The same arguments were made against integration and single sex education. They worked well, obviously.

Look, violence against women is already illegal. Harassment is illegal. Sexual assault is illegal. The law isn’t going to take seriously an argument that it needs to embrace discrimination in order to protect against acts for which there are already legal and prosecutorial remedies. I’m not sure how you can possibly…

Embrace the hypocrisy. Non-discrimination means precisely that. Not separate but equal, not “safe”.

Marital rape wasn’t a crime until the 20th century in the US. Rape of slaves, both in Europe as far back as recorded history and in this country wasn’t illegal because slaves were property. Rape has been a military tactic since we’ve had war. Don’t be obtuse.

Because it matters. The analogue to the “brown people “ are the Mongols, who, despite the insistence of Romanized Europeans on calling them “barbarians”, were not only not barbarians, but possessed of a sophisticated city and very powerful army.

Um, except that she otherwise would have had to marrying er brother by custom. The marriage wasn't to civilize, but to gain access to an army as a result of her becoming queen. Not exactly unheard of, the political and military alliance arising out of marriage part. That's how Europe worked until WW I.

The guy wrote thousands and thousands of pages, inventing entire societies, discrete countries, religions, political situations and social customs and you think he’s lazy?

Tell me what makes this whole exercise (even the mistaken forwarding) all that unusual. You'd kind of question the competence of any in-house PR that didn't do this type of preparation.

Oreos were, are, and will always be the shit. I will crawl over broken glass for a glass of milk and a sleeve (= one serving) of Oreos.

I wonder why we’re supposed to give a shit about her sexuality. If everyone is so earnest about creating an environment of neutrality around sexual preference, why do famous people need to be open? Why do we demand exposition of famous people’s sexuality?

I’m sympathetic to those that lost their jobs, but not blown away that the company is making typical business decisions. Opportunity cost is a thing...companies recognize that. In this case, they got their marketing and they were able to source less expensive labor. I’m amazed that employees actually think that…

Did he do more than Ali? Robinson? Russell? Motley? Jabbar? Carlos? Smith?

Cost him everything? Really? You know who lost everything? John Carlos and Tommie Smith. And, they never beat up their girlfriends. Brown’s abuse of women severely pre-dates his activism, which, like it or not, was fairly uncontroversial by the time he really got active. Brown was a fucking lacrosse All-American and a…

1.) “No worries” is so fucking annoying it makes me grind my teeth when awake, which sucks.

The hallelujahs over Brown always bothered me. He admitted being a bad guy, over and over, and, simply because he could run with a football and had some non-novel idea that racism was bad, the media still sings his praises. Newsflash...lots of bad dudes happen to be good athletes. The question really, is what quality…

It’s political, social, and controversial. It’s not suitable for court. The attorney knew it.

Dude, does anybody proofread your shit? I gotta tell you, that “editor” title is more than a little suspect.

If people are assholes to you in a public forum because they don’t like your artistic choices, you don’t get to challenge them for being so? C’mon. I love this genre, but there are few more wearying people on earth than people who consume but don’t create, and feel free to pillory writers, directors and actors for not…

What is it? Witness bonds aren’t employed in a cavalier manner (although this particular county seems to give new meaning to bureaucratic ineptitude). In a contested criminal trial, both sides often claim to be the victim; one victim of the accused, the other a victim of the justice system. In our criminal system,…

The problem is that if you want rape prosecutions and convictions, you have to have witness testimony; it is unavoidable. I’m with you if you are implying that the obligation to be confronted in court compounds the trauma of the rape. I’m not with you if you imply that those accused of one category of crimes aren’t…