And to be clear the othering and dehumanization goes on both sides. That's why it worries me. 

Ok, Everyone loves Stacey Abrams, right? Stacey Abrams got shit done as the minority leader by reaching across the aisle.

Or Prince/The Sign. And countless others.

No. Blind commonly means “can’t see” and it is commonly used in a way that is not negative.

Nobody has misappropriated the word. It has been used in various ways since the 1500's. People were robbing each other blind in the 1800's... Not to mention Homer’s Odyssey.

Ya, his little blurb there comparing this to the usage of the word gay makes no fucking sense whatsoever. 

I’ll bet they did they so people would turn a *blind eye* to their massive dmca take down.

PC culture at its worst... Should hunters change the name of their hideouts too? Stop being so sensitive about everything. There are 15 definitions of the word “blind” here.  Quit pretending like yours is the only and/or most important one.

As voraciously as I devour the show, it’s also occurred to me that someone fictionalizing your life and airing it for the world to see when the world is really, really bad at differentiating truth from poetic license (or even outright disinformation)...that could be very disturbing to the subject.

Yeah, it was those references to Camilla’s looks that got me on her side. It was all just so gross and depressing to see how superficial it all was.

I was honestly shocked that you couldn’t be sued for this?? Like it seems so obviously misleading about their lives.

It’s not though. It’s about messaging in a way that appeals to a broad audience (yes, including white people who also vote) using a slogan that doesn’t need 3 paragraphs to explain the sentiment, and one in which even the people who support it can’t agree with what it means (is it total abolition of police? Taking…

The interesting thing is that the real kidney donor -- actress Francia Raisa -- didn’t get an apology. 

I’ll start off by saying his rant was wrong.. he could have just kicked them out and kept moving.. he spazzed and said some weird shit really no reason to involve the rest of the customers waiting (a long time) for their food.

The film looks horrible. That said, I understand Sia’s frustration here. No matter what she does, it will never be good enough for some people. The easiest choice is to simply not include such characters in your film, which is often the unintended consequence of such advocacy.

Even beyond that, a lot of very smart people who research women in politics have been trying to move the conversation in recent years beyond simple descriptive takes (How many women are in parliaments? Has there ever been a female executive?) into deeper and more substantive questions. One of the factors that emerges…

Seriously. If we don’t figure out how to bring the left together, we are well and truly fucked. I live in a district that flipped from red to blue in 2018. My rep BARELY won by around a thousand votes. Why? Attack ads using the words “socialism” and “defund the police.” If AOC thinks that stuff plays well in all areas…

It took about 0.3 minutes after the election was called for the progressives to start chastising the “establishment Dems” for not championing UBI and Medicare for all and free college tuition and eliminating student loans, etc etc (aka Bernie’s Ten Commandments) bc the race should’ve been a landslide!!!11!

I’ve read lots of epically stupid Jezebel posts, but this has to up there. By the logic of this article it wouldn’t be good to have a woman President either, since they’d be “complicit in US imperialism.” You know there will be a Secretary of Defense no matter what, right? And they aren’t going to hire a peace…

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