In which they back off the millions claim and stick to claiming that is “common” and “probably more common than criminal uses of guns” which comes across as backpeddling and doesn’t address the problems of extrapolating to an entire nation from a small data set, or how there appears to have been more guns used to…

The notion of “millions” of people defending themselves with guns in the U.S. has been examined and challenged already, which is not to say it may not be useful in some cases but it doesn’t bolster the NRA argument that allowing concealed and/or open carry is itself a deterrent to crime:

Thank you! Somebody had a gun and Oregon campuses are not gun-free zones. Not to even mention that in several cases non-restriction gun ownership enthusiasts like to trot out, the “good person with a gun” only stopped the shooter once they were fleeing, out-of-ammo, or in one case had been subdued by unarmed people.…

Interesting. I heard it was a land grab. Accuse someone of being a witch and when found guilty they lost their land. That was one alleged reason one guy was pressed to death. He likely knew he would most likely be found guilty anyway, but if he denied being a witch and was found guilty, or confessed to being a witch,…

I definitely think that assumed monogamy and disdain for, and suspicion of, non-monogamous relationships are a problem that is compounded by the fear of appearing deviant. I also think that people should make an effort not to assume monogamy as though it is the universal arrangement for all relationships (just because…

What makes it really annoying is if it is true that a few minutes before the announcers started in on them, they had been asking fans to take selfies and tweet it to the team’s twitter profile.

There are certain strains of conservative Christianity (and this may be U.S.-specific now) that see Catholics as idol-worshipers and not keeping with the One True (tm) teachings of the Bible. They seem to tend to overlap, in my observance, with those who are big into the King James Bible being the be-all end-all of…

I got the tone as: click baity title with Fey’s name to get people to open that actually distracts from and does a disservice to the actual article on how Hollywood has historically whitewashed roles for POC or used some POC as interchangeable, and those are not only problems in themselves but they are compounded by…

I missed anyone demanding perfection. As a matter of fact, the phrase “grudge against” was initially used, and then later “conflicting feelings” and “semi-dislike.” Surprise, surprise. Turns out there exists numerous views and feelings about people between the points of “loves everything they do” and “hates them with…

Since the CEO cares so much about helping people get on their feet and be responsible members of society, I wonder what the Whole Foods policy on hiring people with criminal records is. I’m sure they have a commitment to hiring a certain percentage of the workforce as ex-cons, otherwise it seems like they are only…

Eh, for a security detail having there be no, or very few instances of, need to engage is its own sort of victory.

Awwww, did Mr. Director Man learn that by the White Savior insert he alienated the base of who would be invested in this movie and that the kind of people who would need a white protagonist to become interested in it probably weren’t going to see it anyway and definitely wouldn’t be enthusiastic enough to make it a…

If this money wasn’t going oversees, it most likely wouldn’t be redirected to infrastructure, education, aid, etc. here. Those things aren’t unfunded for lack of money, they’re unfunded largely due to prioritization and ideological reasons. I think acting as though politicians would otherwise use this money for social…

Didn’t you hear? Diversity is something you worry about for casting, not for behind the camera work. Does Matt Damon need to repeat himself?

Maybe. Or maybe he’s wrong now like they were wrong then. And maybe in both cases it is filmmakers projecting their own prejudices onto the audience.

In fairness that is one definition, but there is another that refers specifically to groups that isolate members and make them feel beholden to the group and cut-off from any other support system.

Was just coming in to say that the Muppets have always had a pretty heavy adult/mature undercurrent as I remember. As a matter of fact, I think some of the movies could be classified as more aimed at teens/adults with things kids can enjoy than the other way around, but I haven’t seen them in a while.

The hits hardly point to conflating him with KKK membership or saying the n-word. They are overwhelmingly using words like “mansplain”, “tone-deaf” (which some may see as having its own problems), “talks over”, etc. Some of the articles even call it awkward on the lower end, and provide context that Brown was talking…

And I’m tired of people acting like every criticism of what someone does or says is a call for hatred and demonization. Accusing people of hatred and/or outrage is often nothing more than a new-age form of labeling someone with hysteria. Where is the call to hate Damon in this? Where is the calling of him a demon who…

Black person might possible have or be reaching for a gun = shot