Slavery fucked you over if you were working class because it destroyed the value of manual labor. The South as a whole never benefited economically from slavery, nor did even white men there even on average. Which, world’s tinniest violin, right? Still, white men are great at being tricked into punching themselves in…

I don’t care about the Greek system but the members of that fraternity who were complicit in the kid’s death need to go to jail. It wasn’t an accident.

“Then something happened to them, which is that they won. Victory can be a bit of a bitch for people, particularly for a movement of activists, which is what conservatism was. At the heart, contemporary American conservatism does not know what it believes in, and they’re desperately trying to figure that out. Trump…

Counterpoint , Lobster is overpriced crusty sea spider and tastes no better than your average crab or whitefish...

well said. I also think that too many white people are isolated from this kind of feedback, so when they hear it they freak out. If you, a white person, actually have deep relationships with people of color, you will be familiar with such sentiments and understand what is actually being said and not personalize it. Or…

Super proud of her for telling the damn truth regardless but fucking bummed that she lost her coin. I really hope this winds up opening new and better doors for her.

They’ve put Titus O’Neil out as a public face of the company, and it has been very clear for years that if he could actually do a decent job in the ring, he’d be a top guy for the company, since he can cut promos, handle PR, and is a large individual.

How are they ‘promoting mutual respect and understanding’ by saying girls get tits to be attractive? That’s literally promoting the sexualization and objectification of women’s bodies.

From the SLT article linked:

On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. 15 percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom they are working with.

“after refusing to violate hospital policy”

Jesus - when she sobs ‘why is he so angry’ is heartbreaking. His hands are actually on her and no one around her is able to stop him. She’s totally vulnerable, he’s unstable and everyone is helpless to prevent him from forcing her into his car. How absolutely terrifying.

My sister is a nurse practitioner. Her job is very difficult, stressful and at the same time she finds it rewarding because she saves children’s lives every day. I cannot express how angry this story makes me and I only wish his firing is the least of the repercussions he will face.

It’s quite literally one of the most disheartening things about Trump’s presidency, to me. I just can’t see a light at the end of this tunnel of deliberate ignorance.

Wow was Abbott trying to “de-escalate” a situation by maybe, maybe using sarcastic “humour”? I’m putting “de-escalate” in quotes because I don’t see anything to de-escalate. The woman is just nervous and this guy’s comments are coming WAY OUT of left field (or would that be RIGHT field a.k.a. alt-right field)? …

The only way this could not be completely awful is if it were an exact recreation of the original story but gender swapped, because that would tell us some interesting things about how we perceive violence and gender. Anything else is going to be a stereotyped mess.

It makes me happy that they are unhappy. I don’t care if that makes me a shitty person.

“But the main thing is the city didn’t ask us to become a shelter then.”

Unless she’s showing up in heels and an evening gown to dig holes at a construction site, WTF is dressing up too nicely in an inappropriate manner? I get some places are super casual because I’ve worked at a lot of them but some people always dress up a little nicer than others because that’s their preference in life.…

“God’s got this.”