You get a star from me. Fuck every single one of these replies that refuses to acknowledge that this human being was not born wanting to do the horrible things he did, and fuck then for acting like acknowledging that fact is somehow absolving him of responsibility.

It’s because disgust is easier than empathy and nuance, same reason why we have a brain-dead cheeto in the White House.

The surrender terms the Japanese government was trying to secure through Russian envoys would have left the Imperial Japanese government in power and allowed them to “de-militarize” on their own terms. That was (understandably) unacceptable to the British and Americans after the experience with post-WWI Germany. We…

Funny to me that for years the discussion was “Are video games art? Can they be art? What is art?”, and now it’s “Are video games sports? Can they be sports? What are sports?” Seems to me that the answer to both is: No, they’re video games. Sure they can be art, sure they can be competitive and resemble sports, but…

You aren’t great at debate.

Surely just use an orbital sun focusing satellite to cut a swathe through the DMZ.

But democracy and secularism are fundamentally interconnected. A democratic society must also be secular for democracy to be foundational and not just a veneer. As for Islam being corrosive to democracy, traditional interpretations of Islam absolutely does not allow for any form of modern secular democracy. What is…

It was a referendum voted on by the Turkish people not just Erdrogan giving himself more power. It happened because he has a very strong support in the conservative rural parts of the country(you should be noticing a pattern here) which is highly religious and is the base of his* party. This isn’t his first attempt at…

Pretty sure it was his WAR that landed Thames in Korea too.

oh god whatever. Don’t want that to come out? here’s an idea: Don’t go on a reality show. This is exactly what the show is about. You’re playing right into it.

It doesn’t matter one way or the other. Survivor is a brand and a product: do you think CBS and the producers were going to do something that would bring in fewer viewers? Do you think that they are upset at the attention this has brought them? They were salivating for this moment the minute Zeke signed up. Zeke might…

Why are you here making sense? I want to ruin a man’s life over here!

Other options: have the realistic expectation that when you sign on someone transgender on a fucking reality show like Survivor where contestants are living so intimately together and under stress, their being transgender will be revealed.

The fact that he’s rans was coming out regardless. Wether it’s a castmate who revealed, or someone his private life who does the revealing. 

I hate to blame the victim, but if there is any area of your life that you are keeping secret—you’re gay, you’re trans, you did a stint in rehab, etc.—and you want to ensure it remains secret, perhaps going on a “reality” show is not the smartest move. How could Mr. Smith not have known that that little detail about…

Varner is a tool and this was an awful way for this to happen but, how did Zeke himself not realize that going on nantional tv in the days the of the internet might out him?

Anything else I can do to help United as a passenger? Maybe break out my torque wrench and tighten those lugs on the fuselage before I board?

Airlines not being able to staff their planes is the fault of the customer? Fuck you.

As a paying customer of an airline, it is not my responsibility to make sure the airline has their bases covered. Give me a break.