Didn’t say it was, did say that just saying “coup” a lot in relation to opposition to Maduro isn’t a fair reading of the situation.

Oh it somehow is a coup - despite the fact that only democratic process left in the country (an election) removed Maduro from office?

Ah, yes, I’m the troll:

Great comment, thanks. Pointing out that most of Splinter’s writers function on the principle “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” and not some validation of the person himself, is indication enough that either some kind of morale is in short supply (a drug lord like Maduro, really?) or research.

Saying it is a coup implies that he has legitimate power to govern the country. That clearly isn’t the case. 

Didn’t say it was, did say that just saying “coup” a lot in relation to opposition to Maduro isn’t a fair reading of the situation.

And as for Venezuela—a country with a repressive leader who just tonight detained a group of journalists including Jorge Ramos of Univision

Will this mean Splinter will actually start critically looking at Maduro and acknowledge the fact he’s an authoritarian ruler, rather than just saying that because the US adm. is taking advantage of the situation for shitty ends it means this whole thing is a coup?

Why don’t you just wait to pass judgment? That’s been the lesson the whole time 

I’ll buy people not making judgements on Chicago PD statements, but pretty much all I’ve read has been procedural updates. Basically “We’ve picked up two guys”, “We’re releasing those two guys”, “We’re still investigating” etc. I haven’t seen the PD saying Smollett was involved or that even a crime one way or the…

If you haven’t read The Worst Hard Time, I recommend it. It’s heartbreaking but very well done.

My favorite comment by far is “isn’t kanji chinese anyway?” like white people don’t even know who to be offended for anymore. This is why I’ve always rallied against this fake outrage.

I absolutely understand when people are frustrated by appropriation, but at some point we as a society really do need to figure out how to differentiate between what Ariana (rightly, imo) called “appreciation vs. appropriation.” We talk about how we want everyone to share in and appreciate our respective cultures, but…

It ALWAYS fascinates me how close the people that shout “how dare you to use the culture of a different country!” and the crowd that smugly says “my country’s best, i don’t want anything foreign here” actually are.

Actual cultural appropriation looks more like this or this - your mileage may vary on how offensive these are but to me, these examples either mock or disrespect another culture.

That’s totally different from wearing a pair of mocassins though, or getting a Kanji tattoo - in those cases you obviously aren’t taking…

It’s all on account of self-important ignorants who speak of things they don’t fully understand. It used to be that cultural appropriation referred to a derogatory use of one’s culture, but nowadays social studies graduates with no real education feel the need to tell everyone about their misguided perception of the…

Very unfortunate what her tattoo said. But I really don't understand the backlash. Especially from Americans. Thinking they have the final word on cultural appropriation. What a snobbish thing to say.

This whole "cultural appropriation is offensive" movement lately is the apex of stupid. The world has always shared and evolved it's cultures and languages. The people that get upset over this are never even the ones whose cultures are being "appropriated". They really need to STFU.

I like this one. It always seems like those not involved or affected in any way are the ones making the biggest stink about things. I’m gonna go ahead and appropriate this quote.