TJ Singleton

@miglet35 @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou So it’s wrong to use a flag that existed before Castro was born because Castro also used it. Guess what flag people wave when they chant “Cuba libre”? It’s not a new one. Good night. You’re posts show you’re very angry. Good night and have a better tomorrow

@tjsingletonjr @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou So, you're just a disingenuous pos. No one in their right mind, who is Catholic, would post something that would lend support to Castro's failed state in association with Catholicism, which Castro despised. It's not "ad hominem" to question your obvious bias.

@tjsingletonjr @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou There is no damnable way you have Catholic flag and a Cuban flag in your bio. So, do you lie to yourself every day, promoting communism in the same breath as promoting Christ? You dishonest muppet.

@miglet35 @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou No, I wouldn’t expect a drama major to read Homer. Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides? Yes. I red both responses & lost track of what was where. My apologies. Your language suggests you’re overcome with emotion. I hope you have a better day tomorrow

@tjsingletonjr @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou We pretending that she wouldn't have been exposed to Greek historical literature while studying "drama" at Yale? Who do you think you're kidding. There is no ad hominem here. You're lying, flat out.

Lupita Nyong'o: “I really had no idea what The Odyssey was” 😭

@miglet35 @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou She studied drama, not classics. Now that you’ve used a non sequitur and an ad hominem, is there a real argument you’d like to make?

Quit defending this kind of slop stupidity. She's a Yale graduate. It's literally one of the foundational texts of fiction, the world over. If she didn't read it, I can only assume she's a complete moron. "Lifelong learners" don't go to Yale and major in the classics while **not reading the classics**, you disingenuous ass.

@flosluteus @LogOffIRL @DrewPavlou Which is why most college students in the US don’t read it in college. Nyong’o attended secondary schools in Kenya and Mexico, not the US

@LogOffIRL @DrewPavlou she studied *drama* at *yale* and never heard of the odyssey? we read it in 10th grade.

@kevinobriencha1 @DrewPavlou The vast majority of college students in the US do not read Homer *while in college.* Many were assigned his work while in middle or high school, but Nyong’o didn’t go to middle or high school in the US (she attended schools in Kenya and Mexico)

@DrewPavlou Which translations of The Odyssey and The Iliad?🤣 'Lupita attended college in US, earning a bachelor's degree in film & theatre from Hampshire College. She then pursued a master's degree in acting from Yale School of Drama.' Yale never taught Homer? Shocking!

@illegal0pinions @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou An “abomination”?! That’s pretty strong, so please tell me what you mean. More importantly, what do you think of the actress Lupita Nyong’o who plays Helen and Clytemnestra in the movie?

@theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou I have read it almost a dozen times. 4 different translations. With my grandfather as a child. In school. In university. With my children. Lupita Mongo is an abomination.

@DriveByGeek @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou Your confusing ignorance (not knowing something) with incompetence (not being able to do something). When she chose to read the Odyssey, she was able to do so. Many people who have read parts of the Odyssey, did so reluctantly because those parts were required in school.

@theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou Oh no, I think the movie will be an affront to Homer. But even more sad is what you said might be true? The actress didn’t know the original material, you think commenters do not know, not just a crisis of competence but an age of incompetence.

@miglet35 @qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou Not everyone has read every major work in Western Lit. Her educational upbringing was sufficient that when she wanted to learn something, she was able to read & understand it. That’s part of what it means to form lifelong learners, part of the mission of the school where I teach.

@qwerty6523 @BradD80 @theAmericanBen @DrewPavlou Imagine pretending that spelling errors have any real bearing on any of these discussions.

@therealnche @writerofscratch Because being annoyed isn’t grounds for destroying something

@writerofscratch Consider that this is the process to bury something they don't like. Why not destroy the thing that annoys you?

What gets me about the Odyssey translation discourse is that if there are several translations of the same work and there's a translation you like, why not just appreciate that translation instead of spending your time malding like a loser over the translation you don't like?

@HoneyTongueMuse Next year? They said 2024. Then 2026. Now it’s 2027?

