Hey thanks for your considered breakdown of this, but I also want to add that the hypocritical truth lies right there there in the statement that Stan made, and how he made it.

I started The Staircase late one night, fell asleep, woke up and it was STILL going.

Well, I’m fucking glad his kids and the mother of his children got the money he owed them and has been quoted as saying that he had been withholding on purpose, regardless.

Also: not to pry, but it’s such an interesting connection... did your friend overcome the hoarding disorder? If so, what kinds of outside help, if any, were effective in their case?

So the attitude that I more-so have is that POC should genuinely offer them help to see reality...but then step well off to the side and let them do whatever it is they’re gonna do to or for themselves.

Yes but... WHY is the cruelty the point? WHY would anyone revel in their own ignorance and knowing support cruel people, not putting two and two together that their ignorance makes them vulnerable to abuse by those in power? Because they have been conditioned to believe that their ignorance is good and righteous and…

This is going to sound weird, but... see if you can track down the most recent episode of Hoarders, the first episode of the 12th season. It features a MAGA-type family, bogged down by trauma, isolation, and mental illness... and a literal lifetime worth of garbage on their property, which they feel represents their…

She is a child who was sex trafficked. She was sold to this man like human chattel. She had already been raped repeatedly, and was facing a LIFETIME of being raped again and again by the man who was sleeping. Fuck off with “killing someone while they sleep is not self defense” because by saying that you are dismissing…

...millions of people who’ve never had to develop functional coping mechanisms for dealing with reality...

I think this is a great idea. Politicians in general need to be making decisions and proposing policy that are more long-term and future-focussed. Currently they focus on the next four years. Understanding that people who are going to BECOME adults during your term, and have to live their ENTIRE ADULT LIVES in a world…

THIS:

In her brief, Goessling cited a researcher who wrote, “Women who are confronted with a sexual assault are significantly less likely to experience a completed rape if they resist with a weapon.”

“...and the defendant took it as an invitation to fight her War for Social Justice and an opportunity for social media fame... think of the wasted potential simply because this [upstanding family man / star athlete / respected public official / honorable judge / decorated officer of the law / beloved son] was alone…

So interesting. Perhaps the love Jackson had for the little orphan boy in the film, and the way he was able to seek out and meet the actor when they were both teenagers... perhaps this experience was part of what Jackson was trying to recreate with the younger boys he befriended, or befriended and abused.

Yeah. The sexist justice system is predisposed to disbelieve women when they report sexual assaults, and devalues the impact of attempted assaults.

Does anyone know how this company going bankrupt would impact the BILLIONS of dollars the family paid out to themselves (and the shareholders) as they created the opioid crisis?

...is it, though?

I saw Roma in the theatre and it was TRANSCENDENT. It was a story focussing on women who normally get ignored narratively, making them into epic heros. Not to mention the fact that the camera work, set pieces, performances and audio were - sincerely - the best that I have seen in a very long time, and I say that in…

Oh hey look the Attelboro bylaws pertaining to dogparks (pg 87):

I AM LIVING FOR THIS MAN TELLING HARSH TRUTHS ABOUT ACTUAL REALITY TO THESE BAD ACTORS.