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An Imprecise Science

@imprecisescience / imprecisescience.tumblr.com

Thoughts, notes, and other trifles from the peanut gallery. (I used to be consultingdragoness and, before that, theladyholmes. My Sherlock Holmes blog is now at literarycrimespree.tumblr.com)
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On the Texas Shooting Tonight:

The major news outlets are all reporting on a shooting that occurred outside an event in Texas today (Sunday) night and they’ve got the facts; but they’re twisting them. All that anyone seems to know is that the shooting occurred outside an American Freedom Defense Initiative Meeting and that two men (possibly the shooters) are dead and that, while no one else seems to have died, one security guard was injured. 

The supposed story as it’s being spun,however, is that the gunmen were two Muslims protesting a ‘free speech’ event because it included a contest for drawing the Prophet Mohammad. This might or might not be true, BUT this is what they’re decidedly glossing over:

-- the group hosting the event (the American Freedom Defense Initiative) is an extremist anti-Islam group which has been labeled a hate group. They’re also known as SIOA-- Stop Islamization of America.

-- the ‘drawing contest’ was a ‘cartoon’ contest. whatever that means.

--There’s no proof so far that the two men killed by the police were actually the shooters

Let’s assume they probably were though. Even so:

-- There’s no proof they were rioting against this particular event.

--  There’s really no proof the gunmen were Muslim

It’s too early to tell what is and isn’t true in regards to the shooting. My only point is: This story is being skewed in a very obvious way and some skepticism wouldn’t go amiss.  

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sandandglass

Cecily Strong at the 2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Other topics that are probably not relevant when talking about Hillary Clinton:

 - her maternal instinct (or supposed lack thereof,)

- sexist insults

-  her femininity (or lack thereof)

- her marriage to Bill Clinton

-support she’s gotten (supposedly only as a result of being married to Bill Clinton)

- Bill Clinton

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talking about my 2nd favorite character: DON'T MAKE FUN OF HIM HE IS A DELICATE FLOWER AND MY SON STOP LAUGHING AT HIM YOU ARE HURTING HIS FICTIONAL FEELINGS
talking about my favorite character: lol look at my loser trash husband oh god he is so embarrassing i'm going to throw his ass to the wolves
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the lesson for today, class, is when to use epithets rather than names or pronouns — and when not to.

USE EPITHETS:

- when the character’s name is unknown, so there’s really no other way to refer to them:

Two goons in suits...

Those sex scenes where it’s like “John moaned as the detective---” and that’s it, that’s all I need to say, like YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

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asip: 95% gay 2% sad tbb: 68% gay 20% sad tgg: 75% gay 19% sad asib: 89% gay 47% sad thob: 79% gay 50% sad trf: 70% gay 100% sad mhr: 50% gay 100% sad teh: 70% gay 80% sad tsot: 100% gay 90% sad hlv: 80-100% gay 88% sad the gay pilot: 100% gay 0% sad

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cupidford

the network: 65% gay 1% sad

the casebook: 80% gay 20% sad

John’s blog: 75% gay 65% sad

promo photos: 80-100% gay 80% sad

TSOT being the wedding episode is just--just--

poignant, brilliant and hilariously depressing. Something like that.

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