Dispiriting but unsurpising. Of course people who regularly confuse money for merit, cheating for cleverness, rudeness for honesty and a lack of impulse control for courage are going to confuse a lack of class for a lack of elitism.

Has anyone read any thought provoking, articulate arguments from the other side? I’m curious. It is fair to say that not every confederate soldier was a slave owning racist. And the war was brought to their doorstep, and I can allow that point.

Just because someone is racist doesn’t mean that all their actions stem from that racism; rather, it is their fears that are the parents, and racism and their actions are the children of fear.
Fear of being forgotten. Fear of losing power. Fear of one’s values being subsumed by anothers’. These are powerful motivating…

I don’t think your read about Toxic Rick caring about Morty is quite the same as mine. I took out that he cares more about having Morty and not letting someone else take him away than he actually cares *for* Morty. It’s an abusive need to possess and dominate, and have a witness for his amazing…

Ethan was a total scumbag. It’s only an overreaction if you’ve never been on the Summer end of it. Most womens’ body issues, and their lowered self-esteem as a result (by virtue of being constantly objectified and socialised to believe that our appearance is our defining, and most important characteristic) is a direct…

I need to take a minute to commend this comment section on its analyses of the characters’ deeper motivations and thematic undertones. I enjoy every episode at surface-level, but I enjoy them even more after reading the comments here.

raises the question. begs the question = assumes facts not in evidence. “begging the question” is a fallacy one is warned against in logic class.

Am I the only one that thinks this episode is even *more* nihilistic than the other episodes? Basically, that our own flaws and insecurities are the only things that keep us from becoming monsters.