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An Extended Definition Of “Emo Progressive,” And Why It Matters

By Shoq, on September 11, 2011, at 6:27 pm

Update:  This term has been recast as “Puritopian.”  Emo Progressive was never coined by either Joy Ann Reid or myself. It had already gotten traction before we came together and tried to give it greater definition. We succeeded, perhaps too well. Like others, we were never comfortable with it because it was far too disparaging

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September 11th, 2011 | Category: Definitions, Emo Progressives, glenn greenwald, jane hamsher, Liberalism, Obama, Politics, Pro Left, Progressives | 6 comments

On “Twittergate” and any related nonsense I have no interest in.

By Shoq, on October 8, 2010, at 3:50 pm

Apparently, some conservatives are having a tiff with a twitter user named @wingnutwatch.  They made some convoluted youtube movie about it called "Twittergate".  For reasons I cannot really figure out, two of my tweets are in this video.  As best I can tell,my tweets merely mention words and concepts I'm known for, and try to

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October 8th, 2010 | Category: Conservatism, Culture War, Politics, Progressives, Twittergate | 2 comments

Rumors With a View About David Shuster

By Shoq, on April 2, 2010, at 8:21 pm

UPDATE1 (4/4/2010):  I have it from a pretty reliable source that David Shuster has NOT been fired (as of this writing, anyway).  And his bio has NOT been removed, as some had claimed. His "blog" may have been removed, but that could have been due to some unrelated issue.  His MSNBC bio page

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April 2nd, 2010 | Category: CNN, David Shuster, Media, MSNBC, Politics, Progressives, Social Media, Twitter | One comment

Our Real Enemy: Progressive Passivity

By Shoq, on February 6, 2010, at 1:29 pm

This is the very essay I was going to try and tackle this week. These fine folks have done a superb job of writing it for me.  You must read it, and then see my note that follows:

How To Do Effective Political Activism: What Always Worked And What Never Did — by Peterson

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February 6th, 2010 | Category: Explainers & Primers, Liberalism, Politics, Progressives, Social Media, teabaggers | One comment

Concept: What if we just move?

By Shoq, on January 23, 2010, at 5:56 pm

I’m about to tweet this idea.  I’m interested in anyone’s comments.

Concept: Just 3-5 million infrastructurally-vital liberals, all moved to just 1 or 2 states, driving them hyper-blue. #p2

January 23rd, 2010 | Category: Ideas, Liberalism, Politics, Progressives, Shoq Value, Shoq's Tweets, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Twitter | Leave a comment