Excuse me? The issue here is that a teacher posted a picture of his/her pupil (which should be completely unacceptable regardless of the picture) AND mocked her publicly in the internet in a racist way. That has nothing to do with her family, except that if her parents are indeed not taking care of her properly, the…

I definitely believe there are men like that (and women, I used to be one so I know), I never said I didn’t. I only meant that it’s not surprising that men who blame women in general for their lack of romance/sex face negative feedback, sometimes in the form of being laughed at.

Yes, Hollywood uses stereotypes and laughs at them, but they do this to both men and women. Laughing at the old maid trope just went out of style a while ago, but there’s still the uptight rule-following teacher lady, and others.

I find it hard to believe that many people would actively make fun of someone saying “I’m too socially awkward to get a date, and I’m afraid I’ll never find love”. Of course, anonymous discussion boards are cruel but still. But if someone starts with “women are all evil, shallow bitches”, it is understandable that…

This is so true. Do they really want to see the exact same film nine times (or more)? I loved watching tFA but it was just a sequence of the best scenes from the original trilogy.

Amd you fixed that but forgot to fix “mothers” to “parents”. Why?

Yes! I could not agree more.

I sort of hate Franzen more than the more obvious misogynists because in my view he pretends to not hate women, but to actually “get” women, and he seems to have convinced at least himself that he has succeeded. Also the weird and continual use of women’s beauty/plainness as a plot device is very off-putting.

I learned by reading and listening. I did manage to understand quite quickly that it’s not cool to ask “can I do this” “can I do that” “what if he has good intentions” etc. That is making the whole thing about you, and, often it is also about trying to just feel better quickly, regardless of the actual problem at…

Yep. I also love it how Shannon thinks all Europe is communist. If she’d travel around Europe she would see that ex-communist countries still look completely different than other (Western) European countries. Just because a country has a social security system and public funding of health care does not make it…

Yep, this is also consistent with that Chronister guy having HIS WIFE apologize for HIS behavior. I mean what bullshit is that?!

This is besides the main point, but why the ”victor mentality” seems to be about not giving anything to other people, especially to the less fortunate?

First question, yes, other two, no. I think your second description/Whedon’s description of himself is actually a poetic summary of a first-class sexist.

Maybe she needed to thoroughly explain to him why he doesn’t agree with anyone but himself? That’s easier to do on the phone.

I have also heard that several major law firms have forbidden their employees working for Trump.

Right - my bad. I read the thread carelessly.

Regardless of her (the manager’s) attitudes and intentions, she did a racist thing. That’s the point here (or one of the points).

Sure - I just didn’t think that the discussion was at all about whether the manager had a legal right to make these men leave the starbucks, I thought everyone pretty much agreed that she had that legal right (I don’t actually know the law but I have assumed she had). So I have thought that the discussion is about why…

Isn’t the exact issue here, though that she decided to consider the presence of these two men as trespassing (against company policy, principles of customer service, and common sense), very likely because they were black?

Right; I assumed you were a woman. Never mind then.