Kaushaliya, this is a good point. I don’t think it’s the point CaptainProton was making, which I was challenging. But I agree with you that the Gaza occupation is oppressive, and I think Israel’s policies regarding Gaza seriously compromise its status as a free society. I do think that you can find similar fatal or…

Wow I wasted time making similar points, less clearly, because Kinja hid your whole back-and-forth from me til now. Yes to all this.

I... what? Sorry but: are you agreeing with the OP? Being sarcastic? Just not clear what you mean to say here.

I’m not sure what you mean. Yes: technically, it’s an “old rumor” if you require a criminal conviction to treat a story as credible. Also, yes, per your second point, the history of law-enforcement’s follow-through on rape allegations (in general) against celebrities (in particular) is troubling enough that you have…

Writers here may have “wanted it to be true” but they haven’t shrunk from reporting new developments as they’ve come out. That’s about as good as you can hope for.

It might be, but it’s hard to tell. Gabe writes about that whole credible-rape-allegation thing like it’s an old rumor that the guy prefers Pepsi over Coke. So maybe this is a different Ben Roethlisberger?

F-Dog:

Well. I am truly sorry - that is garbage. And I’m doubly impressed with your own thoughtful restraint (AND feel like a bit of a dope for running on at such length to someone who has such an intimate relationship w/ this issue). Thank you for telling me. I hope (FWIW, which is < 0) that something changes for the better…

I miss the era of Lindy West and Jia Tolentino. Maybe I even comment because I kid myself that that era’s not dead?

That’s my point of reference, too. So I don’t know if anything has changed. DKE was just sort of a vague bad smell on the periphery, but every once in awhile the breeze would pick up, you’d get a stronger whiff, and you’d gag.

: ) wow. and ditto. thanks for your thoughtful reply to my (overlong. i can’t help it!) comment.

Frats at Yale are like the last warm sip at the bottom of a Solo cup that got passed around a party. It’s not the majority of the beer. It doesn’t fairly represent the average drinking experience. But it’s where all the backwash and bacteria has pooled, and it might make you want to barf.

I think you are awesome.

(also - half of my replies to people who had replied TO ME on this thread are grayed out or seem to’ve been disappeared entirely. No, “they” don’t seem much interested in meaningful conversation. I don’t even know who “they” are on this site since Gawker died).

Hey Cow. It’s almost funny when we 2nd-class commenters argue in the grays - it’s like some sci-fi movie where bored aristocrats watch poor naked offworlders fight to the death for entertainment.

See now you’re trying to make me get all mushy. Yes, agree. And now that I know that that’s your orientation you can pretty much tell me anything and I’ll listen.

Which is too bad, because handling it that way doesn’t even succeed at keeping up appearances!

Agree with everything you say. But it’s also disingenuous when people claim there’s a totally clean distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, or that there’s no meaningful thread of anti-Semitism behind some of the ways that some critics fiercely condemn Israel in its entirety, while offering more limited or…

There’s room for growth on Omar’s part, but that’s the norm for new congresspeople and even more undertandable for someone under a microscope as she has been. I feel much more critical of more senior Dems, who have no excuse for not having seen this coming and come up with ways to stick by Omar while also pushing for…

Thanks for modeling tolerant brevity after my super-long-winded monologue. I agree with you. And I wish other Dems in the House would be tough and smart enough to stand behind Omar and Tlaib while also speaking out about the need for other approaches than just “supporting Israel” or “condemning Israel.” For Christ’s…