A) Freedom of speech is a civil right that can be revoked by anyone, not just the government. If you held a protest and another group showed up and hit you with fireworks to the point where you fled in fear, would you argue that your right of free assembly HAD NOT been violated because the opposing group wasn’t the…

Doesn’t matter. If one defends the right of athletes to protest, one must defend the rights of idiots to protest with Tiki torches. Morality is irrelevant; our shared cultural ethical practices are at stake.

Dude, where are all these Nazis? Some guy with a swastika in Seattle? Charlottesville did not, um, work out for them. We are talking fringe groups here.

What does freedom of speech even mean when we form mobs to get people fired? Over speech? Do you not see the problem?

Since there is zero causal link between depictions of violence and actual violence...so what if it is the “new coliseum”? It’s not an actual coliseum. That is kind of the point.

I’m sorry, is there some reason this idiot’s freedom of speech is not protected because he is an idiot? Some legal reason beyond saying his speech itself is violence or is somehow a call for imminent violence?

I appreciate the thoughts. I really don’t know what to do with the EC, but I’m not willing to abolish it without having this discussion. I see either/or propositions being crammed down our throats all day long, and any kind of nuanced discussion is proof of racism or hesitation in the fight against Nazis now.

I know, my dude. And the culture has changed so much since that it could not be made today.

A) The past is not the present.

Are you seriously suggesting that the only reason it wouldn’t be made is the western genre isn’t popular???

Great.

Sausage Party got blasted as racist and Thunder could never be made today. Get real.

Bullshit. Do you think Blazing Saddles could be made today?

We are a democratic republic of the united states. We vote in our states, our electors vote, the states decide the executive.

“Whataboutism”. The worst buzzword of all time. Pointing out hypocrisy? Whataboutism. Mad at one’s own party for letting this happen? Whataboutism. Think covering tweets is facile? Whataboutism.

Can anyone think of any losing candidate blaming everyone from women in general and white women in particular, white people in general, Matt Lauer, Obama, Comey—who didn’t even investigate her—Russia, Sanders, her own party, and also wants to abolish the electoral college because she lost? Yes, she won the popular…

Dude, I’m literally referencing a violent authoritarian collectivist group which is fully supported by mainstream progressives.

Okay.

Spit coffee out of my nose. Top drawer, sir. Top. Drawer.

I’m sorry, is this website dedicated to sub-Snapple-lid level trivia, or has Colburn been snorting ground up issues of People magazine?