Boo hoo! They mocked me and laughed at me just because I voted an incompetent, ignorant racist/bigot/fuckface into The White House. Woe is me! I am so picked on!

Exhausted is the word for it. I know I’m exhausted. Tired of being angry, tired of having so many goddamn things to be angry about. Tired of outcomes that are unfair, but that we all expect because that’s the way it is. Tired of trying to figure out who is to blame. Tired of division and mistrust. Tired of betrayal…

If anyone needs a lesson in humility, it’s you. Where the fuck do you get off telling anyone in our community to shut the fuck up? Also, gay white men aren’t now, nor have they ever been, the only ones leading the LGBTQ community. More listening is always a good thing, but I don’t want anyone in our community being…

I actually like this one better.

Let’s start with not thinking of slavery as something that represents “Southern Charm” and not using benign-sounding words like “antebellum” when we talk about a culture built around plantations and slavery.

After listening to the recording several times, I am pretty sure that the “inaudible” word is “weird”.

There are good cops out there and I am not trying to villainize all police officers, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a big problem.

I agree with you - hell, most of the people I know who have guns have them legally - and they are usually either the last people I think should have a gun, or they have them for what I consider to be the wrong reasons. But right now that’s not the way that it is, and I didn’t want to get into the 2nd Amendment while…

Because for reasons that are beyond understanding, the left has been “falling for” Megyn Kelly since she started talking about sexual harassment at, and then leaving, Fox News. And while I feel for anyone who is sexually harassed, it shouldn’t be a free pass. 

I agree with most of what you’re saying, and as the son of a former police officer, I can tell you that training used to emphasize keeping your cool, using your head and deescalating over drawing your weapon at the drop of a hat. I’ve said this a few times in a few different posts - in the 60+ combined years that my…

Kindergarten teacher semantics.

It’s Intimidation, which is defined as “intentional behavior that “would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities” to fear injury or harm. It is not necessary to prove that the behavior was so violent as to cause terror or that the victim was actually frightened.”

So who and what do we blame for this? A culture that worships celebrity? A culture that blames and doubts victims of sexual assault? The people on the jury? The privilege and resources that come with immense wealth and fame?

When is simply expressing anger and/or outrage at injustice not going to be enough at The Root? When is a writer on here going to finish a rant with “...and here’s what I think we should do about it...” You’ve got our collective attentions, why not do something useful with it?

Both my father and my uncle were Detroit Police officers. My uncle passed away a couple years ago and my father has been retired for several years. They were on the job before and during the ‘67 riots, through the mid 90's - not an easy or particularly safe time in Detroit history. You know how many people they shot…

Circle of life Circular reasoning sort of thing.

I don’t know that it does, tbh - but because of the coverage, Bernie isn’t left with much choice but to “get out in front of it” and say something. Otherwise, they not only get to report that this nutjob volunteered for Bernie, they also get to say that he hasn’t condemned it/made a statement, blah blah blah.

Because this is the Fox News headline about the shooter -

Oh, shut the fuck up Rudy Huxtable. The willful blindness on display in some people when it comes to Bill Cosby is unbelievable. Yeah, I grew up with Fat Albert, and “Himself” and The Cosby Show too, but goddamn.

I wish people would stop blaming “privilege” for everything; soon the word will become utterly meaningless. This was nothing but good, ol’ fashioned arrogance and stupidity.