And whatever happened to “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me”?

His use of a word with a very definite history of ethnically pejorative usage doesn’t get excused just because he “arbitrarily assigned” a personal connotation to it. He’s not a goddamn poet, no one cares about his actual meaning/intent behind using that word, lol.

What are you talking about? He’s not facing criminal charges or any legal ramifications from this.

YES.

+1,000,000 for the Keeping Up Appearances reference.

Oh calm down, cupcake.

This isn’t getting enough love.

Holy shit, I think I dated that same guy.

You are a wise and compassionate person. I’m hoping that my anger at Trump voters will morph into something more productive...

I’m not...buuuuut I also have gap teeth, so.

Yeah, when I was a teenager/early twenty-something I think I always subconsciously dreaded that stage of my life being over- luckily, “not giving a fuck” is a hidden benefit of ageing.

I think this would be a fruitful area for season 2 to explore, if there is one...

Are you talking about human nature or the public’s “right” to know about celebrities, though? Because while clearly we (generally speaking) are nosy creatures, I don’t think that gives us any sort of “right” to know personal details.

Willful obtuseness is their tell :)

I agree with you re: Weiner, but the whole “chick-lit” thing seems like it might be bleeding out to the way people perceive different sorts of female writers. A few years ago we were discussing this in a lit. class, and the professor brought up the cover-art on different editions of The Bell Jar. The second one…

I believe Sanders was still in the race (if only nominally) at the time of the study; that may be why Clinton is not specifically mentioned, though I’m not sure. Party affiliation is mentioned in order to break down the stats of the general public, like so:

Well, it’s about all potential American voters, including Trump supporters (they are specifically identified several times in the study).

Khan is directly referencing this article: http://nymag.com/daily/intellig…