I have never seen an episode of this show, and never thought I'd want to.
...this clip changed my mind. Wholly and truly.

AGREED.
Ignore, dismiss, etcetera.

Really glad that the case is getting the attention it deserves. (I'd rather the trolls got none.)

this single 28 year old who doesn't want kids and will be stuck in graduate school for at least five more years thanks you for this comment.

Ice makes the BEST FACES in this episode. Really pushed his limits with this one. I'm so proud.

I JUST WATCHED THE SECOND PART TONIGHT. LOVED IT.
God. I am such a sucker for the classic murderous rapist identical twins plot.

That's really, really, really, really not okay.
...do you even go here?

this was pretty great though:

Reading the original was incredibly painful. Like, realize by the end that your shoulders are bunched up by your ears and your eyebrows are furrowed so hard you could hold a pencil between them painful.

RE: the first point....I usually just pretend to be deaf and ignore it completely, don't react, don't even look. That typically results in something like this:
"Fucking cunt."
"Fuck you, you're not that hot."

I was waiting for some kind of big reveal or adorable interaction with the doberman, then realized I was better off stopping the video and instead watching one of my handsome cats while he kneads my arm fat. Infinitely more satisfying.

Well, yes and no. Intent can make a difference in cases where somebody's been killed, but in almost every other instance ignorance of the law is no defence against breaking it. So....no. Intention doesn't mean fuck all in when racism comes into play.

EXACTLY. That's usually when somebody trots out their [native, black, latino, asian, gay] friend who thinks it's funny or fun or harmless or whatever. So. Much. Bullshit.

First of all, I'm adding "douchehole" to my everyday lexicon. Unfortunately it will come in handy quite often.

Blackface isn't JUST wrong because it can be used to create damaging representations of black people. It is wrong because of its long and sordid history of dehumanizing/making a mockery of black people; it's used as a set-up for a joke, and ultimately it's also an accessory that white people can put on or take off…

RIGHT?! I gave up. "I think saying white people can't wear feathers in generalizing the issue."
....well, obviously you're being willfully ignorant at this point. Nobody is saying you can't wear a headdress, we're just saying it'll be a shitty, racist, hurtful thing to do. BUT YOU DO YOU, BRO.

The "intention" argument…

You really, really have though.

Intent is not magic; someone can be racist without "meaning" to be racist, just like someone can be sexist or cruel with "the best of intentions."

...that shit is racist.

This just happened to me on facebook with a friend who I initially thought was just being naive about aboriginal culture. "I like to wear headdresses to honour their culture...how are we supposed to honour them if we're afraid of being called racist all the time?"

I sent him a number of straightforward articles and in…