AND to couch this in terms of protecting public safety is complete bullshit. The state government and law enforcement have been setting up unnecessary barricades and blockades and positioning themselves across from the camp as a line of fully-geared riot police so that the press can take photos of a scene that is…

“Law enforcement has requested,” huh? Fuck this. Everyone from law enforcement, the federal and state government, large corporations, and some small community businesses have acted nefariously in North Dakota. This is INEXCUSABLE. This is criminal, unethical, and inhumane. This is genocide. All of this is happening in…

I give you a CBP agent going through the stack of Arabic books in my luggage, a play in one act:

Oh God. Coming back from the Middle East a month after 9/11 and I got the third degree, from two different people, about why I had been where I was (work), why was I doing that work (paycheck, it’s fun), and why was I coming to America at this time (because I was born here; why the fuck do you think I’m coming back…

I bet that doesn’t get made up for in a day of dollar an hour no health insurance fruit picking. Thanks for sniffing out the one half-truth in that paragraph of excrement. You are a credit to this thread

Hi, I can help with this:

Cardinals fans, amiright?

“We have black lives matter written in our window”

This was superb, and made me laugh. Well done.

Thank you so much. That was our intention; it was in the news in Texas but wasn’t getting enough national attention so we’ve been sharing it online and sending the story to various news outlets. I feel so useless in the face of such tragedy but getting her story heard helps a little.

Thank you so much for your generosity. Jackie’s family is so appreciative of all the donations. And internet hugs are always appreciated <3 I’ve been reading Jez for years and always found the comment section to be warm and supportive; sad that this story prompted me to create an account but the kind thoughts are very…

Very sorry for your loss. If it’s any consolation (maybe in a few months when the shock of her dying has worn off), the story has gone viral (I just saw 3 shares on my facebook feed) and people are paying attention - her killer will not be able to Ethan Couch his way out of this.

Louis CK does this bit about how men’s worst fears about dating are that they’ll be rejected, and women’s worst fears are that they’ll be murdered.

Longtime Jez fan, first time poster. I created this account just now because Jackie was a casual friend of mine and I’m the one who sent the story into Jezebel. Just wanted to say thank you so much for using my tip and posting her story. Jackie was a funny, charming, kind young woman and we are trying to get her story…

She’s feeling relieved and guilty all at the same time. But also fearful he’s going to get away with it or get off too lightly.

Here.

Seriously I am so over these people and their moral purity. I want to shake them. Even if they’re privileged enough that for practical purposes Trump and Clinton would have equivalent impacts on their lives, the same is not true for vulnerable populations, especially immigrants and refugees.

The attraction is normal. Acting on it isn't, and especially if you are in a parent/child relationship. It was his responsibility to protect her from it, and he failed her. Further I would argue that he groomed her and preyed upon her.

But you have plenty of desire to comment about your lack of desire to sympathize or understand someone whose experiences were not yours. Got it. Thanks for stopping by.