Imagine if 25 of those people had nuclear bombs! Or Bazookas! Or magical powers!

Off-Topic but it needs to be said: Judge Gail Standish is a bona fide bad-ass. From her bio:

A lot of the problem came when they switched to Lifetime and one day challenges became the standard.

Bye.

Stages of me attempting to watch this, illustrated by Prince:

dang, thats a clean SSK

dang, thats a clean SSK

sorry i cant hear you over your SOCIALISM

What’s weird about it is that they can’t tell him that it’s right there. It’s not about the cookies.

Now, we know who, um, <scrolls up> Jesse Graham is. So, good for him.

I love the “attack the messenger trying to avoid the message” bit.

“Here is the message: It is factually true that women have been hit very hard by progressive policies.”

right?! i came here to write that; how COOL is your potus...?

I kinda swoon at the Prez on the floor with a baby. I am going to miss this presidency so hard when its over.

Off topic but is your name inspired by Pazuzu Algarad, the gargoyle on Futurama (PAZUZU!!!) or the Sumerian demon?

I’m sitting here wondering how this became another big national media convention when it was supposed to be a unique platform for indie music, but I digress...

An extensive reply, thanks for the effort! (Really, not in a “get gud scrub” sarcastic way). I assumed that the SXSW staff figured “you told us about the threat, why would we re-inform you?” I’m not saying they were right in how they handled pretty much any of it (more communication, even if it was to say “Meh, we…

The article links to a Slate article written by Sinders. She describes (a) submitting her anti-harassment panel for voting, (b) learning that Gamergate had a thread on reddit to create a counter-panel, (c) expressing concern about the counter-panel and the reddit campaign to downvote her to SXSW officials, (d) being…

You forgot one

Let me just do the Kotaku commenter talking points so that when they show up, we’ve already addressed and dismissed them:

Oh you adorable kitties!