this is fantastic.

i agree, but you also don’t want her turning into Pelosi. AOC definitely needs more refinement in her approach—which will come! she’s brand new at this!—but she also doesn’t need to turn into whatever that was last night on tv. it was such a perfect opportunity to dunk on trump on a national stage, and Pelosi/Schumer…

“guys, we have to go back to when we couldn’t tell the difference between the elected dems and conservatives...”

i think she’s talking about the type of idiots who correct your grammar and spelling in an online debate instead of focusing on your ideas. hilariously/predictably, people have done JUST THAT in their refutation of her comments, by being pedantic instead of examining the meat of her point.

this is a nice tidy narrative (in this case—I definitely think this is a thing), but let’s be real, here: the WOC angle, in this case, isn’t it. it’s cash money. how else would you explain Jeffrey Epstein not rotting in a cell somewhere?

I’m sure he is, but that in no way helps your argument.

Can nobody admit that there may be backlash because she’s just not good at acting? Or that she’s not likable?

I think part of the (if not the) problem here is that it’s patently clear that someone (Priyanka, her team, Hollywood) is trying to make Priyanka a thing over here, and she’s already been rejected, so now people are becoming annoyed that they still have to hear about her. To clarify, there’s a well-seasoned system in…

This is a ridiculous practice, and you shouldn’t shame people into doing it; rather, the employers should be shamed for passing along to customers the burden of paying its own employees.

and that’s a good thing. age brings nuanced understanding (ideally).

I agree 100%, but as the author pointed out, it’s used selectively (and, thus, it’s a framing device). That being said, I would go the opposite route of the author’s suggestion (i.e., don’t use “allegedly”), and instead use it universally whenever you have something unconfirmed...

It had the opposite effect on me. I can only speak for myself, but if I were famous, and someone accused me of sexual harassment/rape/assault, and I was innocent, I would go directly to the press, and I would unequivocally state my innocence. I’d scream it from the rooftops, and leave no question in the minds of…

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The Handmaid’s Tale, on Hulu right now, is a perfect example of how this type of show can be effective, and I’m a bit confused as to why nobody is making this connection. Are the producers of that show automatically female-hating assholes? Is the agenda of that show to showcase to alt-righters a best-case-scenario…

it’s the sanctimony, probably.

This needs more love.

Does nobody here see the unbelievable irony in this whole scenario? This whole fucking thing already played out a few months ago, with different actors: Hillary and the Party sabotaged Bernie and his campaign, there was audible concerns about voter tampering, and when Bernie dug his heels in, he was pressured to…

They put Alabama in the championship game in a similar situation in 2008 (LSU beat Bama in regular season; Bama didn’t play in SEC championship game), and that was pre-playoffs. I think a similar situation will play out here: OSU gets in based on reputation...

holy shit, the Internet is full of terrible terrible people.