“(The real truth in all of this is how much I actually cannot take confrontation.) But if they do, I am here and I will listen to what they have to say, while apologizing through sobs.”

Didn’t think you were lying and didn’t bother to look it up myself, to be clear.

She’s named after Charles.

Kinja has stopped letting me reply to posts so I’ll reply to myself.

I completely agree that no matter what they went with they would have caught criticism.

That’s nice, if true. My main point with that is that they didn’t pay tribute to anyone in the family with his name. He isn’t Archie Charles/Philip/William Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

The Lili part isn’t the problem. It’s nice that they found a way to use both family’s names by naming her “Lilibet” but it still doesn’t make “Lilibet” any better.

I’m not a “no nickname as given name” purist (Jack is fine, Kris is fine) and I’m not a “don’t name your baby until it’s born” type but I do think nicknames should develop organically. Give your kid a solid, easily spelled and read given name and then as you get to know your kid you can determine what nicknames work.…

Yeah, this is the part people aren’t saying and we should. You can name your kid whatever you want but it doesn’t mean you should and that everyone should oohh and ahh over your creativity.*

I wasn’t meaning to imply that you were, I was trying to exonerate myself. I don’t condone the violence but when done right it’s certainly effective and the French, thus far, seem to apply the correct amounts.

Violence where innocent people get hurt is bad.

According to some people on Twitter, this person is a royalist. Meaning that they want the French monarchy back. You’ll recall last summer when a statue of Louis the 16th was damaged, the pretender to the French throne tweeted about it.

That’s my #GirlBoss! This is a victory for AAPI people AND Black Americans!/s

I’ll back you up in that I think Lilibet is not a great name and it’s weird to name your child after someone you have conflicted feelings over. I mean, they could be doing the “Albus Severus” route in that they’re acknowledging those conflicted feelings but it’s still yikes. If they’re done with the royals, there’s no…

I mean, you can Google that. It’s even got it’s own Wiki page

“I’m not saying he’s a racist, but the racists believe he’s racist”—Andrew Gillum

How did someone end up with these? A somewhat easy answer to give. The manufacturer probably had to make a minimum number of pairs and when the collaboration got scrapped the leftovers found their way to collectors. Additionally, other countries (China) could give an eff about intellectual property and can and will…

Just incredible to me that anyone who calls themselves a journalist or a historian wouldn’t cop to the fact that all history, as we read it in our textbooks and the ones that make best seller lists, is also pushing an agenda. A white agenda.

I don’t think we should ignore that Serena Williams contributed to how the 2018 US Open was received. Her and Naomi may be cool, and they could have been cool at the time, too, but the scene she caused with the ref (rightfully or wrongfully) created part of the backlash against Naomi. I think Naomi would have caught…

You did forget the crucial: