Definitely correct, and people are allowed to change/evolve their views and opinions over time. But after capeo pointed this out, I looked for the review in question - and it turns out it’s pretty fawning: https://tv.avclub.com/a-hilarious-with-bob-and-david-tackles-tech-giants-pol-1798186189

More than one person has written for this website in its history.

Every single one of these “ironic blackface” bits is the exact same joke - blackface is offensive and bad and you’re laughing because the person did an offensive and bad thing that upsets someone else. At a point, you have to accept that when all of these people are doing the exact same joke as an excuse to do…

Yeah, this is where I remind people that, as someone on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum and depression, we need to stop putting racism in the “mentally-ill” bag. Nobody’s objecting to mental illness here. They’re objecting to Ms. Cooper’s racism. And while there can be overlap between racist beliefs…

“These views and actions do not represent ABC News’s values. We just hired her, supported her, and protected her from the numerous complaints.”

Damn. You nailed it. She’s a narcissist. I was thinking of her as a toxic liar but you read her exactly right.

If we were all trying to decide if we want Tara Reade in our personal lives based on what we know about her, most of us would have no problem saying, “Nah. Girl is trouble.” But, because she’s an alleged…

Yeah the cape thing was not okay at all.

The Camelot Strip Club—a real place? Or was it just a nickname and a reference to the overblown “Camelot” hagiography?

yeah, I agree with this read of the situation. Like you could get to the end of this Jezebel piece and feel reasonably sure she grew up dirt poor, even though there’s nothing to really indicate that. Like... she was working for Joe Biden very early on in her career. This isn’t a normal sign of being held back.

I remember showing up for a job interview and the Chief of Staff was wearing a backwards baseball hat, a t-shirt, cargo shorts and flip-flops.

Do you have any info about Ted Kennedy? Not the sleazy (to put it mildly) stuff, I’m sure there’s enough of that to fill a few more volumes to add to the 600,000 books published about the Kennedys.

I’m also a Hill staffer and am right with you. Plus, the dress code thing was so subjective, in several offices I worked in, it just became an area where the office manager could bring down people she didn’t like while completely ignoring it for others. Also, the men in my office were never called out for being under…

Why are we shitbags if we do not believe her? There is a lot...like A LOT of things that make everything she said doubtful at best.

I’m a former Hill staffer, and this article is making me EXPLODE over the dress code bullshit.

I swear to all that is unholy that I’m not concern trolling or arguing in bad faith.

Let’s say I snap my fingers and everyone stops being a shitbag and believes the victim. Like, tomorrow, boom. What happens then?

Like, how does she find justice without us being subjected to 4 more years of the worst president in…

That’s a good point. I should’ve differentiated - Joyce didn’t want to get her store embroiled in Politics (R’s vs D’s, government decisions, elections, etc), but she lived and operated her store in the middle of politics in terms of civil and human rights, and was very active individually. I think that’s the…

Nothing is apolitical. Deciding that you “aren’t getting into politics” is a political act: it reinforces the status quo. Hiring people from marginalized backgrounds is a political act: it upends the status quo. Crazy that the owners of an independent bookstore of all places don’t get this.

I saw the picture before I read the article and thought “hey, that looks like Tattered Cover!”

In the owners’ defense, racists and nazis buy books, too. Wait, do they sell The Turner Diaries or The Protocols of the Elders of Zion there?

“Tattered Cover has been largely quiet in the wake of the events that have unfolded over the last ten days. We want to make a statement of support and take a moment to explain why we’ve been quiet.”

“... It’s not for us to determine which ideas in the pages on our shelves are valid and which are not...”

Umm, are you kidding me?? From what I remember (the last time I was there in December while I was visiting Denver) Tattered Cover has one of the most extensive “staff recommendations” shelving sections of any…