ok, well. My position is that people are people - actual, living beings with feelings and ideas. Ideologies are the social constructs. Your assertion that rights are not inherent is technically accurate but not really all that useful.

this seems like grousing to me, but I think I can see your point. I won't argue because I think our disagreement is a philosophical one.

you believe ideologies have inherent rights? which point are you disagreeing with?

...damn.

PSA.

the perfect marriage of username to post content.

Nope, sorry. He said one mildly ignorant thing and is therefore evil forever.

Tangentially related anecdote time: a very good friend of mine started dating a girl who believed in all the anti science wank, but especially crystals. She had dozens. Anyway, my friend is very practical and very smart, but the poor guy felt obligated to defend her. It was cute/sad when I would rib him about it and…

Oh good. Let's quibble about phrasing and tell a sexual assault survivor she's wrong about her feelings. Rad.

I agree with you. That is not, however, what the OP was saying.

I think you read the OP wrong.

So... if he did rape, he's rightfully labeled a villain, but if he didn't do it, he's supposed to accept his name being smeared in the media as a rapist. Interesting.

everything has to be a Statement now, doesn't it?

you know, I think I'm ok with young children not acting "risque."

And here we have the polar opposite of "fake geek:" the "pretentious geek."

I absolutely love having one tab open with this story and the other with the story Gawker ran this morning about pedophiles on Reddit. It's a delightfully matched pair.

The slavery issue is uncomfortable (and it's not much of a consolation, but good luck finding a culture in the 1300's that didn't engage in the practice) but Musa I was famous for his generosity otherwise.

A lot of people don't realize Mansa Musa of Mali was by some metrics the wealthiest individual in the history of the world. How rad is that?

Not related, but someone liked this with the username "mariscrane." I love you.

I'm not entirely sure if dressing up like a culture from 3,000 years ago is really "appropriating."