100%. And at a cultural/societal level, misogyny no doubt drives the general reactions to AOC.

Doesn’t even have to be sexism driving dude’s AOC dislike. Maybe he doesn’t like millennials, or maybe he doesn’t feel she’s paid her dues yet since she’s such a new rep. There are any number of implicit biases that might be at play.

My 9-year-old nephew called out something his grandma said as racist. He literally said, “Nana, that’s racist,” and her immediate and visceral response was “I’m not racist!” He called out a specific comment; she acted as if her entire being was called out.

If you’d like to call out “knee-jerk baseless” accusations, maybe reevaluate your own reaction.  You didn’t give any other information about your friend beyond how he thinks AOC is “crazy” which is an extremely common descriptor leveled specifically at women.  Dinosaurs made very clear your friend is likely a nice…

Trump’s desperately wanted either a war or a massive tragedy since he took office.  He’s convinced it’ll bring us together and cement his glorious legacy. The human cost means nothing to him, or the party that supports him.

I keep looking for people complaining about how many people got snapped on Titan.  Only Tony and Nebula remained.  That ain’t 50% either.

I like The Last Jedi, am meh on Thrones, still like the new Ghostbusters, and like Rick and Morty (though the fandom can lick lick lick mah balls). I’m more likely to sour on Endgame than Ghostbusters, since I managed my GB expectations better. Gonna need a few months, though.

I emailed my CEO once, and he replied!

I think she’s in a pretty good spot this early on.  You obviously don’t want to be dead last in the polls, but being first too early puts a serious target on you, too.  

Where does FOIL come into play? First-Outer-Inner-Last

One of the top articles on Salon at the moment is about how CNN and NYT either fell for or actively participated in a White House propaganda scheme, falsely inflating (or just outright fabricating) successes of Juan Guaido’s coup attempt in Venezuela.  So this feels pretty par for the course.

I’m of two minds about this.

Somewhere around the 1860s, I believe.

Maybe if we Kickstart it?

Well, 2019 Thanos does.

*looks at fuzzy bundle of sharp claws, sharp teeth, highly-developed stealth-and-pounce instincts*

My biggest problem with it is that I was always under the impression that the biggest theme of the show was, “All the political drama feels important, but it’s just petty bullshit compared to the annihilation we face if we don’t unite.” Except, they didn’t unite, and they all still lived. It proves right Cersei’s…

I’ve also been paying for years and would be perfectly happy to stop paying.

Where third-grade competency counts as “superior.”

I really can’t be mad at that. He’s a bit baby-faced, maybe, but the best of the four by far.