Context is provided by other articles on the website and Splinter’s general tone. Sorry, I should have spelled out my glib comment a little more for you but does take away some of my fun. 

It’s in the general exasperation that anyone could believe or act in a way different from the Splinter writers. They all write like they have the world figured out 100%. 

Ain’t the will of the people grand?

But Bernie didn’t say [insert issue here] correctly from the start, he’s not a real progressive! /s

I truly hope you find your way back into the light. This path can only lead to the dark side. 

I hope this is dismissed immediately or goes so poorly for the assholes bankrolling the suit (I tend to think that they will lose and this will be bad for Sandmann because of the negative attention, I’d just like to be sure that the people paying for the lawsuit waste plenty of money.)

sissyboy? my mom? you sure know how to rev my engine, big boy. 

you’re really an asshole, you know?

...I don’t think you’ve thought through what that hypothetical would have meant for black people in the south.

Yup, its much closer to $20 at retail but the DM might be citing the cost at the resort. 

Low key authoritarian thinking seems to be the undercurrent to a lot of Splinter’s hot takes. 

sheesh. touchy, touchy, touchy.

I’m pretty sure you’re getting a lot of flak for doing a close reading of his sentence like this is a college level English class. 

You know it’s possible to do both, right? Like you can think he did some serious damage if he orchestrated this and think that people assuming skeptical reponses equal racism and homophobia and lash out are being dicks.

“rabidly defend victims” doesn’t have to equal smugly attacking other people.

You’re right, believing victims is the empathetic thing to do. Attacking other people for thinking the story sounds suspicious kinda opens you up to getting a few “i-told-you-so’s,” IMO. 

It’s also possible that people like seeing self-righteous dicks like you be wrong.

Blame the bloggers, the local Chicago journalists have been doing their due diligence this whole time. 

Man, this review was predictable.

What I never understand about these sorts of social media movements is why the fuck do you need outside affirmation that you or your body is “okay” or enough or whatever? I probably should add that I am fat.