I think the level of attention the Simpson trial received from everyone (white, black, whatever) is pretty hard to explain today.  I think there’s a fair argument everyone should have chilled out about it.  But if you were going to be very intense about the Simpson trial (and America had apparently decided it was…

So you spent time as a Zendayagnostic, but are now firmly a Zendayatheist.

Having an oversimplified and negative view about tens of millions of people is a great way to combat racism.  Way to go!

I’m not sure “People were mad that a guy got away with a double murder, haha” is the own you think it is.

Dickheads are certainly going to dickhead, but we do have some level of control when it comes to how much attention they get.  One thing that stands out in this story is there’s no information about how widespread the racist CHUDS were here, or how prominent they were.  Is this like Andrew Tate backers online, who…

There are good ideas here. But I note that a lot of the ideas here concern work to make ourselves (and those close to us) less racist. I think the question raised by the article is what we do about random racist dipshits online.  And while speaking up for marginalized people is important, I’m not convinced that some…

Right! A person who goes looking for assholes online will never find himself wanting. People are saying terrible, stupid shit, about every topic imaginable, right this second and forever. I’m not sure it helps to seek these things out for the purpose of responding to them.

Ok, what’s the hard solution?

A pox pon them, right pon their heads!

To the people pushing for Holland to make a statement, I’m not convinced that won’t just tell anonymous racist dipshits online that they can get the attention of a Marvel superhero if they’re just terrible enough.

So I gather you have not consumed any content in the last six months, but rather have focused singularly on the situation in Gaza?

That is not what I said. I think there are things we can do, and we should do them. But focusing on Gaza 24 hours a day without doing anything is neither realistic nor productive.  And it’s especially silly to chastise others for also trying to reconcile dealing from a distance with an international tragedy AND living…

I’m not sure criticizing people who being distracted by and excited about the eclipse is very productive. The reality is that very few of us have spent every moment of the last few months thinking about Gaza. We’ve all watched sitcom reruns, or cheered for Caitlin Clark, or laughed at the new Deadpool 3 trailer, or…

Dying Gazans Criticized for Not Using Last Words to Condemn Hamas

I think it’s a delicate issue.  But given how frequently supporters of Israel’s conduct in Gaza work to portray any criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic, I do think there’s value in noting how many Jewish people are also deeply troubled by Israel’s conduct.

Yes, all those celebrity Palestinians we can all name.  Why haven’t they spoken out, since they are, of course, so famous?

I agree. I’ll take weird, overthought takes any day over celebrity gossip lifted entirely from another site.

With the minimal power of an English degree comes at least some responsibility.

Yeah, the effort to assert that the movie has some kind of “queer sensibility” seems like a big stretch. It’s OK for the gay community to like a so-bad-it’s-good movie in the same way everyone else does. There’s no need to assert they appreciate it in some different way.