Luke O'Neil

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You who have your lives to lose

The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber

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I remember the first time I was ever scared in my life

Everywhere is the same place when you’re drinking it’s the place where the drinking is

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This would be an ugly sentiment in any city

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The suffering and unsightly are taking up space without paying

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I know some really greasy dentists

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This is the tightrope we force poor people to walk

Having been recently poor is about as good an endorsement as I can think of for a politician

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What paternity leave is really like in America

I typically try not to let the culture war sniping of the week serve as my assignment editor, but the utterly dumb fuck “debate” about paternity leave stretching into its second week now — Fellas, is it gay to take care of and bond with your newborn? — is a somewhat rare

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Hope is a wonderful thing to be addicted to

It was very clean and pretty like things often are before you see them in real life

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The concept of selling out doesn’t even exist anymore

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There are so many aspects of prison life that aren’t told

They should be reflected in the media

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The most terrifying thing I can think of

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You won't be happy anyway

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The American healthcare system damages your *thinking* not just the public health

This whole country is a scam

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I don’t want anyone to die!

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Sorry is not enough

Who exactly is the terrorist here you might ask

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I grew up in a funeral home

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Everywhere is the gallows now

We went through the same level of rigor that we've done for years and we took a strike

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No New Women’s Prisons

"I was under the impression that we all end up in prison"

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We can’t keep doing the same thing over and over for decades

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We can’t keep doing the same thing over and over for decades

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The only relevant part of their attendance records

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We are required to suffer no injury ourselves we are simply empowered to injure

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I don't actually think that all of these people believe we're in Hell

It started to become clear that ‘Hell’ acted as a proxy for cyclical, institutional problems in America

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Turn on the blood spigot baby!

Standing Sentry Against Stuff You Don’t Like

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Having our dead bodies sold back to us