd victim blaming bullshit.

Thanks for sharing this.

This is a touching tribute. I think your friend was lucky to have you.

Part of the point of the quote I pulled was to point to the specific disturbing behavior being far more than “being weird” and instead being actionable. But you’re right that I went on a bit of a tangent about how the FBI failed here.

I hope his gofundme continues to get some love then. I’m betting $400k won’t be enough to cover his medical expenses in the long run.

It was more than “being weird”. The FBI even admitted they failed to follow procedure.

Yes and no. If school cops aren’t supposed to help in explicitly these types of situations, what the hell are they there for? (Harassing students.) And while I agree that blaming the school for school shootings is generally unfair, in this particular case, this was a kid who had been reported for disturbing behavior…

So the police have no duty to protect people, and also are allowed to kill people pretty much whenever they want without consequences. Remind me what police are good for again?

Uh. You missed the joke. He did edit it to clarify his joke (which yes, he probably should have noted), but that was definitely still the joke even in the previous version you posted.

Damn. All that racist bullshit has really rotted him from the inside out.

My bet’s on nothing about Angelou. Those assholes love any opportunity to twist MLK’s words though.

I came over here right after seeing it. It was really beautifully well done, made me tear up a bit. The press release linked above is also worth a read, especially for Guy Johnson’s very sweet tribute to his mother.

Jesus. This is a horrifying thought.