The language that Mark Twain used seems selected specifically to be offensive - not to the people who were the fictional targets in the book, but to the real live people who used that language in their daily lives. To expose them as ignorant, nasty human beings who used that language to denigrate others.

Man in bookstore: “Gee, I was all set to read “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, but now I see there’s a new edition of “Thunderball.”

Because it’s an either/or proposition?

Ah yes from the people who brought you keep the statues otherwise we forget the past comes, keep the N word otherwise we don't know if the author was racist.

 I think the most hilariously wtf one was Bond complaining about gayness being caused by letting women vote. 

Yes; we must do everything in our power to ensure that instead of reading more interesting authors of color, people continue to read the same crusty white men under the impression that they were slightly less crusty.

Are we supposed to be too stupid to recognize the centralized right-wing grifter narrative where it’s obvious?

In the current context, calling out Pfizer super vaguely without context doesn’t scream pro-vaccine.

To be fair, she’s tremendously talented, and he’s Zachary Levi.

he’s jew-ish

Changes his name from Pugh to Levi to get roles...then watches Florence Pugh get an Academy award nomination and star in Marvel projects. 

I went all-in on “Joe Dirt 2". Lost my shirt.

I bet against Avatar 2 and Top gun 2.  I'm never betting again.

Terror on the Prarie sounds like a headline Kent Brockman would read.

Your periodic reminder that Vin Diesel got fired off of Reindeer Games in the late 90’s because he refused to take his shirt off because, and I quote, “I only show my guns in Vin Diesel pictures.”

He should have stopped at “grateful.” The world doesn’t need to know that he’s glad the best thing that ever happened to his career is over. There’s a reason that everyone in Hollywood always talks about how much they loved working with everyone else - because you don’t want to burn a bridge that you might need later.

Not sure how clamping their nipples is going to help, but I support you.

So, to be clear, the AV Club is anti-“nepo baby,” but throwing your weight around to try to get your unqualified wife hired as a producer is an act of “spousal solidarity.”

Anyone who thinks the “wife guy” concept is something that really needs discussion or elaboration, please report to the nearest reeducation clamps.