He bankrupted an entire state. He has no business telling anyone that they should be more responsible.

This is the quote that finally inspired me to make an account.

“Schilling did not specifically clarify which of his former co-workers were racist or had said racist things.”

Someone once phrased it like this: “Just because one side says 2 + 2 = 4, and the other side says 2 + 2 + 5, it doesn’t mean the answer is 4 1/2".

To quote a great Patton Oswalt bit, you have to acknowledge people’s beliefs. You don’t have to respect them.

You have to acknowledge everyone’s beliefs, but you have to reserve the right to go “that is fucking stupid.”

Schilling should take responsibility for his company's failure and pay back the state of Rhode Island.

I don’t think it’s so different than a racist justifying his racist views with “but I have black friends, so I’m not a racist .... it’s those (insert stereotype about black people here) ones that are the problem.”

I like conservatives like Schilling who always love telling poor people and/or minorities to “take responsibility” for themselves. Then people like Schilling go out and blame all their problems on liberals.

I lost it when he labelled Schilling “full-time Facebook uncle.” That’s effing perfect.

“Some of the most racist things that I’ve ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN.” Schilling said.

There’s a truly harmful belief that the right to say something is the same as the right to have it taken seriously. In this line of thinking, all voices are equally valid—even those that would deny rights to large swaths of people. Dismissively, it’s called the “gotta hear both sides” fallacy. In practice, it…