But they did:

Oof. Maybe Slate thought it’d go over well.

Spoiler alert: It didn’t.

The article itself isn’t quite as bad as what the headline suggests …

https://twitter.com/dissentingj/status/688033497303367681

But the damage was already done.

https://twitter.com/coffeejournals/status/688033722482966529

https://twitter.com/mehstrogen/status/688047159820861440