Yeah, but those stories are about filthy southerners and disproprtionately affect minorities. This story is about how a white lady feels about beverages.

I see a wide-ranging array of responses to the 40K figure, all with one thing in common: not a jot of change in the original headline.

Hillary, this is an excellent piece, but I think you would do well to change the headline to reflect the actual number, as the error undermines the work.

I suppose? But I dunno, it's magical thinking that an atrocity from only 60 years ago could be discussed as a human v human historical curiosity (like, I don't know, Viking invasions or something), rather than clearly delineated, racially-motivated homicidal events that still inform what's happening in our world…

While we're calling out perp's race, let's also mention the class of the lynchers: working class and poor whites. For them, lynching was a sick, violent form of street theater that highlighted the social privileges of whiteness—which, for poor white trash, was the only power they had . The rich, white 1% who owned…

Dammit. I read that whole Times piece and wound up pissed off at the Jews. Don't I feel foolish.

Same here. Retail and food service. Seems like another example of class assumptions when it comes to drug use among retail/service industry people vs professionals.

I would hope so.. unless they were blowing politicians. In which case, is it bribing? I don't know. Too complicated. I just wanted to say I was a responsible citizen that payed for her own drugs.

Yeah, only 0.2% failed the drug screen, but 100% were shamed for being poor.

yes exactly!!

Do you guys remember when he went on vh1 and said that people should be more afraid of boy bands than of him?

I just let out what can only be described as a hag cackle.

I can respect this viewpoint, as I can Bonnet's above. There's a difference between "these stories weren't for me" (and no story is going to resonate with absolutely everyone, not even monogrammed thermoses) and "STOP POSTING THESE STORIES."

You'll enjoy this, then.
I read this on a local news site, but it should be easy enough to google. A cook decided to make the cream sauce extra creamy. The customer noticed, complained, and the food was given to the police.
The prosecutor successfully made the case that making someone drink your bodily fluids without…

but people need to realize there are selfish people in the world

You raise me up. You always have.

The upside is that, if anyone has ever deserved a shitty tip, it's you!

Those ungrateful Poors. Obviously wasting money they clearly don't deserve.

you may be dutch but your post also says you're an asshole. a big fat dutch asshole.

Please stay in the Netherlands, then. Preferably in your house and nowhere near a restaurant.