I didn't think it was odd, either. They were saying his antisemitism was Dahl at his absolute worst (which is pretty clearly a condemnation of those beliefs) and reminding people that the awful stuff you say will hang around forever.
There really isn’t anything the family can do to rewrite history. It just is. Unfortunately, being a creative genius doesn’t mean you can’t also express terrible opinions or do terrible things. The literary world is full of examples both classic and modern. I just try to take in the good with the bad and remember that…
Yeah, I didn’t think that was “odd,” as Sam called it. They are saying let’s learn from the bad things he did and not be like that.
“we hope that, just as he did at his best, at his absolute worst, Roald Dahl can help remind us of the lasting impact of words.”
No, that’s when you use a tyrannosaurus to kill someone.
Yes, there needs to be a distinction between “deadnaming” and merely providing relevant information in the clearest possible way. We should of course respect Elliot’s wishes and use the name and pronouns he prefers (as with any trans person), but it’s unreasonable to consider as offensive any relevant reference to the…
It isn’t an insult to acknowledge someone’s past within the context of their present. Otherwise just calling him Transgendered instead of Man would be an insult. (That IS an insult if it is done to insinuate he is not a Man or is inferior. [Page also identifies as non-binary as well as man]). He was nominated for…
That’s a good course of action no matter WHO gets in your face.
I’ve said it to my loved ones: If a white person jumps in your face trying to cause an argument, WALLK AWAY. They probably have the “final solution” hidden on them. It’s better to live to be called a coward for walking away from an aggressive white man than to be killed defending your honor.
There’s a VERY legitimate reason to hesitate being first in line for the vaccine.
There’s not been a mRNA based vaccine developed or approved for use. There’s no way to know what the long term effects are. That’s a valid concern in the same way people keep saying the unknown long term effects of Covid-19 are reason to be cautious. I'm hopeful that the 90%+ efficacy for the vaccine proves to be…
... maybe they don’t trust the record speed at which the vaccines have been developed and tested.
Cleeses take is terrible but your article somehow tops it in terribleness.
John Cleese is a very old comedian who still has the relative-to-age progressive opinion that trans people should be happy and treated with kindness, and also that self-proclaimed ‘woke’ people are often humourless and lacking perspective. I’m not defending his bad jokes that started it, but that’s a completely accurat…
I don’t know if I’d call it “activist bullying,” but when social media democratizes speech, it gives us the illusion that everyone has to have an opinion on everything and that everyone’s opinion matters equally.
Intentions aside, she is making the optically-disastrous move of not stepping back and saying nothing so everyone can wear themselves out, and instead digging in and tweeting harder.
The Night Of is so, so good. You really should go back and watch the whole thing. Yeah, it’s slow but slow with a purpose.
This is what I’m for. If an employer is going to advertise a job that needs a degree they have to pay a specific tax to go towards paying for people to get that degree. They aren’t even allow to ask about a persons educational history without paying the fee. This could be verified by an applicant at any time during…