The trial fucking enraged me. Kobe had his scumbag lawyer “accidentally” use the accuser’s full name in open court half a dozen times just to make sure it got out there so legions of unhinged fans would make her life a living hell until she gave up and went away. And it fucking worked. The judge threatened to hold her…

That’s not always true. e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey

> How can I look a black boy in his face and tell him he is nothing?

“They don’t even know these Americans out here and they’re calling us racist because we voted for Trump?”

Black leaders have been literally putting their lives on the line to protect democracy for centuries with little to no support from White “progressive” leaders, who’ve always been more concerned with their own political careers and appearing centrist to attract right wing voters. Why should this time be any…

People are cheering on this black woman saying that she’s ready to take a bullet for what she believes in while her white colleagues and so-called allies in congress who should have her back can’t even take a second to hop on Twitter and condemn the death threats against her. It’s a grim juxtaposition that I cannot…

Thank you. The right grows more bold and aggressive daily in building detention camps, stripping away the civil liberties of vulnerable people, and rumbling for civil war. Meanwhile Democrat leadership plays politics and calls for the same old spineless centrism. This is why they keep losing. We need leaders like…

If they want these people to assimilate more why don’t they offer free schooling for the whole families. Language courses, Civics courses and perhaps job/technical training for adults and teens? These seem like better things to help assimilation and economic independence for people. Breaking language barriers and…

Exactly.  I have the same thought about what’s going on in the ICE detention centers.  You rip a kid away from his parents and make him live in a cage with no social contact?  You’re basically making a sociopath.

Exactly, came here to say this. How are Western cultures justifying the shift backwards to failed social and civic policies and practices of the past? It’s nauseating.

How on earth do these ungrateful young Muslims get radicalized? ask the people who enact these horrors, with a total lack of self-understanding.

“There are women out here in real life that do have these body types.”

Yeah, I agree with you, Michael. Lots of different kinds of games exist for lots of different audiences, but I think it’s important not to talk out of both sides of your mouth. Also, the game takes place in the 16th century, which would have been a cool opportunity for devs to make an awesome 16th century ensemble for…

I think the real issue here is that they didn’t own it, but rather tried to deflect pretty heavily. I think Yoshida really nailed it by saying that his character designs are entirely because he likes pretty girls; it’s straightforward, honest, and admits that the designs are not meant to appeal to everybody. Being…

bullshit “designed to be repulsive” if that were the case they wouldn’t have you rack up a kill count probably numbering in the hundreds or thousands over the course of the game. “Shocking” death and violence quickly becomes exceedingly meaningless as an emotive device when it becomes as rote and normal as tying your…

I’m not reading that the game is anti-violence. I am reading that the dev wants to make the violence less about fun and more about engagement with what violence really looks like.

Headshots, getting killed point blank with a shotgun, being stabbed, or getting blown up are often reproduced in fictional ways for games.…

I believe it is. The brutality and intensity is completely necessary for the kind of game they’re making. If you’re horrified and bothered by the violence it means they’re doing their jobs right.

I look forward to the homophobic bigots swarming the comment section questioning why a Ellie is gay even though it was already established in the last game via DLC.

If you read the Vanity Fair piece I linked in the article, you’d know she doesn’t.

It all matters. All of it. A president who won’t speak out about another president and his horrible behavior matters. A president who doesn’t feel that what he did to women matters, because it allows shit like what is happening in our country to happen. It starts with getting away with calling women and people of…