See my responses above. You’re still not answering my primary question. Who cares why he does it? Employers select restrictive healthcare plans for employees all the time, and the motives vary, but usually come down to cost. I personally don’t care if my employer has a religious motivation or a financial one - the…

But that's an argument about motive. Like I stated to the OP above - almost all employers restrict medical decision-making in some form or another. The only major difference is that for the majority of them, cost is the primary concern, not religious beliefs. However, my question is this - why should that matter? If…

I didn’t say to Costco’s exclusion. I just always find it bizarre that progressives have such animus towards Hobby Lobby. You can really hate their position on birth control while loving that it represents a pretty progressive retail model.

Well, in reality, they only are foreclosed from the IUD and Plan B - not minor things, but that’s not an entire foreclosure.

Weird fact: Hobby Lobby is, from a retail perspective, the anti-wal mart. It provides full health insurance to all employees, it starts pay at above the minimum wage, provides paid sick time and guarantees days off every week. People who hate the model of Wal Mart, in theory, should love Hobby Lobby.

Career is part of it. It's also about wanting some recognition for your work from an organization that ostentatiously claims to represent your peers. It's a working group. I totally get why it's a big deal. It's like when lawyers get honored by the Bar (something I do know about). Maybe to the outsider it means…

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Because whether we like it or not, Oscar-winner is a term that means something. It advances your career. People that wouldn't meet with you before might now. It is still considered a big deal to having a good career. Certainly, there are great actors who never win one (or even get nominated); but that doesn't take…

Lack of opportunity is an issue, but right now, there are POC in films that are doing great work that are not getting honored. You can do both - get that there aren't many opportunities but also try to recognize great POC talent when it does happen.

But here's the thing: this has happened before. When Hoop Dreams, which is now generally regarded as one of the best documentaries of all time, was snubbed for an Oscar nomination, Barbara Kopple basically refused to let it go and they eventually got a more equitable nomination system, but just for that category. If…

But the OP was angry that Stallone was nominated and Jordan was not. Which is a nonsensical argument. Jordan wasn’t in competition with Stallone, so the inclusion of one doesn’t prejudice the other.

Yay, progress?

So basically you created an argument when none existed?

Who’s getting emotional? You’re basically saying that no matter how excellent the white person’s performance might be, they can never deserve it - right? And like I said before - which seems to have gone over your head - Jordan wouldn’t have been in the Supporting category, anyway. So...yeah. Try harder, slick.

Except the OP was specific that Jordan should have been nominated over Stallone. Which is totally off, given that 1.) Stallone was a supporting role, Jordan would have been nominated as Lead, so he didn't supplant him and 2.) Stallone really is the genuinely best performer in it. Have you watched it? Jordan is great,…

The only shame is that it’s not for the cinematic nirvana known as Demolition Man.

It's genuinely excellent. It's the "heaviest" of the Rocky films. The whole point is that he's finally alone - Adrien and Pauly are both dead when the film starts, and he becomes seriously ill during the course of the film as well. It's a genuinely excellent role, and I actually hope he wins for it.

How does “Please use the name I prefer as opposed to the name that I never identified with and represents a bad time in my life” translate into “Orwellian tactics”?

To be fair, Stallone is excellent in Creed. Really. It's not a zero-sum game here. Michael B got screwed (though Ryan Cooger really, really, really got screwed) but I'm not sure that should take away from Stallone's excellent performance.

It was really good. The best part for me, that I actually use, was when they took us through a supermarket circular and had us actually crunch the numbers. A sale might not be your best bet. If one brand of yogurt is on sale for 10 for $10, that seems awesome. But if there's another that's not on sale at a price of 95…