And the list that i linked was to your suggestion there are no countries that have free health care and paid/free surragacy

How the hell was the slap that the opposite of a sucker punch? A sucker punch (or a sucker slap in this case), is surprising someone with violence. Are you really going to say Rock was expecting to get slapped when Smith walked up to him? Did you hear him chuckling on the mic before the hit? Does that sound like…

Maybe? Life is messy. People are imperfect beings. The older I get the more I try to not fall into reactionary thought patterns.

No not at all equivalent. More like I’m trying to suss out whether you think we should be okay with whatever a celebrity does when their feelings are hurt.

Smith sucker slapped Rock. If we support going whole hog on someone for daring disrupt a fancy event (she never touched Lavigne), then we’re going to support a lot of other violent tactics used on protesters. I’m not willing to do that.

> Hopefully they’ll find one that’s actually effective.

Really? How exactly did showing up topless ‘work’ for this protester? How does “Look at my tits instead of listening to my message” forward her cause?

Out of curiosity, did you also think Will Smith was right to slap Chris Rock?

Women show their boobs because it works. I don’t know how you’ve lived your life this long and haven’t figured that out. The security guard was heading up to the stage. If seeing someone protest gets you that shaken up, I don’t think you’re ready for the worst of what climate change has in store for us. There will be…

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Protestors are gonna protest, friend. They’ve done it since the beginning of time.

“The countries i listed and you just typed over...all have free or semi free health care and allow surragacy.”

I’m on my work machine atm, so I can’t go back and look at the video, but from what I remember this morning: Let the security guard handle it. Don’t square off her stance at the protester. The protester wasn’t physically threatening her. Don’t call her a bitch. Maybe make a lighthearted joke. Fuck, she could have…

Kind of impressive how poorly she handled that. Protestors at events is a fairly common occurrence and she’s addressed audiences since she was a child.

Maria Louise Cruz, “Sacheen Littlefeather,” was a liar and a fraud.

Cool. Can you answer my question about leftist media? As a leftist, I’m always looking for more resources. 

What leftist media are you consuming where you don’t hear/read that phrase? I hear/read it all the time. It’s only recently that sites like Jezebel have picked it up. Do you not agree that we are heading into an unknown abyss related to capitalism? That’s generally referred to as “late stage capitalism.”

What I liked about that scene is Ellie thinking fast on her feet and using the element of surprise to her advantage. That’s the only way it’s believable that a young woman could effectively attack two men. And I think the show has demonstrated her fierce survival instinct throughout the series. She wants to live.

Why? It’s a word people use in an attempt to describe how much our world has changed in the last few decades. I don’t know where you live, but in the US there was a dramatic change after the 2008 financial crisis. Assumptions people had about their retirement, healthcare, ability to buy a home, whether their children…

Reading through some of these comments...holy shit there’s an insane amount of gullible people in the world who will defend rich people’s crumbs. I would love to sell you all a bridge so I can afford to retire before I’m 70.

Why does the South African government hate children so much that they allow them to be barefoot? I mean, I know America hates its poor children. What’s South Africa’s excuse?