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Couldn’t somebody buy the carcass of Vine and relaunch it?

Okay- Elon is an asshole - and his “free speech absolutism” is absolute bullshit but...

It’s interesting what things you can get cancelled for and what things just get you to the next multimillion dollar franchise. 

I like your answer, and can agree with it that you need time to create a lawsuit. However, Coinbase has been around since 2012, which is 11 years ago, so the SEC has to have had their eye on this for some time, given many people have lost money.  Perhaps they kept themselves on the down-low for half those years, I’m…

If the EPA is not protecting our water, then who is? I love to rag on our bought Supreme Court, but why has the legislature done such a bad job of writing the laws that the court is allowed such an unfavorable interpretation? Our government is useless and we, the people, are powerless to change it.

Ever since this term was introduced, it has been used by the incompetent and rude to dismiss legitimate criticism of their shortcomings. That’s not to say there are not real examples — including many of the famous online videos — but sometimes you really do need to speak with a manager.

“Sometimes being pushed out of your own strategic ignorance is the right thing to do,” Lee purportedly said.

God forbid we ask people to at least familiarize themselves with what they’re outraged over.

The irony here is that in the film, there ARE no Indian dancers outside of Ram and Ahktar: The whole point of the scene and indeed some of the lyrics is that they were getting kicked out of a white guy’s party and threw down via dance (they’re also there to try and find a kidnapped girl that’s being held there, and…

Oh you noticed

It’s entrepreneurship, actually. Comparing thrifting to colonialism is fucking outrageous, and actively offensive to people actually suffering under colonialism. 

Some have even gone as far as to call her a “mini landlord” (more on that later)

I’m a martial arts teacher, and as part of it all senior ranks are “Sir” or “Ma’am” both as a connection to tradition, and a sign of respect for their rank. I also address *all* my students with such.

This obviously caused a problem when a trans student started. I sat down with the student, explaining that we used…

100% An ideology that cannot be questioned and stand up under debate and scrutiny is worthless.

To be clear, traits aren’t demonized unless the story links them strongly to the negative aspects of a character. Characters have traits. If a villain has black hair, that doesn’t equate to demonizing people with black hair. If the villain smokes, that doesn’t equate to demonizing smoking. Unless the story is saying…

If her villain was a cis person would it be demonizing cis people? Your villains are going to have characteristics. Doesn’t mean anyone is being demonized, sorry. 

Ok, I just read that whole essay she wrote. I can empathize with some things she wrote and she made some points I hadn’t previously considered even if I don’t necessarily agree with all of them. I didn’t come away feeling she was anti-trans. I’d advise people like me who care about these issues and who may have…

Conversely one could argue that rowling has a legitimate argument. Do someones feelings of self overwrite automatically a whole groups rights? That is to say a lot of women are concerned about women who were once men invading their space for a variety of reasons. One does one group of people (trans) comfort with…

I have loosely followed the JKR/Hogwarts drama since it was announced, but I was not terribly informed about the specifics. Some people have been extraordinarily upset, and I had expected some vile stuff from her.