There are plenty of demographics that discriminate against and “other” the trans community. There’s no shortage of that bullshit. But I’m surrounded by white, cis, middle class people and I’m speaking about my experience with them and their perspectives. Nice strawman, though. And I’m hardly “othering” these WASPs.…

Fair enough. I don’t want to get caught up on the semantics. You and I want the same thing. I absolutely concur that we need to engage them and refute their bullshit, but perhaps debate indicates a degree of validity to their point of view that we cannot accept.

Trans people exist. And they are part of the group they identify as. That’s not up for debate.

Yep. It’s how progress is measured, in slow increments. I wish it were as easy as saying “just wait until all these old fuckers die, then everything will be fine!”, but I live in the bible belt and I see first hand how they pass a lot of prejudice down to their kids. But every generation gets a little better. We need…

Completely agree. At no point in any of my comments did I indicate that I found the opposing viewpoint valid. I explicitly stated several times that I find it abhorrent. But I think it’s dangerous to just say “Their viewpoint is invalid, and therefore it’s not worth even acknowledging”. A large part of the country…

I certainly don’t lend any weight to the anti-trans sentiment and don’t think they have a viable position at all. I was looking at debate more as a convergence of conflicting viewpoints, no matter how asinine I personally find one of these viewpoints to be. It’s just semantics, really. But if the end goal is to…

It’s absolutely a war. I was responding to the author’s specific use of the word debate, but yes. It’s a fight. It’s sad and frustrating that we have to battle with half the country (maybe less than half, but I only have so much optimism in me) about something like human/civil rights, but here we are. This will end up…

This isn’t a debate.

I live in Dallas, and Dirk might be the most beloved sports figure in this city’s history, which is saying something considering the perpetual Cowboys boner this town has.

It definitely could have been improved upon, and it sounds like that is what they’re doing, but I still think the original Nemesis system was a big step. I’d rather have Scrigscrog the orc yelling at me because I cut his arm off last time we met than just randomly slaughtering hundreds of nameless enemies (although I…

The cloak physics in the first game were outstanding. I’m a sucker for a good cloak. This will be a must-have cloak simulator for me.

Is there an real difference between the Switch and Wii U version? I’m not planning on getting a Switch but have a Wii U collecting dust and this game sounds like it’s worth breaking the system out for. But is it an inferior version?

Like I mentioned to another commenter, I would imagine that the venues booking her pay at least a portion of her travel/lodging, if not all. Probably not terribly common in the comedy world, but she’s A-list in the context and could feasibly make those demands.

At her level, I would assume most venues booking her take care of a portion or all of her travel expenses.

It’s entirely possible you’re right. But it’s also possible he stayed with her for a decade after she cheated because he loved her and wanted to make it work, and even though she made an earnest effort to regain his trust he couldn’t quite let go of the hurt. Everything is on the table. You have been very fatalistic…

It’s disingenuous to say the situation has been going on for a decade. Yes, he’s been mad that long, but she wasn’t aware of it and thought they had moved past it. One partner quietly holding on to rage for 10 years is very different than both partners being aware of the issue and making an active choice to work…

Thanks for bringing a degree of sanity to this shitstorm of a thread.

Sure, because any reasonable celebrity hates Trump. Conservatives wouldn’t have any problem with their own doing it. Roll out Toby Keith at the Fuck Nugget awards honoring country music’s most assholish bros, and they would LOVE to hear what he has to say about our feckless leader.

Cassie asking the important questions.

Well said.