You’re not accounting for people who are restrained from being who they truly are or who they want to be by the perceived consequences until they’re intoxicated and don’t care about the consequences anymore. Bigots who might only say bigoted things in “safe” company unless they drink too much aren’t virtuous people holding back intrusive thoughts. They are bigots who finally feel free to do so.

According to WHIO, who obtained an “investigative file” and communications within the office, Rodgers said he was prescribed sleep aids and that his ‘out of character’ actions were a “documented side effect.”

Ah, the classic Roseanne defense. Most people don’t start spewing hate under the influence of medication if they don’t normally use that kind of language when they’re sober.

This isn’t a smoking gun.

You can’t trust that ChatGPT is telling the truth, but also the use of copyrighted material is acceptable under a fair use standard written into US copyright law. Whether it is fair use or not is up to a court to decide, but “without permission” doesn’t automatically mean “illegally.”