Came here to ID the caller as Draper.

In the context of American discourse it certainly is. I certainly appreciate that in other English speaking cultures it’s not as big of a deal. I love the way the term is bandied about in, say, a Guy Ritchie film.

Whether she is or isn’t really seems beside the point. I don’t think Samantha should have been under any pressure to apologize, and I’m fine with her having said it. But if she decided, of her own volition, that calling a woman a cunt crossed a line of decorum and decency that she wasn’t comfortable with, I respect…

I’m not in any way arguing it’s an inaccurate description.

I don’t see the apology as her giving in or conceding. Calling a woman a cunt is a pretty ugly thing to do, regardless of whatever gender dynamics may or may not be at play here. I think Samantha apologizing is just an acknowledgment that she can make her point without resorting to that specific word. She’s incredibly…

He name-dropped his friend so he could casually mention that he’s Sudanese, which means he’s probably about as black as Drake was in that blackface pic. In other words, Drake was using the “I have a black friend, and he’s cool with it” defense, which is about the whitest thing anyone could ever do, anywhere.

It’s pretty evident in hindsight that people like Giuliani used the aftermath of 9/11 to capitalize on people’s worst fears, dressing it up with jingoistic platitudes. He was a shit person before 9/11, and he’s been a shit person after. But for a time, there was so much raw emotion that clouded our vision, allowing us…

I would never have imagined that cats like these could be coerced into doing anything that could even remotely be considered training. The most endearing characteristic of cats is their aloof indifference to any type of outside authority or will. These cats are obviously doing this shit because they want to, not…

The Root is not going to fire me for voicing my own opinion on my own Twitter account that actually includes a disclaimer that tells you that even though I write for The Root, my tweets are my own opinions and have nothing to do with my employer.

I felt so bad for Lendl in that Chang match. Chang could hardly stand up, and Lendl didn’t know what to do with him. He could have easily smashed him, but he seemed confused about how ethical it was to beat down an incapacitated opponent. He ended up playing a completely different game, one he wasn’t equipped to play,…

It’s 2018. Tennis streams are a thing, and they’re not hard to find.

It’s just 2-5, like the announcer said, but no CS because of the WP.

Fuck you, Roseanne. That show was garbage the first time around, and I can only imagine the reboot was many times worse. She’s always been a trash human. I’d love for this to be the end of her as a public figure, but you know it’s only going to make her a martyr for the shitheads on the right. We’ll be hearing from…

I always thought it was clever when he responded to her claiming he had a small dick by saying even a 747 looks small when it lands in the Grand Canyon. Thus ends the list of endearing Tom Arnold qualities/accomplishments.

There are probably plenty of people who could safely, and perhaps even responsibly, drive 100 mph on the highway, but we don’t allow that. I’m all for stricter regulations about who can own a gun, but I honestly don’t see any way we can restrict gun ownership to those who are “responsible.” Everyone who owns a gun…

The normalization is awful, but the fact that it was a middle school student, presumably a 7th grader, who did the shooting, is still pretty shocking. I live about ten minutes from Noblesville. While Indianapolis is pretty liberal, at least by midwest/Indiana standards, the surrounding areas are very much not.…

I mean, they go to great lengths to homogenize (no, Tucker, it doesn’t mean that) their own surroundings, so I guess I could see where this might not register. But really, it’s just willful ignorance.

LSD is awesome, and as long as they’re not doing it on the job, I don’t care. Even if they were taking it at work, my understanding is that there are enough layers of security that nothing really bad could happen. I’d hope someone tasked with guarding nuclear silos wouldn’t be that irresponsible, but if they wanna do…

NK was never going to take any “irreversible” steps toward denuclearization, because the US was never going to pull back in the region. I’m sure Trump’s advisers have been trying to convince him to back out of this ever since it was first announced, because he was never going to strike any kind of deal with Kim. So…

allowing the man who, through single-minded brilliance and force of will, turned Arsenal into the massive club it is today