Some disputes resist an easy “good vs. evil” dynamic, but when one side calls their plans “Operation Satanique,” it’s not too hard to figure who “the baddies” are.

Guest: Dan Kois, Slate writer.

Articles mentioned in this piece:

• The Last Days of the Rainbow Warrior

• Why We Keep Putting Up With Martin Short

• Who Killed the Segway 

• This Is the Correct Way to Divide Public Bathrooms

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Also mentioned: What Next: The Lawsuit Scaring Protesters. 

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