Kant and Nietschze have a few things to say about the golden rule. None of which are glowing…

Since when are social issues not intertwined with political positions?

So you believe equality of outcome is important? Really?

How is this not political? What is the point that is being conveyed here? What force is driving this discussion and what is the ultimate agenda?

I think I stated as much - the right AND the left both engage in identity politics. The difference, once again, is that identity politics is ideologically ingrained - to a much greater degree - in the left; a result of embracing Marxism, poststructuralism, and deconstructionism.

No. Identity politics continues its death march towards equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity.

While the right does engage in identity politics the left - perhaps I should have stated "far left" - has it baked into its very DNA. One side of the political spectrum has its ideology grounded firmly in cultural Marxism…

Oh Jesus.

I would argue that science fiction has some of the strongest female characters and representation of any genre. Methinks the poster you replied to gave a pretty good sampler list to support this notion.

"You understand that people are individuals right?" Ironically, this is usually my retort to people on the far left.

But is this really a trope at all in science fiction? If anything the "Mary Sue" trope is orders of magnitude more prevalent than the "adult woman with childlike mind" device is. Though I'm sure someone, somewhere (here?) will no doubt cite Mary Sue characters as "creepy" and/or machinations of the male patriarchal…

Because… identity politics is typically a left thing?

President has amateur historian opinion on former President. Amateur historians spout opinions on President with amateur historian opinions. Hilarity ensues.

When Harry Met Sally is pretty great.

The only film I unabashedly love by Anderson is The Life Aquatic. The rest of his ouevre has always felt contrived to me.

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is lame but it's one of only 2 or 3 songs by him I can stand to listen to.

Personally, I think "Under the Tide" is far and away the best non-Lauren vocal track by the band.

How exactly is an actor supposed to play Batman and look like they're having fun?

I'm looking forward to, at the very least, the first sequel. I expect many, many more people will be intrigued as well. Afterall, the original sort of, kind of, annihilated all previous box office records and stuff, amirite?

The Abyss and True Lies were pretty damn good too.