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American Meat Production and Democratic Surveillance
CHRISTOPHE HAUBURSIN OF VOX.COM EXPLORES UNDERCOVER REVELATIONS ABOUT AMERICAN MEAT PRODUCTION Other Featured Voices Include: https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/elizabeth-warren-on-planned-parenthood/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/ezra-klein-interviews-bernie-sanders/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/act-out-from-occupy-com/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/jon-stewart-has-no-more-jokes-on-gun-violence/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/chris-hayes-on-the-problems-of-white-culture/ Read more
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On ISIS and Anomie
WHY IS EXTREMISM SO ATTRACTIVE TO SOME? I recently viewed some videos published by the New York Times addressing the motivations of young people, living otherwise normal lives by western standards, who nevertheless opt to join ISIL in their jihad against infidels and their mission to establish a new caliphate. The videos were very revealing, perhaps… Read more
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A Good Rule of Thumb Before Posting Memes
I’D LIKE TO CALL IT THE “MAMA RULE” The social media universe is unique in the history of man. It’s speed of light interactions and push-button communication influences the rules of interaction within that particular sphere of influence. How much this translates to actual person-person interaction is not yet clear. However, the innovations resulting from… Read more
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Elizabeth Warren on Planned Parenthood
NO, THEY DID NOT HIT THEIR HEADS. THEY’VE ALWAYS HATED WOMEN’S INDEPENDENCE Read more
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Deference, Self-Defense and the Death of Sam Dubose
ON CONFLICT CYCLES AND THE POLICE/SUBJECT INTERACTIONS In the last year I’ve offered an explanation of police brutality and community conflicts that, I believe, transcends the simple “racist cop/deserving subject” paradigm (here, here and here). My goal is to try to understand the complex nature of what I see as a conflict cycle existing between… Read more
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On Proving the Null Hypothesis in the Gun Debate
OR THE DIFFICULTIES OF ACADEMIC HONESTY The last couple of semesters I’ve had the unfortunate opportunity to talk about American gun culture and its associated gun violence in real time. It’s actually a great topic through which to understand the sociological imagination and to offer relevant lessons on how sociologists do our work. I try to… Read more
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