My undergraduate would-have-been alma mater if tuition wasn't insane and my in-state public university didn't offer me a scholarship.

That . . . was a good catch. Apparently my autocorrect is really into eugenics.

Straight and not edgy? Then what are you doing on the A.V. Club?

I was talking more about the Andrew Garfield and James Franco types. That's why I said 'straight, white and privileged' as opposed to 'straight, white and therefore privileged'.

I don't think most people in this comments section want blood. The response seems to be more of an exaggerated eye roll followed by everyone getting along with their own business. Which I think is the perfect response to this.

I think it's stupid, but only in a generically stupid way. It's not offensive. Though come on, it's hard to pretend that this whole "I'm totally gay except for the part where I'm actually gay" isn't really dumb.

Maybe we should just bite the bullet and turn 'straight, white and privileged but really trying to be edgy' into it's own sexual orientation.

Except I still think that's a bit of a problem. For the modern Presidency, being able to communicate a policy doctrine and shape your party's political philosophy is a very important skill. Clinton's skill set (and it is extremely impressive) is better suited for a committee chairperson in Congress or a member of…

I completely agree that there are deep systematic problems with the Democratic Party. I've volunteered for the DNC since I was nine years old, so I have a front row seat to the dysfunction. I don't think that there's any deep-rooted conspiracy, but Democrats need to reform their outmoded primary structure, develop…

Honestly, speaking as a minority, Bernie might have gotten us. Not out of loyalty; most other minorities I know downright loathed him. But at the end of the day, we had a lot more to loose from this election. I think that when it comes to politics and compromise, white people tend to be more entitled, because…

I'm a pretty big Hillary defender, in the sense that while I didn't think she was a good candidate, most of the criticism of her is outright removed from reality. But honestly, she really didn't articulate her message very well, and I emphasize that word for a reason. I'm the type of voter who goes through…

The metaphor I like to use is that it's like discovering a pandemic and bringing a huge garbage bag of vomit to the CDC and asking them to identify the pathogen. Not much medical data you can use from that.

I'm gay and I still can't stop myself from eating their chicken biscuit. No idea who's running the place though.

How so? There were specific complains about the relationship between the colonies and Parliament, but those critiques don't really carry over since a) unlike the colonial governments the United States is self-governing and b) the Articles of Confederation and later the Constitution have since replaced the Declaration…

On behalf of my Indian brethren; that really wasn't necessary.

Unlike a certain head-of-state's microscopic genitalia.

The problem wasn't that they didn't recognize what it was. It's that it illustrates just how apt the critiques on King George also apply to Trump, by their own implicit admission.

Also, he conveniently missed "of the people". As in, this twice duly elected government which won a majority of the vote is "of the people".

As someone who studies economics, I've told lots of people recently that the Republicans aren't capitalists; they're feudalists.

But, like, actually please God no.