@9 I think they still can't vote in the general. But they can vote in their own primary. As for basically a state... maybe. But I wonder if any state would have been allowed to get as far into debt as Puerto Rico has.
@7: I believe the story said "more than $300" in damages. No way that much spray paint would only take $300 to clear off, I would imagine.
The whole thing is kind of bizarre and nonsensical, with how unfocused the graffiti was. So many different groups were "targeted," that it does kind of sound like more of a drunken rampage of stupidity more than anything else.
I mean, who wants to spray paint anti-gay, anti-Muslim, and anti-religious garbage in addition to dicks all over the place? It is like four different hate groups all hit the place on the same night. Especially with it being a non-denominational chapel.
The first one seems like drunk college bros trying to be transgressive, especially since "Anthony Morales" doesn't sound particularly WASPy. Holding them without bail seems over the top but I guess might be a "scared straight" experience.
The last on is truly truly awful though.
People this awful have always existed. It was frustrating for me in the past to hear so much of our national conversation taking place as if this type of racism and prejudice were a thing of the past. As if all we had left was subtle institutional racism, vestiges of past policies. Then I traveled out to the countryside and talk privately with family and acquaintances our there and hear the saying all the awful things that Trump shouts now.
We have to shine a light on this 10 or 20 percent of America. We have to talk about them. One beneficial side effect of the Trump menace is that we can't keep denying that his noxious ideas are alive and well in 2016. Maybe there will even be a third party to represent them, which was where the Republican party was always heading anyway. Having a lot of parties helps us better see what kind of people really make up a country, instead of mushing them all together in to some kind of left-center vs right-center illusion.
@18, 20: If there were one, Making a Murderer would never have been made. In the wake of Steven Avery's murder trial an "advisory referendum" was held in 2006 which showed 55% popular support for capital punishment. Despite it's current flirtation with Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been one of the most enlightened of states on this issue.
@21: I guess, reports were they spray painted over the word "god," several times and their target was an expressly non-denominational chapel that served people of many faiths.
I could be wrong of course, but what is your confusion?
Scary.
...but seriously. What the FUCK?
The whole thing is kind of bizarre and nonsensical, with how unfocused the graffiti was. So many different groups were "targeted," that it does kind of sound like more of a drunken rampage of stupidity more than anything else.
I mean, who wants to spray paint anti-gay, anti-Muslim, and anti-religious garbage in addition to dicks all over the place? It is like four different hate groups all hit the place on the same night. Especially with it being a non-denominational chapel.
The last on is truly truly awful though.
We have to shine a light on this 10 or 20 percent of America. We have to talk about them. One beneficial side effect of the Trump menace is that we can't keep denying that his noxious ideas are alive and well in 2016. Maybe there will even be a third party to represent them, which was where the Republican party was always heading anyway. Having a lot of parties helps us better see what kind of people really make up a country, instead of mushing them all together in to some kind of left-center vs right-center illusion.
I could be wrong of course, but what is your confusion?