The People are Revolting!
THE ROLE OF STREET ACTIVISM IN TRUMPLANDIA
Despite their propaganda, Trump and his billionaire elite find us revolting. Let’s show them just how “revolting” we can be!
Tag: Donald Trump
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 HackersThe 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 StateMy 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, […]
Read More The Myth of Media NeutralityApocolyptic Liberalism
Letting the system burn to the ground may start a conflagration that we will never be able to control. This is the danger of Apocalyptic Liberalism. An actual Apocalypse.
Read More Apocolyptic LiberalismHillary Clinton: The Conservative Candidate
CONSERVATIVES WHO REJECT DONALD TRUMP’S NATIONALISM DO HAVE SOMEONE TO VOTE FOR Okay, look. Progressives are almost certainly going to vote for Hillary Clinton. They don’t want to, but they will because–Trump. Bottom line. It’s frustrating to have to be in this position when there was a candidate who represented our interests for the first […]
Read More Hillary Clinton: The Conservative CandidateWhat’s Wrong with Our Country?
LAW AND ORDER, TRUMPISM AND “US AGAINST THEM” Protests in the streets, mass shootings, police shootings, political gridlock. What in the world is wrong with our country? I hear this all the time. It’s hard for a sociologist to answer. We have so many variables running through our brains, all of which we are, by training, locked […]
Read More What’s Wrong with Our Country?Me!
DISCUSSING THE 2016 PRIMARIES AT THE KAMINSKI CODE PODCAST With Joseph Kaminski and Elliot Declet. And they were good enough to edit out my colossal sneeze about half way into the discussion! It was great fun sitting down with serious students of the political scene and sharing my wisdom and having a few laughs while […]
Read More Me!Is Trump a Magnet for Violence?
THE SIMPLE SOCIOLOGY BEHIND TRUMP RALLY VIOLENCE In sociology we have a useful tool called the Thomas Theorem. It’s really a quote from the sociologist W. I. Thomas, “If men[people] define situations as real, they are real in their consequences,” that has become a sociological staple. This simple sentence really is a valuable tool for understanding […]
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