Agreed on the first point. The following is a comment on the general discourse on this case, not you specifically. I’d still distinguish between two people who are not good for each other and abuse. It still seems that wile Amber wasn’t an angel to him at all times (and tbh how could she be?) I still haven’t seen…

They did not “abuse each other.” The first allegation of Depp hitting her is 2013 when she teased him about his Wino Forever tattoo. The first allegation of her hitting him BACK was 2015. In between that time he had (allegedly) backhanded her with rings on, kicked her, grabbed her by the hair, threw her by the neck, he…

Where did I paint her as an innocent victim? Where did I whitewash her behavior? She sounds terrible, and obviously “not an easy woman to live with” is a deliberate understatement on my part because I compared her to Madonna, who by all accounts has always been about the worst celebrity girlfriend in the entire…

Ironically this is far more likely to cause trouble for him than any of the truly bad things he’s done.

Seriously. Even if she did abuse him (I don’t know that it didn’t happen, but as you say no one’s proven it yet like they’ve proven his abuse), I don’t know why genuine advocates for male victims of domestic violence would make this idiot their hill to die on. He’s had substance abuse and rage problems for almost his…

Yes. Good take. He is defending his ego as if he’s defending his life. My guess would be Depp bases his identity on being a certain type of “good” man. For someone to question this is unthinkable to him.

Mike held back, and I commend him on his discipline. He taught a quick lesson, but the true power could’ve easily killed this man.

Yeah, judging from the footage, that dude f*cked around and found out.  He was acting up for the camera, basically being a troll.  Somebody needed to tell him (it should have been the flight attendant, quite frankly), and, so, yes, he got told. 

Correction: Mike Tyson cold cocked a fool that he took a selfie with and yet still felt entitled to invade Mike’s space. As the former heavyweight champion of the world once said “Everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth.” Chad had it coming.

There’s type 6, too:

Wal-Mart hate is fashionable and, to be sure, Wal-Mart has lots of problems. But I always feel like the Wal-Mart bashing articles have an underlying air of “Don’t shop there where the poors go!” Because yeah, if you live in a small town, there’s a good chance your food options are either Wal-Mart or a gas station. So…

There are two types of people in the world: Those who think something vaguely maple flavored and loaded with high fructose corn syrup counts as “maple syrup” and those who know the difference between golden and very dark varieties.

Well, like the article said,

The American Taliban is here.

Not only is it already a law, Disney helped fund it. There public statements are just performative actions with no actual meaning. 

The Steve Bannons of the world who always complain about Iran aren’t upset about that society.

Nope, no difference.

Correct, there is no meaningful difference at this point.

Do not forget their tendency to make videos talking about their views posing in front of their gun collection, while holding a gun and or religious texts.

I have been thinking about this for some time.