I just saying that you might want to funnel your efforts toward people that are more connected to the Gawker brain trust. I'm a nobody. Even if I was to run kicking and screaming that someone was spoofing usernames and incessantly trolling other users (regardless of how noble your intentions are), I'm not sure the…

This whole day has been weird. I am grey on gawker again and people aren't getting notifications from me. I requested help desk assistance earlier so hopefully they will fix it. Ugh, I'm going to bed!

Shouldn't you be following Nick Denton then? Gawker doesn't care about *my* user experience.

Welcome, my friend. I need constant supervision. You are saving me tons of money by going pro bono.

And Texas, and North Dakota. I'm willing to bet most of the schools in the us are divided like that.

I admit to havinng been clueless until recently, more like . It also makes me cringe when I hear people that whine about "big government" and lack of freedom be completely fine with these gross abuses of power. It disgusts me.

Haha this reminds me of that Dave Chapelle stand up. His comment about newsweek printing the police brutality stories. Starts around 8:35

It sounds like these knucklehead cop-wannabes were looking for an excuse to beat someone up, not using force because it was necessary. Maybe they were looking for someone to make an example of, and ended up being the example themselves: examples of racist assholes given too much power. Typical results.

Please, please, PLEASE, fellow Jezzies, don't feed the racist trolls. Don't pull them out of the grays. Dismiss any responses that are direct replies to you. Giving them attention just gives them exactly what they want and ensures that more readers have to suffer through their assholery. Make Jezebel a happier place…

Fuck the word articulate.

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"I really hope Martese Johnson- an educated, articulate, well-dressed black man can finally open some people's eyes"

Also, POC are feeling safer speaking up. And if you think about it, if this is the 'safer' world that they feel like they have the freedom to speak up, then the world is fucked up.

It should matter in one way, in the way the op-ed points out: the fact that he fit the stereotype of "a good one" used by racists to pretend they're not racist (cause see, they like "the good ones" it's just "the bad ones" they dislike! obviously!) and was beaten anyway shows that really it doesn't matter how "good"…

Yeah, it's a REAL tragedy when "an educated, articulate, well-dressed black man" gets the shit kicked out of him. Not like those other thugs.

I can't believe they didn't drop the charges. I hope he not only beats the charges but also sues them into smitherines.

It shouldn't matter that he's educated and well-dressed and adorable. IT SHOULDN'T FUCKING MATTERRRRRRR AARRRGGGHHHH

Same in many parts of North Carolina

Back to 1963? This is how it's always been (for black people). The only difference is social media documents it and makes it impossible (for white people) to ignore, although many are still doing their damndest to try.