[lbo-talk] Hipsterville

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 3 11:17:06 PDT 2007



>
>but yeah, haterade for hipsters is old hat at this point. truth is, most
>folks don't self-identify as hipsters.
>
>cheers,
>jt.

So hatred for hipsters is not hip? I don't care much about that part of this discussion. But I do agree with what Doug said here:


>Like the piece said, "For hipsters, prevailing ideas and values are
>not necessarily oppressive, just stupid; not necessarily worthy of
>anger, just ridicule." For people who take politics seriously, that's
>annoying, no?

There's another quote I first read on lbotalk, probably also posted by Doug, from Horkheimer that fits here:


>Well-informed cynicism is only another mode of conformity



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