Small correction. “They are virulently anti-gay until they find they have an LGBTQ child.” should read “They are virulently anti-gay while picking up guys in airport bathrooms”

Typical. So many of these assholes are “pro-life” until they knock up a mistress or their daughter gets prego at 16. They are virulently anti-gay until they find they have an LGBTQ child. They are 1000% against stem cell research until grandma gets Alzheimer’s. They are fully committed to the war on drugs until their…

You are just taking for granted that if someone doesn’t have the appropriate stance on gun control, then they deserve to be murdered in cold blood. The problem isn’t that your argument is illogical, it’s that it’s devoid of any humanity. Congrats on your shared morality with ISIS.

She is wrong. I know people who were at that concert that are decidedly NOT conservative. It’s like saying everyone in a red state deserves Trump, when 45% of them didn’t vote for him.

The left is for grownups. Part of that is disavowing those who associates with the left who do not act like one. The right is for spoiled children because they don’t take any responsibility for the world anymore.

No but having regret for the fact that you were wrong does. Which was also admitted. Go find someone who still wants the guns to drag through the coals. Fighting converts is not a smart battle.

If you read what he said, yeah, he pretty much agrees with you. He recognizes the absurdity of not taking this position sooner.

Agreed that we always have to be prepared to fight — the article says the same. But the reality is, there are a lot of poor, vulnerable, and not particularly informed people who can fall victim to the pull of strong personalities at a young age and fall in line with extremist thinking because they’re looking for some…

The problem is thinking people need to either be absolute heros worthy of canonization or absolute villains unworthy of a single good word.

Well, he was. He did good things, and he was also horrible. Acknowledging the good things he did isn’t a dismissal of his bad behaviorS.

I hope this pattern continues and the democrats find someone better than Hillary to run against this clown.

The problem with your comparison is that there are not people in your own government who are trying and often succeeding to make laws requiring you to play and watch basketball. Also, basketball is real. Maybe quidditch would have been a better example.

I blame the over saturation of anti-heroes from the 80's and 90's and conservative push to mythologize the foundation of the USA and evangelize unrestrained capitalism. Assholes became successful and were constantly being shown as being right when the system told them otherwise. I mean Rick is basically a God for…

I hope the show addresses this with an episode where Rick meets the insufferable members of his interdimensional fan club, and immediately proceeds to exploit and discard them, as is his wont.

It reminds me quite a bit of It’s Always Sunny; for a while I lived with a small handful of dudes who wanted to be The Gang, picking analogues in the show for who they felt best represented them, and emulating the various drinking games and habits they exhibited. It entirely baffles me that anyone would watch that…

One of the primary criticisms leveled against Rick And Morty fans is that they mistakenly valorize Rick as a sort of uber-nerd, a shit-talking asshole who’s too smart to abide by normal social rules. Rick is always right, and when he isn’t, he still comes out on top, probably with a catchphrase and an episode-ending…

>because of those fans, the show is becoming easy to hate

Yeah, but Kirk, have you tried the MIDA Multi-Tool?

Uhhh... no. Universal healthcare matters. Alot. Taxing the rich matters. The USA is becoming a bad place. Clinton represented keeping the train moving. Sanders represented holding the train hostage until we can agree upon a new track. Trump represented going off the rails.

I think all of the criticisms of Pelosi are valid (or at least have some merit) except for one: Talking/Working with Trump. That’s her job. Activists, lay-citizens and pundits can hate and scream #neverTrump or whatever all day long but Pelosi, as a member of Congress has to engage with him in some way. I wish she…