Yeah, get recorded on 3 phones putting hands on someone’s kid at school and spend some time in jail while your kid is still getting bullied, perhaps even more. That’s really thinking this through.

We’re all distraught over this, but don’t dole out spectacularly stupid advice. At the heart of this story is the omnipresence of cameras - and if you think that by storming in and assaulting a child bully at school is going to yield positive results in this day and age (nothing like when your badass mother did it),…

It’s not coercion, there was no leverage used, they were not in a professional power dynamic, there was no force, physical or otherwise. He whined, she relented. If you want to call simple whining sexual coercion then 85% of the sex that has ever happened in this world was coercive.

lol this isn’t sexual assault, it’s not remotely close. At worst it’s a shitty, somewhat-manipulative thing to do. Seriously. Whining about wanting to not use a condom mid-coitus, then not using one when the other party agress to not use one is not sexual assault.

I guess personal responsibility is dead. A “No” is all it would’ve taken. You’re an adult.

Sean — and I say this with an incredible amount of respect for you as a writer (one of my favorites on the internet), a journalist, and a person — this is legitimately clickbait bullshit. The mountain of qualifiers heaped in the second half of this article practically unwrites the first and proves that point. Except…

It’s the new Bat Nipples and will never not be funny.

I look forward to Batman showing them where his parents where murdered. Also I wonder if it counts if Splinter’s middle name is Martha for Batman to become best friends with the Turtles.

Aaaaand it’ll still sell a billion copies and nothing will change. Because in 2017, after almost a decade now of gamers “complaining” about DLC and pay to win shit, the vast majority of them still buy the games anyway, teaching these companies nothing. Yes, there will be exceptions (which I’m sure people who respond…

That’s not what I said. Read what I said and come up with a more thoughtful response. You’re intentionally dumbing down my comments in order to make it sound like I’m just an idiot.

Maybe this very old clip will help you understand where some of the skepticism of your ethical standards originated. Jezebel (and Gawker) had legitimate journalism issues. And you know what? So does the NYTimes, WSJ, etc. You are held to higher standards and when you fail, you NEED to be called out on it. A lot of…

So, if someone accuses you of harassment, we should all immediately believe the accuser?

Here’s the simple fact: The Washington Post did journalism the right way, and Jezebel did not.

I don’t understand how one passengers personal drama can inconvenience a whole plane of flight staff and passengers.

Weird. I’m all over the family sites and this is literally the first I’ve run into.

I can appreciate the desire to shit on a likely rapist, but making those critiques about appearance are unhelpful at best, extremely harmful at worst.

Because her response to some made up bullshit isn’t enough for some, so now she’s under fire. The entire idea is stupid. If some shithead group links your music/art or whatever to their cause you have to now respond correctly or you, the artist, take heat for it.

I’m sorry, I’m supposed to be mad at the Swift camp for being pissed off at hacky journalists labeling her as the poster child for white supremacy? I just cannot fathom why people keep saying the left is its own worst enemy.

How are you gonna blame Taylor Swift for moron racists liking and finding hidden nonexistent messages in her music? That piece that Meghan Herning wrote is hot garbage, and if you think Taylor Swift should just accept being accused of being a racist and intetionally providing the music of the alt-right, you’re a…

he compared it to the “religious right” not “the religious” ffs do you even read what you’re responding to before you get upset? What is wrong with you?