That’s certainly true (and truly, nothing guarantees cancellations, much less permanent cancellation.) 2Pac went to prison as well (for sexual assault no less,) and today he’s discussed with reverence. That said, the times are changing, and I think going to jail for rape—or similar charges—tends to have a more…

Spot on. Actual permanent cancellation is maybe sort of a thing (how long do you wait before declaring something permanent?), but to the extent it’s real, it’s rare as all get out (unless the person gets incarcerated.)

Maybe, but everyone who worked with him knew or should’ve known about his activities, so they are indeed complicit at best, and aiding/abetting at worst, and should have their R.Kelly royalty monies cut off, too.

Or just shut down and cede literally the entire market to Amazon or a similarly enormous conglomerate with the resources and market power to not only demand that products be made a particular way, but can afford to regularly check up on every single link in the chain of commerce, wherever they may be, in order to…

So is that a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’?

Like I said before: “I’m sure someone is going to try to pin this on progressives and purity testing[.]” I guess I should also note that when I say “someone” I don’t literally mean a single discrete individual.

“Following” seems like more of a commitment than streaming, though — it’s a visible, active way of showing support.

If I were Biden I would tell both of them “Fuck around and find out” if the DNC doesn’t find someone to primary your ass. There are other moderate Democrats out there.

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He’s way in the hole (source: https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/26/r-kelly-net-worth-negative-2-million/), and now he’s going to jail. Meanwhile, he has outstanding child support obligations, and he has a handful of civil judgments against him, at least one of which is by one of the women he abused and victimized.

That’s an interesting read on the article but it’s all subtextual, so no it doesn’t count.

A few year ago, I might have agreed with you, but Manchin and Sinema’s fifth column antics seem like pretty common knowledge at this point. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure someone is going to try to pin this on progressives and purity testing, but I’d wager most people who follow politics enough to know there’s a $3.5…

I get that it sounds accusatory, but I don’t know how you get away from the fact that that is literally what is happening here: one person is formally accusing another of doing a bad thing to them. LauraD’s problem is (per their last reply,) that the term “accuser” makes it sound like Hough/victims of crimes in…

You underestimate your enemies at your own peril. There was a time when this same sort of person would have been using explicit racial slurs (not coded language,) or literally initiating physical violence. Bigotry and hatred are old and versatile; both adapt to the times.

Anderson Cooper is already practicing tough love on his son Wyatt saying that he will not be leaving behind an inheritance when he dies.

Also in the age of camera-equipped smart devices, why aren’t more bigots leery of black twitter? She became a racist pillar of salt overnight.

But he was convicted, so she’s not the accuser, she is the victim of a crime he was found guilty of.

In the wake of that insanely restrictive anti-abortion law that recently went into effect in Texas, it’s good to see that not everywhere in the world is stuck in the same reactionary backslide that we seem to be in.

using the term accuser implies, incorrectly, that victims have the power to file or drop charges,

The issue is that the “can we get to 50 votes”-Problem is basically gated behind the “can we change the rules so we only need 50 votes to do this”-Problem.