We don’t know what question the journalist asked him to prompt this response. We don’t know what he knew in that moment, whether he knew at that time it was a racially-motivated crime. He probably didn’t have a long time to carefully craft this quote. Let’s maybe be grateful that he acted heroically, at great risk to…

Because it’s much easier to teach an actor to sing than vice versa. See Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live.

Thank you! I’m really excited!

Thanks! Also “customercervix” made me snort. I dig it.

I got a promotion! And unlike the one I got 2 months ago, this one comes with an actual pay raise!

Same. If I could, I’d vote for Jones.

Much more concerned about VAWA-funded domestic violence services than I am about PBS. PBS is great, but people won’t die without PBS.

Even right wing ridiculous senators usually support VAWA. They know they can’t win without women. I’ll be calling mine, too.

I work for a VAWA-funded DV program, and concern over pay is a legitimate concern, too. I have to make money in order to live. I would prefer to make money as a DV advocate, and if I worked at a for-profit job I would certainly volunteer some of my time to DV agencies, but I couldn’t realistically volunteer 40 hours a…

THAT’s who he looks like! Thank you and God bless.

This is my new best friend.

This is my new best friend.

Thank you.

He was sooo sleepy, but refused to go to sleep because we were eating dinner. He would not risk missing out on food.

Having a seriously shit day.

Yeah, pretty sure my top 3 most popular comments on Jez are exactly this. I wish they would just include the numbers in the story, as many other news organizations do.

I can’t edit it at this point, but hopefully this will bump up your reply.

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That’s fine for you personally, but a simple Google search tells me that there are many in the disability-rights community that disagree with you about the word. So I will continue to ask folks not to use it, same as I would any slur. Thank you for your thoughtful and respectful replies.

Many in the disability-rights activist community would disagree with you about that.

Fair enough. Thanks for the clarification.