No one can "make you" feel any particular way unless you choose to go along with it.

Well, your approach would certainly be in line with modern liberalism/progressivism, which seeks to censor or shout down every idea with which they do not agree. Because, you know, having to read or hear ideas different than your own can be a very traumatic experience.

Very well said.

I can't stop laughing at how the people who are criticizing anti-semites who have never met a Jew are the same ones criticizing (and apparently explaining the thought processes of) Trump supporters when it is overwhelmingly obvious that they've never met one.

Yes, yes, by all means let's ban any ideas or attitudes that you may find to be less than acceptable.

Woefully false equivalents. Weight and race are NOT comparable. People are born as whatever race they are, while being fat is, in virtually all cases, a choice (and a bad one for countless reasons).

It's very disappointing that the A.V. Club has apparently joined the ranks of the PC, pro-obesity crowd. I loved this lede: "It’s no joke that body perceptions in this country are skewed beyond measure, with devastating consequences." Because that is absolutely true. But it's skewed in the direction of OBESITY, not…

Sure, no problem. And you're right, I don't care about their health individually — if someone wants to overeat his/her way to an early grave, that "should be" none of my business. And it *would* be none of my business, IF the 70% of Americans who are fat actually had to pay for all the consequences of their poor…

How is it even possible to write an article like this and not make a single mention of the fact that the United States is suffering from an enormous obesity epidemic that is costing us thousands of lives and billions of dollars a year in increased health care and infrastructure costs? Forget the "labels" and the…

"My wife and I's" — seriously?

$300-$400 an ounce for medical-grade quality in the Midwest!

Ha, I had the same thought about free child labor and was surprised no one else had mentioned it yet, especially in this day and age of apparent belief that people should be paid $15 an hour to do mindless menial tasks meant as temporary jobs for teenagers not careers. Just think, li'l Jimmy could have reported his…

Yes, I agree — it showed young Jimmy deciding to become a wolf not a sheep (or at least take a step in that direction). Whether that led him to serially steal from his dad, or whether that's just asshat Chuck's assumption, told to Kim to further his own agenda, remains to be seen…

Funny, because I interpreted it mostly the other way, that it was proof that Chuck was biased and, if not knowingly lying, at least not bothering to tell the whole truth.

That's a fair point, however, I think you're also leaving out the tiny little fact that Chuck is certifiably mentally ill?

How many law firms have you worked in? I've worked in half a dozen, in capacities from library clerk to partner, and I'll let you in on a big secret: large law firms exist for one reason and one reason only, and that is to put as many dollars as possible into the senior partners' bank accounts. Here, Jimmy was the…

But your (and others') primary take away from the flashback, McPickles, seems to be that Chuck's story from two weeks ago was "true." My (and others') primary take away is that it was false, or at least highly biased with only a kernel of truth. Rather than getting into a pissing contest with you about that…

Exactly. And actually it was even less than that, as the $8 Jimmy pocketed came back from the $10 his dad had just given away. In fact, Jimmy was initially doing his dad a favor by selling the two cartons of cigs, as by doing so he was recouping some of the lost money (I was briefly hopeful that young Jimmy's…

Interesting take, and I can't say it's "wrong" as Jimmy did in fact steal money, but, I think the scene was far more ambiguous than the "See, Chuck was right" camp is claiming (and certainly does not go so far as to support Chuck's belief that Jimmy was to blame for the business failing or their dad dying). As I…

I bought it okay in the context of the show and the characters, but in real life, it is unlikely that someone would do that voluntarily. Of course it depends on what area of law the person wants to practice, but what many people who are outside the legal field may not understand is that Kim is "just" a fourth year…