No sympathy for someone on season 4, but it’s the most watched episode of a thing ever, and the spoiler was from this last Sunday so... repeating yourself that many times in a comment to just give someone shit for clickbait feels really lazy.

Right? And I thought identity politics were the sole province of the left or something. But she dived into the deep end going straight for one gay man’s presumed search for meaning in literal assholes? Wtf?

I work in healthcare, overseeing a program ambiguously labelled “Care Coordination”, actively trying to engage “high risk” patients in their care... and I still personally identify with what you’re describing. Health care is scary, confusing, and too hard to access for the people who need it most (which thinking in…

Yes, probably only because they’ve not tried to book specialty appointments here in the U.S and don’t appreciate the triage process for varying levels of acuity. The latter part is not a dig on those people. We (the ambiguous “royal we” entity I’m using to label all U.S. health systems) do a horrible job of explaining…

I’ve sincerely wondered about this as someone who is a) cismale, b) white, and c) in a position of authority and I have to tell you... I don’t think what you’re talking about is a real thing of any significant prevalence.

Could be right, but that doesn’t make these two sound any more upright or less stupid. The laws and processes required for guardianship/conservatorship are rigorous for a reason, so raising money for someone then unilaterally deciding they “can’t handle it” is stupid and dehumanizing. These assholes just decided they…

Yeah. But as long as we’re being petty:

Not only does he think destroying buildings is necessary to simply destroy documents, but he also believes that relevant financial information is only stored on paper in a single location. He’s got it all figured out.

I could be wrong, but it felt like an example case, rather than a summation of one’s entire experience with white men.

I’m sorry someone robbed you at gunpoint. At the same time, your comment reminds me of that old Sesame Street bit.

I used to get some solace from his staggering ignorance about how the system actually works. He can’t do everything he and his base wants, because he’d continuously bump up against the barriers an even marginally functioning constitutional representative democracy affords. He’s too stupid to pull it off.

This is accurate. Worse, kicking a 15 year old is neglect in many jurisdictions, typically categorized as a “lock-out”... But a lot of times the police literally don’t know the law in these cases, and as you state they aren’t as highly prioritized. So the end result is as you state.

This is a valid point. Multiple reports, even from people learning of this third or fourth hand, would add credibility to the allegation as far as CPS is concerned and increase the likelihood they would look for evidence.

...the politics of the US do not support child and family wellbeing. Some states are a bit better... but US systems are still structured to punish families who are poor, POC (mainly Black, Native, and Latino), and people with disabilities.

A child’s right to happiness and emotional well-being is not protected in the US

Agreed. There are two standards used at different stages of many (different by area/applicable statute, granted) abuse/neglect investigations:

Allegedly you stop smelling so bad after a long enough time not bathing, and some writer from the Atlantic tried it:

Would not agree 100% with that assessment. Since it’s presented as she’s the one doing the management of her social media profiles, she references “smoking dope”, could meet threshold for reasonable cause to suspect inadequate supervision or risk of harm.

This. Feels like inadequate supervision at least, since it’s presented as though she’s doing the posting and commend reviewing herself. An investigation may not substantiate the allegation, but it’s sufficient for protective services to be investigating.

So many things. Weirdly, if he had some sort of conversation with his partner, and this was an arrangement they were both cool with, it wouldn’t be that big a fucking deal. Different people want different things. But he leaps right into an accountant’s defense of his boorish behavior, like he’s some sort of blowjob…