Precisely, he let out a male pedophile with a wink and a nudge - and demonized social media to cover it. Because, you know, if you keep kids from talking about things, then you won’t hear or see the rapes that happen behind the scenes. Problem solved as far as this asshat is concerned.

There was a magic moment in my life when I realized that crazy=/=sexy. I imagine that for many of these folks, that moment of clarity hasn’t happened yet.

I buy it. Some of my briefly married/ rapidly divorced women friends got fed up having to not only work but also mommy guys who suddenly decided being married exempted them from all domestic work.

I don’t understand how you can even manage to go from wanting to get married to hating each other in a year- how is that even possible?? And yet, my hillbilly cousin was married LESS THAN A MONTH.

A police officer is hired knowing that he/she will face dangerous situations. You are basically saying that by just being black, one should live with and accept the fact that the police WILL SHOOT YOU TO DEATH WITHOUT REASON? You’re a tone deaf racist scumbag. So many of you meatbags out there....

For an even fuller context, why not include the entire history of the United States in every news story?

I shouldn’t have bothered and figured internet sanctimony would turn this into a derailing comment instead of a comment on the fact that the majority of society seems to see this as a thing that will only happen to people that “deserve” it—people who earn a death sentence by...struggling. Having a record. Having a…

I think you’re making this comment from a well intentioned, but not-very-informed place. I work on a campus. One situation I’ve seen is when a student needs to switch out of a required class to get away from a rapist, but the only other session of the course is during another of the victim’s required courses. But the…

Universities do not “conduct a trial,” they hold hearings to see whether a student has violated the student code of conduct. This has nothing to do with criminal charges (which a student can still pursue in parallel to reporting the incident to the university).

It is, at least for me. I am as white as they get and I’ve faced harassment by cops (most recently for passing one going 50 in the left lane at exactly 60; he followed me for four miles including lane changes; the first time for getting into an accident with a cop that the judge determined was entirely his fault but…

White people are being killed and abused by police practically every day. In fact poor whites suffer the exact same police harassment that poor blacks deal with. I do think cases with white victims need to be publicized more so people can see it doesn’t just happen to black people. It can happen to anyone. I think if…

I also want to point out that it’s not just racist white cops. Asian cops, Hispanic cops, and other Black cops have the same mentality: Black people are more dangerous than other people, and should be treated callously. That is what policing is, and the race of the officer only changes that attitude sometimes, or just…

I am crying. I cannot get out my head the image of his face as he is fading away. The sadness in his eyes. The expression of “this is how I will die, it is unfair and idiotic”. Poor soul.

Apparently we here in the US have the world's most skittish cops, who are frightened of every twitch and shadow that they see. Here's an idea: if you are constantly afraid for your life, maybe being a cop isn't for you. Maybe you should try something a little more low key, like being a meter minder; empty cars rarely…

I used to tell myself, “They just don’t know how bad it is. When people know, things will be different.” I can’t tell myself that lie anymore, and the truth that it reveals—that there is a substantial group of white people in this country that just don’t really care about black people—is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry…

What just floors me- and it shouldn’t, I should be used to it, but it does, is that there are two instant reactions I see from a certain group of people whenever these tragedies happen:

I find it tiring that consistently people are more concerned about immigrants and backlash than women being assaulted. The reality is, we dont yet know who did this. The “foreigners” could be Muslim immigrants, refugees, or even the Stanford swim team. But I am sick of reading comments that care more about who didn’t…

As much as people hate this idea, I still maintain some level of control over my daughters phone, and social media usage. I have taught her as much as I possibly can about safe usage, and not giving out info to anyone she doesn’t know, but I still check every so often. She is actually pretty safe, but I worry. Hell I…