Baldwin’s reaction is like that republican lady who got all mad at Ana Navarro for saying pussy on the news when she was quoting Donald Trump - same misdirection, same reduction of the word to the single, most recent instance of it’s use while blatantly ignoring the referenced, and far more significant, use.

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It’s not an issue totally specific to France, but you’re not wrong. Belgium is the same. Remember after the French attacks (and the Belgian airport one right after) when every media outlet was like “Why are all these Muslim terrorists coming from this one neighborhood in Brussels?” but no one was asking “Why is the…

France has over 5 million Muslims. France has, to put it lightly, a troubled relationship with its Muslim citizens (I think both sides bear some responsibility for that, but from a potential terrorists perspective, France has pretty much relegated Muslims to 2nd class citizens).

A lot of reasons, but the TL;DR reasons are a) French history of aggression in the Middle East in North Africa, and b) longstanding social and political marginalization of ethnic and religious minorities that makes those populations easy pickings for those who wish to radicalize them.

honestly? because it’s a country that treats immigrants terribly. ISIS depends on western nations treating Muslims bad, because that’s how they recruit. Most Muslims would never, but after 10+ years of being spat upon, suddenly ISIS begins to look good. So ISIS preys on nations that treat Muslims bad, in order to spur…

I think it’s because how proudly secular France is and how it alienates Muslims which in return radicalizes some of the Muslims.

She’s actually half white, half Malaysian. Also, some casual googling found her discussing intersectional feminism, abortion rights, and the need for ethnic diversity in fashion. She’s only 19 and she’s using her fame as a platform to discuss really important issues. I sort of love her.

Here’s a photo of Benjamin Jealous, the former President of the NAACP. He’s black.

I bet the staffer who let that woman with the dark hair up in the front got chewed out big time.

I’m so frightened of his supporters. I’ve seen comments on news articles dismissing verified facts as lies, and that once Donald Trump speaks on twitter, then the truth is unknown. These people won’t even entertain the thought that this man would lie to them.

“I want to destroy you for your own good. Why can’t you see that, you ungrateful little shit that I effectively disowned.”

Back in the early 2000s, I worked around the corner from the Trump Tower. I was there for seven years, but I never wanted to go in. The aesthetic was grossly pompous. All that brass looked more Vegas than NY.

People who work at NPR might be liberal, but they do excellent fact-based reporting. They also strive for balance when they have roundtable discussions or opinion segments. I used to do guest spots on a fairly big NPR affiliate and the regional reporters there were some of the best I’ve ever met.

As I mentioned to another commenter who managed to write an essay in response to my comment, it’s not like everything Breitbart publishes is false, but they are definitely pushing a narrative and don’t care if facts get in the way. I should’ve directed that person to the choice headlines Jez published recently.

Yes, let’s all read Breitbart so we can understand how dumb women are and how to decode dog whistles about race (some of which are hardly dog whistles at all). Sure, they have a lot of actual news on there, but if you think they are a fully legitimate news source I don’t know what to tell you. I don’t consider HuffPo…

Yep. My mom is like this, but she’s friends on Facebook with all of the people from her church that are super hard core right wing. They’ll post some outrageous article from Brietbart, theBlaze, WND, and she’ll just assume it’s true because she trusts her friends to only post true things (they are good Church going…

This is the new white supremacist strategy: ATTACK THE REPORTER as a distraction when they call you out on your bullshit. When are journalists going to learn how to pierce this? Additionally, why are they giving these monsters a platform to gaslight America?

What a relief...I was starting to like her.