I can't speak to whether he ripped off Le1f or not, but the fuck is wrong with you that having white straight "allies" is a problem? Yeah Macklemore is straight but Mary Lambert is gay, does that not count for anything? Macklemore gets too much love from the media and from white people in general because he's white…

I was bored at work when I wrote all that out, OK? Seahawks aren't even my team. In fact, they beat my team last year and Sherman got all up in my quarterback's face after the game to let him know about it.

Any population of men can be found guilty of misogyny towards women. The reasons gay men are getting called out in this piece are that (1) the author is a gay man, and (2) gay men sometimes use their gayness as an excuse for why their behavior is OK. It isn't.

When I first heard the concept of the "friendzone," back in freshman year of college, it was a part of something called "ladder theory." The idea was that women have two ladders, one for guys they would only ever consider as friends, and one for people they might consider dating. The implication was that guys are more…

One thing though, First Lady doesn't automatically mean the president's wife. It usually is, but there have been a handful of First Ladies who weren't: three daughters, three daughters-in-law, two nieces, and two sisters.

His e-mail does not show that he's probably illiterate. Most of the mistakes in his e-mail can be explained by a combination of 1) writing in a colloquial style and 2) firing the e-mail off quickly without bothering to proofread or correct any typos he made. Let's go through the e-mail, shall we?

Reading and writing are closely related skills. You said Sherman was probably illiterate. The fact that he writes a published column and graduated from Stanford in three years with good grades indicates that he *probably* knows how to read.

Sherman's been writing a column for Monday Morning Quarterback this season. I bet his reading skills are better than yours.

What is the point of saying "the exception proves the rule"? That expression literally means nothing. Exceptions don't prove anything. Except in the old sense of "prove" meaning "test," which is what the phrase was originally supposed to mean.

Everyone agrees that what Riley Cooper said was racist as fuck. That doesn't mean he acts, speaks, and thinks in a racist way the rest of the time. Clearly he had some racist tendencies that came out when he was drinking. Hopefully he's gone to sensitivity training, reflected on what he's done, and come out of it a…

Richie Incognito gets called a thug because he is a thug. Richard Sherman's not wrong though. He's not saying the word never gets used to describe white people. He's saying the word is getting applied to him because he's black.

"Biggest tragedy" might have been an overreach. Though it does depend on your perspective. Three people died, but millions more live in poverty. I don't know, I think it also depends on the nature of the political sentiment being expressed, doesn't it? Here the political sentiment is, "I wish we did more to help these…

If you tell someone they're crap at what they do, and they respond by listing their qualifications and years of experience, they're not making an argument from authority.

I agree with most of the other commenters that this was a bad idea and a poor use of $10,000. However, I choose to believe Jez's intentions were good (though misguided) and they didn't *mean* to body-shame LD. The resulting story was more tastefully done than I expected.

You are being a huge dick to Jenn44416 for no apparent reason.

To be fair, the baseball Hall of Fame voting process is more democratic than those other things.

I agree the doctor is 100% in the wrong.

Most people would probably disagree with you about that music video.

The fact that a Tyler Perry movie is getting nominated for NAACP Image Awards is proof we need more movies by quality black filmmakers, amirite?

You know what? Good for them. I'm glad there was a black lesbian. Sorry I insulted the creator of your favorite show. Learn to take a joke next time.