Thanks for bringing this absolutely putrid piece of shit out of the grays. Well done.

I had to choke back tears at work, where I read about it when it was initially reported. Two dead, 14 injured. It turned into 17 dead by the time I left 30 minutes later, and it took everything in me to not cry on a crowded L platform. I keep telling myself not yet, not yet, not yet because I’m still not home. Fuck…

Nothing happened because jurors are stupid, star struck fuckheads who disregarded not one, but two videotapes. Jim Derogatis has been hounding this story for over a decade, but he also blames the media for doing a shitty job covering R. Kelly.

Always. I wish I had learned this sooner, but better late than never.

Stop engaging this fuckhead troll and leave him in the grays where he belongs, dude. Dismiss his ass now.

Thanks, love. That piece of shit fled back to India. Apparently, he also owes a small fortune to the IRS. So, no justice for now.

And I don’t give a single flying fuck, just sayin’.

Oh look, I’ve picked up yet another stalker.

Same, only it’s my own parents, who were together for 35 years when my dad died, and the Obamas.

I can completely relate. It’s hard to walk away because you’ve already invested your time (that you cannot get back) and your emotions and your heart. But you absolutely deserve better than to do the work of two people and uplifting someone who doesn’t uplift you. I believe in you.

I am so glad you are here too, Dino. Sending you so much love.

Thanks, love, I really appreciate it. I was honestly not trying to derail the discussion, just sharing my personal experience. What Slate is advocating for is absolutely a modern day form of slavery and has endless possibility for abuse.

A lot of cops are white supremacists. An FBI investigation concluded this back in 2006.

Soft gentle hugs right back, love. I do still feel that fury in my heart, but I have been able to rebuild my life and find joy and love in good friends and my family. I will not let that monster steal my joy.

Thanks, Dino. And I agree, it’s definitely a feature, not a bug. Can’t say it’s all that surprising when the very foundations of this country are genocide and slavery. It’s also not surprising that it was mostly women and children who were victims of trafficking.
 

And I’m guilty of doing the same, because I didn’t know my own worth. I do now. My priority is boosting up my sisters now.

My mom’s given up on guilting me about grandbabies because she had to admit that if I settled for anything less than what I deserve, I’d be raising those kids by myself. Don’t settle, don’t compromise, you deserve an equal partner.

No joke, watching them for the last few years has really forced me to examine my relationships and those of my friends and see just how much heavy lifting women do in almost all “love” relationships. I know we’ve been conditioned to accept this but not anymore. Real partnership or nothing else. We deserve better.

My heart is a shriveled lump of coal but even I turn into a giggly school girl when I see Michelle and Barry. This is the kind of love I want. That’s it. I don’t want to accept anything else. I want a love filled with mutual respect, dedication and admiration, where both people pull their weight and do the work to…

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-white-nationalists.html