“depicting cops arresting and pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl in Maryland after she’d refused to go to the hospital after having a minor bike collision with a vehicle”

There could be a good debate about that, good enough that I have changed my views over the years. I don’t happen to have the energy for that debate today, but I will post a link to an article that is in praise of Canada’s laws(just to note it isn’t a balanced view)

“...straight up not funny.” Also not wrong.

I think they were upset tha the BLM sign was removed so it wouldn’t be seen on the show. They also state BLM Portland also meets there regularly, and are also reminding people of the historic racism of the Oregon and Portland in particular. Oregon was formed to be a “white utopia”

i mean they arent wrong that the show is like 100% white

“nice reminder for those of us that live on the coasts that every single person should get to the fucking polls and vote.”

The militarisation of the police in this country and their panicked overreaction is stunning. They are treating the protestors like de facto criminals. The people have a right to assembly as enshrined in the Constitution. Are the police aware of this?

Please dismiss as necessary.

Oh I have no doubt whatsoever that they planted a gun. They probably carry a few guns around with them in the trunk of their car just to drop around crime scenes when they murder black civilians.

and the abolition of prisons too, and the rebuilding of our legal systems to be fairer to black and brown people, women of all colors, and people.

We need to start talking about police abolition.

What’s to understand? Protests that bring out thousands of upset people will bring out people that are so upset they make poor choices, and people who aren’t really upset or there to protest, but are using the chaos as cover for bad behavior. It’s not like any protest starts with the mission statement “we’ll block…

Do the right thing came out 27 years ago

rioting isnt usually rational

Just a note: even if you buy the “holding a gun” story, NC is an open carry state

One of my hugest pet peeves is when people call it “Obamacare”. No you fucking idiots. It’s called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as the Affordable Care Act or the ACA. Conservatives use “Obamacare” as if implementing healthcare as a sweeping reform is the worst. They use “Obamacare” to…

My work office is abuzz that he supposedly had an affair with Marion Cotillard when they filmed Allied. Which, if true, shouldn’t shock anyone including Angelina, as that is how she and Brad got together in the first place. Seems like his MO.

Why don’t you take a moment to think about this callous and irrelevant remark?

I have only one question regarding Gene Simmons. How did he convince his wife to marry him? She seems quite nice, and she’s a tall, gorgeous, blonde ex-model. I’m sure she wasn’t hard-up for dates. So why settle for him? Of all the wealthy men desperately seeking ex-model companionship, why choose this champion…

This guy is a wacko.