Seriously? Someone who was sexually harrassed by one of your employees does not have an obligation to bring that to your attention before they complain about it publicly. That was some seriously gross misconduct.

You’re not really copping out of something you have no implicit or explicit obligation to do.

They of course completely gloss over the sexist sports culture that results in so many pro players being able to engage in rape and domestic abuse with impunity.

They haven’t investigated harassment allegations yet, that’s a different part of the suit. You’re talking about stuff that wasn’t part of the decision. The judge just said the fact that Sony said she wouldn’t have to work with him directly was enough.

But none of that is really about the burden of proof? And they haven’t made factual findings about her underlying claim that she was assaulted yet? And lower court cases don’t even set precedent? What are you talking about?

How? It’s not a burden of proof issue, the burden of proof is always the same in civil cases. It would establish a type of behavior necessary for voiding them.

I’m pretty sure the contract is illegal to the extent that it prohibits her from cooperating with law enforcement.

Contracts are also made to be broken when it’s more economically reasonable to do so. That’s why punitive damages are never available for breach of contract cases.

(I don’t know how old you were so you may have been too young to remember, but there was plenty of hand-wringing and finger-pointing about black people voting for Obama just because he was black.)

I don’t think that’s really fair. Friendship is a two-way street. Supporters aren’t. Charles Manson was a big Beatles fan, but I don’t think one could successfully argue that the Beatles should be judged based on that.

When the group they belong to is a group based on a collection of shared views — all of which I disagree with — I have cause to judge. I don’t understand why you think you’re providing me with some new information. I don’t assume that people agree with every component of a party platform. I’m well aware that not every…

Those first two things are transparently contradictory. The idea that the republican party is “small government” is nonsense to anyone who is paying attention, particularly given the presence of religious involvement in that party. And, again, you’ve given me nothing to suggest that I shouldn’t judge them harshly for…

If you’re a pro-welfare republican, the only reason to be a republican is that you really hate civil liberties. The fact is, if you agree with the republican party on balance, you are someone who can be judged for those beliefs. If you care so much about reduced taxes for businesses that you will vote for a party that…

She actually has done shady shit with this union before. For the unions, the decision to stay out of the election before the primary “also appears to be, at least to some extent, a legacy of the bitter Democratic caucus battles of 2008, when the union endorsed Barack Obama in the final weeks of the campaign. Mrs.…

And when it is, we can and do rightly judge it.

Politics are not practiced privately like religion is. Because politics are practiced publicly and your politics affect me directly, and because you vote on a candidate who supports a platform, I can judge you for the platform of the party you support. You have decided, on balance, that the things you like about your…

I assume you don’t want random people to be able to access your contacts, stored passwords, credit card information...

I’m not saying she’s wrong or what she said is bad, I’m just saying how it reads. If it were a TV show where this was a scripted response, I’d be legitimately angry about it. It’s disappointing to hear her say that she found strength in her man and in hetero societal norms when she’s always come across as a woman who…

Yeah, this was my thought. Like I’m glad that she found a reason to get up and live her life. And I’m not mad at her. It’s not her fault we live in the world we live in that valus the things it values. And she doesn’t have an obligation to tailor her thoughts and desires to further a message. But god, was it ever…

No, Kanye calling someone a bitch is not a culture-wide phenomenon. That is a Kanye-wide phenomenon. He does not get a pass because other people do it. And frankly, I don’t care that it’s Taylor. I was here saying the same things when he was mocking Amber Rose. I was here when he was defending Bill Cosby. And I’m here…