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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 2h

I don't, no.

But it's not because I approve of those ideas, only that I *disapprove more* of leaking communications that were initially made in confidence without the consent of those involved.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 2h

Also come on don't be naive you know folks behind closed doors say bigoted and hateful things. I'm never surprised because humans are going to human.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 2h

I think there should be a law against "leaking" private communications. Or at the least some understanding amongst media organizations that they should not air private communications without consent.

This kind of thing - betraying people's confidences for personal gain - strikes me as unseemly.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5h

So much for Facebook's renewed commitment to free speech.

And so much for this administration's condemnation of social media censorship.

How long will it be before the DOJ demands platforms remove news reporting on ICE?

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 10h

Crony capitalism is what it seems this administration is all about.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 20h

"if this thing is new and improved then I want my money back for you selling me that inferior product last year."

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 22h

When I read my own analyses I read them as theoretically and factually correct but emotionally bereft.

And so it is with other academics, policy wonks, and technocrats.

This is why influencers have an upper hand with the public.

People are carried in the end by sentiment, not rationality.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

It's been a minute since I have been racially profiled.

I'm going to take a little break, play some Pong and enjoy the fruits of that... "interesting" experience in the grocery store.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

I'm 50...trying to enjoy every day because I don't know.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

This all makes sense to me. Huh. Thanks!

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

Like seriously it's crazy how many of those folks followed the Chris Rufo - Charlie Kirk - Matt Walsh - Lara Loomer path to economic success and cultural relevancy.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

It is not that older people become less idealistic per se...it's more that responsibilities and obligations compel you to compromise on your principles. And then when we are in our later years, we turn the compromises into principles.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

"Noodling this in ecological niches..."

a man with a beard is wearing glasses and a fur hat and says what do you mean by that .

ALT: a man with a beard is wearing glasses and a fur hat and says what do you mean by that .

media.tenor.com

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 1d

"There are no MAGA, woke, Black, Southern, American, female, or trans “essences” that determine group outcomes. The patterns we see at the group level are not powered by some internal and eternal trait."
#neighborhoodsociologist

rodgraham.substack.com/p/groups-are...

Groups are not unique, conditions are.

Some things your sociologist never told you - Part 5

rodgraham.substack.com

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 2d

rodgraham.substack.com/p/groups-are...

Groups are not unique, conditions are.

Some things your sociologist never told you - Part 5

rodgraham.substack.com

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 3d

The same feeling of unconditional acceptance we get from our pets (well, our dogs anyway) will eventually be replicated by our AI companions.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 3d

Love is an experience that overwhelms rationality.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 3d

The same feeling of unconditional acceptance we get from our pets (well, our dogs anyway) will eventually be replicated by our AI companions.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I remember that show!

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 4d

The greatest problem we have is the inability to think about the world unobstructed by our own thoughts.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 5d

Strange world we are in now.

Maybe soon we'll be demanding that all major league baseball players speak English as a condition of employment by the league.

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 5d

"Well ma'am I found a good way to test these cantaloupes...see you tap it lightly with the tip of your gun barrel like so..."

"Oh that's a good idea let me..."

"No, no you can't use that Ruger. You need a glock."

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Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 5d

Modern liberals are usually right on the big moral issues in the end.

Not because they are inherently more moral or intelligent - but because to extend your empathy, you need to have an awareness of other groups and their history.

Liberals are more educated and live in more diverse spaces.

Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · 7d

An amazing slide!