“I don’t think this administration thinks the State Department needs to exist,” Ioffe was told. “They think Jared [Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law] can do everything.”

A lot to unpack in your response. I think it’s important to realize that it’s possible to have a socioeconomic issue AND a race issue. Income inequality is getting worse for everyone, but it’s getting even worse for POC.

It was Trayvon Martin who really forced me to confront race in America. I remember seeing how his character was assassinated by Fox News and other right wing outlets and thinking, “he was seventeen. He’s a menace to society because he smoked pot and got into a fight? In that case I was Al fucking Capone.”

+ 1 for the DKR reference.

His drunken behavior was perfectly in line with his sober behavior.

Dom, man, I’m glad to hear you woke up from the coma you’ve been in since Washington won the Super Bowl in 1992. But I have a LOT of news for you.

You’re comparing apples to oranges. We have plenty of sober examples of anti-Semitic tendencies.

88% of statistics are made up.

That’s great, compared to Obama’s last State of the Union address, which drew only 31.3 million viewers.

I love the Bret Hart avatar. And I’m a Philly fan as well (my brother was born there but my parents were born in Cleveland and Buffalo, I dodged some bullets).

Yeah, I said upthread that it raises the question about the culpability of the ignorant. I mean, he’s benefiting from evil but if he’s genuinely not aware how culpable is he?

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Aren’t there two more prequels after this? Ridley’s really milking it at this point.

Oh, I absolutely believe this. This was not meant as a defense of Scientology. And it raises the question about the culpability of ignorance.

:sighs: This: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/weeping-brando-apologises-to-jews-1304594.html

There is however evidence that he knows that people who are basically scientology slaves build houses and motorcycles for him.

I can’t prove he isn’t. Ultimately, he’s still a part of and receives great benefits from Scientology.

No, it’s not you specifically. I was arguing about actors who should be blacklisted in Hollywood and someone asked why I didn’t bring up Tom Cruise. If it makes you feel better he’s not evil, just really, really dumb.

Tom Hardy is, from all indication, a goddamn delight.

God damn it, what for?