In defense of the 40+ crowd, and recent eulogizing notwithstanding, none of this — the font, the clothes, the talk, the people, the facial hair, the music — was cool when it aired.
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Amaurytelemaco
I can definitely see where he's coming from with some of the criticism but the part where he starts arguing about whether or not his dead brother was really better at wrestling than him was... I mean, talk about competitive. It might be time to let that one go.
I thought it was EXTREMELY TACKY of NBC and the NFL last night when they used the movie trailer as part of the intro to Sunday Night Football. Pictures of WWII POWs being tortured interspersed with shots of Richard Sherman and Russell Wilson. Thank God Schindler's List already came out.
The problem, as I see it, from the "good" white people perspective is that we know 1) there's a very vocal minority of whites that are hateful assholes wherever they get the chance, and 2) there's a gigantic silent majority that are not racist, but aren't even paying attention to injustices. If the "good" white…
"Good white people" demonstrate the qualities that all good people demonstrate: kindness, empathy, compassion, thoughtfulness, unconditional love. These are the values I try to instill in my students; that parents try to instill in their children.
Is a member of another oppressed minority (First Nations), I disagree quite strongly with this.
As a white person myself (who tries my best to resist the racism embedded in our society), I think the idea is not that you shouldn't delete trolls or be outraged. It's that you shouldn't congratulate yourself for it. So many white people make it about themselves by insisting that they "get it" or that they're "one of…
I guess the question is "How can white people be supportive of the issue without seeming to demean or take over the issue? " If white people don't talk talk about what they do in the situation, then the narrative is that white people are ignoring the issue (which so many do). If white people talk about the issue,…
I find most of this essay very powerful. One area I wonder about is where you think good white people feel like they should be rewarded - what should good white people do then? Not delete trolls? Not be outraged? Keep the outrage to themselves? I understand the frustration of people seemingly wanting to be…
"We exemplify multi-generational co-viewing."
Friedman's idea for a fix is excellent. Someone implement that, please.
I'll offer a third option: He's a owner's puppet AND he's stupid
"I personally think Tebow seems like a lovely, genuine guy."
As someone who grew up in the deep south, I have met countless numbers of lovely, genuine people who nevertheless wouldn't feel the slightest compunction about legislating their retrograde bigoted evangelical beliefs into practice given half a chance. When I…
The only reason anyone outside of the Big 12 thinks the Big 12 got fucked is because the committee decided to release weekly rankings as opposed to making this a one time shot like the NCAA tourney. OSU, Baylor and TCU had resumes that were basically identical once everything played out and any of the three could be…
Six years ago my then 3 year old son saw the Santa version of the snowman pan in the catalog and asked me to get it. I did because I was 7 months pregnant and felt guilty about this being his last Christmas without a sibling. WORST DECISION. First, the fancy ass decorations in the catalog were done with fruit…
I saw this when it first came out years ago. It was and is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
They did believe her. Which was a problem when basic facts wouldn't have checked out if they did a modicum of investigating — like the fact that UVa holds fraternity rush in the spring, not in the fall. Like the fact that there was no party at Phi Psi on the date that Jackie claimed to be raped. Like the fact that…
Her response was juvenile and insulting. She jumped quickly and loudly on the bandwagon of incredibly shoddy reporting that is now revealed to be fiction. The Bradly/Soave articles were respectful and cautions (as were the many, many other articles questioning this story).
That's not John Wayne.....That's Rooster Fucking Cogburn!!! The man must be considered armed and extremely intoxicated.