Is this a surprise to you? This is how it has always been. You think the average voter gives a shit about the federal debt, healthcare and budgets (not saying they shouldn’t - its rhetorical). But porn star swatting the future POTUS on his ass - that shit people are gonna soak up. This is not on the media. Not one is…

Oh, I absolutely do not believe that the OP’s intent was to say that all fanbases that contain elements of fuckery necessitate the cancellation of the property that fanbase is attached to—but the syllogism as offered creates an implicit link between “fuckery” (being the cause of the assertion) and “cancellation of…

What’s shitty is you’re obviously a Playstation player more concerned about a PS controller on the story than this girl dying.

No, that’s a completely different circumstance in which it would matter which restaurant was pictured. I hope you can see why these two circumstances aren’t analogous. The controller didn’t shoot the girl, whereas the food in your example was literally what caused the illness.

It extremely does not matter what kind of controller it was.

Really? Does it really matter what kind of controller was used? The controller had almost nothing to do with this story. The kid’s rage at not being able to play his video game, however, has everything to do with the story.

That’s an entirely valid reaction, given what you had to deal with.

Anyone who thinks they’re “special,” “intelligent,” or any other flavor of, “insert descriptor for a desperate need for approval/to feel special here” for liking the show has missed the point.

Like any effective comedy, it is written on multiple levels,…

No, those of us who love the show and did not mob McD’s for a stupid sauce do not have to “own” anything about those assholes. Liking something does not come with any such requirements.

You do realize that every one of those non-roster women were company veterans? As this match was as much about honoring those that came before than what was coming in the future? As evidenced by the commentary and the structure of the match?

I don’t think there’s been a Rumble match in at least 10 years without old-timers, so you knew there were going to be some. This one was as much about commemorating their past as anything, so it makes sense to let the stars from the 2000s in there. Plus, they honestly don’t have 30 women on the current roster, even…

They got no reason to care. There’s a hardcore base (including many of us posting in the comments here) that won’t ever truly go away.

What you’d refer to as “hate speech”is legal. Sorry about that. Hate crimes are illegal, but you should probably review the law here as it relates to speech.

This is also true. Yes, if you’re a public figure and you post shit for the world to see on social media, the world can very much ask you what’s behind that.

There aren’t gray areas. That’s the point. Be offended all you want. People have the right to hold hateful, hurtful views and they don’t owe anyone an apology for them. I don’t have to defend Sandgren’s beliefs, just his right to hold them.

If my Twitter feed contained a link to Mein Kampf, available through Amazon and full of some of the most hateful rhetoric the world has ever seen, and certainly among the most hateful the world has ever purchased in mass quantities, and in so doing violated none of Twitter’s content regulations, would I need to…

Then you’re questioning his right to hold and express his beliefs. And what is the line, exactly, for “hateful or hurtful?” According to whom or what standard?

He has the right to be a hateful idiot and doesn’t owe anyone an apology for it.

I suspect quite a number of sports fans care if an American player currently getting lots of media coverage for sudden international success sincerely believes Hillary Clinton ran a child sex slavery ring in the basement of a pizza restaurant and spends his free time reading neo-Nazi material.

“I’m certainly not embarrassed by these pants I shit in after a night of heavy drinking. I’m burning them for an entirely different reason.”

Fair enough and I think we got off on the wrong foot. I was somewhat triggered by everyone dog piling on Rafi for making an accurate statement. Whether people agree with the vote or not is more complex, but I think Rafi is fine in his assessment. This is splinter which is political rag with a focus on immigration…