And the Harris hit column on cue. 

Is this really a story? Someone went to a themed party and cosplayed a confederate soldier? Are we going to start going after re-enactors next? How about any Star Wars cosplayers that wear the Empire’s Uniform. Stormtrooper pic in your past? You can never go into politics.

This ain’t gonna work out the way some of y’all think it will.

Huh. I expected worse.

YOU MUST FOLLOW THE TRIBAL NARRATIVE OR BE SHUNNED.

But, again: Where’s the justice for the national nightmare that’s largely thanks to him? 

Jussie,Jussie,Jussie ! The fuck you doing man ?!

I want to encourage all the Gawkerati who apparently desire to burn everything to the ground, to venture out to the Ohio/WV/Kentucky tri-state, and proudly tell all those poor saps out there how they bravely stood up to the forces of gentrification and told Amazon that the city didn’t need those 25,000 jobs.

“outrage about Amazon’s newest employees being on food stamps or subjected to union-busting at HQ2.”

I can’t help but notice all the terrible takes you’ve read are from Twitter, which reinforces a point I’ve been making a lot recently:

We’ve learned that shooting yourself in the foot can be framed as a glamorous victory over the plutocrats.

Alex Jones and Andy Dick? That sounds amazing.

In a recent poll of blacks in Virginia, 53% of them thought Northam shouldn’t step down.  It seems like the majority of the outrage is coming from folks that think they should be offended on behalf of others.

This. I’ll also note that Splinter’s been real hesitant to talk about the views of Black Virginians who, by a significant majority, appear to want Northam to stay on.

I’m looking in at the angle where I’m going to take my cues from the black community. Apparently 57% of PoC in VA thin he should not resign and follow option C there. If that’s the path taken, and they are ok with it and has learned/made up for it, then same here.

There is something that gets lost in this debate: Not every mile of border fence has the same cost/benefit. And if there’s even a grain of truth to what Douchenozzle is saying, it goes to that point.

I think this feels like a reach. Neeson was telling the story as a criticism of his OWN reaction. Inferring that he supported anything in the telling of the story ignores the story’s own language and styling. I mean, he used air quotes!

Look, we all want to be perfect. We aren’t. If people tell stories about their own…

FWIW I think he’s the only one so far who you could classify as a real down to earth person.

That’s... No. That’s not what race is, or how racism works. This is also why people can be so skeptical when you call someone a racist. It’s used too often for reasons that are rarely applicable to the term.

I don’t know. Rogan’s already had, like, three separate careers, in each of which he’s likely been more successful that the forgettable clever person will ever be at anything.