i wanna read the goop post on this.

You're right, Formerly Basil. . . . I'm in Hillsborough (just down the road) and, happily, most folks here truly are more like the man with the camera than the crazy woman in the car. Way to represent NC, "lady".

I live there, and sure there is racism here, just like everywhere in the world. But I've never witnessed this level of bullshittery before. I hate those people. They take a awesome place to live and make it look like a klan meeting. I'm sorry this happened and I hope this woman sees this video and realizes how much of…

It does sound like it, but folks from Durham posted this on Facebook yesterday before it went viral. You can also see the University Tower right toward the end of the video.

Heh, had a woman bring her dog-phobic kid (she announced this to everyone in the park) into the dog park. Not the small-dog area either, in with the loose shepherds and danes. She was upset that my child-phobic greyhound wouldn't help socialize her kid, in fact most of the dogs saw the terrified kid and avoided her.

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Ha! I occasionally rescue and place dogs, and I do give preference to people who let their dogs on the couch. I also look for families who have their dog spend time time in the house. I don't place a dog with someone who indicates that it will be a 100% outside dog. Most of all, I want the dog to have access to a…

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Never more missed than right now.

Look, I'm fine keeping my dog out of kid parks. But keep your kids out of dog parks if they aren't old enough to be there. I have had several - probably five or so - clueless parents who bring their toddlers to the dog park, set them down in the middle of rampaging packs of playful pups, and allow the kids to get…

The most disappointing thing about this article was the lack of clues about the Yellow King.

Where, exactly, in my comment, am I telling you or anyone not to comment or complain? It's not even implicit in any of my assertions.

Well said! I got angry and couldn't be as coherent as you. Thanks for this. It's _his_ creation. (I don't even care for him, but we're talking about the basic creative process and I take that a bit...seriously, apparently).

Hi, homosexual male here.

Unpopular opinion alert:

Speaking as a writer (or someone who writes), I don't think this is fair to him at all.

Authors tell the stories they want to tell. We, as readers, read the ones we want to read. That should be all there is to it.

I've written fiction a long time and, to be honest, it DOES feel like the characters exist fully formed in another realm. Deliberately writing characters to fit my politics makes for some heavy handed storytelling, in my experience.

I kind of hate how people are trying to tell him how the story should go (not necessarily this instance, but in general). Make your own book/movie series, then you can control what's going on. Stay out of his mind.