Tag: civic boosters

  • Civic Boosterism – a critical observation

    In the area of civic boosterism there are emerging categories with population:

    -the blind booster.

    -the cheerleading booster.

    – the “if it sounds like the title of a Michael Jackson song it may well be” booster.

    – the “because he told me to say it and I want to be/sound like him” booster.

    – the “I wanna belong and there is nothing to belong to right now except this” booster.

    There are however few applicants for following more uncomfortable and original categories:

    – the street level “jouster” on horseback booster.

    – the picking up rubbish and clearing the blocked drains booster.

    – the parrot on my shoulder who is digging his claws into my neck has been taught to say the name of the place in three languages booster.