So Franklin needs an age appropriate dealer?

As a fellow member of the Language and Grammar Police (tm), I have to say that I have thrown in the towel on the fight over turns of phrase and modern expressions. Language changes over time.

My cousin died of a drug overdose and I spent a lot of time being really angry at him, then feeling guilty for being angry, and then being terribly, terribly sad. 

It’s interesting that Ariana chooses to engage directly with her fans/haters/trolls...I mean, it’s probably great for her brand that she does seem more ‘accessible’ than Taylor Swift and other pop stars of her ilk, but I can’t imagine it’s healthy - emotionally speaking - for her to be reading the comments and feeling…

And yet it’s like you still understood what she meant.

This poor woman would be vilified no matter what. If she never mentioned it, she’d be called cold or they’d snicker “She got over that quick!” Now they’re accusing her of using his death for attention. She cannot win! She seems like a sensitive, compassionate and strong person but this is a lot to handle.

Yeah let’s pile on more criticism!

I have schizophrenia and several other diagnoses. I have also been previously preyed upon and brainwashed by hardcore Christians, of whom I am now many years free.

I don’t think this was even about spreading the word of Jesus. It was about him and his ego. He wanted to be THE GUY who converted these historically isolated people. He could have spread the word of god in a ton of places around the world where it wasn’t so dangerous for the recipients of his gospel, but no he chose…

My experience is if you go into any situation with a self proclaimed superior attitude, attempting to sell someone something they don’t want nor need, expect it to backfire spectacularly.

That’s a slander on those with actual mental illness. This is a selfish, arrogant life choice based on his own idiotic religious views. Saying it’s akin to mental illness absolves him of any kind of responsibility for his wildly stupid choices. If he wouldn’t have had such a hard-on to convert the unconvertable, and…

Free will, isn’t that something Christians believe in?

This is a good take. I feel very, very angry privately about John Chau but also, those folks on Twitter saying “good riddance” are hideous.

Believe me, I’m not saying I think we should be making extraordinary efforts to retrieve his body just to soothe his family’s grief.  What I’m saying is that I blame this kid for his own choices, and I feel sympathy for the loss of a child the way I’d feel sympathy for the mother of a death row inmate.  Regardless of…

Well, that’s just stupid.  But again, kid made his own choices.  I can’t blame his family for his choices any more than I blame my ex’s family for his being abusive.  Maybe they contributed, but he ultimately made his own decisions.

You’re being much more tactful than I would have been. This was typical centuries old white man’s arrogance to presume they needed “converting” to Christianity. As if Christianity has done wonders in this country. I feel no sympathy for him or his family. Let it be a lesson for those who would try to impose their…

The mom is definitely a religious nut, too. Against all evidence, she said she believes he could still be alive because she prays.

Without evidence to that effect, I can’t blame them. Plenty of serial killers have come from perfectly healthy, lovely families. People have free will. He chose to do this. I feel bad for his friends and family the same way I’d feel bad for any family whose child is killed. That said, I again think his family needs to…

Here is a thing I wrote yesterday about this very article:

Isn’t it remarkable that people who holler ‘freedom of speech’ think it means ‘freedom from consequences?’