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Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
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This your primary venue now? I always tried to read you a TrueSlant because it monetized your writing. Funny think for lefty to say.Report
As someone who enjoys drinking the occasional beer or two, as well as (much less often) smoking a bowl or two, I have to say it always bothers me when legalization advocates try to score points by showing alcohol consumption in the worst possible light and then saying, “But, hey, *that’s* legal!” Let’s be honest- the blue-noses they’re trying to convince to legalize pot will just look at something like that and say, “I guess they’re right- maybe we should criminalize alcohol!”Report