Comments on: When the fauxgressive is on your side http://globalcomment.com/2009/when-the-fauxgressive-is-on-your-side/ where the world thinks out loud Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:18:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: wondering http://globalcomment.com/2009/when-the-fauxgressive-is-on-your-side/comment-page-1/#comment-3012 wondering Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:51:41 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=1162#comment-3012 Great post. I would go for "fauxgressive" over "hipster" myself. Hipsters don't necessarily assume progressive stances, however faked. (Liking indie rock doesn't automatically inoculate one against being a Ron Paul Internet libertarian, for example.) Besides, I like the way "fauxgressive" defines itself. Great post.

I would go for “fauxgressive” over “hipster” myself. Hipsters don’t necessarily assume progressive stances, however faked. (Liking indie rock doesn’t automatically inoculate one against being a Ron Paul Internet libertarian, for example.)

Besides, I like the way “fauxgressive” defines itself.

]]> By: Links - 2008-02-12 at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture http://globalcomment.com/2009/when-the-fauxgressive-is-on-your-side/comment-page-1/#comment-3008 Links - 2008-02-12 at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:18:16 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=1162#comment-3008 [...] Martin has a piece up at GlobalComment about “fauxgressives“: Everyone knows one of these people. You know the type that reads the coles notes, never the [...] [...] Martin has a piece up at GlobalComment about “fauxgressives“: Everyone knows one of these people. You know the type that reads the coles notes, never the [...]

]]> By: Kristin http://globalcomment.com/2009/when-the-fauxgressive-is-on-your-side/comment-page-1/#comment-3001 Kristin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:55:29 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=1162#comment-3001 "It is their very potential to do harm that worries me the most. Just look what a C-student did to the US for the last 8 years. That ought to be enough to tell you what can happen when we allow idiocy to lead." Yes. Absolutely. Great post. And, oh my god, I so hear you about this: "Every time I see a fauxgressive moaning about the unbearable lightness of being, while inside secretly saying gee I’m glad I’m me, wearing their best American Apparel, I just want to hit the mute button and bang my head against the nearest desk over and over again." Well, I usually want to bang their head on the desk instead of mine, but yeah. “It is their very potential to do harm that worries me the most. Just look what a C-student did to the US for the last 8 years. That ought to be enough to tell you what can happen when we allow idiocy to lead.”

Yes. Absolutely. Great post.

And, oh my god, I so hear you about this:

“Every time I see a fauxgressive moaning about the unbearable lightness of being, while inside secretly saying gee I’m glad I’m me, wearing their best American Apparel, I just want to hit the mute button and bang my head against the nearest desk over and over again.”

Well, I usually want to bang their head on the desk instead of mine, but yeah.

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