Less bad is a little good. He could be better, but I wouldn't recommend him be shitty to his son until he's ready to be decent to everyone. Take your incremental gain, but don't give him a GLAAD award.

I have a Hugo Chavez quote: "Try and make your revolution go into combat. Advance a little - even if it's only a millimetre - in the right direction, instead of dreaming about utopias."

And while I think his framing of it is still wrong headed, his editorial on his change of heart and mind on marriage equality is worth reading. [link]

This kind of reminds me of people who lose their faith in God because a loved one dies unexpectedly. People's loved ones die unexpectedly all the time, so it seems weird to me when it only affects people's faith when it happens to them.

Well, that's more of loved one's death -> existential crisis -> loss of faith. That other people's loved ones dying doesn't provoke an existential crisis in someone is not surprising to me.

Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.

Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.

Heh.

I remember Bush Sr. mentioning that having brown grandchildren affected his politics.

Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.

You're joking, but I've watched it happen with grandchildren.

Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.

When this has happened, sadly, it hasn't seemed to turn out quite so well.

Of course, the only case I can think of off the top of my head is Sandra Laing. [link]

South Africa was and still is an issue bigger than empathy can address. It can barely influence it. Some problems need a bigger stick.

South Africa was and still is an issue bigger than empathy can address. It can barely influence it. Some problems need a bigger stick.

True, that.