Edited: Never mind.

I was responding to someone else and saw you trying to call me stupid after you “left” the conversation. You’re the one who responded to me first; I didn’t start this discussion with you. So if you’re not willing to finish what YOU started, then be done with it. But don’t be petty and “subcomment” me, because I love…

Says the guy who thinks tourists (or people in general? Still not clear on if you think *everybody* has to stay off the water in bad weather) should avoid doing literally anything in the rain, even when a local guide/captain tells them it’s fine and when, according to most peoples’ understanding, boats are meant to…

You seem really butthurt. I’m amazed how many people are so gung ho about blaming dead tourists for dying on a boat they weren’t piloting and clearly didn’t know the first rules about riding. Experience is how I know these people were simply ignorant, not stupid. I sincerely hope you don’t have children and aren’t in…

I’ll never forget that officer The Root interviewed a few weeks ago who called beat cops stupid as fuck.

Bye, pleasure boater (if you’re even that lol). Make sure you wear a sweater if you’re going outside today. You don’t want to get the sniffles.

Do not go outside in inclement weather. ... Would you ride on the top of an open air bus in a thunder storm? Answer again, no.

Oh wait... I just realized that you seem to think you can’t go on a boat—or even outside—in the rain... Wow.

Lol at you expecting a bunch of tourists from the Midwest to know that this was a situation that could kill them.

How the fuck does a roller coaster in a storm compare to a boat in a storm???? A roller coaster is specifically meant to be ridden in dry, tepid weather. Boats can and do weather storms every single day. I’ve been on boats in bad weather dozens if not a hundred times, and whether or not you can ride it out depends on…

Every person of authority who was there said it was fine to get on the boat. Most people think all you have to do in a boat in a storm is let the boat ride it out, and I imagine this is especially true of novices going on their first boat ride on a landlocked lake. Y’all are really determined to blame these people for…

Damn. Why would you have to prove Stand Your Ground doesn’t apply before prosecuting? That’s insane to me. That should be a defense, not a means of avoiding prosecution altogether. Thanks for sharing.

I’m looking for a campaign to pressure him to file charges. Haven’t found one yet, but please lmk if you hear of any.

These kinds of suggestions always remind me of the Seven Days in Song of Solomon.

Thanks. I was on my phone, which is only half a year old and still slow as hell, so commenting takes 20 minutes, much less following links.

Someone please, please tell me there is recourse when the sheriff refuses to arrest someone. This is not his call to make. There has to be some justice here because this is not acceptable. And anyone who would shoot another man over a parking space is a danger to the public and especially to black people.

Lol.

As a person who has spent a lot of time on boats, I feel pretty confident saying that there is a serious learning curve when it comes to being on the water. Most peoples’ only knowledge of boats comes from TV. But I’m glad you think you’re smarter than everybody.

I don’t really understand what you're saying.