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At the very least, even if Donald Trump delivers all the right words and phrases to the audience at the Tulsa rally, Black Twitter and everyone else will be quick with the receipts that say otherwise.

Maybe not. But, it's certainly one hell of a story, lol!

Brad spent too much time looking at himself in mirrors. I'm kidding.

So, if you attend the rally, there's a chance you could contract the coronavirus? But, Mr. President, I thought the virus was supposed to magically disappear when the warm weather hit? ;)

I know she, too, wrote for several primetime shows after leaving ATWT. She also penned several children's books. Last I saw, however, she was writing mystery stories for online mags and such.

Actually, @Mitch, he has done daytime. Twice. Once, on LOVE OF LIFE; and a few years ago, as former cult leader Ian Ward, on Y&R.

Actually, I could buy that part of the story. As much as Dorian and Viki detested each other, there was also an unspoken level of begrudging respect between them. Exposing the real nature of Victor and Viki's relationship to the whole world would have been low, even for Dorian, because she was still human enough to recognize that Viki was far from being a willing participant in the abuse. Plus, Dorian knew that telling everyone that Victor had molested his daughter would have just made others feel even more sympathetic toward Viki, and Dorian was NEVER gonna let THAT happen, lol.

We don't need to go out of our way to trash JFP. The proof was right there, on her shows, day after miserable day; and whether the mistakes were hers or forced upon her, the point is that it's her name on them as EP. The buck, as it is, stopped with her.

More likely, they had an idea, but P&G wanted them to concentrate more on "sexing up" the show and making it more competitive with the ABC ones. Weren't there also Caroline Franz and John Saffron (and maybe a couple of others) during that time period as well? I, for one, have always wondered what happened to Saffron. Aside from writing an episode of KNOTS LANDING, the man seems to have dropped off the globe.

I won't be surprised to learn the long lines at the GA polling places led directly to another resurgence in that state.

Either he's tone-deaf or...nah...he's just tone-deaf. It's gonna be a shitstorm of epic proportions. Watch. Honestly, what else COULD they do? Even their one "victory," the stock market gains, has been erased, thanks to the coronavirus -- which wouldn't have hit so hard in every respect, had this administration taken it seriously. It was bad enough when the Trump tax cuts further widened the gap between the super-rich and the rest of us. But, when 30 million jobs disappear in one week, and people in 110 cities nationwide come out in DROVES to protest systemic racism and police brutality...? Everything in this country is literally and figuratively on fire, and it's all sensible Americans can do to laugh at #Bunkerbitch. So, as Ronald Reagan once asked, are we better off now than we were four years ago? The answer is absolutely, positively, 100% NO.

It's the old saying: "talk is cheap." In this case, however, even certain actions are cheap. It's easy to say "Black Lives Matter!" and to march with us and "take a knee" and all the rest. Right now, actions like those are what we call "fashionable," or "trendy." But, what are you going to do when the protesting stops (because, like 'em or not, but they can't go on forever) and social media has moved onto the next shiny object? How have the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and other POC affected you beyond this news cycle? You might SAY you will "do better" from now on, but will you? Will you continue to stand with us, who have to keep fighting this fight even when the rest of the world isn't watching (or caring)? Or will you default back to "So glad it ain't me!" the next time you see a person of color harassed, threatened or discriminated against on account of their skin color and then resume your daily, white business? Furthermore, if you told me these law enforcement officers who display solidarity with the protesters and POC are, in fact, attempting to lull protesters into backing down so they can "restore law and order," I wouldn't be a bit surprised. They don't appear to be so cunning, but then again, neither does the Trump administration or the Republicans in Congress; yet, they manage to get an awful lot done (or undone) even after we scream bloody murder. As a Christian, I wish I weren't this cynical about anyone, let alone white people. But, as an American, I have to be. For me, and for anyone in my shoes, it's literally the difference between life and death. Exactly. There ARE no "good cops." The only ones who might qualify for that distinction are the ones who speak up and out (and throw their lives and livelihoods in the balance) the minute they see any kind of injustice; and who refuse to back down from their convictions, no matter how pressure their colleagues (and in many cases, their loved ones and communities) apply on them. But, "Serpico" was, in the end, just one guy.

It always does whenever VR's name enters the conversation. She's polarizing, to put it VERY mildly. YES. PREACH. Or, they decide to play the game, so to speak, until they are in a position where they can tell the (white) producers and network/studio execs to shove it.

Exactly. Nothing talks louder to these suits than money. Nothing.

Wrong. White people ARE speaking out. On ALL sides. And for every white person who protests alongside us, there's another who screams "ALL LIVES MATTER!," or wonders why we're so angry, or why we're causing so much trouble. Again, wrong. You have the right to speak out, but you don't have the right to tell us how WE choose to speak out. Because, nine times out of ten, that's really what you're doing when you THINK you're just "speaking out." Because, those who remain silent in the face of racism -- in the name of "free speech" or "going along to get along" -- are as guilty as the racists themselves. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Three rallies in one week are one thing -- but what're gonna do next week? Next month? Next year? What are you gonna do the next time someone tells you your white privilege is showing? Are you gonna take that as a sign to modify your way of thinking and behaving? Or are you gonna remind that person you once dated a Black man who wore dreads and you once went to three BLM rallies in one week? This one's for you, and for the others in the back: WHITE PRIVILEGE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH FINANCIAL STATUS. You could live on the streets of NYC in a cardboard box, with an old pickle jar for a toilet, and you're still gonna be treated differently (and better) than a Black man living under the exact same conditions. White privilege and economic inequality only intersect when White America tells us that the reason why we aren't as wealthy as our Caucasian counterparts is because we aren't working hard enough; when, in fact, it's because your skin color has allowed you distinct advantages in the business world that ours never do. And for God's sake, PLEASE spare us ALL any further talk of how being harassed by law enforcement on account of your Black bf helps you understand our situation better. If anything, your ex should be the one sharing these experiences of how systemic racism has affected his life, not you. I don't care how many times you've seen one of us harassed and/or threatened by cops for no reason. I don't care how many (Black) men you've dated, or how many Black families you lived next to while growing up. You could be Navin P. Johnson, for all I care, but unless you were born and have lived your entire life AS a Black man, you have No. Idea.

Why is it every time we bring up VR, this happens? "Why is she so against Y&R? Why can't she just be grateful? Other Black people who've worked on the show haven't complained! She's just a troublemaker!" Even now, when current events are proving her more and more right, just the mere mention of the woman's name brandishes the white privilege. So? White privilege doesn't care who you screw.

And you would be right.

And boy are we learning that lesson right now!

All skinfolk ain't kinfolk.

Even I must admit I was wrong to criticize VR back in the day for going on about the racial and ethnic inequalities happening BTS at Y&R and elsewhere. Back then, I thought she was being bitter and refusing to move on. But now, I'm starting to think that, if anything, she might've held back on some of the gorier details.

What can you say? Trolls gonna troll!

He left jail? Really? I guess he WANTS to die.

I wish they had followed through with Mallet/Mindy, too. I never "got" the Nick/Mindy pairing beyond how it would have impacted his relationship with Alexandra. It's just too bad Judi Evans was on AW, because I DEFINITELY think a Nick/Beth pairing would have been more interesting.

Not to mention YoHarmony, who I SWEAR was MAB's salute to Fontaine.

I understand, because, for much of my adult life, that was me. Even now, I don't believe either party operates in the best interests of the American public. But, I have to put aside my skepticism about politics and politicians in general, because the Trump administration has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there IS such a thing as the lesser of two evils.