It’s like a distillation of toxic masculinity. If only the recoil from firing could have given someone a black eye, it’d have been an art film.

I don’t get the point of fining him something he can’t possibly pay. Can’t they just mandate he has to wear a t-shirt that says “I destroyed 45,000 acres of land and maybe your house because of a stupid gender reveal party” for the rest of his life? (I would also accept “I held a stupid gender reveal party”)

What did they think was going to happen when they have it sitting in the middle of a field of deep dry grass? Not like there isn’t enough bare dirt IN THE FREAKING DESERT to set the celebratory IED on.

Stupidity. It was filled with glorious, flammable stupidity.

Gender, gun control, climate change, destruction. Amazing. 

There’s a hint of blue smoke to signify a boy, but it’s quickly overpowered by fire and dust and earth and shrapnel and various other scary shit flying through the air.

Is it just me or is she increasingly getting browner everytime I see her? 

To the other commenters, where did they act like they cured inequality? They proved a point and people, like local news, took notice. That’s like step #1 of deconstructing white supremacy - using your privilege to not only acknowledge it exists but also right the wrongs it produced.

I see this divergence around what’s…

Good for them. This is a way to use your whiteness in a positive manner and how to be a good ally. If you see injustice, speak out. I know everyone on here know about the unequal enforcement of rules, but these ladies’ families and Facebook friends need to be shown “proof” of this treatment. Now comes the part of not…

Yeah I was never a fan of their culture, I always found it to be douchy. The Sangha I am a member of is very pointedly working on racism, undoing white supremacy, undoing patriarchy, supporting POC leaders, etc. So that keeps me a little optimistic, but mostly I’m just assuming garbage humans will be garbage and…

Welcome to my world. i’m a pretty dedicated Zen practitioner and right now I’m “sitting with” nihilist as fuck.

I never met or attended any meetings led by Noah, but I was a participant in Refuge Recovery’s outpatient rehab program in LA a couple of years back. His behavior is gross and abhorrent but I genuinely hope the community is able to figure out a way to continue on with their work without him. Although RR is based in…

Yes this is true. I find it’s less true than in Hindu texts, which is the tradition it comes out of. In its time it would be radically egalitarian. But we don’t live in that time.

I tend to think Levine's actions were less a function of latent misogyny within Buddhist doctrine and more about him being a total shit.

Whenever a boundary was stated – physical, emotional, or otherwise – I always honored it.

I have it on good authority that time on earth moves in a straight line. But time in the afterlife moves in Jeremy Bearimy. And since we all die, i ultimately won't matter.

COTD!

His middle name is “Cab”, isn’t it?

For those wondering, Crew is short for Crewstopher.