Eric Nelson

Give a man a book, and he'll read for a week. Teach a man to write a book, and he'll never fully enjoy anything again.

@BMcGrewvy When you say the whold room gloating and mocking, you mean laughing at one joke about hoping there was no white guy with Tourette's present for these awards?

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate The entire room full of black celebrities at the NAACP is on tape gloating and mocking him.

Some dude with Tourettes involuntarily said the n-word and the national press, along with activist groups and Hollywood actors, had a two-week meltdown. It comes out that Mamdani’s wife said it casually and voluntarily and it’s total silence. Weird how that works.

@Catfatmatty This is a much more useful responds than "bullshit"

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate Look man, I was a NYC actor for decades. The idea that the industry kept a level humane head and didn't turn that poor sap into an absolute pariah is, in point of fact, bullshit. Maybe it was only '3 days' by your count, but I'm sure it felt like an eternity for him.

@MyNameIsBeck93 @Catfatmatty Are you counting a person with 7000 followers and no real credits on IMDB count as "national press" or "Hollywood"?

@Catfatmatty @literaryeric @bonchieredstate Wish it had been 3 days.

@youngdr0gba @bonchieredstate The white guy’s biopic was nominated to 6 awards. Showing up was not idiotic.

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate People know what Tourettes is. And the white guy was still an idiot. But you are correct, the “2 week meltdown” is hyperbole

@Nora_TheGreat1 Can you post some of that “national press here?”

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate The meltdowns included segregation, cutting out his tongue, and putting a muzzle on people with his condition. You may have missed these insane responses to John, but you can easily find the bigoted and ableist tirades if you wanted to.

@jhi03 @HaroldJ727362 @bonchieredstate

@literaryeric @HaroldJ727362 @bonchieredstate The national press is dead. Using that as a barometer of events shows your retardation.

@DSnew09 @HaroldJ727362 @bonchieredstate

@literaryeric @HaroldJ727362 @bonchieredstate Always moving the goal posts or conveniently only ever sees what they want to see

@HaroldJ727362 @bonchieredstate

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate Funny how the bar moves. You didn’t stipulate national press with your claim. Plenty of individuals stoked by Jamie Foxx’s claims it was intentionally racist.

Most movies, I leave going “yes, but.” “Yes, but the lighting was too dim.” “Yes, but the sound mix was terrible.” “Yes, but they skipped this major plot point.” (If based on a book.) “Yes, but they completely miscast this character.” Not “Project Hail Mary.” It hits all the marks, doesn’t assume the audience is stupid, and manages to cover 500 pages of plot in a 2.5-hour movie. Sure, they compressed some bits, but they did it *intelligently.* Score: 10/10. Reading the book first is recommended but not required. Go see it on the biggest screen you can.

I don't know that PROJECT HAIL MARY will wind up being the best movie of the year, but I have a hard time believing any movie will play better with paying audiences. It is, simply, nearly perfect pop filmmaking. Out tomorrow, go see it! thebulwark.com/p/project-hail…

Go see Project Hail Mary.

The more I think about it, the more I think Project Hail Mary is one of the best movies I’ve seen in maybe 30 years or so

@Catfatmatty Do better.

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate Bullshit

@VOLSFAN1375238 Who is they? The Mamdanis?

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate They ignore the slaughter of 35,000 Iranians,they ignore the the killing,rape of 1000s of citizens in USA by illegals,they ignore the fraud by mainly Muslim immigrants in the 100s of billions,they ignore the killing of 1000s in Gaza by Hamas, need any more?

@HaroldJ727362 @bonchieredstate Maybe I just missed all the national press saying we should segregate and abuse people with disabilities. Could you post an example?

@literaryeric @bonchieredstate That meltdown was people justifying segregating, punching and abusing people with disabilities. Don’t pretend it was an education in Tourette’s.

@HomoConNYC @AOC First, sexwork includes strippers, webcams, and porn. Second, Nevada and lots of European countries have legal brothels. Third, it’s the illegality that breeds crime and abuse. (That said, unlimited access to vice isn’t great even if it cuts back on crime.)

@literaryeric @AOC “Regulating sexwork” How do you “regulate” sexwork? Also sexwork is called prostitution. Which breeds crime, drugs abuse, trafficking, etc. Libertarians are so dumb.

This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽‍♀️ Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.

After this story was published, the White House called the Kennedy Center and made clear that Maher would not receive the prize.

@HomoConNYC @AOC Do you understand the difference between regulating sex work and making a startup the official Escort Service of the MLB.

@AOC @literaryeric But sex work is work right?

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