This is a a real legal argument in the US called the “writ of erasure fallacy.” One of the leading proponents of the concept is the author of the Texas abortion ban (SB 8). In addition, because of how American law works, the ‘right to marry’ comes through a series of laws and statutes. Legal marriage is created by…

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The narrative is pretty clear now. There was a verbal dispute when the men weren’t let in. Then a manager let the group in. When they were walking in, they walked past the hostess. The hostess presumably said something. The…

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Here’s a link with a longer version of that video and the video from outside. The hostess obviously didn’t lunge at the women. She walked past them outside, then they followed her and started the fight. I’m sure the hostess sai…

Justin Moore, the attorney quoted in the article, originally said that the hostess used the racial slur as the women were leaving and lunged at them starting the fight. That very obviously did not happen from the video. None of the group mentioned a racial slur or racist comments right after the fight happened either,…

Carmines just released new video this morning which is really hard to square with that attorney’s story. 

Having a four year old, it always amazes me how childcare is so unaffordable for parents while caregivers make so little. I really hope this spreads.

I looked up one the UC Berkeley stories (https://jezebel.com/berkeley-professor-accused-of-sexual-harassment-files-d-1787239114) and the behavior and relationship described seem categorically different and that probably gets at a lot of the disconnect. The public statement is very vague, and I agree it would be a…

That’s from this (paywalled) Boston Globe story. 

See that’s a useful comparison to show how ridiculous this is. In descending order of seriousness, Weiner sexted a 15 year old, sent a photo containing his young child, and was cheating on his wife. That’s just not the same kind of behavior. 

No one is criticizing him for being gay—people, myself included, are criticizing him for gross behavior that leans towards the predatory that, if he were a straight man, would be equally criticized, if not more so.

Warren or her staff put the story out there, and Warren got to give a great answer to a question CNN would never have asked otherwise. Meanwhile Sanders was forced to spend time denying and talking about how women can win. It also looks like it’s set off Sanders supporters to write more ugly things which will likely…

It’s called draughts

From the perspective of the criminal case, a resignation is better since he loses some protections he’d otherwise have. Guyger, who was fired, was able to keep out some of the statements she gave (so-called Garrity material). 

For anyone who doesn’t know, Devonte Heart (the kid from #2) was murdered by his adoptive white parents.

We don’t disagree. The people forcing the forgiveness model are the ones ignoring what Brandt Jean actually said. 

Brandt Jean took pains to say he was only speaking for himself - not the system or even his family - and a lot of coverage just ignores that. 

Not even the first conviction in Dallas County. Roy Oliver, who was a cop in a Dallas suburb, was convicted for murdering Jordan Edwards last year. He shot at a car full of teens leaving a party while responding to a noise complaint and killed 15 year old Jordan Edwards. 

5-99 years (there’s a way to lower it to 2-20, but the defense would have to show Botham directly provoked her). Either way, she’ll have to be in prison for at least 50% before parole and there’s no probation allowed.

Sorry I was unclear. It’s not that making products for a wedding is endorsing it, it’s that the state can’t make someone write “come celebrate a same sex wedding.” The opinion wouldn’t apply to wedding cakes, catering or florists because their products aren’t speech. Here the opinion - the key factor is that…

Right, but the ruling was only “as applied.” So it would certainly be precedent someone could cite for a similar circumstance, but the basic anti-discrimination rule is still on the books and still enforceable.