The Trump Effect
Now, with President Trump as the role model, there’s no reason to think that his success will be interpreted as anything less than an invitation for the Monstrous Deplorables to act on their hatred.
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Intelligence, the Iraq War and Russian Hackers
Over time, if not diligently confronted, the lie becomes accepted history. We cannot afford to let this particular lie become entrenched in our mainstream consciousness.
Read More Intelligence, the Iraq War and Russian HackersI Hate it When I’m Right
THE “IDIOT” FACTOR IN TRUMP POLITICS Some months before the election I offered my final word on Donald Trump…or so I had hoped. Turns out…not so much. Anyway, in this post I suggested that Trump supporters could be divided into three categories: Idiots, Bigots, and Political Sociopaths (though I didn’t use that particular term, I […]
Read More I Hate it When I’m RightAn Open Letter to the Democratic Party
Dear Democratic Party:
Your own hubris, your own cowardice, your own spineless, jellyfish, go with the political currents political strategy brought you to this pathetic abyss.
A Gut Response to the Election
We’re facing a stark wasteland. There’s nothing we can do about it. Once the enormity of our situation sinks in, all we can do is take a deep breath and ask ourselves what we are willing to do about it.
Read More A Gut Response to the ElectionThe Culmination of Single Party Corporatocratic State
If this election has done nothing else, it has revealed that this elitist, coalition style system has reached its limit.
Read More The Culmination of Single Party Corporatocratic StateOn Locker Room Talk, Patriarchy and Grabbing Pussies
HOW OBJECTIFYING DISCOURSE LEADS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT If the Locker Room Talk Scandal has done nothing else, it has put a spotlight on the way men talk when they don’t believe they are being heard and how what might be private words can translate into public actions. It’s also forced men, honest men at least, […]
Read More On Locker Room Talk, Patriarchy and Grabbing PussiesMichelle Obama on The Republican Nominee’s Disdain for Women
THE MOST POWERFUL ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN I’VE SEEN YET
Read More Michelle Obama on The Republican Nominee’s Disdain for WomenMy Last Word on Trump
I have resolved that, after this post, I will not spend one more minute on this walking scam. That is unless, by some profound misfortune, he actually becomes president. Then all bet’s are off. Fortunately, that’s not likely.
Read More My Last Word on TrumpThe Myth of Media Neutrality
WHEN THE POLITICS IS SO DISTORTED I have a problem. You see, since I started this blog eight years ago, during an historic election year no less, it has always been the policy that the Mad Sociologist Blog was not a platform for endorsing candidates. For eight years I’ve been faithful to this policy. Yes, […]
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