What exactly is the benefit of “having a conversation” about the fact that those old cartoons had racist overtones?

“Oh, you’re a cubist painter? Picasso beat the crap out of his wife.”

“Oh, you like Sleeping Beauty? Anne Rice wrote a few extra-smutty books with that story.”

“Oh, you like Steven Spielberg’s The BFG?…

yes

Indeed.

I’m aware.

Can’t argue.

Dumb article that only exists for a click, which in turn references a dumb essay that itself only exists for a click.

“Hey guys, some people used this art/historical moment/idea for racist/sexist/etc. purposes, and it is wrong wrong wrong to reference the art/historical moment/idea without referencing (read:…

I’d only change your statement by replacing “but” with “and”.

I certainly understand thinking God deserves part of the blame for Job’s story (spoiler: he ends up with more than he ever lost and grateful for it), but the beginning of the book is pretty much

God: Look at my awesome and faithful servant Job!

Satan: Lemme kill his family.

Perhaps I’ll finally give this a try, then. Bad controls are such an awful thing to have to overcome.

the first-ever comic set in a real-life African country.

Phew. Praise God no one was hurt, it seems. And thank God that this officer, who could see he was on camera and was going to look to a million people like a fool/wuss/murderer/racist/etc., acted so calmly while continuing to enforce the law.

I’m always torn on these things. I watch the Philando Castile tape and I’m…

Even if it is, does that warrant anyone getting out torches and pitchforks? And they aren’t getting mad about her making light of human recovery time, are they? “How dare you oversimplify the delicate healing process that evolution designed into our bodies over the millenia!”

So he did something awful, immediately copped to it and apologized, left his post, sought help for practices and mindsets that led to the infraction, and was eventually forgiven by and restored to his former employer, though not at the original prestigious position?

That’s great. No, that’s freaking fantastic. If…

The vast majority of people didn’t tell Bioware “Mass Effect 3 sucked and we want our oney back/you have to fix it/you’re not allowed to end the story that way.”

Well, it IS using the exact same logic as the person above you, namely, “You don’t have to be the same color or gender as someone to inspire them.”

I’ll tell you what, I’ll just go ahead and give the main idea of every other article that could have been written, a sort of “alternate universe” look at things:

They make the Vulture a black guy: “Once again, the only major character we’ll let be black is the villain!”

They cast Peter Parker with a black actor: “Why…

That Nicki is currently the dominant female rapper in the industry and the other rappers (those still making records, that is, no disrespect to the likes of Latifah and Salt N Pepa) know that dissing her is the most shrewd economical move they could make.

I didn’t really think about it like that until you pointed it out, but you’re absolutely right. It’s so weird for him to talk about a “white savior complex” when they were literally white saviors. It almost sounds like, “Now, come on, let’s remember that white people can never do anything right.”

And yes, the people…

ChrisG is the best MVC3 player? I guess that’s technically correct, but...

Dude, he spams Morrigan twins... Let’s not call him the best...

I knew they’d make the mistake of calling him “Bruce Lee.” He’s not cosplaying Bruce Lee any more than the Psylocke is cosplaying Olivia Munn or the Star-Lord is cosplaying Chris Pratt. He’s cosplaying Lee, the main character from Enter The Dragon.

Sometimes pedantry is fun.