I feel bad that I provided the 70th star

I realize some cops can really suck, but when it comes to drunk drivers, I am always thankful they are out there.

Unless they gave the narcotics to him, I firmly disagree.  You can’t force an addict into rehab.   Trust me.

I don’t disagree that men shouldn’t pursue women half their age. I do have a question: why do these younger women continue to engage in relationships with men who are 15-20 years older?

She is in both the cover image and in the bulk of the article, however, because.....we wanted to manipulate people into believing that she had anything at all to do with this when in fact she does not.

Isn’t the author’s entire post a version of “whataboutism” via the references to Israel?

Holy shit, Ellen is white privilege now? She was literally one of the first women in her business (maybe the first?) to come out of the closet. You might not recall how enormously brave and groundbreaking that was, but I and others do. You want to criticize her rational here, that’s fine. But to lump her in as just …

#blueshield

There’s a gulf, yes.  But when you’re bugging the crap out of people who don’t want to listen (people have that right too, much to the chagrin of know-it-alls), they also can and do complain to their employer.  

Point is that most art includes larges swaths that can be traced back to its influences. This is especially true in movies and music.

You could say that about virtually any film and any filmmaker, including the very good ones. Let’s just use Nolan, since he was brought up in this post:  “Dark Knight” was “Heat” with superhero’s, “Interstellar” was 2001 with newer tech and effects, etc.

It’s crazy to me that people think he would only act out to the degree that he does his workspace.  That kind of behavior is indicative of a deeper problem that isn’t confined solely to one aspect of life.  

No, but it does mean that Deadspin’s knee-jerk to his defense was really fucking stupid....which is usually what happens when you can’t see through your own perceptions and take a moment to consider the big picture (the fucking Steelers - where players’ coach Mike Tomlin has been forever  - wanted nothing more to do…

There is a less than zero chance the union would EVER agree to this 

I agree with virtually everything you wrote, but am having a hard time resolving this against Deadspin’s position on Antonio Brown the player / person when he was with the Steelers and (especially) the Raiders. Several articles seemed to side with Brown even when he was clearly behaving in a concerning or arguably…

#playersarealwaysright

This part of the story is just difficult to tell as part of a visual medium.

Kenny Fucking Stills is an All Star now?  When did that happen?

Or the other OH team

This isn’t just a flaw for players unions - that’s generally the case with almost all unions, and its not like current / veteran members aren’t ok with selling out future generations.