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Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits (It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation) QUOTES

Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits (It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation) QUOTES

1 " The trouble with today's snarky pipsqueaks who break off a sentence or two, or who write a couple of mean paragraphs, is that they don't go far enough; they don't have a coherent view of life. Spinning around in the media from moment to moment, they don't stand for anything, push for anything; they're mere opportunists without dedication, and they don't win any victories. "

― David Denby , Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits (It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation)

2 " Snark often functions as an enforcer of mediocrity and conformity. In its cozy knowingness, snark flatters you by assuming that you get the contemptuous joke. You've been admitted, or readmitted, to a club, though it may be the club of the second-rate. "

― David Denby , Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits (It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation)

3 " Snark is what people on the inside call any attempt at protest from people on the outside. I hate it on principle, as do all Columbia professors, Catholic priests, and Mississippi Klansmen. "

― David Denby , Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits (It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation)