Yes. The rebooted Queer Eye takes an extremely gentle/kill-them-with-kindness approach to its conservative subjects. To the point of it being frustrating to watch at times because they really refuse to call a spade a spade, even when some tough love might be called for. Karamo’s conversation with the cop from Georgia…

I know a lot of people see the Queer Eye guys as wonderful and above the fray, but they’re corporate and branded just like the rest of Hollywood, so you’re going to see them carrying water for toxic waste. I remember when they were posing for photos with Candace Cameron in spite of her anti-gay views.

That, and empathizing with abusers/members of an oppressive establishment is not some new groundbreaking concept devised by empaths to promote equality.

“Do you want Karamo to run up and dropkick Spicer while the erstwhile Press Secretary is doing a foxtrot with Julianne Hough?”

> ... and teach them how to cook a nice risotto.

If this were a normal republican administration I’d agree with you, but Spicer was the public face covering for some truly despicable shit with obvious lies. DWTS is rewarding him for his attacks on the foundations of America, and I think any public figure who defends him deserves a degree of scorn. Making certain…

The right will ALWAYS be outraged. It’s fine for people to push back against desperate white-washing of Trump toadies.

Isn’t that the point of the whole Queer Eye reboot? That we can convert hateful, right-wing looney tunes one at a time, provided we completely remodel their house at no cost to them, trim their beards, and teach them how to cook a nice risotto? 

The point will be waaaaaay the fuck over here when you’re ready to start not missing it.

(Slow clap).

The thing that is interesting is that I know conservatives who are incredibly empathetic and giving (and supportive of government/social programs) when they or somebody they know has been affected by an issue. They tend to lack an imagination for issues that affect people other than themselves; it’s those programs for…

But that’s not the point of the book. The point of the book is that women shouldn’t complain about institutional sexism and glass ceilings, they should just work harder.

Perhaps, maybe, now that she believes what 99% of the world has been saying, Sandberg could use her position to speak out for useful things for single parents who lack her miriad resources- single payer national health care, paid family leave, an entirely different work structure that values labor and recognizes that…

I tried to write a post earlier and I just couldn’t quite temper my anger at someone who has clearly suffered a devastating loss and is grieving. I don’t want to be that kind of a bitch.

She’s still an asshole. Not for being oblivious about how privileged she is, but for writing that condescending crap that is so blatantly in the service of corporate America.