Are we at this point, where we have to specify video of a dead person is not current?

“I would be remiss not to note that the hashtag is commonly used by victims of domestic abuse. Not only that, it’s also the name of an anti-abortion campaign run by Priests For Life and Anglicans for Life. ”

“Speaking of Halloween: more stars than Megan Fox flouted the SAG-AFTRA costume rule.”

“Bush ‘won’ by 537.”

Even though Israel is not confirmed as a nuclear power, I will agree for the sake of argument that it is more likely than not that they have nuclear capabilities. However, we do not know what the nature and extent of those capabilities are—i.e., how many are we assuming they have? Are we assuming they have these on…

Would you have otherwise voted for Democrats or Republicans?

Was it unfair? Hamas won with a plurality rather than majority, but that’s not inherently unfair.

Recent reporting on Israel’s military capabilities doesn’t make it sound feasible that they’d be able to effectively root out and destroy Hamas by simply sending IDF ground forces into Gaza. So it seems like Israel’s options are to either strike Hamas wherever they think they’re operating (regardless of the fact that…

Timberlake has a thriving career, seemingly decent relationship with his family, and is generally treated like a mentally fit member of society. Spears’ life has basically been a train wreck for 20 years—it is extremely sad, and largely attributable to her father and shitty team. I suspect many people follow her on IG…

Then the later poor behavior is not excusable to any degree on the basis of age. However, as you pointed out, Timberlake was already called out years ago for his appropriation, and his deployment of a blaccent on Ellen—and still he has a thriving and successful career.

You’re comparing what is ultimately a form of artistic self-expression without even the pretext of avjournalistic code of ethics (stand up) to literal “fake news.”

To be fair, when Hasan does journalism, he plays by journalism rules—and wins awards for the efforts.

“The absolute best JT could hope for is to say”

That someone was young (particularly sub-25,) is generally recognized as a mitigating factor for most lapses of judgment.

“implying she was the one who cheated.”

If the book’s name is Creep, and the goal of the book is to persuade people to alter their conceptualization of who or what a “creep” can be or looks like (seemingly in the spirit of “anyone can be an abuser”/“you can’t know anyone so well that it’s justifiable to defend them against certain sorts of accusations”/etc.)…

If the de rigueur, sociopolitically acceptable understanding of what a ‘creep’ is becomes “it could be anyone, and they are probably charismatic, personable, and well-liked,” then there probably needs to be a reckoning with the word “creepy”.

(TMZ also noted that Timberlake tried to comfort her by playing guitar while she was on the bathroom floor in tears. Buddy...a heating pad and some tea would have been more helpful.)

When you’re that rich and famous, exhibiting terrible taste and judgment is the ultimate flex.

“New excerpts from Britney Spears’ forthcoming memoir reveal she and Justin Timberlake both cheated on each other.”