The Tailgate Society

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Tag: Politics

  • Blood is red and gun barrels are blued, thoughts and prayers are easy, but we can do nothing else for you. ❤ — America

    Blood is red and gun barrels are blued, thoughts and prayers are easy, but we can do nothing else for you. ❤ — America

    Do I have to do the write up of the 18 school shootings there have been since the first of the year, put a couple of paragraphs of empathy and prayers out there into the ether with the rest of them in order to be heard? Because fuck that. Today was Florida. 13 days ago […]

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  • Rageaholism

    Rageaholism

    It beckons to me in the darkness. My eyes have just opened, and my hand reaches for the coolness of its metallic skin. It flashes alive at my touch. My feet hit the floor, and it begins. What did our president say this morning? What human atrocity is going on in some distant land? What’s […]

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  • All I Want For Christmas: An Irrational List

    All I Want For Christmas: An Irrational List

    Some random things I’d like to have…that I won’t get.

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  • Go away, Al Franken

    Go away, Al Franken

    I need Senator Al Franken to get lost.

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  • Women of the range are tough

    Women of the range are tough

    All of my life, I have looked up to women who worked their tails off and created a livelihood out of nothing. Who worked as a team with their families to scratch an existence out of the rock and clay. Who were just as likely to be bottle nursing a baby calf in the bathtub […]

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  • Hipster Culture is an Enemy of the Political Left AND Right

    Hipster Culture is an Enemy of the Political Left AND Right

    Let’s start with a staple of the hipster subculture: The man bun. While historically reserved for ancient samurai orders (where they belong), American pop and sub cultures adopted the man bun either because ideas were running short, or because it’s a natural evolutionary nuance of hairstyle. In either case, the bun itself has sparked several […]

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  • New Season of Social Justice and Sports

    New Season of Social Justice and Sports

    Everything from playing sports to consuming media about athletes, teams, coaches, and so on, contribute to the conversation about sports. With the amount of attention we dedicate to sports, it’s no wonder topics of social change have also entered the discussion. We’re entering a new season of football, which means we’re entering a new season […]

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  • The Internet: Week In Review 8/24/2017

    The Internet: Week In Review 8/24/2017

    Well I don’t know about you but I’m fairly glad the eclipse thing is all over so let’s take a look at the cool shit I found from the internet this week, enjoy! This might be the coolest pic I’ve ever seen in my life, totally badass. This pic just won the Nat Geo’s Travel […]

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  • The Trump months thus far: A Pro-White, Anti-Democratic, Chaotic Zeitgeist.

    The Trump months thus far: A Pro-White, Anti-Democratic, Chaotic Zeitgeist.

    So we’re what, like 8 months into this “presidency?” And it’s not a very effective, or good, administration.

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  • America, this IS us.

    America, this IS us.

    America, 2017. Embed from Getty Images   They came to Charlottesville, VA, with tiki torches, Trump costumes, and hate in their hearts. Embed from Getty Images   Stealing valor. Embed from Getty Images   Cosplaying patriotism. Embed from Getty Images   Waving Confederate and Nazi flags, like those bits of cheap cloth don’t signify the […]

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