I enjoyed the memes the day it happened, but it was already getting old by the evening.

Nobody meant to hurt anyone, but the plain fact is their negligence and ignorance did ultimately lead to hurting people.

I'll never presume to speak to the emotions of someone grappling with their own homosexuality (assuming he is) - but if that's all that is holding him back from speaking out about all of this? You have a moral obligation to do what you can. The guy could never work a day in his life ever again, and he'd live more…

It's a quite good (albeit inconsistent) movie, but the lavish, exaggerated praise and hot takes about how "important" it is everywhere, is getting to be a bit much. You'd think this was the first awesome summer action movie featuring a female lead in history or something - not the first (successful) attempt at such a…

I've enjoyed a lot of Tom Cruise movies, but I just can't stomach going to an actual theatre to see him again.

When it comes to Israel/Palestine, I've long since stopped thinking there is even a "side" to take. The entire situation is just so beyond fucked. I also can't imagine what it's like to be living in that pressure cooker, or making government decisions in it.

Every time he goes on places like CNN or MSNBC, he also uses the same re-hashed jokes from his show.

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure if that was the right word for it. A religiously-derived law, that is then applied to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation.

This isn't the first time he's done so, but usually it's in the context of using blunt language to attack racist ideas, and not backing off the ugliness of the "authentic" language of the slavery era.

It being illegal to raise pigs on Israeli soil seems kinda theocratic, unless there's some reason for the ban that isn't because of the Jewish religion.

I still can't believe Trump ever agreed to an on-air roast, on Comedy Central. I'd have paid almost anything to be a fly on the wall at the production meetings where they talked with Trump's team about what was on- and off-limits.

Probably means WGN viewers are going to get a glut of cheaply produced garbage coming their way, in the Storage Wars and Ice Road Truckers vein.

For better or worse, the apology has become a standard part of the cultural template by which celebrities prostrate themselves before the public for their wrongs.

Her explanation that, as a comedian, she can lose perspective on what might offend people without her sense of humour, makes some amount of sense. Won't pass judgment on whether that's truly the case here, or just an excuse - but it makes SOME sense.

It's hypocritical in the extreme, but it's still dangerous, because it makes flippantly "joking" about the death of a sitting President just another football in the eternal game of "both sides do it".

Haha, that's a whole other hornets nest, that I'm deeply conflicted about, and have gone back and forth on.

You think no one noticed what happened in Portland? It was headline news on several news sites for a few days, and Trump himself was pressed to comment on it - despite completely ignoring several previous heinous acts from his supporters.

No disagreement there, but shallow thinkers are exactly the type of people who will be swayed by "see, liberals do it too!" And they can still vote in elections.

For hardened people who identify with either side, of course - this will just be another chess piece in the grand, stupid game.

You're right that that event was obviously incomparable to this, and Trump deserves a fuck-ton of criticism for not rebuking these kinds of actions more forcefully, or genuinely (probably because he doesn't think it's his problem).