For a democrat, this is all profoundly troubling.
Co-counsel for Brown, Ann Kirby, said: "This case is a tragedy which has profoundly affected not only the lives of the people involved, but which profoundly affects our system of justice in North Carolina.
Internet trolling might seem like an issue that only affects a certain subset of people, but that's only true if you believe that living in a world devoid of diverse voices – public discourse shaped primarily by white, heterosexual, able-bodied men – wouldn't profoundly affect your life.
"I have no doubt," wrote Mr Gwynne, confidently, "that the vast majority of the public will find it profoundly unacceptable that a convicted criminal with such disregard for British justice continues to hold such an illustrious honour".
So it's new, frightening and profoundly odd.
Labor, working with the trade union movement, has won the battle on workplace relations so profoundly that it is impossible in modern Australia to find an advocate for the Howard government's Work Choices laws.
But when de-industrialisation came, nowhere did the heavy trades decline more rapidly and more profoundly than in Glasgow.
I regard the EU as profoundly anti-democratic.
He said: "Dr FitzGerald and I disagreed profoundly on many things, especially the Anglo-Irish agreement, but he never allowed political difference to become a bar to personal relations".
These arguments hinge on the rather ropey and profoundly Catholic notion that marriage exists solely as a vehicle for procreation.
Relations between Ireland and England were profoundly shaped by this sectarian cleavage.
