Yeah, and they should demand a semen sample from all prospective employees as well.

Well said. This is manufactured outrage over a deliberately misinterpreted statement.

Expecting people to tolerate others’ right to their own beliefs is one thing. Trying to enforce your beliefs on others and/or indoctrinate your own children to be predisposed toward your beliefs (or ones you deem acceptably similar) is quite another.

Slippery slope there.

What a way to waste an international first class ticket. Why not just enjoy the free jammies and pig out on the unlimited drinks and gourmet snacks?

Wonder what (which substance) he was doing in the bathroom. Toxicology report will be interesting!

In response, employers refuse to hire anyone who doesn’t have a diploma.

There’s a documentary about the making of the original movie, and it’s really cool. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4902012/

Excellent response, thanks for taking the time to write that out! I hadn’t really stopped to consider the ramifications of being sandwiched between a ruthless cross-examination and the transcripts of police interrogations during which you were under extreme stress and discomfort if not outright duress.

There are vast resources discussing specific implementations for reducing taxes and/or the scope of the government. ‘Libertarian’ describes a spectrum, not “the ultimate take my ball and go home philosophy”.

“our geopolitical presence” is something that we could stand to reform, if not drastically reduce. The fact that they unquestioningly champion an ever-expanding military empire and insist that, if we want to have public education and healthcare, we must continually increase taxes, is one of the major issues many of us…

Your salary / wages pay for your food. Is an ever-increasing salary the only conceivable way you can afford food? No. If you suffered a career setback, or decided to retire, and your income decreased, you’d maintain certain spending levels in some areas (food) while cutting other areas (Gucci loafers).

Yep. Bastiat’s broken window fallacy. Not all jobs / work represent productivity.

Still trying to blame the ‘libertarians’ (anyone who suggests that we rein in the federal budget, apparently) eh? That attitude has worked well over the past years — might as well double down now.

All of those are partisan positions.

If you’re ‘innocent’ then your testimony, I’d imagine, should be an asset for your defense. But barring testimony in criminal trial, can’t you still be compelled to testify in a civil trial?

I can get behind the required testimony. I can’t get behind ‘the burden of proof is on the defense’.

that’s the system we have and as bad as it is you gotta back the lesser of two evils

If Blackface = Tan Skin then I spend half the year in Blackface. I blame the sun, and my fondness of doing thing outdoors. If Blackface = lower exposure then I’m in Blackface in half my pictures. I blame cameras. If Blackface = cosmetics to darken the complexion, I’m innocent! Unfortunately most of the females I know…

We have the world’s highest incarceration rate, largest military, and highest per capita gun ownership by far. Some of us are “welcoming and loving” but, as a general rule, America is a pretty dangerous place, especially for ethnic minorities / lower socioeconomic status.