they should also try the ADAs and cops in these sorts of cases with accessory after the fact. They knowingly assisted the real killers in getting away in order to score a conviction and boost their stats. What if this person or persons kills someone else - not their problem I guess...

For the folks that said “defund the police” was a stupid slogan that “nobody understands” let me make it plain. If you have enough money to pay the salaries of these cops that do contribute anything to the community and in fact take away community safety and security, then you got money to make cuts, give the change…

I agree but that’s not what I don’t get - that part is pretty transparent. What I don’t get is why the younger partner, especially in a relationship with pretty equal finances, would deal with this. Like if it’s not money or a career come up, why put yourself through all that?

First off she needs to grapple with the paradox of tolerance and understand that it doesn’t make you illiberal to draw the line of acceptance as racists, homophobes, TERFs, etc. You can’t both champion marginalized people and the marginalizers on the basis of “free speech”.

I already comment on this story below but I had to come back to share some gems found eleswhere in regards to the Royals trying to pull Meghan up for treating staff poorly and accepting diamonds of messy provence.

This whole this is very Streisand effect on the part of the Royals. It only makes Meghan look more right if every time she speaks you try to spill stale tea from 3 years ago.

They’ve colonized, stolen, and been bribed so much how would they even know the difference?

this - its children in the heat at a summer wedding in tights. This is a stupid fight that someone around Kate Middleton keeps bringing up and it makes the future Queen sound like an overstuffed prom Queen high on her own perfume. 

This is always the part the confuses me when folks try and explain those types of relationships. Like - what do you talk about? How do you combine friend groups for parties or events? One of you is talking about career advancement and the other is looking to retire or is already.

Lol got it. keep the fight going.

I may have come off wrong - I actually agree with you. Generally folks running unopposed in contentious areas is messy. Public interest in the race gets attention on issues in the court that the public wants under a microscope even if the new guy losses.

So residents of of this judge’s district need to take note, write down his name, and actively be looking for someone qualified and not him to run next cycle. Got it - thanks. 

Its just so racist and misogynistic the way they keep focusing on Meghan when there is a literal sex offender RIGHT. FUCKING. THERE.

Take your star.

Fake churchy, homophobe adjacent shiplap, open concept house with literally no walls that have destroyed the local Waco economy and home market for residents.

So this is my last response in this chain because I’m not going to sit here and argue the “nuance” of child sexual abuse. I’m just not because its despicable and I think on some level most folks have to know that. As for your own example of at 17 year old and a 20 year old - that’s still gross, in my opinion, but for…

It pains me to say this a someone with student loans, knowing that some of this money will go to scholarships and student jobs in some way but they just need to say No Thanks to this money.

So I’m going to hope that this isn’t a defense of a creep and probable pedophile but the arbitrary line that the LAW draws is exactly the point. Because this woman, then a girl, was legally below the “arbitrary line” those photos of her are child sex abuse material, full stop.

Can Jez repost that Amy Fisher story from last week because a lot of people need the fact that 17 isn’t adult reinforced.