That’s every argument that bigots make to avoid thinking about their bigotry.

Victims of basically every random crime (which most of these encounters are) “would have survived” if they’d made different choices the day of their murder. If they hadn’t walked down that street. If they hadn’t of gone to that bar. If they hadn’t of accepted that drink. If they hadn’t gone out. If they hadn’t of been…

Not complying with police is not a capital offense. Making a jerky movement is not a capital offense.

Kids get free wifi at schools?

Even more satisfying than actually reading a book.

Civil War is really hurt by the bloat in the middle to get all the cameos into a fight. I think that the plot and central conflict are all decent bones to the story, but the script needed a rewrite that focused less on brand tie in and instead focused on the important characters (including Zemo).

I assume that every doctor, nurse, etc. told funny stories about their jobs, just like every other human being working every other job. We’re all gossipers and complainers.

I’ve never met anyone who thought of addiction as a moral failing that wasn’t repugnant. They’re always completely lacking in empathy, to the point that I wonder if we’re vastly underestimating sociopathy in our society.

I’d be real shocked if anything came out of this meeting, other than Kirk winning a point on his predictions for the year.

Uh huh. I’ll be a lot more convinced that the left is being unhealthily represented when we stop living in a capitalistic hellscape.

If only that helpful quote had of been included in the article!

It makes me sad that I have no idea which of the story pitches in this thread are fake.

I understand the argument you’re making, I just don’t think that reality bears that out. This shit is worse than it was a few years ago, and it hasn’t been made worse because we’re sweeping it under the rug. It became worse (partly) by giving it a podium at the debates.

Fox News has been playing the martyr for 20 years; all the alt-right talking points are just an extrapolation of the “War on Christmas.” Alex Jones became popular by hosting a radio show, not by printing an underground newspaper. Media influences people by reaching people. And anyway, no matter how extreme the…

Youtube already bans videos for being too prominently LGBTQ, even if it’s something like “how to come out as transgender at school” or whatever, so it’s not like we’re in some completely unrestricted zone now. Trans erasure happens constantly. So since those tools are already hurting people that don’t deserve it, I…

I just don’t see that logic tracking.

And apologies if anything I said came across like an attack on you. Sometimes it can be difficult to moderate tone in a comment section. Have a good one!

I just don’t think that metaphor holds true though. Nazis aren’t roaches. Nazis thrive in the spotlight. Richard Spencer loved having that dapper profile written about him.

I agree with that completely. I’m still waiting for the OP to explain how giving shitheads a widely-accessible form of communication and organization hurts them.