Trump voters:

The longest it’s ever taken to appoint a new justice is 125 days. Obama has 341 before he leaves office. The Republicans will damage their credibility beyond repair if they try to block a nominee for that long.

I never realized that he had nine children, so I feel sad for his family and for his colleagues. I read in one retrospective that he also occasionally hung out with Elena Kagan, so he couldn’t be all bad.

I am literally only sad because I don’t like RBG being sad. She said he was her closest friend on the Supreme Court. The only beneficial thing he has done in my eyes is show how you can be civil and get along with someone who has differing views from you.

I don’t celebrate the death of anyone. But I also can’t be expected to mourn his racist, homophobic, sexist legacy. I find myself simultaneously feeling for his family and the indomitable RBG, who considered him a close friend, and having real hope for the future of the Court.

rarely do i take pleasure in someone else’s visible suffering, but this piece of fucking basura deserves everything coming to him. just can’t believe the outcome; a former white cop, an all-white jury, and (as you say) the brave women who are the most vulnerable in our society did not inspire confidence in our fucked…

Time to celebrate! My rum and Coke will be dedicated to the guilty verdict... Who else is in?

Yeah it was for sure a “boy thing” when I was a kid. I mean yeah Leia was super important, but when it came to toys/games and whatnot they were all aimed directly at boys. What Abrams said was 100% right imo.

I like the fact that the people behind the Star Wars sequels are aware of the cultural landscape and are attempting to be more inclusive in terms of casting and directorial considerations. I also like the fact that Ava has a specific artistic vision that is important to her and her audience. So maybe good on both of…

Kudos to him for realizing how casually damaging his former statement was and for so wholeheartedly acknowledging Ava DuVernay’s awesomeness.

I’m confused a bit about the message you’re trying to convey here, Bobby, if I’m being honest.

“Something that probably isn’t important to DuVernay? Directing the new installment of a film series created, written, and directed by a bunch of white dudes nearly four decades into its run.”

So, like, should only white dudes…

Good PR. Abrams make himself a target to a small but very passionate group of people when he called SW a “boy’s thing” so he rebounds by telling an interviewer of a woman he thinks could direct SW. He also wisely chose a black women as he knows that gives him extra points.

J.J. Abrams, the man who recently referred to Star Wars as a “boys’ thing,”

Well, right, if the teacher in question was doing a bunch of Hindu religious stuff because it’s exotic and mystical, that would be questionable. There’s a few different kinds of yoga, though. The stretching-type yoga is Hatha yoga which was, IIRC, invented in the 19th century as a form of exercise. It’s not the…

ok we’re at the point where i think you’re kidding but i’m not actually sure.

Precisely my thoughts. There’s cultural appropriation but there’s also cultural exchange and the latter is amazing and beneficial for everyone. I think yoga, in general, is an example of the latter.

The examples of leftie high-mindedness shooting itself in the foot are not as many as right-wingers are claiming, but they are starting to accumulate. It’s not a pretty sight. Hopefully we’ll see a backlash to the backlash to correct these exaggerations. What a story, man, what a story.

Have we reached a point where all cultural sharing is off limits? That seems so... stagnant.

thank you for only writing 9/11 two times in this article because, as we all know, on the third mention, rudy guilani appears

What my own trans friends and family have said is basically, “I wasn’t offended by the trailer but a bunch of cis people told me to be...”