It’s not just the food, which is glorious. I never expected I’d be happy in TX when I moved here for work, but it’s really the people and all the subcultures that I was never able to find anywhere else I lived. And, dammit, people here are friendly.

Thank you. I feel like I’m down here fighting to make this state even more purple than it’s already becoming and, in addition to dealing with our shitty politicians, everyone else is shitting on us too. INCLUDING some of those from states that *ahem* went red (or nearly red) in this recent presidential election for…

Like, if this debate was better paced and shot in the style of The Real World in the ’90s

Err, so what are you criticizing?

This is the specific part I had some issues with:

But Tilda didn’t just leave it at, “They switched a bunch of characters’ races, including the role they gave Benedict Wong.”

Except, there was nothing Dragon Lady about the way the Ancient One was written.

My post was not about the Tibet issue.

It’s got to be so hard, constantly thinking, “If I react with emotion or scare this white person even a little, I will lose them entirely. If I am calm enough, maybe they’ll respect me and see my side.”

My post wasn’t about criticizing the casting (as I said, I liked Tilda in her role).

You’re right, and, had Tilda given YOUR response, I wouldn’t have criticized her.

I’ve seen both movies. And no.

That’s what I’m saying. And I agree with you.

Right. And if she’d said that, it would have been honest.

My post was not about the Tibet issue, which may or may not be legit.

If the Ancient One character was written exactly as she/he was for Tilda, there would have been no problematic stereotypes if they’d cast an Asian actor. I cannot recall anything that character did or said that would have seemed stereotypical if performed by an Asian actor. If you’re talking about the trope of…

My post was not about the Tibet issue, which may or may not be legit.

And if the filmmakers were really trying *that* hard, they could’ve found a way to do that role without it being a stereotypical mess. Ah, well.

Yep. Family is as white as it gets and lives in Wisconsin and this song = Christmas to me and always has. My dad refuses to listen to anything recorded after 1975 because that’s about when it “all went to hell,” according to him, so “This Christmas” was always mixed in with the other classics we listened to during The…

Now THAT is a cake worth having.