You’re not moving in with the authors, but reading a novel is a bigger investment of time and mental energy than picking something at random off Netflix. I’ve always been very curious about the political views of the novelists I read, because books don’t get written in a vacuum, and they don’t get read in one either.…

On top of that, while the ineligibility questions are the easier ones to make a story about, the math in the nomination data makes no sense. At best, a ton of errors were made, but far more likely is some form of tampering occurred.

I’ve asked quite a few questions, because aside from the “not eligible” problems, the numbers in the nomination data do not add up.  We’ll see if this is answered or even addressed, but I suspect there’s going to be continued stonewalling.

That’s where the controversy started. Its now significantly worse.

According to one poll, 68% of respondents think there should be a ceasefire in Gaza. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-public-support-israel-drops-majority-backs-ceasefire-reutersipsos-2023-11-15/ 57% of Americans think immigration should be kept at its current level or increased. The things he is being criticized for…

Kissinger was born in 1923. No one from that era should have anything to do with the current state of affairs, much less someone with a megalomaniacal bent as he. He had a full century to cause chaos in the name of order, but look at the state of the world, and the ripple effects of his playbook. 

How about just the one position, then? And when you say “extremely online left”, I take it that means the 66% of Americans who want a ceasefire?

TIL that being against the horrors happening in Gaza and not wanting to restrict immigration and asylum are positions extreme left positions. Huh. 

Well, he explicitly ran as a progressive in 2022, so?

Thanks so much for being a voice of patronizing mediocrity.

But here’s the thing: Many of John’s fellow Democrats who have not come out in support of a ceasefire are at least ... being quiet about it. That doesn’t make it any better of course, but John is actively antagonizing his critics through mocking protestors and posting stupid memes. The man cannot deal with criticism.

Uggh god.....that fuckin cringefest.

Democrats are not “the Left.” They are a center/center-right party. They are absolutely anti-left.

You’re only kidding yourself if you think the DNC wants actual progressives. Never forget that Pelosi and Schumer supported anti-abortion incumbent Henry Cuellar in Texas against actual progressive Jessica Cisneros:

Don’t do a Sinema.

There really isn’t clear-cut criteria and i think Keighly defended the inclusion fairly well where someone who hadn’t given it much thought would say “well it’s a pixel game”

“We bet you’d forgotten about sort-of-Intellivision’s disastrous attempted console, the Amico.”

No, since Hbomberguy’s insanely popular video about the lies of Tommy Tallarico put it back on everyone’s radar last year.

I also think it was pretty disproportionately Hashino’s direction.

I think a lot of it was him too, because Persona 2 (both of them) handled gay characters (namely Jun, but also Tatsuya in Innocent Sin if you choose that option) better than 3-5 did.

One thing to realize that Persona 3-5 has you as a silent protagonist in the “They’re supposed to be a mirror for you” sort of way. It’s not like the character isn’t gay because the character isn’t anything. You as the player are the one deciding how they are for most things, so with that freedom, the bottleneck on…