I’m looking at this more from an employment discrimination/disparate treatment angle since he was actually fired. I think he hits the criteria for a prima fascie case under McDonnell Douglas v. Green and its progeny, and the burden shifting framework developed therein. And I doubt he actually ends up having to prove…

Good catch, I stand corrected. 

Is this based on something other than the article? The wording above is “requested a ‘legally available medical exemptionʼ”. It seems to me that that only valid medical exemptions would be “legally available”, but I guess that could just be sloppy wording.

He either has documentation from a medical provider for a recognized basis for an exemption, or he doesn't.

So we agree that there are in fact valid medical reasons for not getting vaccinated, and we agree that if one of those reasons applied to him—or more accurately, if he can *prove* that one of those reasons applied to him—then that element of the lawsuit is legitimate.

According to the article he had a valid medical exemption. You do realize that that’s a thing right? There are people who can’t get the COVID vaccine for legitimate medical reasons.

The pattern of disparaging remarks by a direct superior based on his membership in a protected class (national origin is explicitly recognized under Title VII,) raises an inference that any poor or disparate treatment was based (at least partially) on an actionable discriminatory animus. To my eyes, he’s made his…

I was a little wary of the whole “anti-Irish discrimination” angle, but that was before I realized it’s based on the man’s actual/literal national origin (as opposed to a more attenuated Irish-American heritage sort of angle.) I mean, national origin *is* a protected class under Title VII.

I did hate that song. 

What do we think is the proportion of people that were not already voting for Republicans but who are (a) susceptible to this sort of fear mongering, and (b) can be persuaded to believe it’s actually attributable to Democrats (despite the fact that these stories emerge every year, regardless of who controls the…

Is there any attempt in the documentary to suss out what element or aspect of Barney engendered this sort of negative or toxic response, but which was not an element of shows like Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Eureka’s Castle, Pooh Corner, etc.? Fred Rogers in particular seems like he embodied the…

Some of the people I’ve responded to so far could be incels, but certainly none of the comments I’ve replied to have been derisive of Lizzo herself, women, etc., (so even if the person is an incel, the comment does not have a discernable incel bend.) However, though those comments are there; I see them.

I’m a hoot. That said, I’m not giving an opinion on the substantive content of the statement. In other words, I’m not opining on whether Black women are or are not “the most marginalized and neglected people in this country.”

“if you’re admonishing us to not respond to Lizzo’s statement in any way”

“I just think that there are other considerations that are as worthy of consideration[.]”

Whether it is intended to invite the discussion is separate from whether it’s reasonable to expect the outcome regardless. Assuming Lizzo cares about how the statement will be received, I’d be worried about the larger point she’s trying to make being subsumed into a discussion of a collateral point (i.e., ‘what group…

Let them languish in the greys. 

“The organization seems to have have issues with leadership (past and present) misusing funds, including Cullors.” 

“we are the most marginalized and neglected people in this country.”

The economy is a losing issue for Democrats—it’s damn near impossible for regular people to buy a house or even used car, rent is up, groceries are up, and gas is on the way back up. I don’t think the overwhelming majority of this is necessarily Democrats’ fault, and I think the respective Inflation Reduction and…