Surely you understand that the OP clearly wasn’t calling all servicepeople bigots, only those who support Trump? Because at this point, there is no other reason to support him unless you like his racism/sexism/Islamophobia, no matter how people talk around their reasoning.

No.

“he’s better than they are because he has more money.”

Yeah, after his comments about McCain, I can’t believe this surprises anyone.

Donald “i like people who weren’t captured” Trump said something offensive about servicemembers? Donald let-me-antagnoize-the-grieving-parents-of-a-man-who-died-for-our-country Trump said something offensive about servicemembers?

I’m going to take the creators at their word and say that it’s not just because they want to trivialize sexual violence and objectification.

I suspect that part of the answer is that the Old West being portrayed recreated in Westworld is, purposely, not historically accurate but rather based upon the myth of the Old West. Of course nobody wants to go back to a historically accurate Old West. The clothing would be uncomfortable, the food distasteful, the…

One of the (presumably) human women was actually my favorite character in the pilot. The actress, Sidse Babett Knudsen, was fantastic, a standout among standout performances for me.  She’s a high-up exec, and she has power and authority.

The question the show is asking is at what point do they cease to be any different from us, if they break their programming and become capable of free will, just like we are. It’s questioning the nature of humanity, not of consent.

Based on the pilot and an interview I read on EW.com with the showrunners, I think part of the point of the show is to skewer people who would want to participate in that fantasy. I get the sense that it’s more of a criticism of fantasy wish fulfillment (and by extension our commodification of violence for…

Ugh. Shit. You are correct, And also clearly more knowledgeable than I am on the subject. I don’t know what the answer is, because in an ideal world the cops DONT drag their feet or victim blame or do any of that stuff, and thus handle the cases correctly the way they are supposed to. And you’re right, the victim…

“You don’t need a conviction to expell someone from a school.”

They are law enforcement who are often employed directly by the university and therefore have an ingrained conflict of interest. Especially in the era of the white hot spotlight on sexual assault on campus.

I am really looking forward to this, especially so after hearing about the creative, seemingly thoughtful process behind the scenes. Count me in.

That’s where we need to be pushing at the local and state level for laws that MANDATE investigation of rape accusations no matter what. Stop giving these cops the “judgment call” of whether the story sounds plausible or not.

Universities should not be handling criminal investigations. It’s ridiculous. There has to be a way where a university can work WITH the local law enforcement to assist in an investigation, as well as put policies in place to protect victims, without violating any rights.

They should expel the perpetrator. The problem is confirming that a student sexually assaulted another student in the first place. Universities do not have the ability to do this. They should provide support to the victim and rearrange coursework and living situations if necessary to minimize contact, but they…

It’s the investigation and punishment of sexual assault and rape that we’re talking about here genius, not spit balls.

C’mon you’re making it sound like LifeUnapologetically is victim blaming here. He (or she?) is correct though- we have a system whereby we say “if you are assauled, do A B C instead of X Y Z”. If ‘A B C’ is go to campus police instead of regular police, I think that is incorrect. Go to regular police first should be…

If they gave a shit about justice, they could build prosecutable cases and meet the expectations of title IX.