(I’m about to get fairly geeky here and do some semiotics work.. I’m going to try to not be too academic, because I’m really interested in opinions from everyone) I’ve been pondering a weird thought experiment the last ten minutes or so. We tend to prefer single name signifiers for our political figures as a…
Tag: Bernie Sanders
Politics
Election 2016: Bizarro World Edition
by mav • • 71 Comments
Academics, Gender & Sex, Politics, Race & Class
All Facts are Alternative (some are more alternative than others)
by mav • • 44 Comments
Meme, Politics
There is no conspiracy and Snopes is your friend…
by mav • • 90 Comments
Politicians lie from time to time. All politicians. Donald Trump lies. Hillary Clinton lies. Even the internet’s great white hope Bernie Sanders lies. They also have bad ideas. They make mistakes. Not all the time. But these things do happen. They’re human and this is just a fact of life. There are plenty of reasons…
Politics, Rants
Bernman v Superdelegates: Dawn of Elections
by mav • • 75 Comments
So I have some thoughts about superdelegates… If you hadn’t noticed by now, I’m kind of an election junkie. I love politics. I find them fascinating. You remember how much you hated social studies in school and how your eyes glazed over when you got p that all the civics bullshit? Not me. I loved it.…
Politics, Rants
Mitt Romney, the NEW best thing that ever happened to American Politics!
by mav • • 9 Comments
Earlier today, my friend Shelby, posted a Facebook link to a pretty good analysis of American politics in terms of professional wrestling by Oliver Willis. It’s well written and very smart. Willis does an excellent job of breaking down the current political landscape and inserting it into his professional wrestling framework. I feel like my friends AJ, Dan, Patrick…