Yeah that's my thing. I like her , but if she's not putting a lot of strategy or effort into the primary, what makes me think she'll do the necessary work during the election?

Good point and shows cop violence isn't even about defending themselves. A normal person protecting themselves thinks "a car is in reverse and might come towards me, need to take two steps backwards," not "a car is in reverse and might come towards me, might need to shoot the driver."

It was a great conversation starter! I am coupled now, but it will go back in the profile if/when needed.

NGL "member of a bean club" was on my dating profile for years. Thank you, rancho gordo.

He's pointing out the absurdity of the US government erecting a statue to commemorate someone who literally fought against the United States.

Thanks. I was coming into the comments to ask the same thing. He's usually good, so I'm glad there's a reason.

Fair.

Got the warm and fuzzies reading this. Inshallah.

Respectfully, woo pig

Wow

This post convinced me to pick it up at lunch today (a signed copy, to boot). Looking forward to digging in.

the logical end of the short-termism of shareholder value theory, it'd be bad business practice *not* to lick the boot.

Probably the biggest thing that stuck with me from Catholicism — when you do bad, you’re injuring yourself and diminishing your own capacity to be good. Forgiveness is great, but you should be motivated by a vision of who you want to be and work towards that.

Yeah. These are not academics, much less philosophers. They're your bog standard fox news poisoned, conservative-bubble elderly. Facebook posters given the power to alter how the US government functions.

Their set was so so good