I have zero issues with that, but as an atheist, no respect is won either. Either religion is a set of rules about how to live granted to us from an omniscient, omnipotent being and you’re not allowed to don whatever you want, or all religion is whatever we want it to be, thus making every single rule not enforced by…

the result of this kind of untethered manufactured outrage will be that advertisers will be hesitant to use models of color at all. why bother if someone on the internet will find something to raise hell about or interpret some aspect of your ad as ‘racist’ no matter what? you want a photo of an older child cheekily…

Okay, but look what we’re reduced to here, stretching ourselves to determine whether there is or isn’t something wrong with some stupid ad. If there was a problem we wouldn’t be guessing, we’d know.

lol. I can’t. So basically, she watched an episode of underground, and was just super in her feelings. Girl. Take a seat.

Clearly that black girl is unable to stand on her own two feet without the stabilization provided by white feminists?

She cannot be serious:

Thank you for pointing this out. I was disappointed that Jezebel didn’t mention that ad in their article. I shouldn’t be surprised by that, though.

They're Jezebel bloggers now.

Usually I scoff at the notion of overzealous “PC culture” (blech, I don’t even like typing it) running out of control....

Ugh...come on people...

I think you really have to want it to be offended by this one.

Not pictured: the Gap Kids ad from just a few years ago wherein a black model was using a white model as an armrest in almost the exact same pose.

Being against the death penalty (or whatever policy) except when you see it to be fit is the tell of a chauvinist.

OK, what factors do you think should be considered in determining jail time? How long do you think is appropriate for this case? Do you think if we could prove that he was somehow completely rehabilitated and would never commit a crime again, that he should be released, even if it’s before 12 years are up? Do you…

Don’t want to dismiss you or anything, it does seem light. But it’s interesting how everyone is always against harsh prison sentences and the prison industrial complex and all that, but anytime a crime gets reported on here everyone is “The sentence is too light!” “I don’t support the death penalty but for this I’ll…

Don’t want to dismiss you or anything, it does seem light. But it’s interesting how everyone is always against harsh prison sentences and the prison industrial complex and all that, but anytime a crime gets reported on here everyone is “The sentence is too light!” “I don’t support the death penalty but for this I’ll…

Kind of related. My friend once saw a 14 year old friend of his sister pretending to be 21 on Tinder. Apparently he told on her to her parents, which seemed reasonable.

You’re forgetting the rule where its totally only ok to generalize about white cis males, as long as you’re generalizing them as being bad people.

But he has a point about modern journalism doesn’t he? It’s often writers desperately trying to provoke some outrage from whoever misspoke that day. I mean, you read Jezebel right?

This is the right decision. Of course her testimony is relevant to their case. In my opinion, she’s lucky they are sealing the deposition. I have yet to see any facts which suggest she was, in fact, a victim of anything. That being said, it’s always good to be cautious and I applaud the judge for finding a nice…