Although the broader abolitionist movement as we know it today was far from perfect and did include a sizable pro-colony faction, the reality was that many white *and* black abolitionists absolutely desired equality between the races in America. Honestly if anything that sentiment has been scrubbed from the history…

Ouch. Five days late to the party but this article just brought me down quite a few pegs. I’ve been a fake friend and an even worse human being for far too long, and I regret not coming to terms with my many shortcomings sooner than now. Thank you for the perspective, Damon. I needed to hear it.

You’re so up in arms about racism, but you haven’t once commented on a story involving clear cut racism or discrimination against POC. In fact the only times you mention racism at all is when you perceive white people to be on the receiving end. Otherwise your time is spent railing against liberals, anti-pipeline…

So you’ve somehow outsmarted the author and thwarted her dastardly plans to troll all white people by, hold on let me get this straight, repeatedly coming back to this “racist” website to cry about how it hurts your feelings? Is that right? Boy howdy you sure showed us.

This smug little shit aside, I’d like to applaud his parents for having the sheer cojones to parade their brat around in public despite whatever notions of decency or common sense that would suggest otherwise... I mean, what are they supposed to do, salvage what’s left of their child’s humanity? With the World Series…

This doesn’t bode well for my ADHD support pig Augustus..

Rodent vs. pet, delusional condo owner vs. oppressive condo owner association—truly these are the questions of our time

Completely unrelated but gosh do I love the Simpson’s old animation style. Thanks for sharing that!

Meanwhile I would be shocked if lotto winners in my hometown spent their winnings on anything other than trucks and McMansions, so good on you, Mr. Pilgram. This was quite inspiring.

Don’t worry, I’m sure the NRA will be stepping in momentarily to protect this man’s constitutional right..

As a habitual joint-cracker I resent that last remark! I’ll have you know my fingers are as svelte as they come thank you very much. Hmph!

I mean, if your idea of everyday, nondescript sex involves blood then I don’t know what to tell you.

Yeah I’m good too thx, but I’m all for the idea of what Union’s saying here though! That being said, there’s nothing on earth a girl can do for me where I’ll feel the need to reciprocate by tasting her asshole—I don’t care how long she’s been on a bidet. Likewise if my girl thinks fair is fair and I should indulge in…

Well, in our justice system the victim’s family doesn’t have a say in the sentencing for pretty much that reason.. the kids need punished but they need to have an opportunity to repay and rejoin society; no punishment however strict will bring back the dead man, anyway.

I’m willing to bet that one or two of the boys were responsible for the idea and the escalation of what they all did that day. That isn’t to say all of them aren’t culpable, it’s just that you don’t have to be a psychologist to see the realities of peer pressure and conformity in your daily life. I mean, when I was a…

So if a person refuses in *all* cases to support the perpetuation of America’s prison industrial complex or the death penalty, both of which inarguably target PoC to a grossly unjust extent, they’re a white supremacist in your eyes? Something tells me you haven’t thought that one through very much.

First of all I want to say that these kids freely chose to do what they did, and an innocent man paid the ultimate price for their mindless “fun”, so there’s no defending them. Having said that, I will always feel a twinge of sadness when children have the book thrown at them—not necessarily for the young offenders…

I understand what the scene was meant to show, but I don’t believe it was necessary to make that point. I agree with the person who said it’s wrong to use adult- teen relationships, i.e. statutory rape, simply for the shock.  

Can you explain what the Steely Dan reference was and why it was awkward? I wasn’t quite paying attention during that part

Ringing in the... boulevardiers...?