Yeah, that Johnny Depp, what a creep for not being a female domestic abuse victim.

The AvClub is basically the gender-flipped version of Joe Pesci saying he wanted to hit Sinead O’Connor for protesting abuse.

Boy could I not be less interested in this ouroborous-esque, human-centipede like desire to devour ourselves. Movies, TVs, and books from another era can’t be (and shouldn’t be) held up to the current flavor-of-the-week purity tests.

I’m not defending Bill Maher, but I understand where this comes from. We have a potential issue in this country with certain people not assimilating. They can be Jews, Christians, Muslims, whatever. And it’s not the majority, but it is some. If someone points it out about Muslims, then they get branded an Islamaphobe.…

To clarify, the NBA will never lose millions or billions. They just might forego making billions of it means turning their back on the US Constitution.

*you’re. I learned grammar at my liberal brainwash university 

Before this the narrative was that the NBA was a league full of personalities who would speak their mind and didn’t care what people thought. Kerr and Pop could speak out on gun control and racism, people could call Trump a “bum” and wear a “Beto” hat, etc. Heck, they moved All-Star weekend out of North Carolina…

It kinda does invalidate him for me. If you’re going to posit yourself as a progressive, thoughtful champion of justice, why would you draw the line here?  It's so blatantly obvious, $$$.  And that's what's galling, regardless if your age or cynicism.

Smart move on Kerr’s part since Golden State has strong ties with the Chinese community in San Francisco, you know, one of the most notable Chinatowns in America. Every now and then the Warriors rock their Chinese uniforms as well, usually around Chinese New year.

It’s true. I’m liberal and I love it when Kerr and Pop call out Orange Foolius. I love it when our big baby president wets his widdle diapers on Twitter. But the NBA can’t have it both ways. The NBA’s first statement “recognize[d] that the views expressed...have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China,…

Right we should allow China to dictate which freedoms we enjoy. China literally said Morey didn’t have the right to free speech, which was a fairly anodyne statement of support of HK. Don’t dramatically hyperbolize the situation and then be sarcastic about what you created.

Nah. We can be pissed off at the NBA for silencing someone’s take. That’s not like the various administrations sticking Uncle Sam’s genitals into the world’s various holes, but something we can do if we like. Nobody’s saying that we want to enforce our worldview on China. But I’ll be damned if I can’t say I don’t like…

The biggest issue with this is that it’s allowed people to call out NBA teams/players for being hypocritical whenever they are “woke” going forward and make them think they have a point.

That’s a 3.9k difference, my dude. Beware the maths. 

38% of the people still think Donald Trump is a good president. Far more than that thought Reagan was great.

It wouldn’t be the avclub if they didn’t shoehorn that into every context imaginable. 

I strongly agree with you. The “white, male” thing was gratuitous and not meaningful in context since I have to figure many true pioneer podcasters (Marc Maron, e.g.?) were white and/or male.

Piling more hate on the people you hate is always relevant.

I, like most people, agree with the general reaction to Variety. However, this was one case where I really don’t think the “white, male” modifiers were relevant.

Well it’s remarkable how the news outlets have almost universally manipulated what he said. His quote is pretty darn clear - deciding your 3 year old is transgender because they say they are the opposite sex is silly and dangerous. Why? Because they’re *three years old*. Nowhere does he say trans kids shouldn’t be…