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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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on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Do you have the capability to see how your framing here could be interpreted as other than obvious?…
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024So his essay wasn't about improving things for others but was a selfish act for his own benefit? Do… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Yeah, we are in epistemic divorce.
on Embassies, Attacks, and IranWait, is the argument that embassies are somehow holy ground? Cause I'm pretty sure that's _not_ the… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Would you object to the bridge protests and the various college occupation protests being described…
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Generally speaking, a tantrum implies a protest without merit and usually regarding something petty.… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Someone just set themselves on fire in front of Trump's trial. Personally, I infinitely prefer this… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024When mostly peaceful activists blocked a bridge, you asked me "You just aren’t big on protests as a…
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024If only that's what my kids' tantrums had been like.
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Ah, the multi-year essay-based tantrum.
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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