Might these guidelines be communicated to weekend or guest editors, who tend to approve accounts without regard to the long-term impact of a commenter named, say, “YankeesSuck6969” or “SuperMike?”
I’m looking at you, Young Manhattanites. Your policy of inclusion went against every principle the phrase “Young Manhattanites” suggests.
It’s true, we’re non-judgmental and very accepting of others.
A co-worker just handed pink roses to everyone in the office to brighten up this rainy day. I believe that’s called sincerity. Now I feel like Mahir. I kiss you!
“This sterile moral posturing, which is not only useless but humiliating, has made America’s liberal class an object of public derision.”—
Chris Hedges, Liberals Are Useless. (via YM) (via katiebakes)
“We may lose if we step outside the mainstream, but at least we will salvage our self-esteem and integrity.”
OH GOOD THOSE WILL BE VERY USEFUL.
Well, don’t lose sight of his bigger point. Here’s a better passage:
I save my anger for our bankrupt liberal intelligentsia of which, sadly, I guess I am a member. Liberals are the defeated, self-absorbed Mouse Man in Dostoevsky’s “Notes From Underground.” They embrace cynicism, a cloak for their cowardice and impotence. They, like Dostoevsky’s depraved character, have come to believe that the “conscious inertia” of the underground surpasses all other forms of existence. They too use inaction and empty moral posturing, not to affect change but to engage in an orgy of self-adulation and self-pity. They too refuse to act or engage with anyone not cowering in the underground. This choice does not satisfy the Mouse Man, as it does not satisfy our liberal class, but neither has the strength to change. The gravest danger we face as a nation is not from the far right, although it may well inherit power, but from a bankrupt liberal class that has lost the will to fight and the moral courage to stand up for what it espouses.
He’s talking about blogging, right?
Liberals are a useless lot. They talk about peace and do nothing to challenge our permanent war economy. They claim to support the working class, and vote for candidates that glibly defend the North American Free Trade Agreement. They insist they believe in welfare, the right to organize, universal health care and a host of other socially progressive causes, and will not risk stepping out of the mainstream to fight for them. The only talent they seem to possess is the ability to write abject, cloying letters to Barack Obama—as if he reads them—asking the president to come back to his “true” self. This sterile moral posturing, which is not only useless but humiliating, has made America’s liberal class an object of public derision.
I am not disappointed in Obama. I don’t feel betrayed. I don’t wonder when he is going to be Obama. I did not vote for the man. I vote socialist, which in my case meant Ralph Nader, but could have meant Cynthia McKinney. How can an organization with the oxymoronic title Progressives for Obama even exist? Liberal groups like these make political satire obsolete. Obama was and is a brand. He is a product of the Chicago political machine. He has been skillfully packaged as the new face of the corporate state. I don’t dislike Obama—I would much rather listen to him than his smug and venal predecessor—though I expected nothing but a continuation of the corporate rape of the country. And that is what he has delivered.
Chris Hedges is serious, maybe a little angry, and the joke is on us.
I largely can’t tell when people on Tumblr are joking or angry or serious.
It’s just like talking to dad, right?
Should have used the “Fucking Jews” tag.
Our cock-suckingly narcissistic and entitled side requires this to be reblogged.
Jesus Christ, sometimes the insane circle jerkiness of Tumblr just makes me want to hack into someone’s account and scream “There’s more to life than this! Like Golden Girls reruns and Thai food and buying fucking Uggs when you swore you never would!”
And please, please stop talking about how obnoxious other people’s “entitlement” is if you have ever contributed to any of the following sites:
- Any Gawker Media entity
- Animal NY
- Blackbook
- Condé Nast
- Time Inc.
- Mediaite
There really are those of us out here who truly do not give two shits about your Tumblr-to-book deal or lack thereof, or how brilliant the Altarcations entry was this week or how that new media orgy of a party was and how omg you haven’t had a day off in forever because you secretly actually really enjoy what you do.
You do that, and maybe I won’t write another entry about how cock-suckingly narcissistic and (GASP) entitled that whole group has become.
To the rest of you (aka, all of my friends who don’t follow any of this and read this Tumblr because of my awesome gasp of the aforementioned Golden Girls reruns) I apologize
Good writing gets around, so this should be a book in a matter of days.
Now you can say it, Foster: SHOTS FIRED! More, please.
Also: inviting the entire NYC tech scene crowd and AGAIN having too little space to let all the registered ticketholders into the event? But this time having it in Brooklyn on a Monday in December, so that it’s even more infuriating when they turn away 50 people at the door? That’s a huge boner. Hope you had fun at your pretty-pretty-princess birthday party! UNFOLLOW.
Crüe forever.
~38% of people at the event checked in (based on posted 650 person max capacity)
We had 242 checkin at the Boxee beta party last night at Music Hall of Williamsburg last night! (I snapped this pic just before my battery died) World Record?
Seriously, from URDB: (68 was the old record)
“Largest Group To Check In At The Same Venue On Foursquare At Once”
http://urdb.org/Content/RecordDetail.aspx?id=1193&attempt=2397
Oh, and 242 of us also scored the Boxee badge :)
(ps: user pics = beta build = coming soon!)
What percent checked in but didn’t get in?
