Right, because they have to stick with the "we were given the description that he was 20 years old" excuse to shoot him (ETA: as if that sufficiently justified it). ARGHHHHHHHH. I just can't with that story. It makes my heart hurt and my brain explode.
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I think context matters a LOT and in the case of Tamir Rice, I see no reason not to use the word "boy." He wasn't even a teenager. If we want to really parse this I'd say in general 13 is probably around the time where you go from "boy" or "girl" to "young man" or "young woman." So they could also refer to him as a…
That made me so sad. IIRC, it was the head (president? chief? IDK the title) of the Cleveland police officers' union I saw in an interview who also did this extremely deliberately. I had the distinct feeling he was trying to avoid using the words "boy" or "child" or "kid" at all costs. He certainly couldn't have…
FUCK YOU, Rand. Fuck you. *ragestroke*
I really need to get myself one of these.
Why don't you jam the most sensitive part of your body into a tight fitted pouch and see how you fucking like it bitch
I think I'm excited for this even though I just found out it's happening.
On a personal level, we can all understand the desire for vengeance when a heinous crime happens. What if it had been our family member? No one really feels bad for those who are proven to be guilty.
Reddit is an odd place.
That's Kirsten Gillibrand, but I think maybe you were joking, and I do think a picture of Emma Sulkowicz would have been a better choice.
I'm #forevergrey, but I wanted to comment to say that I was in DC over the summer, and went to the Senate VA's committee hearing to vet the nominee for the new VA secretary, and it was visually striking just to see how our country is run by old white men. If I remember correctly, there were two women senators. The…
one needle stick followed by drowsiness and then death is much less traumatic and terrifying
I don't even know what this comment is, but I think it's pretty well acknowledged by opponents of the death penalty that there is an unjust and racialized application of the sentence in the US. Women aren't on death row simply because men commit a vast majority of homicides. That's just statistics. I don't know from…
This is legit. But I hear quite often from the average pro-death penalty person the "well he has it better than his victim" argument, so it seems the population at large tends to not mind the pain factor. I find it to be more laughably hypocritical that in order to justify it to the world and also in order to sidestep…
I don't even know what this comment is, but I think it's pretty well acknowledged by opponents of the death penalty that there is an unjust and racialized application of the sentence in the US. Women aren't on death row simply because men commit a vast majority of homicides. That's just statistics. I don't know from…
This.
You know, I've never been pregnant, but giving birth sounds pretty painful, so pain-capable sounds like a TOTALLY legitimate compound adjective to describe the unborn "child."
Next season on Serial...
In response to both you and OP, FWIW many hosts/commenters on MSNBC have pointed out the fact that Muslims are most commonly the victims of extremists, which I appreciate. People call MSNBC "just as bad as FOX" blah blah blah but no. They are not two halves of the same coin. Chris Hayes & Rachel Maddow 4 ever. Not to…