The problem for black conservatives are numerous. Respectability politics, “where’s my poundcake Mr. Cosby?” is terrible (black teens ought to be able to have their own clothing styles without it terrorizing old white people) or they become this embarrassing “conservative” mouthpiece spouting Fox News nonsense. I’ve…

I do not think that is accurate, Ms. Bryant’s back is to the officer. So he did not escalate this from a fight among teens into a near stabbing of an unarmed teen. You are right, as a general rule officers should not come in guns blazing. But as they say in law school bad facts make bad laws. This is an officer…

I literally saw a red geo tracker on walk to work this morning. It had a cloth top, not this amazing hard top. And I said to myself as it went by how amazing it was that this thing was still running. And then here we are.

LOL! I know its amazing. 

And the winner of the Oscar for the Best Use of a Looney Tunes GIF in a comment section goes to out of step.

I have a friend and whenever a crazy story like this comes out but it is not from Florida or Las Vegas we send it to each other. Its the I cannot believe this did not happen in Florida/Las Vegas. Anyways this one is fantastic, the best are the invitations I saw in another article calling the home the Wilson Estate or…

I literally cannot figure out what you are trying to say. Are you saying that prisons in the U.S. enslave the inmates? That is what you seem to be saying. I think that is nuts (except for Louisiana which I believe still run hell on earth “farms”). Everywhere else you get paid for the work you do in prison. And I have…

Are you seriously suggesting we just open up all prisons and jails?

The 13th Amendment is not a minor correction. Ask the 300,000 Union dead. 

Hyperbole, I know, but the 13th Amendment? Whites were right about that.

Zebra, you are simply wrong. Do you have any idea how “law” works? Well let me tell  you. A jury would be told that a 5 year old has 75 years of expected lifetime and that a hundred year old more likely than not will drop dead tomorrow. Hence the kids lives are worth millions of dollars and the hundred year old a few…

I am an atheist, also known as a reformed Catholic so no I am not thinking about the Devil. I try to never allow metaphysics to sneak into my ethics. But I have no other word for a person massacring two little kids.

Its a difference of scale, not a categorical difference. 

Nope. I have not sympathy for anyone who goes around killing people. And I think anyone that does this type of thing has a screw loose-but I still call the act Evil. Nor do I need to know why they did it unless I am interested in motive of the act. 

Its not hard to understand, its just not the way the Root typically will report on a murder. I’m fine with nuance, but if you are going to do nuance you need to always do nuance. Or otherwise never do nuance. If you pick and chose when to do so, then you are not being objective.

What do you mean no comparison? Is 8 dead way more than 5? and isn’t killing kids way worse then killing adults? It always is worse. Whether ethically or if you are into religion, killing kids is the worst thing a person could do. I’m not looking for justification, I am looking for absolute consistency in reporting.…

It really does not matter, people are dead is what matters, But I think closing on the line about football messing him up does make it sound like its a excuse. 

The Root has a very good track record of blasting people for making any excuse for murder. Now however this seems to no longer be the case. Please be consistent. “The football made him do it” when “it” is the killing of two little kids is shocking. No more, no less shocking then the Cherokee Sheriff stating the…

For a split second I thought the photo for this article was of a top fuel dragster. Can you imagine an FI champ joining NHRA? That would be awesome. I miss the days of the daredevil race car drivers that would race any class at any location. 

Actually, I made that post in disgust at all the people being killed with guns. Irony is very hard to convey in a comment section.