Unfortunately, the Fedora has gone the way of the Hitler mustache, I'm afraid. It might have once been a perfectly legitimate facial hair choice, but it's now forever tainted by the association. Same with fedoras.

Why can't you?

This author is a commentator on the notorious right-wing National Review Online. Surprise fucking surprise.

It means not-trans. Narrow-minded bigots might call it "normal".

What does it matter if it makes him "gay" or not in the first place? It's only an issue to these macho, homophobic men for whom calling someone "gay" is the ABSOLUTE WORST INSULT YOU COULD EVER CALL SOMEONE. I get the article's argument about why it's technically not correct, but why does anyone give a fuck anyway?

Because colleges are ruled by big money, just like everything else, and tend to want to sweep everything under the rug that makes them look bad?

I'm not trying to stereotype sports fans as juvenile morons - OK, I am NOT trying to do that, understand? I know they're not.

Maybe those ulcers will finally be their demise. Or maybe the blood pressure spike that the thought of a gay athlete causes in them will cause them to have massive coronaries. When the bigots' heads all explode, the rest of society can move on without them.

You see, in the minds of these people, any reminder that gays exist at all is "shoving the gay agenda down their throats".

We have that universal shit, too! It doesn't really work yet.

Don't even bother trying to reason with authoritarians. They don't listen.

I wonder what the Italians think of all the bullshit we do to pizza in America.

You haven't answered the question. Since you've outlined what all the WRONG things are to believe about the Civil War, explain to me what YOUR totally correct, moderate, and fair view of the war is.

I can't WAIT to be enlightened by your knowledge and wisdom, since you seem to be saying "Everyone on every side of the argument is wrong and a stupid asshole". Well, if everyone's wrong, who's right? Or does it just make you feel superior to know you can shit on ALL of them simultaneously?

Hey, here's an idea, buddy: maybe some of us really aren't big fans of either. I know, just blew your tiny little mind.

I'm a Red Sox fan, but really, that has nothing to do with anything. I think Southerners who rant about "Yankees" are like living cartoon characters. They take themselves SO seriously, while everybody else (not just Northern US Americans, EVERYBODY else) is laughing their asses off at them. It's like they, themselves,…

Because you, over in Germany, do things correctly. Your hate speech bans ensure that something like the Nazi Reich can never, ever happen again. Whereas we, in the States, allow people to profess open bigotry and commemorate treason, because freedumbs.

Because it's all they fucking have.

So, which side are YOU on?

Yup.