“The Nae-nae” and “the Whip” I believe they’re called. Just think they look kinda stupid... like the modern version of the Sprinkler.

I applaud her attitude, but dear Lord, do I hate these specific “dances.” I just... I just don’t get them.

...Now get off my lawn.

Yes. You should not leave a loaded gun anywhere you’d leave a plugged-in power tool.

And if your situation is so unsafe that you actually need a loaded gun ready... then I shouldn’t be bringing my kids around in the first place.

I am a big fan of Serial. I don’t believe he got a fair trial and he deserves one. I don’t believe the prosecutors proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

I’m sorry, but I think that is ridiculous. It’s not somehow anti-woman to not want an innocent person to be in jail.

It is hard. It offends people. But everytime one of my children goes on a play-date at someone else’s house I ask, “Do you have a gun in the house?” Several people who I was SURE would say “No, of course I haven’t got any guns!” said “Yes, we have a gun...” Answer, “Oh! Well, your son or daughter is very welcome to…

The podcast was never anything but respectful to her memory. Wanting to make sure an innocent man wasn’t jailed for her murder isn’t diminishing the tragedy that was her death.

In all fairness, they declined to participate, which is their right. But without them providing a statement their side of the story could never be represented.

I don’t really see how ignoring the murder of a young woman is somehow more feminist. I guess I don’t understand her argument.

Did you feel that Hae was treated with disrespect? Her death was always presented as a sad and heinous death, and her life a happy and full one.

They declined to work with Sarah Koenig on this, and she actually wrote them a very polite letter asking them to tell their story for this specific reason. If they weren’t willing to talk, which they weren’t, there wasn’t much to be done.

Well, the podcast creators did reach out to her family, but they declined to participate (which is absolutely their right). I think the podcast was respectful of the fact that ultimately, a girl is dead who should not be. I do think that there is a degree of callousness on the part of some of the listeners, but that…

Indeed. Survival skills are severely lacking for oh, years and years.

Absolutely. The only way to keep them safe is to make their environment safe. Unfortunately, I think a lot of old-school types instead believe that good ole fashioned parenting means attempting to “teach” a two year old various things, like not to touch glass stuff, and probably not to touch guns. They’re the ones…

This is going to sound cold, but I’m going to say it anyway: praying was never going to do anything meaningful for that child with that kind of injury. You know what would have saved this child? Having that firearm properly locked away when it wasn’t being used. We hear so often that a responsible gunowner could have…

There is no number of dead children that will change anything. Sandy Hook proved that.

I know they aren’t hard but they should be.

God fucking damnit.

People, please lock up your firearms. Mine are safely locked behind biometric and combination cabinets. Especially if there are children present in your home. Gun cabinets/safes aren’t that expensive. Especially a handgun safe.

If you leave a firearm where a kid can easily get it, you are the bad guy with the gun.