Interesting who the early sponsors were.

Yes, but one point is it’s not an equal choice for all groups of people. Many people use substances as self-medication because they’ve been traumatized, for example. And who is more likely to be traumatized? People who are poor and live in dense, urban housing. It’s interesting that you say people can just move to a…

I went to a meet-up for women in local politics and met a Slovenian woman who was running for a school board seat. She’s been a citizen for 15 years and has managed to build a MASSIVE community of Slovenian women in this small Minnesota suburb. She was brought over first, as a mail-order bride and she managed to…

I hope he accidentally shuts his junk in a car door.

She is probably using for anxiety and some relaxation. She human just like us.

I saw your apology to chocolatesystems down the thread, but I figured I’d still share a few quotes . . . because this is a common and very human reaction to tragedy and despair:

I understand and I realize how I let my own despair become misguided in lashing out as I did.

i agree. at this point we have to do whatever it is that gets us through, and i saw nothing wrong with that top comment. and we shouldn’t shame people for coping in their own ways.

I’m guessing because it was gentle gallows humor with a dollop of “suck my dick, NRA” and not the least bit sociopathic.

because sometimes you have to find some type of joy when you’re despondent and tired.

I don’t see where anyone recycled the obvious joke, so I will: a murder-suicide takes place in the wrong order.

Thank god republicans and the NRA have repeatedly blocked efforts to keep men with a history of DV from owning guns.

That’s some horribly judgey, unsympathetic BS to say suicide is a selfish act. I’m not talking about this case in particular, which is clearly fucked up, but you just made a blanket statement about people who are ill and in so much pain that they don’t see another way out.

Thank you, Jessie. Really over the whole “let’s ban knives then, too!!!” comments.

Hi there, Internet Commentator.

People are more likely to survive a stabbing. Comments like yours, meant to deflect attention away from the real issue we have with guns in the USA, are getting really tiresome.

Probably because the perpetrators of deadly domestic violence see it as a form of punishment, often for daring to leave the abusers. Punishment is best when seen by as many as possible to really drive it home.

You have no idea how much I hate that I’m here telling you that your plan is brilliant and thank you for caring about your kiddos so much. Also considering carrying a couple lollipops in my purse just in case I need to keep my own kids quiet in an emergency sometime.

I keep a bag of lollipops in the filing cabinet near where they have to be quiet. In the event that it wasn’t a drill or went on for a really long time, everyone is getting something stuck in their mouths. You have no idea how much I hate that I have a plan for that scenario.

I look forward to a day when we won’t need such a counter. Its a bold future and our visionary leaders are working towards making it happen.