Let's be honest, since Ars has been bought by Condé Nast, it has progressively become something between Reddit and Gawkers.
And also, if you are democrat or democratic leaning, you are not allowed to criticize republican administration. Criticism, insults and such can flow only one way - from conservatives to democrats. Checkmate.
[1] E.g. government statistics, or public announcements by a university regarding their programs, in an article about what kind of programs that university offers. I.e. sources nobody disputed for those claims.
You have to be kidding me. A division director of FDA was extorting people mafia style, with links to a lawsuit with evidence and your first thoughts were: "she hurt me feefees with a article about inane culture war bullshit" and "how dare she display her twiter-clone account".
As always, https://www.jwz.org/ is right.
People like like to pretend their favorite side doesn't do as much bullshit, yet they do, even if it's more subtle or hidden.
What a waste of time. Complaining about the drama while creating it...