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Of course Slate would write an article like this. The site was always liberal, but it used to represent a sort of rational leftism. In recent years it's churne
by Humjob 12y ago
Of course Slate would write an article like this.
The site was always liberal, but it used to represent a sort of rational leftism. In recent years it's churned out increasingly deranged and self-parodying social justice warrior-esque articles, to the point where Marx himself would call them a bunch of dirty commies.
- comicjk 12y agoCheck before you comment. The writer is a conservative; his other recent articles include a description of a tea-party utopia ("Teatopia"), an argument that the US should never have pulled out of Iraq, and a critique of NYC making it easier to get welfare. Furthermore, the article is just proposing a market-based solution to high rents: increase supply.
- davidgerard 12y agoWith an irrelevant dig at minimum wage thrown in as a bonus "not as bad as" argument.
- 01Michael10 12y agoOf course we had a liberal bashing rant posted since the article didn't criticize Obama, say global warming is wrong, or plead for Sarah Palin to run for Senate. Geez...