This is one of my biggest problems with Westworld. In typical Nolan bros. fashion so many of the technical aspects of how this world works are hand-waved to the point where it is hard to actually establish meaningful stakes or internal consistency.

I am usually ok with handwaving, but if you’re trying to aim for a…

This is an important point and I’ve heard this view from other people in the military. My father is retired special forces, and he routinely tells me that the military, in actual combat zones, seems to have a way higher standard for engagement (i.e. use of force) than domestic police departments (at least based on his…

Messianism is coming. You’ll want spoiler tags.

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Yeah. I adore The Expanse but the writers have always claimed that their first priority is ‘space opera’. I think the level of realism in the way they depict space travel and colonization is a bit overstated given that they (by their own admission) have bent the rules a few times and gotten things wrong for…

Still sucks way less ass than Kinja.

I am sure calling this guy a terrorist will definitely bring comfort to the families of the dead. That’ll fix it.

The accepted legal and academic definition for terrorism is that it must include a political motive. Then why else would there even be a separate term for this at all? Terrorism is not just something that…

Members of the Jewish community, the LGBTQ community, and other people of color have all criticized Mallory at this point. Your comment seemed to minimize their concern and dismiss it as just another instance of structural racism. Yes, as a Jew, I will push back when people suggest that I have no right to comment on…

You’re ignoring Jews, gays, and trans folk who are also POC.

Mallory is not a victim. She is being asked to do the *bare minimum* as the proclaimed leader of an intersectional progressive movement. There would be no heat on her if she did not make the choice to stan Farrakhan.

“No one is asking Lisa Murkowski, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal or Jeb Bush whether they agree with Pope Francis”

They aren’t claiming to be at the forefront of an intersectional progressive movement.

Thank you! As an LGBTQ Jewish person it does mean a good deal to hear this. I will always work to reciprocate allyship as much as I can.

Wow. This whole article is advanced level gaslighting. How depressing.

No, it’s not “complicated”. No, Mallory is not a victim. She is being asked to do the *bare minimum* to acknowledge that Jews, gays, and trans folk have the right to exist. She got herself into this situation.

This man thinks Jews invented trans…

You could try and actually listen to Jewish people who are also upset about Billy Graham. There are many.

People die for being Jewish in the US. Nicolas Cruz said that he wanted to kill Jewish people and he made sure he did. According to the FBI’s own statistics, Jews comprise the majority of sectarian-based hate crime…

“And once again white women manage to demand that black women be held to a standard that they never are.”

No, it’s actually Jews and LGBTQ folk asking that the leader of a supposed “intersectional” movement do the bare minimum and condemn a person who objects to their EXISTENCE.

You also seemed to have completely…

So anti-Semitism is fine because Bibi’s government is mean. Got it.

How is that any different than saying racism against blacks is *ok* because of Robert Mugabe?

No, she hasn’t. Anything less than a condemnation of Farrakhan and a distancing from him is not fucking good enough. Instead, what we’ve gotten is gaslighting about how “complicated” it all is. It’s about as “complicated” as associating with Richard Spencer. That wouldn’t be viewed as nuanced and it shouldn’t be.…

No. it’s just about Farrakhan. Either you believe Jews, gays, and trans folk are people or you don’t.

As long as people in progressive spaces keep trying to conflate valid fears about anti-Semitism with Zionist apologetics this problem will only get worse. It’s gaslighting. Anti-Semitism is wrong 100% of the time…

Characterizing Jews as just another brand of white people is deeply problematic and a perfect example of how anti-Semitism move in progressive spaces. Jews are characterized as just another brand of white people (about half the world’s Jews aren’t actually) and the belief that non-POC groups couldn’t possibly be the…

This entire comment is gaslighting bullshit. You are trying to derail the conversation to make it about Israel. It’s about anti-Semitism, homophobia, and transphobia. FULL STOP. Mallory is not a victim. She is being asked to do the *bare minimum*.

Either Jews and LGBTQ folk are people or they are not.

I just don’t understand why I should care. I don’t mind being tricked as long as it’s good. And this was better than the vast majority of music videos out there right now.

It was pretty obvious they were in Wakanda in the trailer. Why is this some sort of shocking revelation that necessitates its own post? Who did not already know this?