I see your point. As a white dude, though, I'm most assuredly not in the business of telling Black people what words they should or should not say.

I'm pretty sure Jesus condoned stealing signals from thy neighbor

I saw that. Absolutely batshit crazy

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Nice work there.

I guess Jesus was a lot more fun than people give him credit for?

Jesus also didn't explicitly condemn heroin or child pornography. Are we supposed to allow those things, too?

I just regret that there aren't more stars to give for that line

It's simple: if you're not Black, don't say it. Just don't. You don't have permission from a special council. You don't get to say it if you're not a member of the group. For instance: I taught at an orthodox Jewish school for boys. The guys would give each other shit about being greedy. In the way that peer groups…

Exactly. A college friend of mine is the head of a regional branch of the FBI. In his master's thesis, he wrote of the need to look at law enforcement as guardians rather than warriors. His observation was that law enforcement was too invested in flexing muscle rather than actual service and protection. Too bad the…

Indeed.

I'm tired of the rants, too, but only because we should have no need for rants. We should have sensible gun laws. Unfettered freedom is not a good idea. 

Yeah, and I'm not sure if it's an age thing, but I'll say this as a 51 year old guy: I value comfortable shoes more than damn near anything. Shoes look cool but don't fit well? Fuck 'em. Shoes look a little odd but make my feet sing? Count me in.  This year, I've taken to wearing running shoes to school every day with…

On one hand, it's kind of shitty to try on stuff to get a proper fit knowing fully well that you plan on ordering online. On the other hand, money doesn't grow on trees. I'll routinely try stuff on knowing fully well that I'm going to save sixty or so dollars ordering online.

It's all such cynical bullshit. The church just wants some coin. Same reason they're pushing to open churches for worship. They want more money. They want to appear welcoming to get more money, but they've precious little interest in real equality.

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.

MKE

Yep. Don't look at tags. Look in the mirror and look at how you feel. 

My least favorite people are nike loyalists. Like, I get that they're a name and they look cool, but these saucony/ brooks/ asics are infinitely better for you than those nike frees unless you are biomechanically efficient and you glide across the ground. You could literally tell some people that they've chosen shoes…

I worked in the footwear dept at Dick’s for four years and I’m a runner, so I know what I’m talking about when I say that you are dead on here. When I’d help people, I’d always advise them to not look down and to let their feet tell them the answer. I don’t give a shit if you’re wearing size 9. If the 9.5 is more…