I don’t necessarily think shame is the desired effect. Feels more like inconvenience & denying them normalcy & anonymity, three things that really chafe the wealthy and powerful.

He could have simply NOT, and his Democratic liberal bona fides, such as they were would have remained intact.

Kind of looks like the award was on defamation per se, around the use of the word “murderer”. This is the same judge that found DeAndre Harris not guilty.

I don’t know, but if a child hawking water outside your house in a busy San Fran neighborhood bothers you, a cannabis vendor, THAT much, I question the mellow of your inventory.

Oh, there is? I hadn’t noticed it. Guess it had some computer privileges today between lifting in the yard and eating cockmeat sandwiches.

I hope she doubles-down and calls for HIS harassment, too. Everybody propping up this banana republic - from elected officials, to right wing media blowhards - needs to get some of it.

On the other hand, so many other people seem to support Trump because they feel that liberals (or Eisenhower Republicans, but I guess that’s “liberal” these days) disrespect them. These people get stuck in a dynamic of “the enemy (Trump) of my enemy (liberals) is my friend.” Now, they identify with Sanders because…

Yes, I’ve been going back-and-forth with a fellow white person, a woman at that, about this subject: at first, I thought they were trolling. Now, I’m convinced they really think you can sit down with Nazis and come to an understanding, that one-directional respect, politeness, and civility solve issues, and Nazis…

An unidentified woman

Totally agree.

Unarmed Black people: somehow still more terrifying to cops than actually aggressive white people.

What a sad play for attention - a truly pathetic marketing ploy, for this demographic, no less:

This deserves a Pulitzer

Agreed - it’s the “personal relationship” with Jesus Christ that distinguishes Evangelicals from say, Catholics. Big “cosmic” stories of faith, suffering, martyrdom aren’t personal (“porn addiction? yeah, sure, I can relate.”). To that, I’d say The Passion of the Christ really stands out as an exception to the genre.

I give to you this star of my own free will

“Dark time when I was in prison” as opposed to “dark time when I was a killer cop”

I look back at Facebook posts I made 10 years ago, when I first signed up and even 6 or 7 years ago, and sometimes, I have to shudder at what I said.

Guess the cat is out of the bag.

Interestingly enough, reptiles generally only appear in revelatory dreams to me, representing my primal self. Healthy respect, yes. Irrational fear, no.

I don’t know - I’m consistently wrong on stuff like this - I really thought Sledge Hammer! & Manimal had legs. That said, it’s pretty dated, so probably not.