Dear Hipster Douche Bag Jamie Kilstein | Bio

Dear Shit-talking Hipster,

I know you have a lot of really cool ideas and theories about our government. In fact, I know you do because sometimes it even says so on your t-shirts.

I know who you think sold out, caved in and brought down the Twin Towers. I read your blogs. Even more entertaining, I read your comments on other people's blogs. The ones that are oddly long and polished.

I've figured out the fantasy in your head.

Your cell phone rings. You pause admiring the hilariously ironic ring-tone (probably the theme song from an outdated television sitcom) you picked out. Then you take a deep breath and answer.

HIPSTER DOUCHE BAG: Yeah.

EDITOR OF THE NEW YORKER: Hello, good sir! I read that comment you left and wanted to offer you a job at our fine magazine. I know for a fact you can accept the position, since clearly you have no job or family commitments which is how you spend all day criticizing other people.

HIPSTER DOUCHE BAG: Whatever. (Their way of being happy)

So here is the point: It is great to disagree. It is awesome to fact check. The Internet is one of the last places democracy actually exists. But if you're going to be a whiny little cunt about everything, you should offer something back to the community you criticize.

We have become a Crossfire nation. We yell at each other, and when it's the other side's turn to rebut, we mentally check out and start thinking about what to say next.

That is a shitty way to live and the reason they canceled Crossfire.

The truth usually lies in compromise. This is not a response to any comment left for me. This is a response to the people I have met that bitch, but refuse to act. The people who think they are political and progressive by default because they smoke pot and drink Pabst. The people who don't vote because it's too mainstream.

Someone came up to me after a show saying they don't watch the news because it is too corporate. I told him that he should look into independent media like Democracy Now. The next week, he emailed me and said it was too boring. And I guarantee you he still walks around saying media is too corporate.

If you think the system is rigged, then investigate it. Write a story, run for office, donate to good causes, but don't drum up some wild conspiracy theory as an excuse to be lazy. Don't take a shit on other people who are doing the work you could be doing.

So listen White And Privileged, you can bitch all you want, but it's more important to take risks. Get involved. What's the fun of standing on your pedestal if you can't get knocked off once in a while and climb back up?