Yep. Adoption is an alternative to parenting. Abortion is an alternative to pregnancy.

Good. This was an act of civil disobedience, I believe Thompson was aware that there would be consequences. The felony counts are a bit extreme. I can’t call this a riot, one item was destroyed and the sheriff acts like a mob ran through the building smashing everything in sight.

Meanwhile, no arrests for the guys that beat up Deandre Harris with sticks and poles. And Harris’ name, and his assault are rarely mentioned in articles covering Charlottesville.

She does. I just ran to the Root before my head exploded. Thank Meghan.

OH. IN THE NEAR COMPLETELY WHITE CROWD, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WAS THE FIRST ARREST. HOW ASTONISHINGLY UNPREDICTABLE.

Cooper put out a separate, lengthier statement shortly before this piece was published. It’s worth reading in full, and I’m glad he stepped up the rhetoric by calling for all the statues to be moved to museums or removed. However, it fails to highlight the unlikelihood of the key action—the repeal of Senate Bill 22.

“Sign the walls of your labyrinth” is going to be my new euphemism for sex. That is amazing, lol.

Ok, I’m getting a bit lost now. So sitting for the anthem - that’s ok, sitting with a towel on your head - not ok. What about taking a knee? Is that more or less bad than driving a car into a crowd of people. Or does it depend on whether you’ve got a distressingly high-volume haircut? These rules are so confusing.

“I’m all for freedom of speech, but these black guys are speaking in a way that makes me feel bad and guilty, and I don’t like feeling like that. Easiest solution is to shame them for speaking out.”

NC has some serious problems, but there is a fierce anti-racist left here that’s been sharpened by years of having to fight against one of the worst (and unconstitutionally gerrymandered) state legislatures in the country. Fun fact: a few years back, said legislature took control over monuments like these and stripped…

Not so fast! If they want a statue of Robert E Lee, let them have one. It can be of him surrendering at Appomattox so they can be constantly reminded that they fucking lost.

Today I learned that most statues largely rely on their own weight to keep them anchored. Which is good to know. Also this, now and forever:

• FCC Commissioner Ajit V. Pai is helping conservative behemoth Sinclair Broadcasting develop an “unparalleled national platform.” [New York Times]

They hired a bunch of Trump lackeys and other douche nozzles during the campaign, gave them equal time with normal people and are now reaping what they have sown.

The same way that so many reasonable, empathetic liberals come from bigoted conservative families, probably. They found an ideological system that resonated with them and rejected their family’s input.

Isn’t at-will employment great, alt-right guys?

So GoDaddy was totally cool with DailyStormer up until now?

“Welcome to the Department of Justice!”

“Why were you fired from your last job?”