I don't think Nixon's "almost a liberal" reputation is supposed to be a boon to R. Milhouse so much as an illustration of how fucked shit's gotten since his administration.

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That's not at all what I would have expected. Thanks.

That's my main problem with the movie - it perpetuates a popular narrative that paints North Korea as a place with a bumbling, eccentric ruling class, rather than a place where an oppressive, anachronistic regime murders and tortures scores of people.
One of the Kims goes to a basketball game, or likes a pop song?…

Because theatre chains didn't want to risk liability suits.

It doesn't have to be a rich and powerful person. Look at Steubenville. The assaults were ON VIDEO and people still defended the football players.

Yes, and those cases have absolutely nothing in common with this situation, or any other case of sexual assault between adults. It's fucking absurd.
And seriously, the guy who's drawing a comparison between "women who don't go the police even though they claim to have been raped" and "women who were convinced through…

"what can she do BUT press charges?"

How many grown women do you think are hypnotized to believe they were raped?

There are a myriad of reasons why the victim of an assault might not go to the police. Good for your friend that she did, and that she get justice.

"After all, it’s a show that thrived on the sort of paranoia and conspiracy mythos that could only have existed in the pre-digital, post 9/11 era before cell phones and the Internet fizzled possibilities in the genre out."

Man it's almost like race is an arbitrary construct.

"They're trying to kill me!"
"No one's trying to kill you!"
"Then why are they shooting at me?"
"They're shooting at everybody!"
"And what difference does that make?"

What?

Come off your childish assertion that a woman discussing sexism in any way oppresses men.

Where in this piece does Cameron Esposito imply "yeah all men are oppressive pigs and they all suck"? Seems to me like she's illustrating a toxic culture of sexism and hostility by using an ironic reversal, nothing more. If it doesn't make you laugh, it's because it's not funny.
The fact that this piece gets a…

She doesn't talk about being a lesbian any more than Seinfeld talks about being a straight, white, man. You're just not as used to it.

Oh, come off it.

Twitter can be amazing for comedy - as the medium has evolved it's developed its own vocabulary and, for lack of a better word, culture. People can and do work within that context and produce really clever, funny stuff. The problem is, if you're not familiar with that context or you come looking for something you…

To be fair, a lot of male comedians have the exact same schtick.