I don't know how you people sleep at night.

I guess it's easy for a lot of you to pretend you don't see what your government is doing in your name.

It's crazy. You're all committing crimes against humanity by proxy.

Democracy in action. Government is good.

>> ^Matthu:

I don't know how you people sleep at night.
I guess it's easy for a lot of you to pretend you don't see what your government is doing in your name.
It's crazy. You're all committing crimes against humanity by proxy.


Comments like this are so fucking obnoxious. Yes, there are serious problems, yes, people have become incredibly apathetic and sociopathic and yes, culture is more and more nihilistic, but how dare you pretend you've the moral authority to indict an entire people for the crimes of their government?

>> ^Gallowflak:

>> ^Matthu:
I don't know how you people sleep at night.
I guess it's easy for a lot of you to pretend you don't see what your government is doing in your name.
It's crazy. You're all committing crimes against humanity by proxy.

Comments like this are so fucking obnoxious. Yes, there are serious problems, yes, people have become incredibly apathetic and sociopathic and yes, culture is more and more nihilistic, but how dare you pretend you've the moral authority to indict an entire people for the crimes of their government?


You're absolutely right. I am no moral authority. But I can freely put forth my opinion.

And my opinion is that the vast majority of Americans fucking know better. And if you know what your government is doing, you are morally obligated to get in the streets and scream.

So yes, it ain't my business, and it's probably obnoxious as hell to have an outsider throw your dirty shit stained laundry in your face, but maybe ya'll need to be shamed into some fucking action.

@Gallowflak Not trying to be an asshole, but enough is enough...

>> ^blankfist:

Democracy in action. Government is good.


What does democracy have to do with private prisons?? How are prisoners housed and rehabilitated in your 'free' society??

Or do you just send them to the gallows?

>> ^Matthu:

>> ^blankfist:
Democracy in action. Government is good.

What does democracy have to do with private prisons?? How are prisoners housed and rehabilitated in your 'free' society??
Or do you just send them to the gallows?


Oh, I didn't know Wal*Mart sentenced these people. My bad.

@Matthu, I strongly agree with your premise that people need to involve themselves in their national politics. I just hate the holier-than-thou delivery.

For the record, I'm English, so it's not like I'm defending my tribe or anything.

This is muddle-headed bullshit by Ana Kasparian pretending to think about "serious issues" and trumpeting her E-Z Pik Progressive Opinion: that she's outraged by the awfulness of the War on Drugs only because blacks are getting arrested too much (and that she doesn't think taking drugs is a crime). Look how puffed up she gets, pausing for effect after repeating the statistic about more blacks in U.S. prisons today than there were slaves in (just to pick a date) 1850.

Says it all, doesn't it?

Anyone who watches the Young Turks when Ana is talking knows she is judgmental as hell. She normally advocates the harshest prison sentences, likes the work of Child Protective Services and wouldn't promote anything she didn't truly believe in — not even for (really) "a billion dollars." So you can believe her when she tells you Kim Kardashian's thighs are fat!

Cenk is clearer that the WoSD is the true problem and that poverty — not race — is the salient factor in who *does time* (as opposed to whatever Ana is officially pissed-off about) — that the results are cruel for everyone. I thought that might be why he tells the story of a (presumably white) Montana dude facing life for passing a bong in his car, except he makes a point of agreeing that the guy did do something wrong.

Ana rounds out her simulacrum of thought-provoking opinion by noting the injustice of blacks getting arrested for drug crimes even though violent crime statistics have been trending downward in urban areas. Sounds heavy. Dunno why exactly ...

Still, two and a half million people in cages across the USA rejoice to hear their story is finally being told and eagerly await Ana's future Social Studies Presentations. Upcoming Topics will include: "What is the Proper Speed Limit on the Interstate?", "Is Capital Punishment Bad?", and "Euthanasia, School Uniforms, Gun Control and Test Tube Babies: What I think for less than $ 1 billion"

Ana's keen sense of justice and fearlessness in expressing her opinion are only too clearly demonstrated in this clip: