Yea, I get that. I don’t really believe in “justice” or any sort of greater good, so I guess for me, my baseline is: would I eventually give my brother a pass for this? For me, after having read the details, especially the details of why there wasn’t another trial, no, I wouldn’t give my brother a pass for this. I…

I mean, I don’t understand how to separate NP the filmmaker from the person at this point, as I don’t know him as a person. I think, in 2016, we have to stop giving passes to people who are out rapists. We have to stop saying that men get a pass (or white people get a pass, or whatever bigotry) if they’re “good…

Say it again for the back row. Making this school more academically exclusive is just going to hurt kids whose natural intelligence lies in the arts.

The testing/application process for NYC public schools is already kind of absurdly classist, and there are already a number of extremely rigorous academic public high schools available. I’m a natural book learner, and I’m fucking tired of pretending that academic knowledge/book learning/whatever you want to call it is…

It’s weird to me because my problem is not with seeing the movie, for many reasons you’ve outlined: I think the actors, crew, and others involved may very well have created a work of art that deserves to be celebrated. At the same time, I think Nate Parker (NOT his movie) should be punished. So that’s why I’m having…

Rich men do not generally hire hookers to do things that women are willing to do for free, especially rich men who could have large numbers of women who would be willing and ready to go.

Yea, definitely. I think I see where you’re coming from, although I’m not sure I agree. I mean, I’m not planning on boycotting the movie, because I wasn’t planning on watching it (not a fan of white-targeting slavery porn movies), but at the end of the day, it’s pretty safe to assume that someone in a decision-making…

So, if someone says “I want to see this movie but I don’t want the director to get money” do you still have a problem with that? I’m just wondering where you draw the line? You said you’re gonna see the movie, does that mean you don’t believe the accusations? What’s your reasoning for that? Genuine questions, in case…

Do you not see how someone could argue that this specific movie, about an underrepresented and underexamined part of American history, could have value despite its maker?

So, you’re arguing that in our capitalist world, transfer of capital is meaningless compared to intake of knowledge? Ok.

Clearly, she should stop attacking Hillary, and none of this is Hillary’s fault. She sounds like a crazy woman. I have no sympathy for the people using her right now.

re point 3: this is an old fucking lady who was clearly traumatized by something that happened, she seems fucking dumb, why does it matter to you whether she considers this rape or if she lied under oath or whatever she fucking did

Dude, it’s insane to even imagine. I have family members that were alive in Puerto Rico when they didn’t get US citizenship, and to think about these people who are essentially you, or who created you, and knowing that they had no rights or recourse under the law—obviously, very different from slavery, but many of us…

A-fucking-MEN. I live in NYC, where, if I see someone with a gun, I know to be on guard and contact the authorities. I went to visit relatives in an open carry state, and I was constantly double checking and on guard trying to figure out if that dude walking in with a rifle on his back is coming into the restaurant to…

Am I a giant pussy because like...if I saw a shit ton of people running and yelling at the airport, I wouldn’t wait around to independently verify the presence of a real threat, I would gtfo.

Man, I’m not interested in being the sjw you rant at, please keep your comments contained to things I actually spoke about. Do you not believe that anyone ever states under oath something that isn’t true? Do you not see how rape victims could be unwilling to testify under oath? Do you not see how we can give some…

No? Now, if I said “you probably think 14 year old girls deserve to be raped!!!” then that would be a strawman, but I’m genuinely interested—I want to hear your reasoning, and find out where your line is—if 14 year olds aren’t responsible for where they live, I want to know when people start to be responsible in that…

I 100% agree with that, I just get worried when people start talking about slaves as if they were not adult humans with needs and desires just like ours (even if they were cruelly and inhumanely denied freedom

Maybe other people draw different distinctions than you do? Possibility?

Why are you assuming the victim is a white woman? Why do you think not holding rapists accountable will help innocent black men?