”The difference between Israel-Palestine and China-Hong Kong, then, is only that Israel has been more successful in branding its conflict with those it oppresses as genuinely above reproach than China has thus far been with its dealings with Hong Kong.”

I freaking love Draymond Green, even though I hate Draymond Green. One of the most unique and interesting players I've ever seen. 

I’m a big fat Utah fanboy, but I’ve always liked the Lopez brothers. Plus I freaking love it when players continue to improve and add to their skill sets over time. The modern NBA athlete is, I believe, the smartest and most skilled athlete in all of sports. Long live splash mountain!

Wow, you guys are a truly miserable, hateful, group of bastards. Are you all really that unhappy?

”just plain old stubborn * alternativism”

Holy cow, dude. Are you ok?

Hah! I just now noticed what you meant by an old topic! This story was linked to or referenced by a more recent one, wasn't it? How did I get on a 3 1/2 old discussion? Weird, eh? Anyway, see my self-serious reply below and have a good one, brother!

In order for your assertions to make any sense there would have to be some sort of board or group of investors personally enriching themselves, but there just isn’t. The church invests some of its assets as any responsible institution does, but the idea that some cabal of top leadership is secretly getting rich is…

My brother, you don’t know what a corporation is. Still, I’m glad you're here and I’m glad you enjoy it. Cheers

I know less than nothing about marketing cars (or anything else, really) to women, or how women react to commercials, but I wonder, is it possible that women have learned to distrust attempts to market to them because of how often the adds and the products presented are condescending and inferior? I imagine if I were…

Wow, brah, that’s deep. The door is just just alone in the desert.

”End-Stage Capitalism”

Hehehe, other others, much there, big guy? 

Yes, but they weren’t trending up, hombre. They were purchased to be parted out before they lost even more value.

A-effing-men! Industries become communities, and communities tend towards consensus of thought. Eventually experts end up mostly talking to each other and courting each other’s approval rather than genuinely thinking for themselves. Over time viewpoints converge and you end up with journalists who all magically more…

Hah! As if you don’t get your ”news” from some daily show type shit, man. I don’t watch the news or listen to talk radio. In fact the only news media I consume is written from a perspective openly hateful and dismissive towards me, yet somehow I manage to avoid declaring everyone who thinks like Jimmy Kimmel or some…

You, Sir, are correct. People have always sought out people and places and experts that validate their own point of view. 

Wow, this stuff is hilarious!! There is so much to laugh at here I’ll just list the bullet points:

Of course sports ”journalism” is a scam. Who thinks otherwise? I’ve never met anybody who thinks sports media is anything other than fluffy entertainment. I'm like most dudes in that I love sports and consume my for share of sports-related content, but it would never occur to me to think I'm consuming something…

Good person deriving pleasure from watching a great sport, without maligning the humanity of the players or demanding they conform to some arbitrary template? We should all try to be a little more like Iris. Seriously, what a wonderful story! Sometimes a nice little shot of human decency like this feels so freaking…