Anyone who is criticizing the very valid question being asked here has never been to Washington Heights or the Bronx or the parts of the Carribean, Central amd South America colonized by Spain and Portugal. To exclude darker skinned and Black folks and to call the work representative is intentional. And the “just be…

Thank you. I cannot imagine what these families must feel seeing t-shirts and stickers and all of the media stuff.

I’m so sorry for your loss and for the fact that your pain was exacerbated in this way. 

Fuck Shaun King and everyone else profiting off of pain and suffering.

You ever read about the billions of dollars banks receive annually in overdraft fees? As someone put it, the banks made all this money from people that literally can't afford it. 

My sister at 9 was definitely left watching me at 3. This was '80, '81, and she did it for years. Some kids grow up faster than others because they have to. They shouldn't be underestimated.

I’m Gen-X and was left alone by myself or with another kid my age often so that my mom could work. I was also around 8. 

The fact is that America has criminalized being poor. And with America having a for-profit justice/prison system and the fact that the country is steadily sliding into being a 3rd world county, this is obviously a bad thing. Welcome to American Late Stage Capitalism.

I think my oldest brother was 8 years old the first time my parents left us home alone. But then I’m a Boomer, and running around unsupervised was pretty much the norm.

Just watch ‘Lassie’ sometime. You’ll see.

I don’t think that tweet disputes that.

He’s definitely worried about getting jumped lol.

I mean, he’s definitely stupid.

Times like this make me miss Splinter even more than Deadspin.

And hell finally froze over. I guess someone owes me $100 and a date.

Ash Wednesday FTW.

Now if only Grover Norquist would return home to Satan too.

Best thing he ever did.

For those of you that are, like me, in desperate need of some good news:

The trolls are tryin’ to get their say...hope they love them greys. :P