I hate to break this to you, but there have been peacekeeping forces in place as long as there have been communities.  Slave patrols, as awful as they were, did not create the idea.  There were night patrols before there were slave patrols, and there were city guards long before there were night patrols.

I mean, where is the evidence that *only* the rich are being targeted? If they’ve all fled to their non NYC second homes, those of us left are pretty assuredly *not* the uber rich. No one asks for your bank account total before they rob you. (And, uh, I hate that I have to say this, but definitionally, even the super…

Look at her dumbass made-up name and you can figure it out for yourself.

It’s interesting how many commenters came here to say that basically who cares that people are getting robbed if it’s in the UES. Maybe you don’t live in nyc or know anything about it, but just like most places, there are good people who live in the area, and surprise, they’re not all rich people. Hardly.

If you listen you can hear Atropos sharpening her shears.

I’m no fan of the NRA, but those people are brave to stand that close to Dick Cheney with a firearm in his hands. 

So, because Michelle Obama published a bestselling book about her life and made money from doing said work, she’s not allowed to feel depressed -ever- for anything and we have to hate her now and HOW DARE SHE SPEAK?  I am sure you, as a writer, are looking forward to the day you, too, publish a bestselling book and…

Everyone knew the race was going to be a blood bath/shit show (something like seven legitimate candidates) so most establishment and grassroots forces were very hesitant to touch it. DSA poured a lot of resources into it, and they got Bernie and AOC to endorse their candidate, and she came third. The fear for a while w…

The most straightforward point is that Jezebel’s analysis of electoral politics continues to perpetuate GMG/G/O’s long tradition of being ... just ... bad.

Yeah I’m not sure what a good historical comparison would be for “how successful is Justice Democrats in primarying sitting Congressmen?” Maybe the success of the Tea Party movement? But that wasn’t as organized as Justice Dems. Challenging an incumbent is hard. But they’ve definitely found success in doing so.

Oh, fuck off. I’m tired of people who are well enough to lecture others on the internet telling the families of those who will never be able to do the same how to talk about our loved ones. If you want to go into details about your autism be my guest, but it’s not a preference you get to set as policy for other…

Exactly. There’s almost a disability porn quality to listing out all of someone’s specific issues instead of stating a rough age level as an approximation. It takes the focus from “this is a person with a medical condition” to “look at all the weird/gross things about this person due to their medical condition.”

I’m sorry, but as the mom of a special needs kid, that seems way more condescending than “he functions at the level of an elementary school child.” Giving a rough age-level equivalent gives the lay reader a concept of the kinds of limitations being discussed without dwelling on the things an individual can’t do or…

Gay love interest name Patrick? It’s already been done and nobody can top this.  Best couple in the history of television.

I am so here for this. 

What an ugly take. I have had to take a similar position and became the guardian of one of my parents. Depending on their health and their wealth, it is basically a fulltime job. I regret not negotiating my compensation for it. I constantly get criticised for my decisions, cannot work full time, and do not get any…

Whatever he is paid, why should he not be paid for difficult, full-time work?

Agreed. For some people conservatorship is a godsend, and at least from out here, to me, it seems to be what saved Britney. Not that you’re making this point—I don’t want to put words in your mouth...but I’ve always found he #FreeBritney movement to be absolutely silly. Does anyone remember Britney in 2007? The poor…

Look, mental health is impossible to assess from the outside, and there’s no way anyone not part of Spears’ inner circle can really know what’s going on there. That said, if I kept my 38-year-old pop star daughter locked away “for her own good,” I’d probably deny it, too!

...and she’s going to have a dramatic tell-all press conference on Thursday featuring Jacob Wohl?! Well, if anything is going to convince the general population that she isn’t the least bit batshit insane, that should do it!