Hmmm, I suppose so — but I would argue that's not a fallacy than a general truism that has usually been accepted as wisdom. Here's the thing; it is nearly impossible for any person/entity to know the exact right solution to a problem, but people usually aren't self-aware enough to acknowledge that their viewpoint has…

And to be fair, I think Sean gets it (he has always seemed like a reasonable guy, and I have a lot of respect for his writing), but he doesn't demonstrate it in this article. Your quote does get to it to an extent, but I don't think this article portrays South Park's actual message in any accurate way.

Not at all. It's that if you fail to account for other people's opinions, you de-legitimize yourself and your positions.

You nailed it, and it's astounding how O'Neal misses that point.

It's interesting how narrow-minded this article is. The point of South Park is often to show the interactions between disparate extremes, and show how the truth/reality is somewhere in the middle. It has never had an anti-liberal agenda; it just often shows the follies associated with those of a liberal worldview,…

2 Inconvenient 2 Truth.

Ron Perlman as Catwoman.

I'd argue that Pacific Rim is worse than Transformers 1, about on par with 3, and better than the others (I haven't seen the fifth one, and have no plans to).

Keep in mind that I'm just speculating, have never been on tour (though I have spent much of my life traveling, including living on the road in an RV), and could definitely be wrong. I do think that if someone is suffering from depression, it would be immensely difficult to leave home for half of a year at a time,…

I'd say the same for Transformers 2, but the first one? I thought it was an all-around fine mix of action, incredibly detailed CGI, comedy, and fancy cars zooming around. I went into the theater expecting it to be terrible, and surprisingly had a good time.

Hot take: Transformers 1 is a better movie than Pacific Rim 1.

"or whatever," "pretty confident…pretty funny." Is this a text to a friend? Certainly not a professionally published paragraph that has gone through an editor.

From what I understand, touring is incredibly hard on a person, especially if musicians don't take advantage of the positive aspects of it (e.g. actually exploring a city you stop in to get inspiration). LP has always emphasized touring. If anyone has like an hour to spare, I recommend watching Heath McNease's short…

They've had a few lineup changes since then, but they've only improved. The Beatles-esque The End Is Not the End may still be their high point, but last year's Colors was an incredible concept album that comes close to topping it.

Probably the criminally underrated House of Heroes, who I think I've seen like 6 times. They're even better live then they are in the studio.

That's sexist

I had the same reaction, but I'd say Edgar Wright is probably my favorite director working right now. The plot and characters of Baby Driver were just so generic that I was always predicting what would happen next (which makes sense if you want to look at it as parody, but doesn't make it any more satisfying to…

Wasn't it? I'd say it was more of a comedy than an action/comic book movie, though it's obviously a mixture of both (and a few other things).

Same here. I've seen more emphasis lately on reviewing a body of work's place or impact in a greater pop culture landscape, and trying to view that work as a reflection of its surroundings. While I think that's an important part of criticism in general, I don't think actual reviews of an album (or other piece of art)…

You're not wrong. I still appreciate this review more than the Pitchfork-style music reviews that are increasingly common.