I never said the students were the ones who reacted violently (although it’s hard to believe that every single person who caused any damage was a non-student).

“Noticeably absent from this universally hilarious cohort of comedic targets: Trump and his entire administration, Breitbart, Republicans in general, cops, corporations—need I go on?”

No, he wasn’t greeted by protests. He was greeted by people rioting—starting fires, breaking things. It was embarrassing, even if you didn’t personally want to hear the guy speak. And that’s the point Maher was trying to make—you can’t be the side of tolerance if you’re going to react to viewpoints you don’t like by…

I did. Not a well-made film, personally speaking.

It’s okay to admit that Hidden Figures was like a parody of mid-tier Oscar bait. No one (outside of commenters here) is going to call you a racist.

But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a factor when the Academy did the nominating for this year’s awards.

Imagine what the reaction would be if a white guy said that about Hidden Figures. It’s not a zero-sum game.

It’s plagiarism, George W.

The criticism is because it was insanely pretentious.

You insulted Beyonce. You can’t come back from this on Jezebel. Jerry Sandusky will win Father of the Year before that happens.

Yes, but...Beyonce is a woman of color. And this is Deadspin.

Something something Trump

Didn’t Obama leave at like 6-6:30 to have dinner with his family?

These would be more impactful if it wasn’t clear that Deadspin would have just as apocalyptic about a, say, Jeb Bush or John Kasich presidency.

Tom Scocca tweeted this exact take last night. Do the senior guys just take turns assigning “opinions” for the writers to have?

Does suburban NY like movies with shitty scripts?

Is 43 that young?

If you hate Brady, here’s hoping that ring is a loose fit.

Guess DS finally gave up on “Ballghazi” 18 months after it was clear that it wasn’t sticking.

The sooner she can play more than one character, the better off we’ll be.