“If they were good cops, they would stand up and hold the bad ones accountable. Instead they all hold the thin blue line in some bullshit brotherhood narrative.”
They support him by not vilifying him and it’s not just some, it’s most, if not all, because of their #bluelivesmatter crap.
Is there anyone working to fix…

See I don’t think I’m a better person than most. I think lots of humans rise to the occasion, you seem to have little faith in humans and the human spirit. My back was to the wall and I reacted.
And if you’re asking me to have empathy for cops, I don’t. I do have tons of empathy for the people that they harm. No one…

Silly you, the media is liberal!
Seriously though, it is ridiculous that these false narratives are allowed to thrive.

I’ve faced violence head on, I don’t need anyone to have my back. I am alive today because I took a bat to someone who would have killed me, given the chance.

The whole organization from the union down, is corrupt. They lie, cover up crimes and murder, they behave as a crime syndicate. That much is apparent.

I had never heard of that term before, gonna go read, thank you!

There’s no guarantee that just because you stand behind a murderer that he will protect you when you’re life is threatened. That’s the bullshit propaganda that they spew to make the “good cops” fall into line with the bad. Not to mention, that that mentality is so entirely wrong. You shouldn’t have to basically…

That’s an outright lie. Why can’t people see how phony this guy is?

I maintain that supporting someone like Van Dyke shows me that there are no good cops. If they were good cops, they would stand up and hold the bad ones accountable. Instead they all hold the thin blue line in some bullshit brotherhood narrative. If my brother murdered someone, I wouldn’t stand behind him. I’d be…

I’d argue that the release of those videos and the rhetoric surrounding them, was a terrorist act that now seems to be flourishing. The intended outcome was to cause the threats and violence and they succeeded.

lifting you out of the grey.

It’s an article about Hillary on 538’s site can you get to their main page? http://fivethirtyeight.com/ Anyway in the comments several people are talking about Bernie’s supporters and basically we are nowhere near alone in our feelings. Here’s an example.

“To each his or her own” did you miss that part? You are free to feel as you do, as am I. I believe in giving people a chance to be adults and setting boundaries, other people believe in cutting people off. You go your way, I’ll go mine, have a lovely weekend.

To each his or her own, if you read a few more of my responses you’d see I don’t conflate love and sex.

You should take a look at the first comment on this 538 article.

You and I are on the same page. This person I was talking to is a man who said we’re not in danger of Roe being overturned. So you know, great. I pointed out that it might not matter since the route they’re taking with the states is working fine to limit choice. Anyway, I’m increasingly concerned about the nature of…

This is my experience as well. I’m seeing a lot of, if Bernie doesn’t get the nomination I’m not voting for Hillary to teach the party a lesson.
I just had this interaction on facebook.

Me: Well I hope if Bernie asks you to support her, you do. 3 SCOTUS justices are very likely on the line.

The”jackal” is still in my life, we are still friends. I set boundaries and made things clear and he came to his senses. My husband trusted that once we got things back on track, I’d handle the issue and I did. Of course relationships are more than trust, I never said differently. I am saying that when it comes to…

Ok, that makes your reply make more sense to me, I figured I was just not understanding hahaha.
I am also glad you were specific about what I’m being balanced and mature about because it’s safe to say, in most cases I’m neither of those things in general! What happened was his fault, not hers. He didn’t set boundaries…

Sorry, don’t want to make you feel pukey! She would cook him lunch and bake him treats and dote on him. For a little while she was texting him, more than I ever do. So I used the term, because it really felt like she was his work wife. She’s a lovely woman, clearly I feel she has good taste and thankfully she’s found…

I disagree whole-heartedly. I had one of these jackals in my ear when my then boyfriend (now husband) was living in a different country. Things went pretty badly for a bit, but we worked together to get things back on track and were better than before. The only people in your relationship are you and your partner,…