The dreadful illness of povertenza

A rich white boy from Texas escapes serious punishment after killing four people and injuring another while drunk by pleading “affluenza.” Then surely  a poor black boy can plead povertenza as an excuse for appalling behavior.

Love that last link, by Jessica Ann Mitchell.

Here’s more on rich white boy Ethan Couch and his enabling mother because, as Mitchell writes:

Basically, Couch was coddled his entire life and now his punishment is more coddling.

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