I mean, that basically looks like a can of spray paint exploding or something. So yeah, sure, I guess it’s a bomb — but “bomb explodes in populated area” for a headline carries an entirely different connotation these days.

That’s a straw man. I never said that LGBTQ people in the United States weren’t persecuted. You yourself slipped that assertion in there, so you could easily bat it down. Like your original comment (which conveniently ignored an entire half of the OP’s argument), this comment is dishonest in its criticism and style of…

Just like how commenters are relegated to the greys or banned when they criticize the assumptions or framing of articles on The Root.

but the OP said “executed or persecuted.” Lol you ignored the tricky part of their point and elected to bat down the easy part of their point. 

In what world does Maggie Haberman tweeting a link to a NY Daily News story about Farrakhan constitute a “fixation” (your words!) ?

Worcester has trash people.

Tiger Mom

Michael you’re the king of posting about bad stuff that’s happened.

The easiest, most evergreen type of post in woke web publishing these days is “Hey look, another country/person in another country doesn’t adhere to America’s most contemporary understanding of power and sexism”

Nice to see Jezebel still stanning for Cardi B. She’s right! Trans people are weird looking! /s

What do you mean by “somewhat rape-y”? Are you suggesting there’s a “grey area” to some rape?

A lot of male college players would crush Serena too, FWIW.

In the wake of dumb takes about this clusterfuck — including here on Deadspin, both by writers and commenters — this terse, well-argued and well-evidenced post is a breath of fresh air. I think I’ve said this elsewhere, but this incident is effectively a proxy war: very few of us care about tennis, but we all care…

lol I know what white picket fence means, but thanks for taking the time to explain it. The term “white picket fence,” while describing a fence literally painted white, connotes white suburban life.

Yes. In tennis, when a coach receives an infraction, the infraction is levied against the player. It doesn’t matter if the player was involved in the coach’s infraction or not. Those are the rules.

Yeah, to me that’s the most despicable thing in all this. Serena is using her power in her workplace to unfairly push somebody around. The same goes for those video clips I’ve seen this week of Serena — and others — abusing referees by threatening, kicking, and hitting balls at them. How is that fucking tolerated? For…

I’d be inclined to agree if “thief” is the only thing that Serena said, but the punishment was more for the totality of Serena’s constant harping and talkback, as well as the fact that she received two previous violations. This refereeing style isn’t unique to Serena or female tennis players or tennis. It’s the case…

No, you insinuated that black mothers should be allowed to fight because it’s in their culture. You said “Perhaps people don’t [fight] in your white picket fence world,” insinuating that we should expect people outside that world to physically fight in public. Your words, not mine.

Nicki literally liked an IG post that (maybe?) insinuated Cardi was a bad mom. Why would you call the cops over that? Why would you fight someone over that? You’re excusing Cardi’s behavior because she’s a WoC. And you’re suggesting that violence is somehow endemic to PoC. Congrats!

...But Cardi B is a bad mom. Good moms don’t fight people — especially in public, where your kid will one day see what you did.