I’m sorry I was an asshole I realize that and will change.

“I’m not excusing Ellen’s behaviour...”

Proceeds to excuse Ellen’s behaviour.

People work service jobs 40+ hours a week to make ends meet. This includes dealing with hundreds of people per DAY. These people (including myself) STILL are capable of being personable to those they don’t know and those they work with.

Ellen…

Really? REALLY?

Your average Taco Bell worker in a metropolitan area deals with more people on a daily basis than Ellen does in a fucking month, and we expect them to be kind and courteous for 0.02% of what she makes in a goddamn year.

There is ZERO excuse for her to be rude or short or cold toward anyone she works…

No shit right?  Ask a hotel receptionist if theyre allowed to treat people like shit.  They deal with hundreds of guests per day.  Ellen just has to shoot the shit with celebrities or genuinely interesting people.  What a terrible gig!  Where do I sign up??

Bullshit. Millions of people deal with more stressful jobs every day that matter a hell of a lot more than her and pay a hell of a lot less. No one says she needs to do it with a smile on her face but she sure as shit needs to treat people with respect.

this seems like a step too far. Shady, but not abuse.

Give the civilian complaint review board some teeth and make their recommendations binding. 

People are presenting this as a choice, when the 8 are called “cant’ wait” for a reason. They’re the bare minimum we should be doing, not ALL we should be doing. The 8 are the starting point, and designed to make a big impact upfront, because let’s face it: that’s probably all we’re going to get before it’s “Mission…

8. Exponentially expand the size, staff and scope of family&child services, drug rehabilitation, mental consulting, etc. Every dollar cut from the police state should be diverted there. Fire 10 cops, hire 20 social workers, guidance counselors, etc.

I’ve got a couple ideas on how to fix policing.

True.  He could have gone all Reese Witherspoon about this, but instead he sounds more like someone who is fishing for a senior citizen discount.

I agree with that recent Freddie Prinze Jr. video that went viral a few weeks ago. SW video games have screwed up a lot of people’s understanding of the force. 

I get to write about video games for a living, have cheap rent (thanks Kansas!) but also have fast internet because I live near Kansas City.

Charlamange slow dances to Old Town Road.

Not to be picky, but she’s married to William H. Macy, not Willem Dafoe.

There can only be one Mike Pence.

Having never been touched like that by a woman before, it was all he could do to prematurely eject her.

Nice to see the comments already filled with people who don’t understand why unions are important or how workplace demos work and are instead already out here speaking nonsense.

Christ almighty, you’re such a transparently disingenuous liar.