Yeaaaah, I think that’s a pretty weird thing to get angry at him about. He said: “I want to take a moment to just say thank you to Eve, who always stood by me for 22 years. And my four children — Clara, Esther, Jamyan and Anouk — I love you. ... There wouldn’t have been any Emmit Stussy without David Thewlis and…

oh my god

It is still a very racially charged term. In Europe black soccer players and even politicians have had bananas thrown at them fairly recently. You can’t ignore that history because kids and animals = cute.

Counterpoint: this country has a history of violence towards African Americans and you need to be sensistive to such realities. Sorry if in your white bubble something as racist as calling a black child a monkey is okay to you

Europeans need to drop the wide-eyed, innocent act. Oh, is that considered racist? We have no concept of that here. Yeah fucking right. Liars.

Exactly. Oprah is smart, successful, popular, and charismatic, which are great qualities. That doesn’t mean she should be president. It’s a serious job, and needs to be treated as such.

I’m going with the more optimistic but still deeply cynical take that Rayya’s terminal diagnosis allowed Gilbert to be more loving and generous than she had been before because she knew she only had to sustain it for a relatively short period of time. And that no matter what Gilbert does with this experience, at least…

If she had used “we”, then I would be less critical. But the multiple “my” is a red flag.

Immediate grief responses can be pretty self-oriented. Folks get pulled into their pain and longing when they lose someone they love: I want them, I miss them, I hurt. It’s overwhelming, to say the least.

She is making Rayya’s death about her instead of Rayya. Almost every word was “my”. It makes you wonder what Gilbert ever did for Rayya since it seems like Rayya did all the giving and Elizabeth did all the taking.

It is interesting to see everyone mention how they can’t stand Gilbert. Which is totally fine, but just seems completely unnecessary to bring up in this context.

In the DC area, it is common that there are places in the US Gov’t (DoD/intel sites) that you cannot take your personal cell phone in for security reasons. I am surprised that the White House allowed personal cell phones in the first place. I would imagine most either have an encrypted cell phone or a desk phone that…

Just because someone feels remorse does not mean the other person owes forgiveness.

JK everyone, this dude is trolling to gain sympathy/pretend his viewpoint is valid.

“People receive what they tolerate” IS victim blaming. I had to tolerate abuse at my low-income job because I needed to, you know, eat. Didn’t realize life was a movie and I should have “checked their power”. Clearly my fellow employees would have carried me out of the store cheering, rather than my boss firing me for…

I’m sorry you’ve internalized so much. I bet it makes you feel in control of things to say ‘oh, this only happens because they did something wrong by not standing up for themselves, or not doing it the right way or at the right time,’ or ‘i could have fixed it,’ but it’s bullshit. These men feed on control and abuse…

Exactly. I think people have forgotten that sometimes you should feel bad. If you’ve abused someone, you absolutely should feel bad and, honestly, I’ll say you should feel bad forever. And be thankful that you feel bad, as a reminder to never abuse someone again. Be thankful that you feel bad as a testament that…

If your self esteem is so brittle that you doubt yourself every time an asshole behaves assholishly then the tv writing probably isn’t the place for you.

No, assholes need to address their behavior. But nice gaslighting.

maybe... asshole bosses should not be the norm... and holding them accountable is a step towards that....?!?!?