I’ve been calling Julian Castro since like 2013, and I don’t like being wrong. Hoping it’s him or Warren, but it’ll probably be someone boring like Vilsack or Kaine. Blah.
Of course we all should try to reduce our risk of being a victim of crime.
Absolutely. Which is always borne out when fucking rape kits are actually tested. These guys are mostly repeat offender predators. They know exactly what they’re doing.
The difference is, if you get drunk and toddle home and get beaten up or mugged, the next day people wont be trying to convince you that you weren’t beaten up or mugged. That’s why drunkenness CAN’T be used against women who are raped.
There is a difference between saying, “here is some information that can reduce your risk of being raped/robbed/assaulted” and saying it is your responsibility to remain sober to avoid being raped/robbed/assaulted. I believe it is a good idea for people to lock their car doors to prevent thieves from stealing their…
People want to set up all these rules to follow but at the end of the day they’re meaningless. Women get raped because somebody decided to rape them.
Yes but if you are drunk and become victim of a crime, chances are the perpetrator won’t be let off the hook BECAUSE you were drunk. “Yeah, that guy mugged you, but uh oh, looks like he mugged you while you were drunk. Sorry, dude. It was your own fault. We won’t convict him.”
If you got so drunk that a mugger noticed and decided to take advantage of that, a lawyer wouldn’t attempt to use your drunkenness to get the mugger off charges.
A couple of years ago I had a nasty road rage incident. When I got home (via a very circuitous route), I tried to find out if this guy had a gun. You can’t. There is no registry where you can check that kind of thing. How insane is that?
Yes, a thousand times, yes. Make anyone who sells a firearm to someone who then uses that firearm to commit a crime, an accessory to that crime. Fuck this fucking shit. ENOUGH.
You know? Fuck no-fly lists. They’re pretty useless. I want to see the firearms equivalent of SIP laws. Nearly every state has laws in place to make bartenders culpable if they serve to intoxicated persons. They may not be well enforced, but they’re there and legal precedent.
I look forward to an even longer filibuster when republicans fuck it all up. Woooooo.
Don’t watch it if you’re already depressed. I have to wait for the right mental place to see stuff like that. But it was really good.
I can’t even wrap my head around this. Are minorities supposed to be against wearing nice clothes? In my experience, the Black people in my office are always better dressed than I am, regardless of level.
Come on, give Oliver some credit. He is absolutely crushing too. He could at least be a small cherub who follows her with laser guided missiles.
I love her response to him.
I can’t decide what I love more...that tweet, Warren’s speech or this:
