This. Jackson never said it’s a point of contention, but it is certainly something to think about.

Funny thing is, the first thing conservatives like to do when you argue legitimate points with them is tell you that the left implanted ideas in your head. Peak hypocrisy.

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It stops a person from spreading the disease to more people and lets them know that a person has a disease versus being kept in the dark which clearly the person in the article happily did so.

For the record, nowhere in this article nor the one it links to does it say that this man knew that he was HIV-positive, so it is currently presumptive at best to say that he “knowingly” spread it. That you focus more on this detail than the fact that he sexually abused and traumatized his students tells more about…

I never stood behind him being a predator. He sexually assaulted children and will be rightfully convicted of that. What I was against was the useless criminalisation of HIV transmission, as their cultural context and all the other charges make it pointless. Do not make the mistake of putting words in my mouth just to…

I say you should air on the side of truth and petty by dumping this and several other articles about the failures of police on her ass. No need to play nice with bigot-adjacent people.

Stop talking while you’re behind. Far, far, far behind. Seriously.

I’m sorry you have to go through that, and I’m even more sorry (and disappointed) at how too many of us here don’t understand the things you have to consider because of those intersecting identities. I admittedly don’t know enough myself, but I do hear you and stand by you here, queen.

Saying “that’s how the law works” is never an acceptable response because it ignores the question of why the law is the way it is. Not every law is as cut and dry as it seems. Some may make sense on their face, but you absolutely have to consider what contexts they are rooted in. Imagine if we Black people resigned to…

I agree with you. There is absolutely no point in criminalising STDs. It does nothing to combat transmission and is deeply rooted in the historical persecution of the Black and LGBT communities. Like you implied at somewhat in a different comment, it is very similar to the criminalisation of opiates and marijuana use…

If only the parents of Black victims got that benefit of the doubt...

“I was actually giving the police benefit of the doubt over my own child because I was thinking he must have been fighting back, he must have been resisting,” Chapman said.

Egocentric? I wasn’t talking about me, hun. And I do treat people with base respect, it’s just that the behaviour of some people happens to put them in the negative. Go figure. I wouldn’t have to fight the world if the world didn’t hit first.

I don’t give a damn about liking you. I care about whether or not your ideas are constructive or not. Immediately reacting with “you’re on your own” to a Black person who is reasonably displeased with the repeated behaviour of their supposed “allies” (for reasons you’d know if you bothered to read The Root’s articles)…

If you actually cared about promoting civil rights, then you wouldn’t need a goddamn cookie to validate yourself. If you’re comfortable letting inhumane atrocities continue simply because you perceive a slight to your feelings, then nobody needed your weak ass to begin with. Have fun joining Nazi Germany in white…

Don’t speak as if you actually care about racism. I know your kind to care more about willfully ignoring its context to obfuscate the truth and subversively exonerate whites. Did I not just mention that the “you’re no better than me strategy” fails quickly? Begone with that weak dictionary definition bullshit.

I really need to get on your level of reading, lol.

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