HOW TO SPOT AN ERSATZ LIBERAL:
1. Dresses
like a catalogue
2. Has a
penchant for designer coffee
3. Uses
words like ‘penchant’
4. Has
complete mastery of American pop canon.
5.
Discussions over gelato.
6. or tapas
7. or
organic vegan food
8.
Completely oblivious of Faizal Hussein’s cultural significance prior Bunohan
9. Malay is
useful for talking to stupid people
10. Your
argument is valid if you namecheck Marx, Adorno, Russel, not so valid if source
text doesn’t have a penguin edition.
11. Keeps
an open mind on religions but has strong fear of ghosts.
12.
subscribes to Apple's product newsletter
13. Buys ‘Foreign
Affairs’ because twitter was going crazy over one article
14.
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION over injustices if there’s a picture in the media
15. blissful indifference over injustices if it’s there’s a picture in the media
but the caption’s not in English.
16. Keeps
opinions that are the intellectual equivalent of stuffed bears, menacing but ultimately
useless.
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