I'm pretty sure it would be easier to name the Gawker writers who are NOT dicks than the converse.

The answer is to do the right thing because it is the right thing, and not because you want Progressive Brownie Points. Start thinking about your motivations, and start acting logically and ethically.

"These cops have been getting nothing but niceness. "

If a 300 pound white guy attacked a cop and went for his gun, he'd be dead too.

Well, it is foolish to ignore the facts of each case and to just assume that they're all the same because the victims are black. Each case is vastly different, and Trayvon and Mike Brown are just not the same as Garner and no where near similar to Rice.

For instance:

Well, considering what Mike Brown had just done, and the physical evidence, that description makes sense. I just don't get why we're lumping Brown and Trayvon in with Garner and Rice. The facts of the cases are ENTIRELY different.

Rapistic is a word? Really?

Drake might represent the male gaze, but not when you spell it that way.

In general, men are far better story tellers than women. Good point.

Rand Paul would probably mop the floor with her because he's a progressive moderate in comparison.

What are you talking about? Why should we be as unethical as prosecutors? We should all search for truth, in everything we do.

You're delusional. The song REALLY IS about a woman who wants to stay, but would be going against the mores of society by doing so, which is causing her to feel some internal conflict. It is not freaking a date-rape song!

So context never matters. Got it.

One of them will be queen some day, and the other pretends to be one right now.

I'd like to see a venn diagram of people who feel that race was a factor and those who believe that culture appropriation and third gender are real things.

That the book basically presents those two cases is why it actually stinks.

The pretend manager in this story is an ass.

I'm not even a little bit conservative!

I really doubt her boss was mad at her, but if her boss was, fuck the boss. The boss is a douche.