A white person spitting on someone *at an African American history museum* is at best extremely insensitive to context, but probably just plain racist. He didn’t spit off the balcony at the mall. I’m sure the school explained to the kids why they were going to these museums before they went, so I’m not even going to…

So... why wasn’t this kid arrested for assault? Spitting on another human being is no joke. Also, how the fuck is this not “racially motivated”? 

she added, she didn’t think it was “racially motivated against that person.”

Any step toward kindness to any being is a step toward kindness for all beings. I am glad that this happened. No one’s idiotic ‘whatabout-ism’ will change that. Animals matter too, they have intrinsic value in and of themselves, beyond their use (and abuse) by humans. The only difference is that they are, by and…

Newsom signed a statewide rent control bill like two days ago, and signed a bill banning for-profit prisons the day after that. He can’t fix everything all at once, but his week has been full of real progress for the state.

And will this New York struggle bus include an unrealistically large and decent apartment, a job that is noticeably less shitty than it should be, and more than enough time for non-job-related pursuits and/or hijinks?

Same with white people declaring themselves “woke”. If your minority peers consider you woke, then you probably are. If your basis for your wokeness is merely your own opinion, you’re probably not.

Harris was making a small but presumably sincere gesture toward trans inclusion and Cuomo turned it into a joke, which is shitty. He could have just said, "Okay, great" and moved on. Turning it into a joke is pretty good evidence that he is in fact not an ally.

There’s a time and a place for funny. This wasn’t it. Serious things are happening. If you’re no good at reading the room then stick to the script and stay in your lane! It’s really not that hard.

There was never anything sincere about this “apology.”

It was like a group discussion. Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon (two gay men) also moderated.

Wowww I didn’t even notice that at first. It’s basically like putting a “this is insincere” footnote at the end.

“we know today that people are easily offended”

Cuomo, like most of the country, is so used to being transphobic that he said this. because “jokes, don’t take it so seriously”. Truth is he *doesn’t* care, because if he did, he’d know better. And he’s not the only person, by far. If i had a nickel for every “liberal” cis person who’s “joked” like this, i’d be rich.

What a lying sack of shit! I am not buying the idea that Big Meech, who did his business out of Atlanta and Los Angeles, neither of which are in east bumfuck South Carolina, was so well known in those circles that the people at the party would believe he was that particular Negro rather than a general Negro. This…

I’m confused as well as offended; what was Cuomo even going for there? Not only is it dismissive and offensive, it just doesn’t make any sense, does it? The only thing I can come up with is that he’s thinking that because everyone knows he’s such a manly man, it’s just fucking hilarious for him to suggest that he…

Im lost as to why a cisgender white male was moderating in the first place? Was there literally nobody else available for this? 

The irony here is that Cuomo is a joke. 

If you don’t want to get called a Fredo, don’t ACT like a damn Fredo, Cuomo...