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Shaenon K. Garrity
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This episode provided us the only authentically adolescent moment in the show’s run, where the big brother whose name I forget, after extolling the virtues of freaks to his brother, completely ignores a cute Souxsie at the party in favor of playing Duckie (see, I do references too!) to a spoken-for Nancy. Freaks don’t

I really like the show, but its fandom is one of the worst I’ve ever seen. A bunch of people seem to think that the show endorses Rick’s behavior and philosophy and...no, it realllllly doesn’t.

Jesus Tapdancing Christ! The women who write the show these fuckheads love so much are getting harassed & doxxed for writing the show these fuckheads love so much. That is android head-exploding levels of irrationality.

Being forced to watch the White House orientation video must have been tough for him, since it doesn’t mention him. The part about sexual harassment in the workplace must have been uncomfortable.

I’m white and this just makes me loathe this snowflake even more. I can’t begin to imagine how this must make African-Americans feel.

This is a fact. My immediate boss, who called me “one of the softies” and kept trying to talk to me about Hillary’s health, talks exactly like Trump. Lots of words, little content, endless asides, and no sign that he will ever express a clear, identifiable idea. He starts virtually every statement with something along

I hate that we have a president who, on his very best days and on his very best behavior, sounds like a fourth-grader reading aloud from the book report he wrote that morning before class, the majority of which he plagiarized from Wikipedia.

This is the 4th grade answer to “what are Frederick Douglass’ most notable contributions to US history?” when your 4th grader didn’t read the chapter and doesn’t have even the foggiest idea of who he was, where he was or what he did

He received over 90% of The Blacks. Alternative statistics.

I dont understand why the press never ask him really specific questions. Ask him to name one black person other than Fredrick Douglass, MLK, Ben Carson, and that chick from the Apprentice. A work of literature by a black author he found inspiring. To name 5 countries in Africa.

Also: he talks about Fredrick Fucking Douglass the way you would talk about the teenaged manager at the Quik-E-Mart. “Oh yea, Jonathan is doing an amazing job. Really great. Always makes sure the Slurpee machine gets refilled. Really excellent.”

I find it laughable that he derides the press for being unfair. He could be getting it so much worse. He’s a fucking moron and they pretend like what he says is rational and coherent.

One of the things I loved about Seth Meyer’s coverage of the election was that he would read a transcript of what Trump said instead of just playing the clip, to show how fucking crazy his speeches are.

It’s also interesting that he regurgitated the same excuses (“binge drinking” “promiscuity”) his son used in his own statement - which were dismantled brilliantly by the victim in hers.

I’m just glad we can finally focus on the real victim, his dad’s stash of pretzels.

Oh my god I’m so glad there’s a space for me to express how stupid this article is. It’s literally the exact same article papers have been writing about rich white kids in Manhattan since the 1920s, updated each year to include the new technology and trend.

That's false equivalence. The men are being asked about a specific crime. If you ask women about a different one, they don't correlate at all. How is that a "similar survey?"

Your problem comes from assuming that we think women are morally superior. When really, we're drawing on the ways that women are socialized to not be violent or aggressive, especially not sexually aggressive. Men are. The whole basis of feminist arguments about rape is that men are not predisposed to rape

I have no desire to do violence to anyone because I am a mentally healthy, functional adult. Most people would not do violence to those around them were there no laws preventing it.

So... what you're saying is that you're a shitty person?