The thing I kept saying all weekend: “if that’s not racism, does racism even exist?”

The prices are such a big part of this, I totally agree. Every time I’d go to McD’s in the past I was pushed to because “well it’ll be cheap.” I was cool rolling the dice on cold fries or weird tasting burger because maybe it’d be good this time and worst case I’m out very little cash.

Or if it didn’t feel like a total roll of the dice to get your favored order—will it be cold? Will it be ruined by too much ketchup/ salt/ mustard/ etc? Will it be stale or taste like its been sitting somewhere for days? Will the fries be hot?

I completely agree. CFA, In n Out—what people are responding to with places like that is the consistency. You get a taste in your mouth when you first have it and want to experience it again, freshly made, and at those two places you get it. It isn’t some sort of otherworldly food experience, its just fast food but…

A friend of a friend apparently was at some dinner and Graham described how Trumpism had changed how he looked at his electorate.

Who cares why or how genuine it was?

This is like—straight-up, a Chappelle’s Show sketch. Unaltered.

Its almost like football culture in America is a near complete Venn overlap with “shithead guys” and they wouldn’t have a league if they weren’t practiced in looking the other way.

I was looking for this meme! Well done.

Wow.

Hey, some of us gotta play little rhetorical tricks. I get it.

Your level of comfort is clear.

No no—not “just try not to mention,” not require its mention like you’ve discovered something we’re all unaware on or begging to ignore. There’s a middle ground.

I largely agree with you but this cuts both ways. What is it you think those celebrating the bringing into existence the country they live in are asking of you? That on the anniversary of his greatest accomplishment we pause and note the rapes and slavery, every time? That taking a once-a-year pass on that is the…

I’ve read every word. You know how you can tell? Because between the two of us I’m the one that’s responded substantively to everything you’ve tried to run up the flagpole on this, and it’s easy, because you happen to just be wrong.

Definitely! The word solely describes a change in relationship between two countries. This whole “I don’t like something so I’m going to change reality to force a situation where I can bloviate about My Thing” argument style is just corrosive and stupid and scary. And a page out of the wrong damn playbook, if you know…

So you’re actually saying “since they have misinterpreted the holiday let’s accept that misinterpretation and change the name of it as a result”? Are you serious?

Ok, I’m gonna take a different approach here because I’m not trying to dunk on you and we agree politically, but you’re just factually wrong.

Well I’m sure you think you have a point somewhere deep down Hugh, let us know if you ever want to share it with the world.

Except so many people were not granted their independence on that day.