Problem is, by and large we reserve force/violence to the police. So even though they aren’t medical practitioners, they’re the only ones with the rights and abilities to really intervene in violence. Abilities being a term used loosely of course...

That is not always possible. If a person is in a psychotic state, they are most likely eligible for an involuntary psychiatric admission. But in a lot of municipalities, involuntary admissions must be made through the police departments. Also, a person in psychosis is generally regraded as dangerous (and rightfully…

If you call 911 for a psychotic episode, you’re getting law enforcement. Neither medics nor the fire department have guns or handcuffs. Scene safety is a priority, not to mention liability issues.

“I speak for Asians when I say we’re upset at you.” “Can you explain why you think people are upset about this thing, so I can understand.” “This bitch thinks I speak for Asians, fuck her.”

In the comics, Swinton’s character is a stereotypical “wise Asian” character, which many people find offensive. Rewriting that role as a white woman removes that, and creates a role for a woman. And then, they wrote a new Asian role and cast an Asian actor. No Asian actors lost work, a role for a woman was created, a…

Major props to Tilda for releasing the conversation too.

That house Asian thing is particularly bullshit when Cho has put herself out there as a critic of Swinton getting the role. It’s like, “I speak for Asians when I say we’re upset at you.” “Can you explain why you think people are upset about this thing, so I can understand.” “This bitch thinks I speak for Asians, fuck…

I think Cho comes off looking worse in this than Tilda. Though my first thought was why on earth would she seek out the opinion of Margaret Cho in the first place? It seems like just such a bizarre out of nowhere email to send to someone. I mean maybe there is some more backstory here that we aren’t getting, but that…

Cho has made herself one of the main voices of this debate and was publicly criticizing the movie and Swinton. If someone does that, they can’t then claim that if someone wants to talk about it with them that they are being turned to as the only Asian in the room. She has set herself up as an expert on this issue for…

I’m guessing that Cho doesn’t understand why a lot of people are pissed at her. It has nothing to do with her feelings that Asian actors should play Asian roles, which is completely valid. Everyone’s pissed because she took what was supposed to be a private conversation, twisted it into the worst possible…

I have no doubt that the TBI is why he didn’t drop the gun, it sounds from all the evidence like that’s the case. And the cop maybe should have listened to the wife. However, the cop NOT listening to the wife and believing her immediately, when there’s a gun in play and there’s an immediate perceived danger, doesn’t…

I have to commend you for trying, but maybe you didn’t get the memo. We’ve moved past facts and into feelings territory. The purpose of this blog post is to make readers feel like their indignation is righteous. Be amazed as Anna Merlan magically transforms the blunt Keith Lamont Scott was smoking in his car into a…

Open carry does not mean open brandishing. This is an easy mistake to make by people not familiar with gun laws. If you are carrying a firearm, you are not allowed to point it at anyone or use it in a menacing manner. You are also supposed to obey police officers, and any responsible gun owner will immediately tell an…

It doesn’t matter if it’s open carry or not, you have to drop a gun if a cop says to drop it. Open carry doesn’t mean you can point a gun at anyone or hold it when ordered to put it down.

In this case, they found a gun. The wife said there wasn’t one, but she was wrong. She also had known he had a gun because she had filed a domestic violence report against him before the incident and said he had one. Having TBI doesn’t mean you are excused from obeying a “drop the gun” order.

Except for that whole part where he had their permits to build on federal land frozen which is technically the only thing he can do since the rest of this stuff is happening on privately owned property and he isn’t some kind of tyrant.

I’ve always seen that look as one of defiance. There was a astonishing photo a couple of years ago of a Yazidi girl after ISIS started slaughtering and raping her people with much the same look in her eyes:

I love the Jewel one. I thought it perfectly encapsulated all the deservingly ugly shit that flew Coulter’s way.

Because we don’t want to believe the devil is real and walking the earth, like Antonin Scalia did.

a) Criticizing someone for appropriating Harajuku is silly, because Harajuku itself borrows from non-Japanese cultures.