What if I’m not a jerk but I do have tickets?

The author used a term you didn’t know. There are two reasonable conclusions to draw from this: either the author failed to fulfill their obligations to their readers or they didn’t write with you in mind. The first conclusion assumes authorial negligence. The second simply implies a difference in demographics. I…

As of this posting, your original question about what a chalk-in is has 10 stars. Your comment lamenting lack of standards has 5. Hardly an overwhelming show of support given the 95,500 people who have read the article. The other comments in this thread are about the validity of chalk as a protest medium and do not…

You said you were old enough to remember what you deem to be better writing. That’s obviously equivalent “back in the good old days”.

I meant it more in the sense of “voting with your wallet”: if you dislike how an organization is run, don’t support them. Luckily, unlike emigration, there are essentially no barriers to taking your clicks elsewhere. Comments about writing, proofing, or editorial errors are fine. Smugly noting that you remember the…

Since the article was published, it is safe to assume it went through an editorial process (a process you may find lacking but a process nonetheless). That process more than likely included at least one person in a position to determine whether the author did her job properly. That person (or those persons) apparently…

She might have assumed that people reading this article could piece together the meaning well enough from context (that’s what I did). She might have realized that anyone reading this article almost assuredly has access to the internet which contains vast stores of information including the definition of the term…

I would be very interested to see what objections arose from putting all the property-tax money in a big bucket and doling it out to each school on a per-student basis.

I mean, I was legally required to hold a funeral for my wisdom teeth so...

Oh, I wasn’t trying to claim that she’s anything less than evil; she pretty objectively is. I just don’t think that she’s the worst character in the series. That’s a pretty fraught competition.

How is she a total fucking moron? She’s a dangerous zealot with arguably proven magical powers, but I don’t see how she’s a moron.

Sheesh. Reasonable people can draw different conclusions from the same data. Sorry I brought it up (again?).

Sorry for being a “but in the books!” person but... In the books there is a little more explanation about Melisandre’s motivations and beliefs. Not that that makes her likable, just more understandable and less “the worst”.

OK I think I see where you’re coming from now. But I still think there is an important difference between general acceptance of a cultural thing and absorption of a cultural thing by the dominant group. One is a person in a hijab being able to walk down the street unimpeded and the other is non-Muslim people wearing…

I don’t think I understand your point. A subculture is bad at nuanced discussion? I’m not sure how that fact is related to our discussion of appropriation.

Assimilation is what minority groups do to survive in the dominant culture. Assimilation is adopting a westernized nickname because your given name is hard for teachers to pronounce. It’s eating sandwiches because the food associated with your native culture is “weird”. It’s code switching so people won’t just dismiss…

If you really think that appropriation is good in the long term, then we’re quibbling about more than just specifics. You really think there is deep understanding of Mexican culture in America? I say bullshit. A lot of people know why Cinco de Mayo is a holiday? I bet more people think it’s Mexican Independence Day…

OK I had to look up “weeaboo” but I’m pretty confident that it’s a symptom of the problem with appropriation. “Weeaboo” people aren’t—as far as I can tell—interested in Japanese culture as a whole; they’re just interested in cherry-picking the most appetizing pieces without regard to wider context. I’m not sure what…

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Not really no. It’s a movie that takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic animals. Furries like anthropomorphic animals. Zootopia is no more furry porn than other movies are non-furry porn.