Eh. I think the knee-jerk cries of “sex negative!” and “kink shaming!” whenever anyone criticizes porn or kink in any way are ludicrous. I also think a depressing amount of commentary on this site over the past few days has been misinformed and self-righteous at best and mean-spirited and occasionally outright cruel…

This Politico piece (Yes, It’s Fair to Compare the Plight of the Syrians to the Plight of the Jews) is an excellent companion piece to that kind of argument you’re making. It points out quite correctly that the arguments people were making in 1939 are identical to the ones being made today; that the Jews were…

ugh and why is “american” supposedly a synonym for “white”?!?!

yeah, I’m the daughter of a (white) immigrant, and I have similar deadpan conversations with people who expect me to be all “yeah, fuck immigrants” with them.

Especially when very few things are actually American made anymore, and many of the things that are American made (cars, I’m looking right at you) suck donkey balls.

Ugh, goddamn fuck all of these xenophobic assholes. And your “american made” “support local economies” bullshit is so transparent. It’s 100% about being racist and screwing over brown people. No matter that they are good, enterprising and hard-working people. People that embody the values that are what America is…

Jesus. I’m 34 and grew up with Star Wars. I went to see the updated films in theaters in the 90’s. I cut school to see the first showing of Phantom Menace having bought the tickets 3 weeks in advance. I have the original VHS box set that I am NEVER getting rid of since it’s the BEST version. And I wasn’t the only girl…

Perpendicular? He turned a “little”? Again, he’s a COP. With a gun. With a car right there. This is not a situation that calls for immediate shooting. I like how killing someone is just the automatic response to dealing with every situation now.

Well, the fact he’s dead isn’t up to anyone. That’s irreversible.

It’s the trans panic defense, which is another iteration of the gay panic defense, which states that masculinity is so fragile that any action or situation that could call someone’s heterosexuality or masculinity into question for even a second would be sufficient justification for murder.

This! That knife was, essentially, a pocket knife. Like the one I have to cut loose threads off my uniform. And this kid was a teenager. I've said it before, but if a what, 140lb? teen with a pocket knife is too much for you to handle, then maybe "cop in a major city" isn't the right job for you.

Don’t they have a range of non-lethal alternatives starting with, I don’t know, talking? Then, if necessary, move up to tasers (Not ok with the use of tasers in general, but against someone armed with a knife that would be acceptable).

He’s literally saying, “Who are you going to believe? Me or your own eyes?”

Yup. Cop murdered by right-wing nutjob in Colorado Springs PP shooting and not only is there silence, but anyone right of HRC is screaming at the top of their lungs to try and paint him as a lefty. This is the fucking lunacy that drives mid-term elections and is the most consistent voting base. Fucking terrifying.

I want to know what story the hour’s worth of video that the cops deleted from a nearby security camera would have told.

Hey now guys, BLUE LIVES MATTER!!! Unless, of course, they’re murdered by white pro-life zealots, in which case, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Just don’t talk about it and everyone will leave us alone...

“the three inch blade recovered from the scene had been folded into the handle. .... maintains that “his client feared for his life”

At a scene with such ample backup personnel, at that much of distance - to literally be that terrified really kind of suggests either:

a) some severe paranoia / overreaction / anger…

Your statement hit me like a ton of bricks. Right in the feelers.

Jesus, goes to show how much doctors knew about anatomy (and women’s bodies) if anyone thought that would work

Sadly, she died from surgical complications in 1931