Thank you. Zukka’s response was unnecessarily harsh and just out of nowhere.

‘The problem with those comparisons is that Marilyn Manson and GWAR aren’t nearly as relevant or famous as Kathy Griffin. Neither has a recurring gig on CNN. Neither has an endorsement deal with one of the most successful Shark Tank products of all time. The public would not be outraged by either for holding up a fake…

I just saw her shoes in Macy’s a few days ago. I was surprised and asked my aunt who confirmed that it was Nordstrom that had dropped her line. The stuff was very very basic so I’m not sure why she even bothers.

Right? I don’t get where all these pre-nup conspiracy theories are coming from. He’s annoying and narcissistic but that’s hardly grounds for divorce. I doubt he’s cheating (yuk, who would get with him?!) or physically abusive and from what I’ve seen he’s never belittled her in public (other than not being attentive…

Ok, whoever ‘thefatjewish’ is he’s hilarious - that caption is everything!

I know nothing about Idol but does this mean she’s making more than the guys? That’s a good thing right? Due to the gender pay gap and all...

Ah, so that’s why she looks so uncomfortable. well, she dodged a bullet; he comes across as quite dramatic and kind of weird.

Never heard of this group but by their wholesome look and talk of “nature”I would guess Christian hipsters?.. As the linked youtube video has hundreds of millions of views and they are American so I think my assumptions are correct.

Diddy, wow! His pose, his caption - its all gold. I feel like this should get picked up in Shade Court or have its own post. It’s too too good to get lost in a SNS.

Wow, no words; didn’t realise she was that far over the edge.

Isn’t Victoria Jackson of SNL fame also a hardcore conservative and also quite political?

Firstly, I was responding directly to the ad in the various comments that I’ve made. But I agree with you that we should also challenge the institutions that allow for marginalization of certain groups as well and not just on a person-to-person basis. All tools can be utilised; it is not either/or. I thought that was…

I think I was making my point in a roundabout way with that example to link it back to the ad which is clearly a contrived and controlled situation; but my point was that when we can avoid potentially violent confrontation (like that in the linked article) it is better to do that and have a conversation that could…

I think we see things so differently nowadays that we can’t go back to basics that have worked in the past. I’m not sure if we all have a different idea of what engagement means but I’d say that civil rights movement for African Americans and the suffragette movement for women are examples of community engagement…

That’s exactly it. Cynicism is not productive at all. We have too much of it nowadays.

Yes, this is just an ad. My take away was that engagement is necessary to get people on side on important issues. But engagement doesn’t mean that we approach them as having a legitimate viewpoint on climate change denial, being anti-trans, anti-women or any myriad of positions that deny the basic human rights and…

Granted, we are responding to an ad with a specific example of engagement ‘building a bar/bar furniture’ but I was thinking more about some of the progress that was made by Africa Americans during the Civil Rights era; they put themselves on the line to struggle for their rights. Of course we should now be past that…

I’m not saying turn the other cheek at all. I’m saying to engage. Fighting for ones’ rights is rarely going to mean talking to people that already agree with you. It sucks and its not fair but someone has to do it and of course I understand that not everyone can. I assume they are all actors anyway but the woman in…

Unfortunately there are bigoted people in the world and it’s not fair when they have the power; and because of that, basic rights sometimes have to be fought for by marginalized groups. Civil rights were won by people going out and fighting for them. Without engagement it’s difficult to win results. You’re right, he…

Clearly I am talking about the guy who has the issue with trans people when I refer to self-imposed camps and really you’d rather not engage and miss the opportunity to change someones mind/open their eyes to other ways of thinking and hopefully increase the numbers on the right side of the cause? I don’t get that…