US Politics Mega-thread - Page 1831

On April 09 2015 23:31 hunts wrote:
So wait, several pages ago greenhorizens said the 2nd cop should not be charged as an accessory because maybe be didn't speak out for fear of losing his job because he's a black cop? So gh is fine with the black cop not saying anything about the taser, or lie about cpr, or the shooting, but somehow only the white cop is rqcist?

Also good on the stop to the forced change, it sounds pretty awful.

But forcing anybody or having kids or other persons incapable of legal consent to do much of anything related to sexuality should be illegal.

On April 10 2015 04:17 hunts wrote:
Ok that's a good answer. I think he should get charged as an accomplice, but we'll see. Honestly what the cop did is dispicable, shooting an unarmed man that was running away, and I hope he rots in jail. At the same time though I hate people trying to paint the victim as some innocent angel that was simply a victim of racism. He wasnt. He had a warrant for his arrest and ran from a cop, he was a criminal. That did not give the cop the right to shoot and kill him, but given him running from as cop he was going to get his ass kicked and thrown in jail for what he did, so he wasn't some angel like people like to say to further their agenda.

On April 10 2015 04:06 GreenHorizons wrote:


I said we don't know if he should. Though his report was released and was so baron of critical details he should be charged as an accomplice at this point. Basically in a plea he would get little to no punishment in exchange for rolling over on what could be a larger department issue. If he can't find evidence of that or it simply isn't the case, he's fucked. Of course if he did roll he'd probably never get hired as a cop again (unless he found a squeaky clean department [although not sure how many of those exist]).

But it's still a long time till a verdict, who knows what kind of punishment (beyond getting fired) will actually be doled out, if at all.

@Yoav



That wasn't referring to general sexual education was it?

On April 10 2015 05:03 ZasZ. wrote:


I believe Yoav was talking specifically about conversion therapy, which isn't necessarily related to sexuality if you are trying to convert a transgender person to identify with their birth sex. Regardless, it's messed up and that should be obvious to everyone. Sending your child to go to conversion therapy is making the issue about you, as a parent, and how you are unable to cope with the person your child is becoming. No one should be that self-centered.

On April 10 2015 04:37 Plansix wrote:
Having a warrant out for unpaid child support is slightly above having a warrant out for unpaid speeding tickets. The fact that the officer even drew his weapon in response to the person running is mind blowingly fuck up.

A California bill that would allow students to opt out of mandatory school vaccinations only if they have a medical condition that justifies an exemption is one step closer to becoming law, though it still has a long way to go. The bill was introduced in the California Senate in response to a measles outbreak at Disneyland in late December that's now linked to almost 150 infections.

Among several hundred supporters and protesters outside the Capitol building in Sacramento on Wednesday, the bill sparked a debate about individual rights and responsibilities.

Opponents wore American flags. One child held a sign that said, "Force my veggies, not vaccines." They say eliminating the personal belief exemption threatens their ability to do what's right for their kids.

"I think that everybody should be able to make their own choice," said Lisa Cadrein of Los Angeles. She fears vaccines would harm her daughter.

"I am afraid that her big beautiful blue eyes will not focus on me anymore, and she won't be the kid that she is," Cadrein said.

A source with knowledge of Hillary Clinton's plans has confirmed that she will officially announce her 2016 presidential bid on Saturday or Sunday. This will be imminently followed by campaign travel.

On April 10 2015 07:54 WolfintheSheep wrote:

As stupid as it is to legally force people to take medical prevention, it's even stupider that something like this has to be even considered.

These parents are going to do far more to hurt their childrens' intelligence than any vaccine ever would.

On April 10 2015 07:58 Millitron wrote:

Jenny McCarthy should probably be in prison on about a million charges of endangering a minor.

On April 10 2015 08:25 coverpunch wrote:

She's just a gullible zealot. It's Andrew Wakefield, the doctor in the UK who published falsified results "proving" the link, that should be in prison. And the British scientific community should do a lot of soul-searching that it took years for anyone to question the results, then a few more years to prove they were false and retract his work, by which time the damage had already been done.