“Though it may seem petty, the use of unnecessary commas, over and over again can, and often is, seen as the mark, of a defective, mind.”

May I respectfully ask, in terms of “context”, dafuq you babbling about? You would never accept some vague, lame “context” defense from an alt-righter spewing semi-literate racist bullshit, and you shouldn’t here. You’re the best friend a MAGA choad could have.

How much does Kaep want? Is this known? Is he asking for Joe Webb money?

No. The privacy of a domestic abuse victim, or a witness fingering a suspect, or a confidential informant, are seriously important. The obvious problem becomes, then, how do you allow cops to turn off cameras in those situations, but not others? I wish I had an answer. If you do, you should run for mayor.

Counterpoint: nah-ah YOU shut up.

I would cheerfully take a step back, but since I have a better idea about how to approach this than what is commonly being offered, I don’t think I should in this particular instance.

I don’t think so. Cops were dicks in Soviet Russia and Mao’s China, too. It’s about authoritarianism, not capitalism.

Yep to all you said.

You are 100% right. That said, on the other hand, I don’t care if a cop is a stone cold racist as long as he does his job without fear or favor. It’s far harder, IMO, to teach a racist cop not to be racist than it is to weed out psych cases (c.f. Tamir Rice killer) and teach cops to act with restraint and…

I have an identical tale to tell. Also, I am white, and have been hassled by the police on numerous occasions. The sooner we acknowledge that cops being dicks is the root problem, the sooner we solve it.

I take it you guys voted for Trump, right?

Such good news. I hope we can reverse this idea that drooling, idiotic anti-white racism is the new wokeness.

She’s not wrong, except for the hideously racist part.

You are confusing fall with winter, thus the references to ice-sitting and freezer-bathing.

Love the artwork at the top, showing black people represented at roughly fifty percent more than the rate they “ought” to be, per capita. Solid.

“Chris Hughes... set The New Republic back years, perhaps irrevocably.” Wow, the times they have a-changed at Gawkerish Media. It seemed the whole staff couldn’t stop slobbering that idiot Fauntleroy’s knob when he came on, and dissing the staff who revolted. I’m glad things have come around.

I answered your question before you even asked it. Irreverence is not the same as open disdain and disrespect.

Weirdly, you think completely missing the point, while mirroring it badly, counts as a legitimate critique? Tiny ambition?

But you just glossed quickly over the best reason not to hire him:

Weirdly, his irreverence is not meant to indicate how much he hates police and America. Tiny difference?