The Week contest: No empathy
This week's question: Four people were arrested after a fistfight broke out in an "empathy tent" at the University of California Berkeley, a space where left-wing activists and supporters of President Trump were supposed to find common ground. Please come up with a more appropriate name for a place where these two sides can meet to discuss their differences.
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "The malcon-tent"
Craig Kesselheim, Southwest Harbor, Maine
SECOND PLACE: "The bicker-ring"
Anthony Scattini, Danville, Calif.
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THIRD PLACE: "The hurt yurt"
James Smith, New York City
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The shove thy neighbor tent"
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Va.
"The discon-tent"
Daniel Larkin, Saint Paul, Minn.
"The escalation station"
Glenn Shimizu, Marble Falls, Texas
"Kapow-wow"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
"The hit-'em-where-it-hurts yurt"
Kim Foster, New York City
"The KO corral"
William Stewart, Wynantskill, N.Y.
"The yours and mine fields"
Pamela Lipe Revercomb, Cazenovia, N.Y.
"The vent tent"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"The boiling point"
Jay Ripps, Mill Valley, Calif.
"The attacks shelter"
Ivan Kershner, Salem S.C.
"The yelling dwelling"
John Parry, Eldersburg, Md.
"Madison Square-Off Garden"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
"The shrilling fields"
Connie Walker, Madison, Wis.
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