Getting offended over SNL jokes did play a part, however small, in Trump’s victory. Even I, as anti-Trump as they come, am sick of people getting offended about everything and demanding apologies. I consider myself a liberal because I always thought liberals were a group that understood nuance and thought critically…

I’m sorry but Jost is right about this one. There’s way too many fake issues going on with the Left (making up different genders) than focusing on real ones. It’s a loud distraction from Democratic policies which are LIGHT YEARS better than Republican ones.

I think it’s a decent joke.

Oh no! The lead singer of PWR BTTM is scared, the homophobic apocalypse is imminent!

I wonder if anyone complaining about the joke actually took the time to look at the different gender options they’ve added. They really could have done something like maybe 10 different options and covered everyone, but instead they decided to include a bunch of random vague options, many of which are overlapping and…

Wow, a really narrow-minded post, which states that “Jost is saying that liberals should deemphasize equal rights for all people because it alienates rednecks.” This is not what he is saying and not the point of the NY Times article. It’s not about “deemphasizing equal rights” — which is of course a wonderful goal —…

Please do go on with the moralizing Jordan. The irony of you writing this piece is rich enough. But my favorite part is at the top you seem offended or at least bothered by the joke and later on state “which would have been fine, we can laugh at ourselves...” I am so glad I have Deadspin to reorient my moral compass…

(It’s also worth noting that Jost is wrong in the most narrow sense: “white, rural, religious Americans,” to pull a phrase from the Times, largely only have the vaguest notion of what Tinder is, and wouldn’t have known about its new policy.) This kind of thinking is the problem. Do not assume you know about white,…

Hillary lost because she was a flawed candidate (mind you, I don’t think this, but public perception supersedes my personal feelings, as it does the pre-coronation ceremony the DNC embarked upon) who couldn’t galvanize enough enthusiasm to defeat a Carrot-Supremacist.

Jordan,

37 gender options for our species is too much. The people who try to intellectualize these extremes are inseparable from any other dumb human trying to find absolute value in trivialities (religion).....and it’s the sort of nonsense that makes a good, pointed joke at the expense of someone other than a cartoon…

Well...Jost is/was right. He could even see into the future. There literally is an article in the Washington Post right now titled: “Rust Belt Dems broke for Trump because they thought Clinton cared more about bathrooms than jobs.”

What you don’t understand is it isn’t only Trump voters who disagree with you, or only conservatives, or only whatever other Other you hate so much: it’s 90, 95% of America. It’s me, an ardent Hillary supporter from “flyover country,” and just about every single liberal I know.

Hmm this is all pretty dumb.

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And here we have the cult of outrage in a nutshell. The Op-Ed was a pretty thoughtful piece about ONE aspect as to why the Clinton ticket failed. You go on and write a whole piece about it ASSUMING how the man thinks. Which is what Colin points out when he says “do you you think all trump supporters voted for hate?”.…

I like how this article is about support and inclusion of many different types of people, but then goes on to use a derogatory word (redneck), categorizing a large group of people into a single stereotype.

I thought the joke didn’t fall flat at all, the point was that we cry and cry and want more and more but can’t agree on any of it in the liberal left. Trans people I know don’t identify with any of the many genders, they are trans, they identify as man or women and want to identify that way. and they are getting hated…

You guys were doing so well... Back to writing about sports! I thought everything was back to normal... Then you went out of your way and got offended by something that isn’t really offensive at all. THAT is why dems lost the election. Oh that offended you? Strap a helmet on. A lot of shit is going to offend you in…

the whole point of your article is why Democrats got crushed in the election. Middle class white America (not just rednecks), thinks America is just becoming soft and too sensitive. It’s a turn off for a lot of men. Moral outrage was always reserved for the religious right and now liberals have claimed is as their…

“Jost was not ribbing his viewers with the idea that Hillary Clinton lost because Democrats focus too much on the intricacies of identity—which would have been fine,”