I'll give you a false trilemma, since Gawker et al isn't capable of rational thought.

No.

I don't know who Ed Sheeran even is, other than being the red-haired man in the photo up top, I assume.

Sure you can. You don't have to be fair. Everyone does not have to be judged by the same standard.

The point is that they have claimed that seat by putting their bag in it. How do you know what's in the bag? There may be a good reason for the bag to be in the seat.

It's all of a piece.

Who should give up their subway seat to whom?

"I don't just want everything you have, I want you not to have it!"

Who or what is the authority that definitively declares that Behavior X is insensitive, inappropriate, or otherwise "bad"?

Who or what is the authority that definitively declares that Behavior X is insensitive, inappropriate, or otherwise "bad"?

lol

Well if we agree that we're just talking about opinions, then sure, I can explain my opinion. If that's what we're doing.

This isn't a forum of academic debate. If I'm expected to provide a detailed rationale for my post, then I expect to be provided with a detailed rationale for why this "ban" on headdresses is a "good" thing that should happen.

Not particularly.

Jesus Christ.

That's batshit crazy.

I starred this for your username. Holy shit, "iwasliberaluntilimetjezebel" is the truth.

Sigh.

Is this one of those joke posts or a sincere one? I can't tell anymore.