It’s impolite because that time they want to go back to, that “age of civility,” is really just a time when their power was “safe.” When white men were in control, white men had always been in control, and that’s just how it was. You could wink-wink nudge-nudge with other white dudes because everyone was on the same…

People don’t want to rattle cages because they think it will cause mass disarray.

It’s class solidarity in action -- just that their solidarity is with the wrong classes.

“You don’t understand! I’m rich, old, and white! This important government office, held in the public trust, is supposed to be my cushy reward for a lifetime of playing the snobby rich Socialite game! It’s not supposed to be hard!”

I realize that anecdotes aren’t the plural for data, but it’s been my experience with Boomers and Silents with power that this is the defining generational divide. Not to dismiss the racism and misogyny, at all. But whether we talk about Democrats or Republicans, people or who are pro or anti-structural racism,…

I know - it’s rarely, “my constituents don’t want it.” It’s always about how hard it is. 

These people always sound so whiny when asked to do their damn jobs, even if it gets ugly.

“I’d like to speak to your manager.”

“Some 80 percent of Florida’s ex-felons eligible to vote will be barred from registering under a new state law, including a disproportionate number of blacks, despite a clear majority of voters approving a change to the state’s constitution meant to restore their voting rights.”

I’ve been saying their social justice interest was a marketing angle for years! And everyone EVERYONE shouted me down that Beyoncé was a socially-conscious, deep-thinking philosopher and hard-charging, Angela Davis feminist! Except you have never heard her ‘say’ anything, on any subject! A commoner tells her that…

I totally get that and part of me absolutely can empathize but another part of me just really doesn’t care. Vaulter was what, an analogous to buzzfeed or even here? Outlets of pretty homogenized culture, I do find those kinds of media outlets as problematic as what ATN is meant to signify. I get the hypocrisy as I am…

I’m fine with that as long as people stop worshiping Jay and Bey...

I don’t understand. Jay Z has always shown that he’s all about his money, he sold drugs and didn’t think about the lives he was destroying. He and Bey are on the down swing of their earnings, her last two songs didn’t even crack the top ten. The acting thing is NOT going to work out for her, Tidal was a bust. They…

None of these people are Leaders, we have to stop being fooled by celebrity and money. Being rich does not make you intelligent, being famous does make you informed. Jay has worked another deal in his favor, that’s all there is to see here.

No one ever becomes a billionaire without being ruthless.

You’re telling me that the dude who shot his brother over a chain, isn’t looking out for his “friends”?

Jay-Z is a billionaire, with a B. He got that way by making deals that work out more in his favor than anyone else’s and sacrificing/compromising as little as he can to take care of others. He’s a businessman who has more in common with the 32 NFL owners than any of the other common people, so don’t think for a second…

They love their whiteness more than Jesus.

The difference is that Kap and Reid are getting paid by white people but being an owner means making money off the backs of black people. It’s not the same situation at all.

As great a rapper as he is he’s always been an opportunist piece of shit. From the constant unsavory name dropping of Biggie in his early albums to shooting Un Rivera over leaked songs to tricking on Beyonce nobody should ever expect decisions based on morality from him