You’re....reading quite a bit into her words that isn’t actually supported, and in a lot of cases is directly contradicted, by her actual words.

Well, first off, cool it with the “rapist” term here. I’m not defending Louis here (because of his behavior I no longer consume his work, and even what he was actually exposed as doing was certainly a crime), but there is a difference. But also, there’s no evidence that Sarah had any knowledge of Louis’ crimes at the…

She’s allowed to engage in whatever consensual behavior she wants. The issue her is harassment and abusive behavior. By definition those issues don’t apply to consensual behavior.

Fargo was released in 1996. 

FWIW, I loved Shape of Water, thought 300 was one of the most racist and awful movies ever, and encourage you to watch SOW without thinking about your coworker, who does sound like he sucks. 

I mean, that’s not millions, but it’s still unfathomably wealthy compared to most 24-year-olds especially now. He will also probably be worth millions eventually (assuming he doesn’t tank his own career). 500k buys a lot of stupidity in any case. 

I mean, this criticism would be well taken if you were going after Colbert or Samantha Bee, but to be fair Oliver did make some cracks about Clinton’s hawkishness at the time and he’s made any number about how Henry Kissinger is going to hell.

I think I have a somewhat different interpretation regarding Stewart. His style generally speaking was always kind of the genial Johnny Carson type interview. To be fair to him, that’s basically what he started off doing. He had that MTV show and the syndicated show that didn’t go anywhere, and even early Daily Show,…

Well, they aren’t actually aired in the order they were produced in. (The premiere was actually made last for some reason, at least per the production codes). Maybe there’s fluctuation, but more likely I think the later aired episodes have just made more use of it. 

I don’t watch ‘em either, but it was a big deal. A number of the celebrities who were there were even tweeting about it in anger. Vanity Fair had a run down out of here (just a random example of the coverage I could find offhand):

He does, but in a sense that almost makes it worse, because now it’s hypocritical and rings possibly hollow. Bear in mind, he pulled a similar stunt with Sean Spicer at the Emmys, which even other comedians were repulsed by (his spiritual successor IMO, Anthony Atamanuik, compared it to putting Leni Reifenstahl on…

I hate to say this but I always wonder a bit about Colbert too. People forgot he also had a pretty genial chat with Trump early in the campaign. They even did a bit where he asked Trump if he could identify his own quotes versus ones the old Colbert Report character had said, which yeah was partly making a point, but…

Well, again, I can respect why some people would feel that it’s still hurtful to them even if it’s intended as satirical.

But this is also an example of what I meant when I said that conflating real racism and satirical portrayal of stereotypes is simplistic. I’m in no way going to defend the Pepe-appropriating CHUDs…

Well, there’s also such a thing as actively making fun of stereotypes, which is what I would argue South Park and its various ancestors/progeny (Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, etc) are often doing. I can respect why some people would feel that a parody of a racial stereotype isn’t less hurtful to them than the real…

South Park’s (a show I do greatly enjoy) politics are frequently garbage, but FWIW, they have been pretty explicit in criticizing Trump and saying he’s worse than the alternatives. I don’t think this critique of them is always accurate. 

Speaking as a fan who’s...sketchy about the idea (to the extent that I have any strong feelings, anyway) it’s really not about particulars of the casting so much as a feeling that this is yet another property that kind of had its day and is now being pulled out of its time unnecessarily. Simply put, the idea of…

A larger percentage of 2008 Clinton voters went for McCain. 

Eh, there’s probably a lot of people who only watch GoT on that network, which does make it not worth it to subscribe to a whole service for that show. We have HBO Go and don’t even watch GoT at all, but still, just by definition we get less use out of it than we do Netflix or Hulu, because there is less content on…

Uh, pretty clearly sounds less like “he wasn’t invited” and more like “he’s retired and doesn’t want to work on it.”

I think even focusing on a few justices is problematic because even the ones who aren’t harassers or abusers are still extremely complicated people in the best case, and their decisions affect all of us. (Sorry, Ginsburg fans, your woke bae has also made some bad votes that have impacted your life negatively. And no,…