“The victims could well have been a neighbor, or a small child.”

Michigan is an open carry state, so even if one of them did have a gun, it is their legal right to have it out. When he got to the scene, it should’ve been immediately clear that nobody was brandishing the alleged weapon. Since the officer was not in immediate danger, there was zero reason to behave this way, even if…

And I want to add this;

Exactly, that was what I was getting at. What I can fault him for is being willfully naive (at best) about a supposed lack of representation for the “hardworking white man.”

I kinda disagree with that sentiment.

I have a theory that most Hollywood types consider themselves “underdogs,” especially if they came from a less-than-rich background. Take Chris Pratt, for instance: He definitely came from a blue-collar background. He definitely isn’t blue-collar now, though, and hasn’t been for a long, long time.

Years ago, my Fox News-watching dad came over for a visit and gave my son Bill O’Reilly’s book for teenagers. My son said “Thanks Grandpa” and after my folks went home, my kid tossed the book in the garbage. He was 14.

Plot twist: It’s just Jeff Goldblum trying to sell Thor and Darryl an apartment. The Hulk crashes the house party second act.

Here’s the thing: Would it have been that hard for the Pratt character to find some technicians or engineers in hibernation who’d be able to fix his cryo-chamber? Then they all go back to sleep, problem solved. The whole premise is really stupid.

“It is false that marijuana use doesn’t lead people to more drug use.”

This is exactly what I wanted to say as well. I don’t understand the dislike and even hatred for her at all. This interview makes me think she is exactly what you said- kind, well-spoken, honest and humble.

I really don’t get people crapping on Anne Hathaway. She’s always seemed so intelligent; kind; well-spoken; humble; NOT assholelish at all. Maybe she seemed a bit pretentious for a hot minute there, I guess? But, like, who gives a crap. That’s pretty harmless, in the grand scheme of things.

Just to be clear here, there is nothing inherently “problematic” or discriminatory about using fucking assholes as an insult right? Because it seems to me that, really and truly, anyone can be a fucking asshole regardless of any other identity markers.

I think, in all seriousness, that there is a certain class of white male who believes that they should be allowed to do whatever the heck they like without consequences, because they know — they KNOW — their intentions are pure, and it’s just that some super-sensitive people just don’t GET them.

“I am not a racist.”™

took me an embarrassingly long time

I really hope they somehow work in the Necropolis and the spirits of past Black Panthers in the movie. As someone who stands on the boundary between science and mysticism T’Challa could really bridge the gap between the two in an interesting way.

Yeah, I feel like part of the reason we need feminism is because “it’s easier for a man to be a [fill in the blank]” is almost always a true statement.

I agree completely. It requires no true effort from me or really any actual risk (although I did once probably not get a job because of it, but that was a complete fluke of a circumstance).