It’s gruesome in its own way, but not sure the comparison to Auschvitz is called for. You might as well throw any state-sponsored atrocity of any scale in there, then. And they are certainly “literally” different.

Unfort. this is also the kind of snap judgment that makes women feel like they have to consent to unwanted touch. Heaven forbid folks think we’re assholes (bitches). :/

Eh, if he’s not comfortable with someone in his personal space and someone just jumped out to hug him, then it seems like it was an auto-defense response, and a diplomatic one, considering.

Their supporters were a business opportunity. Kushner thinks of citizens as “consumers.” This parody of late capitalism couldn’t have been written more vividly by the sharpest satirist...she would have looked down at the page, said, “Ugh, too much hyperbole” and toned it down a little.

I’m not seeing what the issue is with Alec posting his support for Kathy publicly, or empathizing. In fact, given the public pitchforks that have come for this woman, including, repeatedly, from Trump - which is bullshit considering we have a president who suggested his supporters use their “second amendment right” on…

Lovely.

Maher didn’t radically misjudge the mood. He doesn’t give one damn about “the mood.” He’s simply racist. And sexist. And a narcissist. If people laugh, he’s affirmed. If they don’t, they just don’t get it or are too shackled by “political correctness” to be “with it”. But he’s never been with it. He’s an old troll in…

This obviously depends on the questioner. But let’s assume they’re a well-intentioned friend or acquaintance and not a skeeze ball, which would change the following (earnest, non quip-y) inquiries entirely: