Please... please... please... please...

I swear there are people here who sincerely believe they offer more value to GM as commenters than the writers do. Not merely that they are better writers, but that the business model of Gawker Media relies heavily on their comment contributions and therefore it is quite unjust for GM not to treat them better. It’s…

You’re asking writers to perform emotional labor. I think that’s inappropriate. Of course it’s not impossible to express criticism respectfully, but it frequently does take more effort and time (you still haven’t demonstrated how Jia’s criticism could’ve been worded to satisfy your respectful discourse standard).

what if... that were the obvious point of this essay

What’s the uncut version of Blazing Saddle? I need to know which one I’ve seen, do you have a specific example of what’s in the uncut version and not in the censored one?

I just think it was great that he paid homage to Kobe by shooting 35%.