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[Melz2]

Flynn charged with lying to FBI, will plead guilty

Just because they voted for Obama doesn’t make them not racist. Plenty of people are racist and associate and are friendly with people of color, listen to black musicians, watch sports with black athletes, and watch TV or films with black characters, sometimes even ones that are primarily starring black casts. Racism is not just hating black people, it’s supporting structures that privilege white people over others, believing in whiteness and understanding human beings primarily by their race a…

[Mindysan33]

Also, right back at ya!

Flynn charged with lying to FBI, will plead guilty

Not at all; it was always in them. Speaking as a biracial Black woman who’s directly related to deeply prejudiced people, not everyone who’s a bigot realizes that’s what they are. They often think that racism is only lynchings, bombing churches, and burning crosses. (Hint; it’s not.) Racism isn’t the only reason we’re in this current clusterfuck; classicism and sexism play a huge role, too. My problem is with your apparent assertion that someone voting for Obama must automatically mean that …

[Melz2]

De nada and thank ya.

I just can’t believe that someone actually trotted out a variation of the old ‘but some of their best friends are Black!’ excuse…

SMDH

Of course, the silver lining is that I got to make a new Get Out themed meme; illustrating my point, perfectly.

[MalevolentPixy]

Broetry is the perfect blogging format for the age of Trump

Thanks/no thanks for the mansplaining, mister.

[Mindysan33]

Already liked… wish I could like again!

[MalevolentPixy]

Journalists receive forged lawsuit docs hoaxing a nonexistent sexual harassment suit against Chuck Schumer

I worry that this effect of this stunt isn’t to discredit Chuck Schumer. Instead, the point might be to discredit people who come forward with allegations. It there are high profile cases of definitely false allegations made for political reasons, then the claim that an allegation is false and being made for political reasons gains strength. I hope what everyone is learning from this and the recent O’Keefe stunt that it’s actually not at all easy to make false claims of sexual assault against s…

[Snowlark]

Idiot Roy Moore spokesperson left utterly speechless when Jake Tapper teaches him about the Bible in Congress

He’s not a Christian, but he plays one on TV. Edited to add: And to explain (and therefore kill) the joke for younger/non-usanian people, there use to be a series of commercials for an over the counter medication where an actor would say “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV”

[Mindysan33]

Democratic lawmaker says women invite sexual harassment with the way they dress

There’s an Ask A Manager letter from a few months ago, where a woman wrote in because her boss was throwing a fit over her maternity wardrobe. She linked a photo of a perfectly conservative maternity dress that the boss didn’t like because he said the side ruching and empire waistline were “unprofessional” and “inappropriate”, and that she needed to dress according to his standards. He then demanded that she tuck in her shirts and wear a belt. Over her pregnant belly. She wrote in with an up…

[milliefink]

Democrat Doug Jones beats cowboy cosplay creep Roy Moore in Alabama senate race

For that I give all African-American women and men props from here to eternity. Doug Jones is a good, decent, white man, but he’s still yet another white man who is problematic in his own right by virtue of his own privilege – yet POC came out in droves to elect him. We should all take a moment to think about that. I certainly have. I’m going to be as honest as I can be right now, and I may not articulate it well. Fuck it and castigate me for for it. Here goes. My initial reaction to the “blac…

[Kimmo]

The guy who makes videos of himself sitting and staring 4 hours at a time is still going strong

Fly almost lands on him at 44:57

[Nightflyer]

Let's focus on fixing problems, and not prejudice

Have I ever mentioned that I also have some Native American heritage mixed up in my ‘DNA cocktail’ as well? [image] Again, the irony of a person of privilege condescending to people who have been historically oppressed about how they need to go about fighting for equality is just astounding. That much is obvious. Equally obvious is that you don’t want to listen… [image] Therein lies the real problem in this complete failure to communicate; conversations are a two way street. Why should…

[Nightflyer]

Let's focus on fixing problems, and not prejudice

A Response to a Very Typical #NotAllMen Rebuttal, courtesy of Jessica Xiao. "I shared the Establishment’s article “The White Male Effect is Real and Dangerous to Us All” by Soraya Chemaly, and a sweet former intern who I really am quite fond of posted the quintessential, archetypal #NotAllMen argument, full of male fragility, hurt feelings, and a desire to be loved and respected and validated. “Speaking as a white male and feminist, reading this article was very frustrating.” Good, this means…

[anon14640701]

That one seriously raises the signal to noise ratio.

[davide405]

A wickid good vid…

Mark Wahlberg does a pretty good job decoding Boston slang

[Kimmo]

Stinging critique of Ta-Nahesi Coates by Cornel West

[redesigned]

Iced tea company stock soars after renaming itself "Long Blockchain"

Iced tea what you did there.

[redesigned]

Papa John's Pizza CEO steps down after winning coveted approval of white supremacists

To be honest inviting closer public scrutiny of that pizza isn’t going to do the brand any favors either.

[Medievalist]

Rich people in Bristol install anti-bird spikes in trees to keep shit off their cars, rendering trees "literally uninhabitable" by local wildlife

Oh wow, so I just saw this on Seanan McGuire’s blog, and it seems to go so much deeper than the inconvenience of parking under trees. … And now you can only leave your car anywhere in Bristol if you’re rich, or lucky. So after changing the ENTIRE landscape and economy of a city in order to park in front of their own houses with no competition, the rich people then put pigeon spikes ON TREES to prevent the pigeons from shitting down onto their cars, … That is the socioeconomic context with …

This is the socioeconomic context with which you should hate pigeon spikes. A nice flame squarely aimed at Bristol’s local governance and wealthier residents.

[hecep]

@anon89609066

Aww. Shucks. kicks the dirt

Kick the statue!

[anon89609066]

@hecep

Kick the statue!

OUCH!!!