This reality makes me want to screampunch through the drywall; not because it exists, but rather because I have friends and family who have had their own experiences being victimized by the American punitive system for sundry non-violent offenses (the violent offenses garner the incarceration they deserve), almost…

He didn’t see any combat so I would be interested to know where any PTSD came from. I think the “pain medication” he’s on is meth.

I think that was what struck me the most about this. How bad must it have been for him to feel that getting a gun to protect himself and the others in the house from his own son? Regardless of their politics (which makes my stomach turn), as a parent, that would be heartbreaking. And I was reading somewhere that when…

His mother asserts that this, like everything else, is Obama’s fault.

His family and the law has clearly enabled him. This is white and rich privilege at its finest. I doubt that he’ll get any serious time for this because of his last name.  

and apparently, he “saw no combat” while he was in. so where the hell is this PTSD coming from (other than Obama sending it via radio waves of course)? He needs help. He is going to kill someone or himself or both.

You mean ... the presence of a gun on the scene didn’t immediately calm the situation and make things all right?

That family’s issues, and Track’s specifically, date from before his enlistment.

Something tells me the Palins reach for a gun when they notice a spider in the house.

Cut school bus brakes. Joined Army to stay out of trouble.

When your first instinct is to arm yourself against your own son, there’s some serious fucking issues that need to be addressed. He may very well suffer from some sort of PTSD, or just “affluenza,” but holy hell, that dude needs help.

I genuinely feel sorry for him (I know, I know). This is just my own personal theory, but I always thought he joined the military to escape his family. He seems like he’s suffering from PTSD but not from the war (as he didn’t see any combat) but likely from early childhood abuse. He needs help and he sure as hell…

Incoming probation or community service.

I hope he gets some serious time. He sounds like he’s a few steps away from killing someone.

I don’t disagree with you at all. But I am also reluctant to call the majority of celebrities artists. And that’s my point. Would you agree that most of popular culture is not spearheaded by thoughtful, provoking artistry but circus shows?

Artists literally make a living from “speaking their minds” and “contributing to the well-being of mankind.” That is literally the purpose of art. I make my living in the arts, and I always expect artists to be at the forefront of any just cause. Because it’s right and fair, and one of the main purposes of our work,…

Few things enrage me more than “dadbod.” There’s nothing about hanging out with children that should cause weight gain. Whereas mothers have an actual fucking pregnancy to endure, and I doubt I’ll be alive to see the day (if ever) when people stop shaming women for looking imperfect after having a fucking baby.

I like a meaningful celebrity as much as the next person, but they’re entertainers! They didn’t get that way by speaking their minds and taking hard stances and effectively contributing to the well-being of mankind. Should they still be held accountable? Absolutely. All the more so because celebrity culture is so…

And yet this dude can go on for fucking hours about his “Dad Bod”, a thing some douche came up with to explain why most men in Hollywood can be overweight while women would get run out of town for looking like that.

It’s all about the Me Too movement this year and Pudzer was accused of abusing his wife.