It’s a big deal because I shouldn’t have to accommodate someone if they want to be an asshole.

No, that’s not the way it would work. You would only be accountable if you actually said something abusive. Simply saying something that someone doesn’t like isn’t abusive. This is not the PC Facist Nightmare that so many people fear.

As a white man married to a black woman in North Carolina, I have say much to say about this whole thing.

Good on Riot for banning this guy, and I hadn’t even heard of him until today.

An actual interaction I had once playing Halo 3.

“I feel” is nowhere near as dangerous a phrase as “I believe.” Society absolves all kinds of injustices because of somebody’s beliefs. Case-in-point: defunding Planned Parenthood, exemption from birth control and contraception coverage under the AHCA, and denying services to homosexuals are all rooted in arguments…

It’s on my wishlist, but unfortunately no.

Sure, but those moments of disappointment would come at the worst possible time.

“Okay, all I need to do is roll a 2. I have a 119/120 chance of passing this check.”

It’s only smug if you’re using this as an opportunity to make yourself look more intelligent. Not getting that vibe from you.

So, I’m a man, so I don’t have to worry about having painfully large breasts, but let me try to put myself in an analogy that might be roughly equivalent.

No I do, I sound like an asshole.

Agreed on both counts.

Lengthy, yes. Complexity often demands a lengthy explanation, and this isn’t as simple as “White comic book nerds are just all racist and that’s the way it is.”

As I understand it:

It’s because they live at an uncomfortable intersection of cluelessness and resistance to change.

While I should be satisfied that this monster is getting at least some sense of comeuppance, I can’t help but rage instead. Here are the thoughts going through my head.

I can concede that, however inelegantly stated, Cargill actually does have a point, and I do think that they tried by casting a woman. But that doesn’t erase the fact that they missed a big opportunity to make a bold step towards diversity by hiring a Black or Asian actor to play Doctor Strange himself.

It did kind of fly under the radar, and there’s been no news on it since last fall, but it is supposed to happen.

If a woman performs a work of art directed specifically at her rapist, and one guy gets all twisted up about it, isn’t he tacitly confessing the crime and thus should be subject to appropriate law enforcement action?