Reasonable point, but that’s the first set.  The later ones (like the weirdly raging ones here) are just self-congratulatory.  Good thing that none of them are assholes!

I mean, yes.  It’s a sliding scale.  That’s my point - and I feel like the replies are vindicating me.  I am pro growth.  At least half the nation is hot garbage, so I am okay with even minor victories.

If the alternative is silence, yes.  If the alternative is mockery and derision, holy shit no.

Are you saying he lied about his realization and decision to leave the woman alone (which is almost certainly what she wants)?

If we’re debating credibility of online people when they say that, we might as well question whether any of this was real.

In 2019, amongst most Americans (online or not) I find apologies and admissions of wrongdoing exceedingly rare unless someone is forced into them.

I happen to hate our cultural obsession with being right, and I appreciate apology and reflection.  I would like to encourage that.  

Based on?

I don’t know, Belly Button. The bar is super low to shame and attack people on limited facts as well. I think I’d rather stoke my fires of kindness and support and save my rage for actual monsters and Trump types.

I would love for the Internet to celebrate redemption instead of breaking out pitchforks.  Redemption is more meaningful.  Pitchforks are just piling on.

So, he was an absolute moron with terrible judgment. But he confronted his stupidity, accepted his wrongness, and learned. In 2019, that seems like a fucking miracle.

Honestly, I feel like giving this guy a parade.

Did they stop making Tootsie Rolls?  Because otherwise, this is so wrong.

How was Vanessa Redgrave as Ms. Claus?

I want to read the novel version of your concept.  

Might have been an extreme reaction. Perhaps a better one is “Summer Nights” (which also sucks).  My point is that some things worked in the past and had crappy elements.  We don’t need to “rescue” every flawed old thing.  Appreciate it in its context, or don’t.

Fucking Halloween or fucking Halloween?  Fucking Halloween is 2 days away, but fucking Halloween is tomorrow.

The top half, yes.  The bottom half seems like it’s just straight snark.  

Bad song and also bad review. We don’t need a rehabilitating remake of Song of the South and we don’t need this.

I do look forward to the day when men expressing interest in feminism isn’t received as gross, though.  

Wait, is Drew not allowed to drink because it doesn’t relate to sports?

This was a very good article about sports.  I appreciated all the sports in it.  Thank you.

Welp, I’m in.

KJ: Is this implying that I’m trying to get rid of it but it re-appears in my pocket like a Twilight Zone episode?

I love this so much.