I take your point. And I don’t disagree with you. But I also don’t think Steph Curry has anything to do with determining whether or not anyone is making that choice for themselves. He’s a basketball player (and I think he’s a pretty good golfer too). He has a shoe deal. He’s got some Subway commercials. I don’t think…

Yes, I read the article. I quoted directly from it. And I directly addressed the flawed logic that allowed it to be written. If I seemed smug, perhaps it was because I was pointing out something that is obvious - to me - based directly upon lived experience and observation, and offering the context for why that thing…

You’re gonna figure out that you have this exactly backwards, eventually...

This really isn’t that difficult: The same people lamenting her passing and calling out the tastelessness of not responding with respect are the ones swing shovels next to the small mountain of shit that directly caused the rift between Elizabeth, The Firm, and Harry. The way to be respectful of the beloved monarch is…

Sneaky truth: When anyone on Earth dies, it doesn’t actually matter what you think about their death after the fact. You can wish that a choir of angels was there to sing them to their rest. You can wish that they died painfully in their sleep. You can wish them a slow, crowded elevator ride to Hell. Or you can wish…

Two things:

1) Her coronation was in 1953. The specific colonialist atrocity this professor was directly connected to began in the second decade of her reign.

2) Your misogyny is showing.

Yeah, it’s definitely worse that someone in another country... briefly typed... than it was the someone whose face appears on the currency of multiple countries didn’t speak because they’re supposed to be silent... Totally. Go with that. The Queen was powerless, and thus remained silent. The Professor had the power…

Imagine thinking it’s a sound strategy to fill Washington, DC with a bunch of politicians who believe government doesn’t work... Not those who are skeptical of the federal role in daily life, but want to seek constructive compromises to limit that role. Not those who believe that government could be more effective in…

The actual reason you probably get it is because you’ve become quite accustom to hearing Republican officials saying things that are demonstrably false and not being challenged. I’m guessing that’s the reason why he said it. If it had played out that way, there would be no article to comment on today. It would be “man…

There could also be a lot more work done on comparing the voting records of supposedly “pro-life” politicians to the impact of relevant policies they’ve voted against. Tough to credibly be pro-life when you do nothing about infant and maternal mortality, child poverty, public education, etc.

I don’t disagree with you, but I think you’re missing something important:

I saw this segment live. The single most beneficial moment of the segment was the Republican strategist saying something demonstrably false that isn’t backed up by any relevant, recent election results... then being rebutted by the journalist…

I’m not even sure what you’re being a prude about. It is quite common for viewers and commentators to reduce show and movie titles to acronyms based upon their titles when other abbreviations and shortcuts won’t work. Game of Thrones was regularly reduced to “GOT” or “GoT” in the same way that Lord of the Rings is…

This is one of the most unsophisticated points I’ve ever read.

What about Philadelphia, PA are we supposed to see? Did you just offer that city because you don’t have any specifics to offer about “Chicago” or what? The last time I “saw” Philadelphia, PA I saw lots of jorts and the inside of some great restaurants and…

If you see a river, do you assume it only has one source? We could eliminate “corrupt police unions” by Friday and we’d still have plenty of issues with terrible cops being terrible at their terrible jobs... (Or... performing according to expectations.)

“The show never claimed to be realistic, and if the show was realistic it wouldn’t be entertaining.” The second part of this is true. The first part is false. The beginning of every episode starts with the words “The criminal justice system is...”

“The result is either we never have any shows about cops(which would be…

Would John Oliver ever have received his own television show if he wasn’t benefitting from some of the same distortion that allows a supposedly “liberal media” outlet to offer multiple series based upon how noble and virtuous law enforcement is? Asking for all of the not-traditionally-attractive brown people from…

Sometimes people get accused of displaying things because, unbeknownst to them, they’re openly displaying those things. So before we get to that test, let’s try a few simpler ones:

Are you capable of feeling that without telling anyone who wasn’t with you when you saw the movie?
Are you capable of expressing it only…

Put some respect on Renner’s name!

If a character’s identity is undermined/disrupted during the course of the film... and the actor’s performance portrayed that...

Then isn’t that a credible argument for her performance being exactly what was called for? You’re taking an AVClub review as gospel when I’ve read recaps on this same site that clearly showed…

Do you have any close colleagues at The Root? Any that you trust to have a candid conversation about African-American culture? Someone you can ask open questions and receive respectful answers? I ask because I’m always surprised when people are surprised that outwardly/openly religious African Americans sometimes hold…