No one at AVClub is even trying to say that they’ve seen the movie...

“It can be two things” as they say over on the A.V. Club.

And On the forth day God made white men, and he told them “go forth and build these streets”, and so it was done.

Fair play, you may well be right.

Oh I see what you mean - don’t apologise, it was my reading comprehension that was off. Yes, I agree completely.

You’ve lost me I’m afraid. Google what?

Well then you’re not included within the “good portion” of readers who might be assumed to have heard of him. Thanks for clearing that up, I really wondered if you specifically were or were not one of those people.

For sure. I don’t think treatment would stop him being racist, but it might help stop him from screaming racist abuse in public.

Maybe, but surely the best way to show you don’t care is not to comment at all. Either have something to say about a subject, or don’t.

Hmm, this guys seems like he’s having serious mental health problems. Not that that gives him a pass - he’s a grown man and needs to held responsible his behavior - but perhaps it would be good for everyone if he got some psychological help too. “I run this country” - that’s not normal nastiness, that’s delusional.

I’m not sure what you’re saying “nope” to, exactly. I didn’t say he was worth anything as a performer or that his death was tragic or that anyone should mourn him. I simply said that he was (for better or worse) a known figure in contemporary hip-hop.

His music was, yes.

Of course, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that! To be fair, XXXTentacion wasn’t as musically untalented as this guy is, at least to my ears. But by all accounts, he was even more of a fucking horrorshow.

Blimey, it’s back again.

To the people saying “who?” Firstly, it says who he was in the damn article. Secondly, if you have any interest in contemporary hip-hop, you know who he was whether or not you actively listened to his music. Lots of people who read the Root have some interest in hip-hop, so it’s not unreasonable to expect a good…

They really do. The one on the kids’ forum I moderate throws up truly ancient threads ahead of recent ones, leading to threads from 2009 frequently getting bumped. The site was redesigned from scratch a couple of years ago, and the search function is even worse than it was on the old version.

A few moments into The Nightmare I felt the hair on my scalp stand up on end and it stayed that way until the credits rolled. I regularly experience sleep paralysis myself, and although I never see anything like those people do, I know all too well the feeling of being trapped in that state.

I can’t find my PA anywhere. And where is that kid with my latte?

Yes, let’s just go though the things you didn’t do, Morgan. That seems productive.

...that’s a small price to pay compared to all of that plus decades in prison.