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- EvilJelloMan, on 11/14/2009, -2/+11This ***** is getting out of control. I'm sure twitter is somehow a sign of the coming apocalypse. ***** 2012, weird obscure hashtags mashed up with ***** buzzwords are the true harbingers of impending doom.
- HannibalLecter, on 11/14/2009, -3/+10Actually, it would seem that you are also woefully ignorant of history. The first "progressive" President is Theodore Roosevelt (and in fact, he later started his own party to run against Wilson and Taft which was called the "Progressive" party). Not only that, he certified that Taft, his handpicked successor, as a real progressive when Taft was running.
There's a reason why the era of politics that Roosevelt inhabited was called the "Progressive" era. Would you like me to recommend some books on the subject matter? - TheJuggernaut, on 11/14/2009, -1/+7I pretty much always figured that politics, the environment, atheism/secular issues, womens rights, campaign finance reform, and health issues would all be past version 2.0 by now.
- Cartman86, on 11/14/2009, -3/+7Plus that was how long ago? Political labels have changed significantly over the years. Just look at Republican and Democrat.
- zvoidx, on 11/14/2009, -1/+5"We're here at the scene of the meme as it unfolds....aaaand there it is. Wow, it's a breathtaking meme. Here LIVE on the internet...back to you, Jim."
- SSPink, on 11/14/2009, -6/+9"Let's all go back to living in communal villages and grow our own food"
They're progressives, not hippies...
The groups mentioned in this article include but are not limited to: feminists, gay activists, lgbt activists, campaign finance reform activists, anti-genital mutilation activists, people who promote using the web for social change, pro choice activists, marijuana law reform activists, pro-privacy activists...
I'm not seeing to many groups that promote communal living... maybe you need to change your prejudgments to fall more in line with reality and you won't have such a problem understanding these labels. - Shaggy6ster, on 11/14/2009, -5/+8In other words, another example of boring older white people trying to sound hip and cool by using popular buzz words from 5 years ago in a way that only makes them look foolish and desperate.
At least they aren't trying to make them selves totally rad with some bling bling and making their tweets rhyme like rap lyrics. - vault, on 11/14/2009, -1/+4Ooooh seized a meme! What an accomplishment. /s
- digitalArtform, on 11/14/2009, -2/+4"New and Improved?"
They wouldn't keep using it if it didn't work. - anthropodeus, on 11/14/2009, -0/+2"i'm here at twitter-dot-com, and it appears that the 2.0 meme is fully under the control of the progressives. a counter-progressive task force has been dispatched, but the progressives have several thousand hostages - which they have been referring to as "supporters" - that are inhibiting efforts to retake the meme."
- inactive, on 11/14/2009, -1/+2We'll dart the landscape with windmills...progress!
- 4verageJo3, on 11/15/2009, -1/+2Losers 2.0
- wlmafia, on 11/14/2009, -1/+2I don't get it. Is that good or bad?
- digitalArtform, on 11/14/2009, -6/+7lol @ term "Conservatives"
as if - harsesus, on 11/14/2009, -2/+2Welcome to the United States, in case you didn't notice we were slow to end slavery, slow to stop segregation, slow to enter WWII and stop genocide (tho we did kick some major MAJOR ass once we got rolling, your welcome Europe), and slow to get health care reformed.
- anthropodeus, on 11/14/2009, -4/+4what do you mean? they're conservative with the amount of rights they let the people have.
TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM TERRORISM - superkendall, on 11/14/2009, -5/+5In case you were wondering, adopting the same meaningless 2.0 phraseology is more an indictment on the intelligence of the movements than anything to laud.
What is "Web 2.0"? See? The same meaningless excite-a-speak applies to anything dubbed "2.0" to make it seem new and fresh. It's like putting an exotic name on day-old bread to try and move units.
The really funny thing about Progressives "seizing" hashtags is that Twitter is what really made tea parties take off. The ability to directly communicate through and around progressive noise is what enabled so many people to get in touch and organize quickly.
Basically new technologies are just tools, not "owned" by the left or right or center, but there to be used by all to improve communication. - digitalArtform, on 11/14/2009, -3/+3oh, snap! voob = pwnd
- AgeofMastery, on 11/14/2009, -4/+3#tcot = Top ***** on Twitter
- inactive, on 11/14/2009, -16/+14lol @ the term "Progressives"
Let's all go back to living in communal villages and grow our own food... we'll call it, progress!
How Orwellian can you get. - harsesus, on 11/14/2009, -5/+3"Progressivism is a political and social term that refers to ideologies and movements favoring or advocating progress, changes, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are."
Yah, that screams hippy commune to me! - novenator, on 11/14/2009, -4/+1You mean like Mitt Romney attempting to pose with some black people? Who let the dogs out, lol... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDwwAaVmnf4
- Foozy, on 11/14/2009, -6/+3Voob= Typical mentally retarded Republican that knows somehow how to turn on the computer
- curunir, on 11/14/2009, -6/+1#tcot
- mecanofan, on 11/13/2009, -13/+8great article.
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