Aka, “I’m too smart to commit a crime in this stupid a fashion.”

“They decided that 21 years was too much for ‘just’ rape.”

They seem to have operated on the assumption that surely someone accepted to the USMA would be more careful when committing a rape. “Why wouldn’t he conceal his face?” Because most rapists don’t wear masks, fuckface. “Why wouldn’t he wear a rubber?” Because most rapists don’t care about anything but committing their…

Unfortunately, while I’m equally disturbed by the story, I’d very much disagree with you on there being fault in the reporting process and the consigning of G/O writing on the military or veterans over the last four or five years as background props for whatever else they’re advocating for.

This should be well known by the military, it’s not exactly unheard of that soldiers can freeze in dangerous situations.

“It is even harder to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant would anticipate that [the victim] would not make any reflexive noise or movements upon being awakened, which would have alerted multiple others to his criminal activity,” There’s a lot to unpack here. They seem to be looking at his intent here.…

These assholes didn’t think he was innocent. They decided that 21 years was too much for “just” rape. They then found the flimsiest of pretexts to justify letting him off. They didn’t rely on the law. They used their own “moral” judgement to let a rapist go free.

Memo to the three idiot appellate judges: when a victim “freezes” during an assault, it’s part of the “fight or flight” mechanism. In fact, it’s no longer called“fight or flight” but “fight-flight-freeze.” Fight and flight is something everyone is familiar with, but when a victim freezes, it’s because their brain is…

No, it’s not the same thing. Tobacco products hurt people. Sex work, when done properly, doesn’t hurt anyone. The only reason sex work isn’t done properly everywhere is our Victorian attitudes towards sex. Instead of encouraging those attitudes by shaming the student doing the work and the student who wrote the…

It is fucking frustrating, isn’t it? When I helped stage a walk-out after Columbine, our superintendent threatened to throw all 3k+ students (county-wide) in detention.  Of course they didn’t, but it definitely hurt in terms of sheer numbers.

Man, fuck all the SWERFs showing up in the comments to say that normally they’re totally cool, but it’s different when *wildly sex-negative horseshit*.

This just illustrates the fundamental irrationality of school systems. Also, thinking back to my days in school, what I’ve seen with my kids in school, and my wife (a teacher of 20 years and a former Board of Education member) deals with, the average school administrator is pretty mediocre.

Our local HS had a walkout…

When the Strauss Khan thing happened, the only thing that surprised me was that the Hotel backed the maid.

When I read complaints about the show’s agenda, I wonder how some people can have empathy for someone from another universe, but not for people from another country, race or sexual orientation. Danette pretty much answered that question...as long as the aliens are white, they’re alright!

Actually, Liz in the books was latina...so the original series whitewashed her.

So if they’d all been white and straight that wouldn’t have been political? Really? When anywhere between a third to a half of under 30's don’t identify as straight and 45% of the under 30 set are NOT white, a number that’s over 50% in New Mexico, you think whitewashing would be non-political?

To illustrate that.

White comedian Mitch Hedberg - a receipt is ridiculous if I am buying a donut. I give you money, you give me the donut, there is no reason to bring pen and paper into it.

Black comedian Patrice O’Neal - give me that receipt for a donut. It is a potential alibi when I get picked up for “matching the…

Burn it down, just burn it all down.

I had some bullshit similar to that happen to me a a best buy back in the day. I went to best by to check out getting a dreamcast back when they were being discontinued and sold for like $50.

Translation-”Oh shit, the national news has picked up on it. We better half ass some response before our customers give us the finger.”