But when she dismissed this — "You're watching the wrong movie," she star-splained — Colbert didn't dig deeper, let alone express his opinion or show any emotion.
Whether in the screeds of angry white men, or the edicts of vengeful Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish chauvinists, we encounter a pitiless machismo, that does not seek to understand, let alone express sympathy over the plight of weaker peoples.
Endless sharing and clicks on "like" are, after all, far easier than taking the time to work out what we actually feel - let alone express it - while personal identity can become little more than a perpetual present of status updates, drop-down-menu preferences and instant interactions.
"Having grown up in working class culture, listening to people use homophobic slurs my entire life, the drugs were a way to deal with that, but they were also the only way I could ever get over my inhibitions enough to even have a conversation about my sexuality, let alone express it, even with a partner.
Couple this with the information-saturated world we live in one where it's frighteningly easy to kick back and watch an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians rather than try to figure out, let alone express, our unique beliefs and you've got a society of totally infantile adults.
Kennedy criticized Chang's accusation of "Western indifference" and "Japanese denial" of the massacre as "exaggerated", commenting that "the Western world in fact neither then nor later ignored the Rape of Nanking", "nor is Chang entirely correct that Japan has obstinately refused to acknowledge its wartime crimes, let alone express regret for them".
The take-home points were: Men ultimately want sex more than anything else; men bond with each other primarily over the pursuit of sex; men have few legitimate reasons to get close to women, except in pursuit of sex; and men don't experience, let alone express, any emotional insecurities.
While I'm sure plenty of the men I know around here do support abortion rights, I can't think of a single time I've heard any of them even bring up the topic -- let alone express their positions on the issue.
Across this region, there are urban children living in crumbling housing, unable to walk in safety in their own neighbourhoods, let alone express their views or needs.
People have been leaving Mogadishu for other regions seeking peace, and it has been so hard for girls to be educated let alone express themselves and to speak out".
