“Link please” often seems to work

Yes! The You’re Wrong About podcast has talked about this a lot, and it’s just so infuriating to think about how little people do to interrogate or debunk this trope because no one wants to seem like they are anti- anti-trafficking. But that glossing over is actually so dangerous, because the casual acceptance and…

I will say that the overall tone of this “non-pology” ™ reads like a person in 12-step recovery who is making amends but hasn’t quite gotten it right.

This one puzzles me. Whenever I see these stories about LaBeouf, I always get confused and think “wait, didn’t we have this story about him being alcoholic and abusive before?”

I think bookNends sums it up pretty well - working on a movie together about his troubling past was probably emotionally intense and created the illusion that he had any kind of self awareness/recovery. If you read the original article from the Times, she also talks specifically about how he exhibited classic abusive…

TThat’s a little harsh.

Louis CK’s apology didn’t do one of the specific things I pointed out that LaBoeuf’s did, i.e. “cast vague doubt on the accounts of his victims.” But it was a masterclass in deflecting bullshit. To start, the very first sentence after “...this is true” is a (very clever, incidentally) attempt to minimize his behavior…

I think both of you are really being unfair in this situation. FKA Twigs starred with Shia in the movie about this abusive childhood and alcoholism. She probably thought he has overcome his demons and was involved in this very intense movie. I’m sure they bonded very quickly and deeply than normal while making the film…

You are absolutely correct. I have known people like him. The alcohol is just a marinade for much more serious problems. He needs to want help and I suspect his Hollywood enablers don’t support that and truthfully he likely doesn’t see that he needs it either. I hope everyone he has hurt finds their peace. It’s…

“I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behavior made them feel. I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I…

Yeah, but rich people doing PR for their active participation in wealth inequality?

I took it to be fuck these people who have the audacity to complain even jokingly about this shit and fuck the fact that people actually want to watch shows where we waste time talking to these people. I don’t even kind of understand why people worship celebrities so much. White women with tons of money and influence…

society just does not have to be this way, the cruelty is appalling. I don’t know how the Barnetts sleep at night.

No reason to throw actors under the bus.  The general public is just as stupid.

I watched a bit of that video (which I guess has now been taken down..DEEP STATE STRIKES AGAIN!!!), and unfortunately—I get it. Not that I think anything in that video broaches anything...sane, but I get it.

It does what any conspiracy video does: it contains little nuggets of truth (HEY! You should be skeptical of…

If I want to reform racist or corrupt firefighters

We see white woman anger a LOT in the comments of this website, most often directed at one of the BIPOC writers/authors. It seems like it's just gotten worse in the last few years. 

This. Lauren Underwood is a black woman in the midwest that used to work for Obama and she still won. She won because she fought her own campaign, fought for her district and brought it home. Twice.

Hilarious irony aside, you just made my point. Your response indicates you think OP said that the Squad is ‘making it easier for Spanberger’. OP did not say that. That’s it.

So basically, you will tie yourself into absolute logical knots to avoid placing any responsibility on a white moderate. Got it.