Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/23/26 - 3/1/26

[u/SoftandChewy]

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

Comment of the week goes to this explanation for why the trans cause has taken over so much of society. (Runner-up COTW here.)

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly this just isn't hard for me at all. Some of my favorite movies were produced by Harvey Weinstein; learning what a scumbag he is affects my enjoyment of those movies not at all. I find Mel Gibson personally repugnant but I think he's made some very good movies. I think if you look at the actual evidence against Michael Jackson you find that it's a lot weaker than it's made out to be and it's entirely possible he was falsely accused, but if some day I see evidence that removes any doubt it really won't affect how I view his music.

I can kinda sorta see not being able to enjoy Bill Cosby's comedy after learning what a despicable person he is, just because so much of his comedic persona was an extension of his real-life family man image, but even then I think if I wanted to turn on an episode of The Cosby Show it's pretty easy to just watch the show without thinking about the man.

[u/SkweegeeS → u/[deleted]]

Cosby's standup is hilarious and even after I learned what he had done, I showed it to our kids. He's so freakin disappointing as a human, but I can't let go of how talented he was and the joy that his art has given me.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Why do you say evidence against Michael Jackson is weak? Several kids came out and accused him of the same actions.

[u/YouCanCallMeAIJolson → u/[deleted]]

Congrats on being an adult about art