On what basis do you make this claim?

I had the same experience— I donated to HRC for the first time today, after feeling similar emotions. That’s two people who don’t know each other, which means there are probably a lot more people like that out there feeling similarly right now.

A lot of Clinton supporters are quiet, to the point of silence (except with a ballot). We don’t want to offend Sanders supporters and don’t want to deal with the barrage of comments we would receive in certain places, so we stay quiet. Fortunately, there are more of us than there are Sanders voters. It just doesn’t…

Also, money is not inherently bad. It’s part of how the system works. Sometimes it corrupts, but not *always*. Congress got even worse when earmarks went away, because negotiation got that much more difficult. Money can also help a lot of people.

Reality doesn’t seem to matter to a lot of Sanders supporters. Not all, of course, but many.

He cannot and will not make up the necessary ground with Clinton. It’s almost all primaries from here on out. The remaining contests tend to feature a lot more non-white folks, who just don’t seem particularly interested in what Sanders is selling. She is likely to rout Sanders in New York, and should beat him…

Have you watched Chris Rock’s bit on this? You’re referencing things from it without being specific, so I’m not sure if you’re just of a similar mind, or if you’re making unnamed references.

Unfortunately, most (and I emphasize “most”) undecided voters are just uninformed. That’s definitely not the case here. But, the general picture of most undecided voters from the ample research available is that most just aren’t too knowledgeable about the given candidates.

I think men overvalue their personal experience in the sense that if something hasn’t happened to them, they (we) are much more likely to discount it. That’s doubly or more true if that something is a negative experience, like one that is either impossible or highly unlikely to happen to a man. It’s probably directly…

Yes all men, myself included. I know I’ve contributed in my own (negative) way.

I think it’s more than that— it’s a massive sense of entitlement.

Definitely. I sometimes think about any large group of people, like lower level college classes of 100-200 people (and sometimes more). It’s a given that most of the women in the room, if not all, have experienced some form of unwanted advances or outright harassment. A significant number have experienced sexual…

Superb— thank you very much.

You got it (as in “no, it wouldn’t be racism”).

Yes, and it looking at the TV and then back again, like it was checking to see just what did this to its owner.

Well, I think part of the issue is that discussing art is an uncommon activity for most people, and discussing it with any kind of depth is downright rare. I think there’s a natural instinct to criticize in-depth discussion of things you don’t understand, particularly when they already have a reputation of being…

Other than not knowing anything about you, how could I not immediately point a finger in your direction after someone says or thinks that about me? I’ll do my best not to blame you, though. I was warned, after all.

Sometimes, no doubt. I don’t think this is one of those times, in no small part because Molly Soda is in no way part of the larger art world you’re referencing. It’s an interesting discussion, but mostly irrelevant here.

The reality is that just about any meaningful discussion of art (particularly between artists) comes across as pretentious to those who don’t understand art and aren’t interested in it, beyond basic and superficial comments. If you make art, or just study and understand it (the best art history professor I had is not…

“His”? Either it’s only men who inhabit your world, or only men have valid opinions.