I am not a fan of "Diversity for the sake of Diversity" whatever that means. I am a fan of Meritocracy above all else. It's not that I am against diversity or reflecting the nation (Although at times I would argue that if a movie accurately reflected the demographics of America with 70% of the cast being white some…

I consider myself a liberal and I don't consider abiding by the fundamental tenants and principles of the enlightenment and classic liberalism property of libertarians. It is the ultimate form of liberal thought to treat people as individuals and not as a monolith. I don't care how "Privileged" a group of individual…

I don't think know why the Empire would be harder to change, honestly it falls well within the same suspension of disbelief of changing the rebellion. Yes the Empire is an institution but it is a vast institution which has to be diverse if only by sheer math. Yes it likely isn't very diverse intellectually but it more…

Completely missing the point. The principle that governed classic liberalism is don't treat people as a monolith, treat people as individuals don't make it an us vs. them type thing because that type of group think is dangerous.

I made the point that the rebels in the first movies were mostly white men, I think if you can change that casting in the new movies you can change the Empire's casting too. I think there are plenty of female British actors and minority actors that would have made great parts of the Empire. It seems so just and dry…

As a counter point in the older movies wasn't the rebellion mostly white men? I think that if you can veer away from the rebellion being mostly white and male from the older movies that you can probably do that for the Empire too.

My critique of the diversity was that they lined up everyone that wasn't a white male on one side and then made all the evil characters white men. That is kind of painting a weird message that white men are evil and that everyone else should band together to fight them? I find it so odd that the classically liberal…

I find that be a extremely facile counter argument that kind of misses the point of my criticism. My criticism wasn't that the movies don't have enough "White Men" (All the bad guys aka the best fucking parts are white men) but rather that they made a very specific choice to align everyone up against one group of…

Come on Disney the choice is casting is so specific and direct that it couldn't not be a political statement even if it is unintended. The rebels are a "Diverse" group led by women and ethnic minorities in the West going against bad guys who are comprised mostly of older white men?

Proud of Paul too, he is realizing his own value and not taking himself for granted. Good to see Lindsey get hers in a way. Although maybe she is bottoming out in a good way.

Right now it seems like they are just friends. But I hope they do have a one night stand and some tension next season. I don't foresee them going that route but who knows with this show.

I am not a parent either but I work with a lot of people in their 30's and 40's who have kids so I see the very real challenges and issues people with kids deal with. It seems like such a great and tiring challenge. Shaping a life while handling the stresses of life. But its certainly not without its pitfalls. Despite…

Vernon's podcast combines the worst elements of podcasts with the worst elements of hacky morning zoo radio. It was truly hilarious as it was completely unexpected.

It's tough to live away from your kids (And for men like Paul and Vernon it would mean shared custody which would just mean weekends at best, as family courts are biased in favor of women), which is why the strong urge to make a traditional nuclear family work even in circumstances where the parents are in a toxic…

Although I think they could have used a B-Story to keep from overexposing Vernon and Paul in a simple story this episode was still a fun decent episode. They also did a good job developing two of their lesser used and lesser developed characters.

I think most people feel that it is tough to live together in the same household if you and the mother/father are both dating people. A lot of people want to live in the same household with their kids so they see them as much as possible but feel that it may be hard to do so if both are dating (It might also be hard…

I think we are at an end and I will get my final two cents in just to wrap up my end of the conversation. I think you are looking to prove your philsophy instead of finding the truth. You keep saying that the only reason the nuclear family has been shown to have such great advantages is because of finical incentives…

Your sexism and homophobia stems from the fact that you assumed that marriages were only between a man and a women (Never bringing up the issue that gay people have and wanted the institution of marriage to use as a bed rock for a family) and you assumed that women who were married were incapable of being strong role…

I find you depictions of women in marriages to be incredibly sexist, homophobic, and demeaning.

His intentions and his efforts are to help her. He might not be effective but that is not for lack of effort or intentions. He is allowing his wife who he entered into a monogamous arrangement to have sex with other people in order to fulfill her needs.