http://spacemonkeypants.com/2005/10/28/apple-rosa-parks-what-ad-would-they-do-now/ eating bananas in space for the good of mankind Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://spacemonkeypants.com/2005/10/28/apple-rosa-parks-what-ad-would-they-do-now/#comment-95 chuff Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:24:07 +0000 http://spacemonkeypants.com/?p=564#comment-95 I couldn't agree more. I don't think Rosa Parks did what she did so trend whores could proudly loaf about with their hipster accoutrements. I couldn’t agree more. I don’t think Rosa Parks did what she did so trend whores could proudly loaf about with their hipster accoutrements.

]]> http://spacemonkeypants.com/2005/10/28/apple-rosa-parks-what-ad-would-they-do-now/#comment-94 MrTeacup Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:32:43 +0000 http://spacemonkeypants.com/?p=564#comment-94 Its grossly disrespectful to co-opt the civil rights movement to lend gravitas to what is essentially a philosophy of shiny, pretty things. Its adherents suspect that their obsessions are narcissistic and shallow, but try to elevate them by grafting on a superficially "enlightened" concern for weightier matters, as if liking iPods implies tolerance and respect for all people. Its grossly disrespectful to co-opt the civil rights movement to lend gravitas to what is essentially a philosophy of shiny, pretty things. Its adherents suspect that their obsessions are narcissistic and shallow, but try to elevate them by grafting on a superficially “enlightened” concern for weightier matters, as if liking iPods implies tolerance and respect for all people.

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