Category: Politics
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Dean Abbott is an ass
Dean Abbott is a chaplain and author of two books as well as the Substack blog The Anchor & the Waves. He is also an ass. To be fair, that title is a bit click-baity, and I don’t really know for a fact that Dean Abbott is an ass. I’ve only recently become aware of…
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The Problem with Oliver Anthony and the Rich Men North of Richmond
Thoughts on the viral star At this point, I’m sure that Oliver Anthony needs little introduction. Following the success of his omega-viral hit, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Anthony has become an overnight sensation. The video currently sits at 60 million views and has united millions of people from all races, creeds, and even countries with…
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The Social Construction of Reality by Peter Berger & Thomas Luckmann
The question at hand is how does what passes for “knowledge” and “reality” within a given social situation or context achieve this status? How do groups of people come to share an agreed upon “reality?”
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The Problem with Ben Cremer
I first found out about Ben Cremer a few years ago when some mutuals on Facebook started sharing his posts. Then, as now, he was (following in the footsteps of the likes of John Pavlovitz) growing his platform by posting woke “Christian” takes on everything from abortion to BLM. As it turns out, that is…
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The Ego Economy: “Why Should I Care?”
I’ll typically check my social media between sets when I’m at the gym. It’s a bad habit, I know, but it’s harder to quit than smoking. Today, I’m training back and some boomer moron who probably watches CNN every night and hasn’t read a book in fifty years is calling me a “dumb kid” again.
The Barking Years 