THANK YOU, this is a bunch of spoiled brats congratulating themselves for berating someone else, placing them all squarely not too far up their lofty moral ladder they all think they’re atop. This whole thing is sick - talk about it with nuance, intelligence, instead this is a sorority tapping themselves on the back…

But then Kara couldn’t continue to wallow in her victimhood any longer and that just won’t do.

then in case you wanted an actual discussion..
1. Gawker is only about reciprocating our intolerance’s for each other.
I shouldn’t say only, but I haven’t seen a well educated remark about racism here for a while.
2. We can’t discuss it in America, because we as Americans do not understand what racism is.
Racism isn’t…

For the most part my European friends have a giant shrug.
For the “why everyone puts on their judge hat and blasts on”,
It is simple ingroup outgroup theory.
We need to retain this identity that is ours, so we say stop “appropriating” our [what the fuck ever]. If we don’t we cannot form a distinction between what is ours…

This is a terrible article.

Agreed. People are getting real heated here, but the context seems pretty different to me. I guess it’s more enjoyable to be Mad On The Internet.

I’m sure this woman has no idea she’s being racist. I personally didn’t know blackface was bad until I read about it on American websites.

Why is this not the top comment? Oh right because it’s Jezebel and laughing at other’s ignorance is the most important thing.

I would like to have that discussion too. I would like to read that article too as a Hungarian woman of color, but I’m too busy looking at everyone’s super cute dramatic gif war.

Could we have an actual discussion, maybe? Wouldn’t it be more helpful to explain to people who might not understand how this is not an appropriate way to draw attention to a worthy topic? Instead of mocking and condemning dogmatically, could we explore the ways that this cause could be better served, and educate one…

Except that „memetics“ is utter and complete bull and just shows how even supposedly smart and scientific-minded people fall prey to unscientific nonsense. It’s bad enough that people like Dan Dennett peddle this crap, but she’s got to be the worst of the meme-bunch. There’s enough criticism of the concept (I’m not…

No offense, but this is your typical “Empower yourself!” motivational bullshit. Fifteen years ago, these people would’ve been doing the same thing in 13-step programs on VHS with the low, low payment plan of $120 per step. In fact, I’m pretty sure some of them have already done that. All TED did was a change in venue…

The world would be quite different if 20 minutes watching Youtube could actually change your life.

Blargh.

And someday you'll graduate from college and have access to a real stove! :-D

George in 1981: “If I were really cynical I would start some medieval sword and sorcery thing, say it’s a trilogy, then keep writing it for the rest of my life.”

He’s still a young kicker and I don’t think he’s got that veteran kicker mentality just yet. Last year he got cut for missing too many field goals, but they brought him back for kickoffs and in the offseason he made a change to his approach that made a huge difference in his accuracy early in the season. Lately he’s…

Fuck - the only other person who could’ve intercepted that may well have been Harrison Bergeron, and he’s fictional.

This play in 2015:

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