To what end, though. Honestly answer that question and then just move on. I understand your journalistic integrity angle, but if you believe the gist of the story, and recognize the large issue... It's the rough equivalent of saying you aren't a Holocaust denier, but you have some issues with the exact nature of the…

I'll just join the chorus of folks that hadn't heard of this until Buress put it out there. I'm a 43 yo white dude that grew up watching Fat Albert and listening to and loving his stand-up records (yes, vinyl, I'm old.) But with the fact/reality check provided by this site and others, I was pretty much immediately…

First off, I'm a proud Michigander. Detroit, while it's trying to make a comeback, has been a shithole for more than 3 decades. The author is making a comparison to a once great city, close to water, that has clearly seen better days (Rubber City - Motor City). Find a better US "metropolitan region" that hosted a WC…

I've read the responses below and no one seems to have an actual answer. I, too, have always been really curious as to what causes people to do this. Because as has been mentioned, it happens in places where it's pretty clearly not a crazy person. I like a good drinking session. And I've even been a state where I'm…

I see a lot of folks debating/discussing if she either kept herself willfully ignorant, or if she is, in fact, this level of stupid. That plot misses the more fundamental issue: She is an insane person. Clinically. She's delusional on a professional level. She absolutely convinces herself that her lies are truth.

I'm not dismissing it. And I will cop to making a mistake in how I framed this, because she did a lot more than drunkenly threaten her nephew. If the Solo incident is being portrayed accurately she deserves to be punished. But the criminal code distinguishes between different acts for a reason, not all incidences of…

That's a more articulate way to say it. Thanks.

I'm explaining that first degree domestic violence is different than fourth degree domestic violence. I have no interest in defending Solo, I'm not a fan of hers going back to her bullshit at the 2007 World Cup. (Look it up, she was an asshole.) But if people can't distinguish between the two situations... Trying to…

This x1000. "All domestic abuse is bad!" Well, yes, but not all domestic abuse is the same. That's what the "degrees" are there for, to distinguish heinous acts from drunken threats.