And I’m alarmed at the ease with which you dismiss and downplay a medical diagnosis.

Unless you’re a therapist who’s treated Tony Montana, you don’t get to decide what is and isn’t PTSD.

An article about an article about an article on an article of clothing based on a that article of clothing. Nice.

Looks to me like he got his gross opinions thoroughly repudiated by 30 other people, which is kind of how this thing is supposed to work. At this point, seeing him repeatedly told how and why he’s wrong and just how many people think he’s an asshole is more useful as a deterrent than just deleting the thread.

In the…

I mean, D Trump wants to defund IMLS, which would cause closure for most libraries throughout the country, so it’s a touchy relationship. And we shouldn’t have to shut our dumb mouths when something we love is being threatened.

Thank you! The point that by choosing based on test scores, a rubric that favors schools that can afford those books, is flawed was the most important part of the letter to me. It’s sad to see it lost in all this hubbub.

Boy, you’re just all over this thread with some sort of point of view ain’tcha? I’m sorry a librarian didn’t accept something she didn’t ask for, didn’t want, didn’t need, and had no use for from someone she doesn’t like and instead informed them how they might actually be a useful human being.

She rejected it because her library is well-funded and thought the donation should’ve gone to a struggling library. I think mentioning her thoughts on Dr. Seuss made it easy for this point to be lost because “Dr. Seuss is racist” makes a better headline.

And they dropped Nathan For You coverage on top of everything. The A.V. Club is fucking garbage nowadays. Full stop. It is no longer what it used to be.

You’re completely right. I read the librarian’s letter and it was smart and thoughtful. Bringing up the controversy over Seuss was more of an aside, the crux of the letter was to make better, more thoughtful choices for books and to provide them to actual places that need them. I wish the article had actually…

Wow, look at you with your fancy lunch ice packs! When I was a kid we let the Salmonella in our chicken salad sandwiches run rampant, and we liked it!

I’m responding because this comment needs to be the first comment, and the best I can tell, the amount of replies to a comment are what causes it to be first.

Thank you! I was going to write just that, but figured that another commenter would beat me to it. The librarian’s response was nuanced and thoughtful, but you’re right, not click-baity enough.

Or you could read the librarian’s actual response suggesting that donating books to a library in an already wealthy, predominately white neighborhood is dumb, giving suggestions as to better places to choose, but nah the White House’s narrative makes for better clickbait, good job AV Club!

“It 2, Brute?”

Here’s what it comes down to: is health care a right or not?

You wrote “rationally” when you actually meant “like a sociopath.”

Most American people did not vote for this. In fact, most voters did not vote for this.

Man, I know he didn’t intentionally end up in this position, but Jimmy Kimmel as the voice of the common man is something to behold.

The GOP is a death cult. There is no reason to force through this Graham-Cassidy bill except out of sheer malevolence, it’s ideological warfare against the poor and non-rich. Yes, they will shove the money they steal towards the rich, that’s one motive. But overwhelmingly it is because they are truly hateful…

Trump will sign this bill if it is placed in front of him. Trump will sign any piece of paper put in front of him. Trump likes proving he can sign his name.