The Political Metaphor of Bluto’s Animal House Speech

Shelton Bumgarner

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

Things have gotten both so dumb and so existential when it comes to the impeachment and removal of the tyrant Trump that I feel things need to be explicated in a very simple fashion.

If you want to understand what’s going on in America right now, look at this clip from Animal House.

Bluto is the American public. He’s finally been roused from his sleep. He’s mad as hell and wants to do something about Trump. But for the moment he’s not really being listened to. He’s call a “moron” by The Cook Report and many in the press who would trade access to power for patriotism. He might not have all the facts down, but he has passion and principle.

It’s not until people who have something to lose decide to act that anything actually happens. And, so, we are a historic precipice where things could go either way. We could get pushed off the cliff into tyranny, or we could save ourselves.

Now what. You decide.

Author: Shelton Bumgarner

I am the Editor & Publisher of The Trumplandia Report

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