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

Shoq — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:27:23 +0000

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

Shoq — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:50:06 +0000

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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Rumors With a View About David Shuster

Shoq — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:21:05 +0000

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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Our Real Enemy: Progressive Passivity

Shoq — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:29:48 +0000

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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Concept: What if we just move?

Shoq — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:56:26 +0000

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