Uh, no, that’s more like an indication of a battered person seeking out what she knows. 

Never have heroes you don't know personally.

But Goldblum insisted on persevering. “Even though I feel like this cultural shift [the #MeToo movement] is very, very positive and long overdue and I support it wholeheartedly and take it very seriously, I also admire his body of work. So I would consider working with him again, until I learned something more.”

This seems like one of those things a lot of people could’ve come up with independently...

“Florida Boomer” really frames the story by conveying the proper mix of “get off my lawn!” and “divorced guy energy” to motivate someone to endanger the lives of innocents because of a trivial annoyance. 

Now it sounds like you’re hand-waving away someone as “problematic” just because they had the temerity to respectfully semi-disagree with you.

Some of it I can certainly see people taking legitimate issue with, but some of the quotes from her are just such so benign, I couldn’t believe people were getting upset over it. One in particular, she had said “You can’t tell the story of Islam in America without Nation of Islam,” and people were like “omg she…

Oh yes. Shirley Manson for FRIGGING EVER.

Last time I checked, there is no Irish race. When you misuse words like “racist”, it diminishes the the legitimacy of the word. It’s prejudice at best and bigotry at worst. Other than that, I agree that he did not need to include “Irish” in that statement.

Save your fainting couch for now, Lauren, there is a reasonable explanation. Every month the Sussexes are changing their list of “follows.” They are limiting them to organizations or sites that represent charities, etc. that are “close to their hearts,” for that particular month. Every month will bring focus to…

There’s a lot of inequality and cruelty in the world and our planet is being destroyed but nothing makes me madder than when I think about the ending of Lost. 

Absolutely, that was my first thought. Such a mocking, nasty tone when the request to retire sexist gender terms to designate firefighters is eminently reasonable. WTF, Jezebel?

Yeah, what’s with the snark? It’s a minor thing, but surely we all understand that “minor things” are how patriarchy persists. Kind of shitty to make fun of a good-natured call-out like that one.

Not sure I get the mocking tone here. It seems like a reasonable tweet!

I think you’re absolutely right, but I don’t think there are any Democrats out there who do not unequivocally support Israel’s right to exist. If anything, the most frustrating thing about our current political situation is that the Republicans are mainly pro-Israel because the nation has a major role in the esoteric…

Yeah...like I understand not wanting to delve into the kind of tropes about Jewish people and money and power of the type that Hitler used in part to justify the Holocaust, but how is it any different to connect the money donated by pro-Israel groups to influence policy on Israel than it is to connect the money…

Yes, it is so disingenuous when people conflate being against the policies of Israel the country with being against the Jewish people. Two separate issues entirely, but rather than address the substantive nature of the arguments about the way that Israel the country/government treats the Palestinian people, some…

Omar was being overly flippant in a way she probably should have avoided on Twitter ... but I agree with her opinion. US foreign policy is far too influenced by pro-Israel donors, and we need to be able to have an honest conversation about that without kneejerk cries of antisemitism.

I appreciate this article, I’ve thought for a long time that we are wayyyyy too Pro Israel. I’ve been trying to educate myself and this was an interesting piece.

When I saw all the big headlines about her anti-Semitic tweet and then finally read it, I was like “That’s it?”. Now, yes, it is a negative and racist stereotype to conflate Jews with money, but can we just talk about money in lobbying groups? How come 99% of Congress seems to fully support Israel? Can we not…