Hey, it’s better than the Heroes of Phlan series. Good lord, that was terrible writing.

Sadly, buying Russian gold is disturbing, but not illegal.

It’s the logic of the opinion that is game-changing. The Supreme Court ruled that any discrimination based on gender preference or orientation is inherently discrimination based on sex. That has much, much wider ramifications than just Title VII.

See, you’ve made the mistake of confusing “gender” and “sex,” something biologists don’t do. The latter is what you’re thinking of, the set of chromosomes you’re given that may be XX, XY, XXX, XXY, XYY, or even more rare combinations. The former is “male” and “female,” something that is applied based on assumptions…

And the SC decision has pretty much unilaterally rolled back Trump’s directive.

Yeah, I’m not making any claims about the artist, but rather the card designers.

All of MtG is about killing creatures of other colors. Just about every base set has a card that "kills all non-white creatures" or "all no black creatures." It's just less problematic when talking about blue or green creatures.

It’s not even necessarily a picture of klansmen, as that style of hood was used by various holy orders over the centuries. That’s the inspiration of the Klan hoods, in fact. So it’s two coincidences, which add up to a double-whammy of accidental racism.

Is it not possible for white people to react the same way, to just have had enough? To be tired and angry and sad about the constant stream, the constant news, the constant killings? Why does it have to be just one thing?

Ah, yes, DragonBall GokuZ. Snark aside, story expansions are always awesome in my book, especially when compared to just extra characters and the like. 

Yup, this pandemic is far from over. The most promising vaccine candidate is still in early human trials, and while it is very promising, it still needs a lot of work to ensure that it is in fact safe and effective.

It certainly is, and the fact that the weather is no longer helping keep people inside is a big factor as well. Now’s when the “second wave” starts happening.

Unfortunately, it’s not a matter of whether or not you like it. It’s about what others perceive. Whether a certain cadence or selection of words is considered “black” has nothing to do with whether we like it, but whether it is associated, by others, with being “black.” It has to do with whether, when hearing that…

Yeah, you don’t really get it, do you? It’s not that there aren’t beatings or executions of white victims. It’s not that there aren’t plenty of perfectly normal police encounters. It’s that, when there are race-related beatings, homicides, and excessive uses of force, those responsible are rarely investigated, even…

Yeah, it’s nice to know that cops do know how to approach a situation with empathy and do all in their power to help someone. It’s a shame it just means that the police forces are full of racist shitheads instead of totalitarian shitheads, instead of there just being “a few bad cops.”

Yeah, it kind of sucks that the internet exposes you to the issues of other countries, but that doesn’t mean that those conversations are any less important. We’re not going to shut up about people suffering just because it’s not relevant to you.

No, more like people profile and assume whenever they want to based on characteristics. You don’t have to agree with it to recognize that it exists and is used, appropriately or otherwise.

The issue is not whether or not such judgments are accurate, just that they can be made. And yeah, “suburban cis maile from Ohio” is typically associated with being white, not black. Is it accurate? Not really, but it is the common assumption. It’s about perception, not accuracy, just like every single other judgement…

That’s exactly the point, though. You can SOUND like something, because that particular set of vocal patterns is associated with those characteristics. It doesn’t matter whether or not it should be, it just is.

So, what you’re telling me is, there aren’t regional and ethnic variations in other countries. Other countries don’t have subcultures. Bill Bailey’s entire comedic act is a lie, all Australians sound alike, there’s no differentiation between different Spaniards depending on where they were raised, and all the Nordics…