Alright. I know this is annoying. But I don’t understand the logic here. And, you know, drag me if you want. One thing I DO understand is black anger and mistrust - now and in general. Nevertheless I can’t figure a better way to deal with my not-understanding than to ask questions. It seems to me that RM was saying,…

Well I totally agree with you on this. Misogyny in leftist movements is as old as... leftist movements! And I think Harvey Weinstein is a complete ghoul; his lefty fundraising doesn’t change that. But I think [“the left”/human beings with consciences] is suffering right now because we’ve become nearly as mistrustful,…

Anyone who’s unambiguously well right now is either (a) a terrible, terrible person or (b) living in a shack, deep in the woods. But I’m alright. : )

Are you a film/tech person, Bumbi?

This ^ is so perfect, to me. I mean, I feel differently about what Bloom did than you do, in this case. But there are plenty of times when I’m the one that’s pissed off about some public figure’s actions. If we could reserve the rage for the true villains and think and talk in terms of frustration and disagreement…

Yay for this. x100

I don’t know how to process a drawing of a very cute arthropod in this context. I thought it was a stickbug at first but duh it’s a shrimp. It’s you! What are you confused about? Did you draw that shrimp?That’s a very disarming shrimp. Maybe you should always lead with that. Or I should.

Hey Clem. By “single lapse,” I meant LB’s decision to rep Weinstein, not Weinstein’s sexually predatory lifestyle choices. Fuck that guy. And: I agree with you about holding people responsible for shitty behavior. Just take issue with the easy way we toss out mostly-admirable people on the basis of their least…

You’re no fun, Shrimp. I’ve cut my post-length by 99%! Can’t I even get a thumbs-up emoji? Also: I think that giant shrug-pic is a step down from good ol’ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Yours is fancier but kinda gilding the lily. Just my opinion though. I’m not going to write a long paragraph about it. (but can the left really afford…

Where’d you go? No more Sisyphean Jezebel arguments for you...?

I was kidding. But I do like your profile pic/nickname. Next time we hang out can I bring Lisa B.? She thinks you’re totally mad at her but I told her it’s totally a misunderstanding and you guys just need to hang out. She’s such a drama queen sometimes.

At least we made a friend.

Good talk.

Nope. Not having trouble with that point. That’s just not, to me, the point. You feel Bloom should never have taken Weinstein as a client. Cool. Totally fine with that. But that really wasn’t the topic of (a) the original Jez article, (b) Bloom’s tweets that you were complaining about, or (c) my criticism of your…

(by the way PS DrHath, I appreciate your willingness to read my challenge to your first post and say “fair comment.” That level of open-mindedness is pretty awesome. Especially now. I feel strongly about this issue so there are a lot of “fucking”s in my reply, but I don’t mean to give you a hard time. Anyone who can…

What you wrote really isn’t in response to what I wrote. So maybe my post was just too long, as you say, to read or think about. I can definitely tell the difference between the two things you describe (so, yay, no need to be astonished) which, again, aren’t that closely related to what I was talking about.…

Well, yeah - you’re basically articulating a complex, grown-up take on a situation that is also complex. Which is appropriate, in my opinion. And which is supposedly (but do we even really believe this anymore?) something that liberals do better, and more often, than conservatives. I feel a lot of sympathy for Bloom…