With the new breviary coming out next Lent, Pentecost Vespers just now is the last time I'll use that volume. Just pur my old Vol II away forever. 🥲

@HarryGucc @Variety The possession? Nikki isn’t forced to love him. *Something* has replaced her, and that’s a twist I haven’t seen before

@Variety What was original about this movie again? I’ve asked several people and no one seems to have an answer.

"Obsession" director Curry Barker revealed his inspiration came in part from a "Simpsons" episode: “Bart gets a monkey paw and causes a bunch of chaos,” he explains. "We’ve seen ‘Be careful what you wish for’ tons of times. But we’ve never seen my version of it." wp.me/pc8uak-1lGgB5

@jtmaillet30 @Variety The basic story has been told MANY times, but there was a twist I’ve never seen before.

@Variety Buy Obsession is literally an episode of the Twilight Zone. It's the exact same story!

@Roq44 @Variety You laugh, but isn’t it more likely that anyone in his mid-20s saw the Brendan Fraser version before the Universal version from 90 years ago?

@Variety Can’t wait on his take on The Mummy which he learned about from watching Brendan Fraser sprint around wearing a messenger bag

@Stopjihadnow @LDHITE22 @MarcoFoster_ @Rome_Colt45 @megynkelly @hodgetwins If a man cheats on multiple wives, why do you think he will be honest in his dealings with you?

Megyn Kelly: “Trump has cheated on every wife he’s had. He met Marla Maples while he was married to the mother of his children Ivana. Ivana accused him of raping her. She alleged he was so angry over the hair transplant he got that she made him get, it was so painful that he raped her. He winds up with Melania and if you think Trump’s been faithful to Melania, you’ve got bigger issues than I can solve”

@RachelleyQueen @MarcoFoster_ @megynkelly @hodgetwins If a man will cheat on every one of his wives, don’t be surprised when he cheats the country. He has shown he can’t be trusted

Treasonous pig! You think we give a 💩 what kind of “man” he is? You’ve failed the mission! You forgot that he’s not here to be a nice f*cking guy! He’s here to do the hard things his country needs! I don’t need Trump to be a nice guy! I want him a ruthless, killer, who will do anything to win and make this country great! You absolute traitor!

@mariaebyrd @CatholicSat Perhaps you should read the encyclical. Even the first sentence might help a little

@CatholicSat Translation: Let us all bow down in our pagan worship of man;)

Accompanying his Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the age of Artificial Intelligence, Pope Leo XIV writes a short note to bishops signed and dated today, Pentecost Monday: “Dear brother bishop, May the Holy Spirit “renew the face of the earth” and the magnificent humanity God has created and Jesus Christ has saved. Please join me in bringing our magisterium to the whole Church and all the world. Fraternally in the episcopate, Leo PP. XIV”

@GolerGkA @s_cowles @bf_crane She could have been there at the same time practice ends, but she chose not to.

@s_cowles @bf_crane The time for mom to get there is equal for the time for him to get home. He will be with family at the same time regardless.

My favorite new commercial is that Uber one where a kid is cut from tryouts and his mom, who is at home, doesn’t pick him up and just pays for his Uber back. It’s a sentimental moment written by reptiles lol

@GolerGkA @chunkyloafers @bf_crane If the parent is not pressed for time, the child wouldn’t have to wait for a ride. The commercial shows the parent spending money rather than time with the child

@chunkyloafers @bf_crane However long is it from your home to his school, he will have to wait his time, either sitting in an uber, or waiting for you to pick him up, right? And when he comes home you can give him your time just as well, but also put some comfort food or whatever for him on the table

🚨 Every Republican present in the House Appropriations Committee last night voted to make THEMSELVES eligible to collect from Trump's $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund. I am not making this up. I introduced an amendment to stop Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President from collecting a single dollar from Trump’s slush fund unless a court actually orders it. Every single Republican who cast a vote was AGAINST my amendment, making themselves eligible for settlement funds. Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President, have no business lining their own pockets by claiming they were victims of government weaponization. Trump set up this fund, now MAGA Republicans in Congress are ensuring they all can collect from it. That is exactly the kind of self-dealing corruption the American people are sick of.