THANK YOU. Aside from the blatant inaccuracy of calling these activists “white kids” (and, yes, I see the P.S. that was added by the author and am not impressed—do better, Root), it’s worth acknowledging that these are teens. They are waking up to what life is like, what privilege means, and they are doing it…

i agree with this. thankfully some of the survivors seem to notice this themselves. the kids are alright

the two things that is criminally under reported is (1) the shooter literally carved swastikas into the side of his gun and (2) the school has a very large jewish population

Yeah, the kids were not all white. There were no black children killed, but there were several Latinx children and an Asian child. And that doesn’t include the other children who were injured.

“17 white lives”

Are you sure about that?

Every press briefing is the same. Journalist x ask what did the president mean when he said “y.” Then the answer from Sanders is either:

Funny thing is that they were respectful. They just didn t let the adults weasle their way out of answers.

Fuck respecting adults! Jesus Christ, what the fuck is wrong with people?! That bullshit is always used to justify authoritarianism, ironically by the same people screaming about government overreach.

Is Kevin James on his way to the gym?

This is an unpopular opinion, but: I actually respect Fergie a ton for this. She’s a woman who pissed herself on stage at an awards show and finished the damn set. Despite constant criticism of her voice, she basically always sings live. I kinda feel like she kicked meth and then was was just like “How bad could it…

Shame Mike Pence left before the doubles luge:

He’s not taking a side necessarily one way or the other on any specific issue here

As an American, I hope I can help vote him out of office. I’m sure he wishes me to be successful with that.

I agree on Michelle - and I think what people are picking up on as “that doesn’t look like her” is that there is a trace of pain in her face. The visuals we’re used to of Michelle are expansive warmth and poise. This is steely grace. She is not yours, and was never yours. There isn’t a smile in sight.

I thought it was a painting of Sasha!

I think you make a great point. If anything, I think the line they are using in the show misses the mark, about the original series being about “tolerance” and this one being about “acceptance”, as I don’t see it that way at all.

Respectfully, I wonder if you understate the importance of the original. My parents watched it and I do think it sort of eased my coming-out process— at a time where I felt uncertain about how, for example, my dad might feel about me, I knew he liked these five gay men on his TV once a week. They were like a gay…

Usually I think the Nordic and other models of only allowing approved names is absurd.

I will watch the shit out of this. It looks delightful!

Right, a perpetrator like CK is just like a person that punished a staffer for being a perpetrator but not to the extent we would want. Why isn’t the story about Strider’s behaviour that continued until he was fired from another position?