Still rather have her as the nominee than Sanders, tho.

The strange part of all of this is I suspect that I agree with you on lots of these issues, maybe nearly all of them.  I take your points, and there is a good bit of wisdom in your comment that Clift did achieve a goal of this going “viral” by the tactics he employed.  I suppose I’m not good at these sorts of tactics.

I may have used hyperbole, but your comment “Yes, proclaim your desire for minorities to remain as silent as makes you comfortable, it’s a good look.” sort of set the stage.  You made rather incredible jumps of logic there, friend.   

Sometimes, I think the Zimmerman trial was the real beginning of the Trump era.  At the time, I felt shocked that a jury could see that evidence and still acquit him.  (Yeah, I’m an idiot.)  But, I find myself talking to white people who still seem AGGRIEVED that Zimmerman was charged.  Looking back, this perfectly…

I mean, I’m a minority and I’m not advocating silence so... not sure what you mean.  I agree with his viewpoints.  I don’t agree with how he expressed them.  There used to be room for this kind of disagreement, but here we are in 2019.  I guess Malcolm and Martin would have had to kill each other in the streets if…

My bad behavior?  I am not any of these people.  I agree with the goals of Clift and I am actually a minority.  So, no.  I just approach conflict differently.  Sorry that that makes me the worst person on earth here.

“I had two options in responding to this ill-conceived invitation. I could say no, and kick the can down the road for the next unsuspecting Native guest, passing on a legacy of microaggressions for future Native comedians to deal with from here to eternity. Or I could go on the show and risk my career.”

No.  There were…

Cancel plz.

Nah.  I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve it.  I am questioning why the press outlets are lazy.  If we want people’s feet to be held to the fire, let’s do that.  Right now, this looks selective AF.  And I don’t see why.  My best guess is laziness. 

“Consistent accountability from those with long enough memories.” For real? Like, if you’re willing to go all Khmer Rouge, I’m in, friends. But this is gonna take a minute.  I just keep wondering how it is that we’re all hot about ScarJo and there are actual far worse people who have never been “consistent[ly]…

Goddamnit, this is ridiculous. Texting is basically drunk writing, and we’ve acted like there were no rules forever. Now, there are rules and they’re different from regular writing rules?  Can we go back to phone calls?

Quisling it is.  Ooh, gender traitor?  (I like the subversion of it.)

Can I call her a fe*$less c*$t or is that still off limits?  But yes, she’s a straight garbage person - I look forward to her ousting in 2020.  She seems like a bad fit for the Fox News circuit too.

Literally my first thought.

In the Dark very likely helped a man get released from prison after being imprisoned for 22 years, after a 7-2 decision in SCOTUS. In the Dark>Serial.

Also Season 1 of In the Dark was amazingly powerful as well.

Uh, I weirdly know a lot of Swedes and Finns - they have better English than most Americans and have modest accents.  They’re some kind of superhumans.  I assume Norwegians are failures since I’ve never run into them.

Frozen is wonderful for the reasons you say, and for specifically undermining the myth of love conquering all when it comes from a male suitor, while elegantly replacing that with familial love.  That said, I think Disney actually did this twice before on two fantastic and underloved films - Brave (via Pixar) and the…

Or - the gang causes all of the other beings to focus on ending punishment altogether.  I think Michael giving Bad Janet the book will lead to a ripple effect that will end the Bad Place.

Anyone get a Book of Job/Paradise Lost vibe out of this?  I feel like I didn’t see overt references but I felt a lot of it.

I think this is simple - if you are unusually tall, you earn latitude in asking for or expecting no reclining from those ahead of you.  If you are average of below height, suck it up.  Short people who fight reclining should be thrown off the plane.