The police department didn’t determine Holtzclaw’s sentence; the jury and judge did. And he was absolutely able to control himself; he carefully chose victims and opportunities to ensure he would not be caught. Despite all the predictions, an all-white Oklahoma jury convicted Holtzclaw and recommended the maximum…

Except your comment WAS directed at the writer. Look at the top of your comment — see the little arrow that goes from your name to the writer’s name? And the entire rest of your response to me is a complete nonsequitur.

I am always amazed at the number of people working in the medical field who lack the most basic qualification — a sense of compassion. What a small minded and nasty comment to make to someone who is writing honestly about his struggles with mental illness.

This article is dealing in statements to people who have a specific kind of mental disorder. How is that bad? Do you have any evidence that HSAs are better for people with hypochondriasis, or are you just miffed that your personal life choices aren’t being validated by this article?

Did you even read this article? He’s offering advice for people who have a specific kind of mental illness. A mental illness that, by definition, will cause them to seek medical care at a higher rate than the average young, healthy person. A high deductible plan and an HSA aren’t going to work very well for someone…

I agree with this mayor. Women need to take responsibility for their own safety and not go to Trinidad.

I have no idea where you’ve come up with the completely unfounded claim that I’m against all pets. My cat and dog will certainly be surprised to hear it. But being able to keep the animals I have content and healthy doesn’t mean I can keep every animal content and healthy. I wouldn’t keep a monkey or a dolphin or an…

Because they are social animals. They need to live with each other and not with humans.

Maybe you should go do it then.

Let me guess — you think the world would be a better place if only we listened to and acted on the opinions of more seventh graders. And One Direction fans.

I didn’t have an argument here, just expressing a reaction to a particular kind of annoying person. But it’s really cute that you’re trying to troll me.

Well, sweetheart, you’re the one who has to deal with the consequences. Feel free to sprinkle your arguments with “lol” and “omg” and “1D4eva”. Just know that people aren’t dismissing you because they can’t handle intersectionality. They’re dismissing you because they’re not interested in debating a 7th grader.

But they didn’t knooooowww that was his whole shtick! How were they supposed to know? It’s not like they’ve got a box that will show them information on literally any topic in the world.

I want to kill people like this, and it has nothing to do with my mental illness. I think it’s actually a sane and reasonable response.

Really? Lol? Don’t you think it kind of undermines your whole argument that you should be taken seriously and not trivialized when you communicate like a middle schooler scoffing at a friend’s shoes? And yes, I AM tone policing you because you’re taking everyone else to task for their tone, but seem to feel no…

Cops who shoot civilians always say the civilian was attacking them. Even when they’re later proved to have shot the civilian in the back. So we probably shouldn’t just take these cops at face value.

It seemed to be a particularly insensitive comment to an article about an 80 year old woman who lives in an RV following seasonal work. “Yeah, sucks to be her, but hey! Let me brag about my boyfriend and my cool retirement plan!” I’m sure that when she was your age, she had it all figured out, too. But she got…

I’m not sure that classifying sociopathy as a psychiatric disorder has been particularly helpful. The inability to connect and empathize with other people is so profound, it’s almost like being deaf or blind. It’s not something that can be treated, in a conventional sense.

There’s really a simple solution to this problem. Practice sitting with your legs together at home. The reason women are able to sit with their legs together is because we’re schooled from birth to sit that way. Men from other cultures don’t seem to have this issue. Or you could just drive everywhere and spread out to…

And there are guys who can sit comfortably with their legs together. I think you may have missed my point, which is that we all have to make adjustments when we live in a society with other people.