Which is neither are particular large amount, nor out of proportion to the US’s size and wealth. Indeed The UK with a 5th of the US’s population and a 7th of it’s GDP contributes 10.5%, Germany with a quarter of the US’s population and 5th of our GDP contributes 14.7%, France (1/5, 1/7): 10.5%, Italy (1/5, 1/7): 8%,…

Nature hates vacuum. Politics even more so.

A useful tip for folks going online: The second someone unironically uses the phrase “diversity of opinion”, you can safely dismiss anything else they have to say on any topic. That’s code for ‘Do you let me spout just as much of my bullshit as you do your common sense?’

Choking and suffocating a person are completely different, like right Twix and left Twix.

The amount of brand-new commenters on this article is something else.

She’s not the least bit sorry that she murdered Mr. Jean. She’s sorry that she’s going to get the punishment that she deserves.

The more people who waste their support on a candidate who will never win, the more likely it is that Biden will win the nomination.  Do you want that?  Then it’s time to think strategically and vote for a candidate that can beat Biden.  Like Warren or Sanders.

“Examining the circumstances, noreasonable person can conclude that Guyger intended to kill Jean.”

Remember when Bernie Bros were annoying?  They have nothing on the fragile white boys commenting here.

“Possibly you’re happy to see Vengeance done, not Justice?”

A white woman walked into a Black man’s apartment while he was sitting on the couch eating ice cream watching TV in his underwear and shot him, and I am relieved that she was actually found guilty.

I’m still pissed that Parmenides marked Zeno down at the half-yard line in 435 BC. Replay would have fixed that.

Yes!  Another problem is the implication that the old WASP man way of doing things is the right way.

“It was so easy to be bipartisan when were just two sides of the same rich, white male coin.”

Chris is a stupid Coon.

Right. And those white dudes are always the preeminent aggrieved group, no mater the issue. Amazing how they can be victims and hold all the power simultaneously.

First and best take. It is not hard to imagine that if you get a bunch of rich white Protestant males that all went to Ivy League colleges roughly 40-45 years ago, and ask them to problem solve, they won’t have much difficulty working together to solve the problems you present them.

for those interested in how the judge could possibly make this decision (basically, self-defense laws carry everything but the kitchen sink with them):

Exactly - it’s not controversial that diversity is making bipartisanship more difficult; it’s framing it from the perspective of white males dealing with others’ diversity as an obstacle. 

Uh how can you enforce a “Castle Doctrine” if it isn’t your fucking Castle? Again why the fuck are people determined to help police continue their fuck ups no matter what? Murder was always going to be hard to pin on this bitch but her ass is likely going to walk thanks to the Chad’s & Becky’s on the jury. I thought…