Scott Baio on Trump: “He grabs you. Holds you. He puts his arm around you.”

It saddens me and scares me to my absolute core that fucks like this can get away with anything.

Ugh. I’ve met men like that. Don’t like them. They’re especially scary to meet when you’re a teenager and you’re not sure how you feel about your body.

Didn’t Scott Baio just file a police report against the wife of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer for doing that to him?

Could he try any harder to emphasize how much of a serial rapist Trump is?

I’d be totally unsurprised if Trump’s handiness is a way of normalizing his own behavior to outside observers, so he can excuse groping women. However, while we’ve had an avalanche of women accusing him of sexual assault, and he is generally unpleasant, we haven’t had people coming forward with rape accusations. Yet.

There have been rape accusations.

What a shining example of male privilege we have here. It most likely did not even occur to Bob Loblaw that this was description was even in bad taste.

These young people out there, I hope they learn from Trump that hard work gets you what you want and what you need

‘Young people’ is henceforth a slur. Only we can use it. Them’s the rules!

It’s not about going to safe spaces and wearing a safety pin and hugging a puppy

Why not? Also, safety pins are the harbinger of the fall of Western civilization now

The world is going to kick your ass your entire life, cos people like me will do anything to make it as terrible as possible for you

FTFY

The irony of anyone using the phrase “grow up” to justify supporting that petulant man-child Trump is glaring indeed.

Things we should send into space:
A jar of mayo
Magazine clippings of Scott Baio
That song that starts with “Day-O”

A poem by Gayle from Bob’s Burgers. Now, if only we could send Baio himself into space. That’d be a lot better.

In more fun news, Blue Rose: The AGE RPG of Romantic Fantasy is here at last, updating the original Blue Rose. Green Ronin president Chris Pramas had this to say about its release:

Of course, progress never comes easy. The simple idea that women should get equal pay for equal work—not to mention the opportunity to work in the fields of their choice—is crazed radicalism in the eyes of some. And while the Supreme Court may have declared that racism is over in the USA, anyone with an ounce of awareness can see that is manifestly not the case. That many of these issues are contentious is no surprise to us. Blue Rose itself was subject to a reactionary backlash from certain quarters. This sort of thing has just gotten worse, particularly in the video game arena, and politics in America has also taken an ugly turn. So while, yes, we have seen a lot of social progress, there is still a lot of work to do.

Now playing games is not going to change the world. That is down to grassroots organizing, voting, and political action. There is a saying though, that all politics is local and our neighborhood is tabletop gaming. We want this to be a better place and we think we can have some effect on it by publishing the right roleplaying game. We want there to be a welcoming place for women, LBGTQ folks, and people of color to enter the hobby. We want to promote the idea that roleplaying games are for everyone, that our hobby—our fun, creative hobby—is something that can bring us together rather than tear us apart.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

“He grabs you. Holds you. He puts his arm around you.”

I’mma just leave this right here:

Odd thing: when I read the “He’s just a guy” bit, my brain immediately went to “Zaphod… he’s just zis guy, you know?” from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
But that might be just because I’m tired, and a big HGttG fan.

‘That song that starts with “Day-O”’

Hey, my mom (dead a year today) loved Harry Belafonte. She also loved the Stan Freberg version.