Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[Libertad]

Is there any chance that a mod could change the title of the thread so that we don't get people asking "why is this thread all about one person" all the time? FridgeMagnet?

How about "British Left Journalism, those that don't contribute to the struggle"?
Catchy eh?

 

[ViolentPanda]

what, you mean it ought to be thrown into the dustbin of history?

Bad trabuquera!!!

 

[butchersapron]

We saw you

 

[TruXta]

We saw you

Bit stalkery?

 

[tufty79]

We saw you

 

[Bakunin]

We could always call it the 'Prad-Meinhof' thread.

 

[Idris2002]

little bit communism

the Bolsheviks hop and caper like troops of ferocious baboons

 

[JimW]

Bubblicious: chewing over the radical posturing of the commentariat and assorted hanger-ons

 

[SpineyNorman]

It needs to be something that ties into the 'why the x is shit' theme IMO

 

[ViolentPanda]

How about "British Left Journalism, those that don't contribute to the struggle"?
Catchy eh?

Or "British left journalism and the use of activism as CV padding"?

 

[TruXta]

Fake leftie journalists - eat our shit ?

 

[butchersapron]

Why - and how - bubbles burst.

That is top notch, it gets everything in there and more!!, but i wouldn't advise it for this thread.

 

[Idris2002]

It needs to be something that ties into the 'why the x is shit' theme IMO

why the poseur left is shit?

Why the pseudo-left commentariat is shit?

 

[tufty79]

Fake leftie journalists - eat our shit ?

could that tie in with a 'let us eat cake' reference?

 

[ViolentPanda]

"Why we can't have nice things: the bubbletariat and its' consequences".
" 'You're shit, and you know you are': Youthful left journalism in Britain and its ineffectiveness".

 

[TruXta]

Why - and how - bubbles burst.

That is top notch, it gets everything in there and more!!, but i wouldn't advise it for this thread.

Sounds like something for the science forum.

 

[tufty79]

"Why we can't have nice things: the bubbletariat and its' consequences".
" 'You're shit, and you know you are': Youthful left journalism in Britain and its ineffectiveness".

oh. god. i'm torn now.
i think the first one. maybe.

 

[butchersapron]

" 'You're shit, and you know you are': Youthful left journalism in Britain and its ineffectiveness".

We're shit and you know we are: journalism in the internet age.

 

[TruXta]

could that tie in with a 'let us eat cake' reference?

I suppose....

 

[Idris2002]

The bubble burst from side to side

 

[TruXta]

We're shit and you know we are: journalism in the internet age.

We're shit and you can tell us we are....?

 

[JimW]

"They "work" for a living so you don't have to (even if you want to)."
Or "Do bubbles form in shit? It seems so."
Or "This bubble blows itself."

I clearly have nothing

 

[TruXta]

"They "work" for a living so you don't have to (even if you want to)."
Or "Do bubbles form in shit? It seems so."
Or "This bubble blows itself."

I clearly have nothing

That last one is great.

 

[JimW]

That last one is great.

You can have a like for the encouragement. ETA: I might be able to parley this small Internet triumph into a gig an the Indy, do you reckon?

 

[rekil]

Columnism, Calumny And Granny Tattoos

 

[Idris2002]

Laurie's personal interventions in the thread suggest this:

"Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy"

 

[TruXta]

You can have a like for the encouragement. ETA: I might be able to parley this small Internet triumph into a gig an the Indy, do you reckon?

I'll check in with my man.

 

[Idris2002]

"They "work" for a living so you don't have to (even if you want to)."
Or "Do bubbles form in shit? It seems so."
Or "This bubble blows itself."

I clearly have nothing

That last one is great.

I'd go with the first one, actually.

 

[TruXta]

I'd go with the first one, actually.

You would, wouldn't you.

 

[Idris2002]

You would, wouldn't you.

I sooooooo would, wouldn't I?