Yes, he is very wrong for not delivering a dissertation covering the breadth of the topic during this interview.

My god, the “famous person says something fundamentally supportive in an imperfect* way so let’s shit on him” genre has to die.

I actually think this is silly and super performative on the mom’s part. Acknowledging your baby’s apparent biological sex doesn’t mean gender norms or even a gender has to be forced on them. If everything looks standard down below, as the vast majority of genitals do, you can tell what sex the kid is with great…

I don’t suppose it matters on the birth certificate, but it does seem a little foolish to just pretend sex has no relationship to health. You don’t need to force anything on a child, but that is medically necessary information regardless of what gender, if any, the child identifies with.

As as a WOC...I don’t really have an issue with what she said. She’s realizing there’s racism and sexism around her which is great. Yes, she said a little clumsily, but at least she said it. Nor did she discount racism or slander WOC. So I have no issues with her, unless I’m missing something?

Aaannnnn? i don’t know if you realized but Ms. Clarke is not black, nor American.

And everyone of these commenters defending her should read The Root’s version of this article.

It’s not weird. Many of the core cadre of jezebel writers are, and always have been, bullies, who view all events through the lens of “how can I feel morally superior by putting someone else down”. The form has changed since kindergarten, but the motivations haven’t.

Intersectional Feminist Writer: Ugh, I can’t even with these people who won’t wake up and see the sexism all around them!

yes jesus fucking christ, OH LOOK YOUNG ACTRESS IS TRYING BUT DIDNT SAY SHIT THE EXACT WAY WE WANT HER TO SAY IT BURN HERRRRRRRRRRRR

Wow this article sounds more like a litany of petty personal opinions and unfair comparisons than anything.

It’s weird when a feminist blog tells a well-intentioned woman to shut up.

While the effort is appreciated, the process itself should perhaps remain behind closed doors.

I think the larger issue is not so much the crosshair bit, which almost boils down to a question of semantics. Instead, I think it’s that in combination with the fact that the Times erroneously suggested that there was a direct (as opposed to circumstantial) link between the mailer and the shoot. They effectively said…

No. The entire judicial system is built on the premise that it’s better for 10 guilty to go free than 1 innocent be jailed. Yeah, it sucks rapists get off more often than not, but you know what sucks worse? Being jailed for decades for a crime you didn’t commit.

We want your opinion but we also want you to realize your opinion doesn’t matter. I mean, duh.

“499 is too high” holy shit people, do you know how much pc gamers pay for 4k gaming?! we’ve only just now gotten a gpu on the market that can handle 4k resolutions in all games, max setting and still maintain a stable 60fps! that gpu is the 1080ti and it costs 700 bucks by itself! now you want to tell me that 499 is…

She wasn’t “jeering” him, and she wasn’t just telling him to kill himself in a hateful manner (which, don’t get me wrong, is still awful).

I think he’s guilty. That doesn’t mean I’d be able to convict him if I’m on the jury. There are good things and bad things about that fact.

Or, maybe sometimes a lesbian may have sex with a man, or a gay man may have sex with a woman, or a straight man may have sex with another man...