I notice the stated grievance here is not that Gawker was framed; or that a billionaire bribed the Federal judge so the case would go a certain way; or that a jury was bought; there is no claim that the legislature was lobbied to change the law in order to create a cause of action where none previously existed; there…

Still framing the Gawker demise as “a billionaire with a vendetta financing a lawsuit,” like Gawker didn’t deserve to lose the lawsuit?

Hazel, I wish you hadn’t touched this topic. I know the Kimmel thing keeps getting tossed around on Jez, and if you had read the comments on those prior pieces you wouldn’t be looking this foolish.

Everybody knows that Kimmel was that guy. Corolla is still that guy. The difference (and one that should make all of us…

popular movies and TV shows that celebrated unbridled masculinity, from dramas like Office Space

Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks that scrubbing things clean and pretending no blackface ever happened is worse than acknowledging how culture has changed by putting a warning before the episode.

Yeah, let’s see: Tracie Egan Morrissey used to write for Jezebel, and she dropped this bit of brilliance during an interview:

Totally with you that there is plenty of room for new and old on Youtube.

Now don’t get me wrong - I think Jenna did an amazing job of accountability, but I mean I honestly don’t see how new content creators are less problematic than old. Or how they need to make room for more younger creators — youtube doesn’t have a size cap.

Jezebel article from yesterday: “Cancel Culture Still Isn’t Real”

First of all, Jenna Marbles didn’t do blackface. She had a dark tan when she worked in a tanning shop. Tacky? Yes. Blackface? No. She had that tan in every video at the time.

Jenna, despite her old videos (which were not classy in their time but would not have warranted the outrage they do today), is like, the least problematic YouTuber on the platform now. She is conscientious to the max, as her apology video shows. She is the opposite of pretentious, which is amazing considering how…

In HBO executives’ defense, they thought that a black bar should be voiced by an African American.

On a side note, I’m particularly annoyed that they lied about not having to kill any dogs except by choice. They intentionally made a misery simulator; why lie about that little detail? The misleading marketing is really baffling to me.

I wish we were capable enough as a society to hold both the thoughts in our heads that 1) the sketch is specifically making a mockery out of the person wearing blackface and is not meant to condone the act and 2) still, maybe let’s just stop it with the blackface. It can be both. We can deal in subtlety and empathy.

Hey remember when Jon Hamm did blackface for the 30 Rock Live show? I thought it was funny, and even meaningful that the whole point of the sketch is that the network was scared of having more than one black lead in their tv shows (Kenneth: “A rule NBC still follows today!”).

Ultimately, Odenkirk and Cross’ intentions are irrelevant. There is no excuse for donning Blackface.

In general I think 95% of complains about “political correctness” are total horseshit, but this may be one of those rare instances where it isn’t. This reeks of Netflix frantically trying to expunge anything vaguely controversial that could generate outrage.

Odenkirk’s response similarly misses the point...Odenkirk and Cross’ intentions are irrelevant 

Remember when The AV Club would report the news, rather than tell you the specific, exact response you should have to it?

True. I stand corrected. Thanks for taking the time to explain it better though. Appreciate it.