OH i’ll be stealing “guano crazy.” that’s mine now.

It’s certainly conflating two different issues, I agree with that, but to some people that flag/anthem ceremony is about one thing and one thing only and there is no divorcing the troops aspect from it. So to them, CK is appropriating a ceremony from another group and that is what they’re pissed about.

Well that’s bullshit. You don’t get to ask why it’s upsetting to someone and then tell them they’re feelings aren’t valid.

To the transplant authors who penned criticism of my city: go away. You were never welcome here in the first place and you’re even less welcome now.

I agree. Which is what makes the cohort of people born between 1980-1982 the greatest generation out there - we took the best of both GenX and Millennials and created some super group.

I don’t really think that’s hypocritical. Those are two different conversations directed at two different audiences. The privacy one is directed at the perpetrators and says “hey dickwads, we have a right to privacy.” The second is directed victims/potential victims and says “Yes, we all have a right to privacy, but…

Can someone explain to me how much work it takes to do this kind of hacking?

I like their wings.

I know this is unpopular, but we need to bring back forced institutionalization. These people are not capable of making rational decisions. In fact, they are so incapable of it that the state is saying he won’t have to stand trial for murder. So if a person is that far-gone, why are we waiting until after he commits…

If there’s one genre that deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to containing misogynistic lyrical content: it’s definitely hip-hop.

I made a comment to my wife this morning that Lochte reminds me of Dennis.

I mean, it’s sort of still bragging.

Short of lighting up a heater on the podium while wearing mirrored aviators, I think she’s been as bad ass as possible.

You kind of need to separate Twitch from the situation she’s describing.

What’s wrong with the “there’s no crying in baseball, but there’s plenty of wine” line? That shit’s funny.

I mean, it’s crucial to you because you want to be able to judge without being labeled an asshole while at the same time call other people assholes for doing the same kind of judging.

I understand what you’re saying, I just disagree that the distinction is significant because the judgement is effectively the same. Go back to my hypothetical about being offended by your original response - the only reason you’d call into question my sincerity is because you knew your response wasn’t offensive to any…

“It comes down to whether or not I actually suspect that you’re claiming that you’re offended insincerely or manipulatively.” Agreed! You’re doing exactly what I’m advocating - making a judgement about someone’s claim that they’re offended and determining if it’s valid or not. I think that’s a very normal thing to do…

Don’t apologize, that was well written and I was happy to read it.

Honestly asking, do you think that all feelings of offense are legit regardless of intent, context and severity? I ask because when people complain about PC culture, they’re attacking the idea that being offended or hurt automatically makes them correct. I feel like it’s reduced our ability to make judgements and I…