I'm just strolling through the comments here to say fuck you and that Forrest Gump is pretty good and also sorry about the fuck you.

Hey wait a second, I don't think you're actually sorry at all!

And Jurj being into it was a nice capper.

Damn dog why

I don't know her career well enough to make any kind of causal argument. I read her when she columned here, but haven't followed her exploits beyond that.

Esposito makes jokes about being gay and female and she gets lots of articles, a stand-up special, and professional validation. Let's not pretend like the asshole contingent of the AVC has left her career a smoldering ruin.

I now understand the point you were aiming at, but reiterate my opinion that the question asked does little to help you out.

You didn't ask about the power dynamics, you asked about the actual events, and that's the question I answered. I assumed we were all reasonable enough to understand that, of course, Trump's act and Esposito's are not comparable in any moral or meaningful sense.

I think the question suits your larger point very poorly, as there is in fact quite a lot of evidence of white people being criticized for using their identities as props in an act.

When you ask the question "Does X happen?" and someone says "Yes, X happens", there is not an implicit comparison to Y.

I am asking you, politely, one last time, to please stop insisting that I made a comparison when I did not make it.

Edited out because I was not being civil, sorry. Through no fault of your own, you did some stuff that presses my buttons, and I responded out of turn, so my sincere apologies.

I understand the difference, jesus, that's why I didn't draw the comparison in the first place.

Something something invisible hand

At some point in the argument, it all just became performative so everyone could see who has the right kind of opinions.

I think a bad rhetorical strategy would be asking if a thing ever happens and then slinging shade at people who respond that, yes, thing does indeed happen.

Hey, you're producing something, it counts

I didn't compare them, I answered the question: "Do you ever talk about straight white people "hiding behind identity and image"?"

Yes, quite frequently, it's kind of playing a major role in the election cycle this year.

That's more hillbilly golf than cornhole.