But they didn’t qualify their discomfort as a reason to ban abortion? They said they were uncomfortable with it but believed in a woman’s right to choose. What you’re saying is absolutely true, but it’s not being directed to the right person.

Well the kid was abused. I’m not going to victim blame him for reacting that way.

Should they, though? What difference does it make? As a black person, if I cared about how racist pretty much all people and stories from any time before about 60 years ago were, I’d just spend all my time upset. It is a waste of caring. Let the kids enjoy their movie. It is parents that either make or fail to prevent…

She doesn’t say the Jungle Book is racist, she says Kipling was racist so we should never read or adapt any of his works for anything else, which is a terrible opinion anyway, completely based on virtue signaling and devoid of any critical thinking.

So before taking my kid to see the PG-rated Jungle Book movie, I need to tell her that Rudyard Kipling is a racist fuck. Got it!

Next Gizmodo post: The Constitution was written by a bunch of slave owners and should be thrown away.

Not quite that simple, unfortunately. It’s true that the article decries censorship, but it also clearly states that The Jungle Book presents ideas that shouldn’t pass muster in 2016, which means...what, exactly? That certainly has an ominous tone to it, much more ominous than is necessary if the author was simply…

“The article isn’t saying that we should discard The Jungle Book -again, read the article and not the title. Let me just quote it for you:”

No why stop there, racism, sexism, etc... are still major issues we should burn everything older than a week.

Black and gay here and that’s not what he or she did, and why did you not have an issue with the vietnamese example that was brought up before this one?

I couldn’t edit my other post but I wanted to add the following:

Even if she thinks being LBGT is explicitly a choice, she’s still saying that that choice shouldn’t affect how people treat you. It may not be a perfect assessment, but I don’t think it’s worthy of condemnation either.

Not trying to troll, butI’m confused by your comment.

I dunno, they’re both inherent characteristics that people can’t change and that garner a lot of hate from the profoundly stupid. They’re certainly not the same, but analogous? In some ways yes.

Oh my god! A celebrity has their own opinions but knows how to be respectful to people she doesnt agree with!? how crazy is that!?

I applaud your bravery in saying you’re a fan of Man of Steel out loud. That took guts.

I disagree. Sometimes, you don’t realize how toxic a person was for you until you get some time and distance. 25 years ago, one of my best friends and I had a massive falling out. She cut contact with me - because SHE had done something awful and then she got upset that I dared to be angry about the thing she did.

Or nah.

This is pretty victim blamey.

It’s not just the video. Do you see how busy that bus is? Not everyone on it was involved in the assault. The police officers interviewed several bystanders, who all said that the black women were the ones who initiated the assault. Now, don’t get me wrong, you can go ahead and believe that everybody lied if you want,…