Agree on the filtering out of opposing view points. The bigger issue to me though is how it becomes self-policing. When someone shows up on an echo chamber site with information or views that don't fit, everyone is so primed to believe they're this demon that they've heard about that's out to destroy them that the new…

>>"He fails as even a stand-in for Batman though, since I think if there's
ever been a hardline anti-gun activist in the history of all superhero
fiction, it's Bruce Wayne. So that's really not a good defense."

Force a guy to betray his employers by threatening his family's lives… ;)

One thing that confused me with Renée is that he said something to Curtis about "if I'd had a gun in the house my wife wouldn't be dead". Or at least that's what it sounded like. But he did have a gun in the house and his wife was shot by her dealer before he could get to the gun. So did I hear wrong, or am I missing…

>>"somehow Sue Sylvester supported and mocked her friend Coach Bieste."

It's odd that I, someone against gun control (as often defined) seem less offended by an episode moralising at me, than you seem to be for it not moralising at me enough. Honestly, if one's goal is to moralise (which I don't think it should be on this, but should is a different argument than how), then Arrow's attempt…

To Hell with journalism, she's working on the book. "My lover the killer!" sort of title. Breaking the story of who the Arrow is would be Pulitzer. Being the lover who finds out… #1 Best Seller for the next twelve months, millions on the interview circuit and then spin it into being the next Oprah. Set for life.

I'm actually quite against gun control which probably puts me in a minority on a site where they have a scrolling "Pewdiepie racism update… Live" ticker, so I'm probably more likely to be offended by an episode like this than most. I actually appreciate that they made an effort to try engagement rather than lecturing.…

I didn't get that at all. I thought Dishonourably Discharged was basically getting fired but in army terminology. I mean sure it could be for lots of bad reasons but this episode made it sound as if having Dishonourably Discharged on your life history counts against you inherently. It could be anything from…

A group of people who act as vigilantes are probably far more likely to favour gun ownership, imo, because they are operating on the principle of individuals taking responsibility for safety and control rather than relying on Authority to provide it for them. That is in large part the mindset of anyone who is in…

Well, you have three people come back from the dead so far, I think? So walking again is kind of in scope. Plus honestly, it's a show about people jumping off things. That basically leaves a disabled character in the cliché of "super-hacker" role. Also, very limiting for an actor to have to be seated for everything…

Ah, welcome to pop-culture morality. Where beating people senseless is a quickly-forgotten issue of the week but the wrong political opinion or adultery are mortal sins.

Maybe she does. But just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you feel it's productive or even right to push it on others. Similarly, she may rate not picking sides amongst her friends as more important and if she's that smart, maybe she just feels like friends should focus on the things that bring them together…

There's obvious chemistry between the two. Psychologically they fit together pretty well plus of course there's just physical need - he's built like a brick shit-house and Dinah has a pretty sexy look about her. You can feel them wanting to get down to it.

Ha! I had forgotten she slept with his dad as well. Reminds me of that hillarious scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. "Dad, I was the next man."

Ah, humour - my old nemesis.

Well, better than nothing but a terrible shame. I'll hope to see him reappear in Arrow from time to time, at least.

Holy Shit! What the hell were you thinking! (Isabel Rochev)

Barry and Iris are not actual siblings. He was adopted. I hate to be unsubtle but there are little things that give it away. They're two kids who grew up together and had a crush on each other.

Seems a little unfair on the one woman who doesn't get to sleep with him, though.