If it turns out this is a huge hoax I will 100% admit my disappointment and accept the truth. But I have no desire to be able to say “SEE I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO” either way. There is no good outcome here. Either Smollett was brutally attacked or he lied. Neither outcome makes me happy. All I can do is sit back and let…

I am thankful for nothing

Driven monthly.  Period.

go find yourself an overpaid executive loafer to lick 

The POTUS Tweeted out, mocking the Trail of Tears abuse and slaughter of Native Americans - and the fucking Left steps on its own dick by overrunning the news cycle with this self-devouring bullshit. Nobody in the GOP is calling Orange Shithead and Orange Shithead Junior for mocking the REAL deaths of thousands of…

I understood your points all along, if that’s any comfort. Zaphod42 is just being the typical smug liberal prick who lives to be in a constant state of outrage and offense in this country. It’s really quite pathetic, and it is one of the main reason someone like Trump ended up in the White House.

I’m not sure you even read my post. All that I said was intent and apologies are important, because people weren’t woke in small Indiana cities 35 years ago like they are today.  

Congratulations. You proved both mine and ThisIsNotYourBurner’s point.

Yeah, I was the only liberal atheist I knew growing up in my Indiana town, so I wasn’t exactly in the hotbed of the civil rights movement, and I doubt that was known by most. I live on the West Coast now, and I’d imagine it was different here.

I can’t tell if this is a parody comment, or you’re proving my last sentence.

So much this, especially when the people apologize. It’s all about intent and how you deal with the backlash. When I was a kid in the ‘80s, I remember lots of white kids and adults dressing up like famous black idols, like Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mr. T, Mike Tyson (yikes,) etc., and some did wear blackface. A…

In that case it WAS vengeance for his active and loud opposition to Trump’s policies.

That has been discouraged as of late. James Gunn did exactly that for several years prior to Disney firing him when a right-wing extremist (and actual real pedophile) dug up ancient behavior. If Gunn apologized several times and also turned his behavior around in general but was still punished, why should anyone…

The purity olympics in America need too fucking stop. I am a left leaning, liberal woman of color. This shit needs to stop. This is why people end up becoming the Trump supporters we see in ever-growing millions these days. Nothing is enough. They all apologized. Fred Armisen was playing Barack Obama, not making fun…

is it so hard for people to say, ‘hey i screwed up, i once did X, im an asshole for it, and very sorry. I wouldnt think of doing this ever again, judge me as you will.’

UPDATE: Got a great deal on a hotel room through Priceline!

My wife of 16 years and mother to our three boys is an only child. I’m going to go call her a fraud and a bad leader and report back my findings.

Man it must be cool to look in on a subculture you're clearly not a part of and edge lord all over it. Why even comment if you're just gonna be shitty? 

Dude’s from Northern Ireland and was raised during the time of The Troubles. Violence was very common at that time, a way of life for a lot of people.

Nail on the head here. If you want to say “Well he had these thoughts decades ago so obviously he’s a horrible racist!”, you’re not helping.  If you say “I’m triggered by this story!” then that’s your hangup, you have to work through your own feelings.  I honestly applaud the guy for making the statement he did in…