Should we act like the Washington Football Team was never called the Redskins to avoid traumatizing Native Americans? (Get ready for Laserface accusing me of JAQing off, which I bet he’d do if I asked “How about this weather?”)

It seemed to me like you were basically asking me what I was upset over, so it seemed only fair to me to ask you.

People say the reason for never using a trans person’s former name even when talking about their pre-transition life is to avoid traumatizing them. What I’m wondering is how far we’re willing to sacrifice truth in the name of not hurting people’s feelings. If we don’t have clear boundaries then I don’t see why it…

If it’s useless then I don’t see what’s worth getting upset over.

I think the truth is harmed at least a bit by rewriting history.

A person can change their identity, but they can’t change the past, so that’s what I have a problem with. As for when that kind of confusion could come up, there was that time he was nominated for Best Actress for playing a pregnant teenage girl.

I’m fine with calling him Elliot going forward, my issue was with acting like that was always his name. I think there’s a limit to how much we should bend the truth to satisfy someone’s wishes.

One thing I wonder is whether it’s necessary to act like his name was always Elliot. I get that he was always male, but names aren’t fixed the same way.

There’s more in the middle of the Star Wars Holiday Special than Star Wars in the middle of a holiday special!

I haven’t seen the documentary so I don’t have the full context, but I think it’s pretty well-known that false memories are a thing, so even if someone isn’t fabricating a memory it doesn’t guarantee it actually happened.

Is an old rich English white lady more likely to be racist than an old rich English white man?

In 2010 the New Oxford American Dictionary named the Sarah Palin-created non-word “refudiate” as their word of the year.

The second one is still spelled Saldanda. Also, “condolences” doesn’t have an a. Edit it while there’s still time!

How high is my pedantry score for pointing out that Jesus was probably born several years BC?

You’re gonna have to tell us who Zoe Salanda is.

I prefer Search for Spock.

Is Ozzy known for being racist?

Fun fact: the A’s(who Jose Canseco played most of his career with, so that’s your connection to this article), who’ve had an elephant as their symbol since their second season of existence(1902), have never had an overall winning record under a Democratic presidential term(of which there’ve been 14 since they were…

I wonder if Bernie would’ve been able to withstand being smeared as a communist. I’ve heard Bernie supporters say “they’ll call any Democrat a communist anyway so who cares”, but I think the Republicans would have an easier time convincing people an admitted socialist like Bernie is really a communist than they have…

He’s definitely smug enough to be Q from Star Trek.