The Urban Dictionary has accepted my definition for Fauxrage.
Cross-posted at Kos
Fauxrage: n. fo-rage., fô r?j?
Frenzy created by media or blogs to inflate a usually minor, perceived offense into a major scandal or continuing political event.
Congress, in a fit of fauxrage, passed a resolution condemning a newspaper ad about a General. The fauxrage was stoked primarily by Faux News.
We now observe fauxrage almost daily. The endless loops of the good Rev. Wright provided the uber fauxrage of the campaign so far, but just recently, we had Republican and media fauxrage at:
Obama [compassionately] saying he wouldn’t punish his daughters by forcing them to have a baby.Ed Schultz [accurately] calling McCain a “warmonger.”
A 16-year-old who [justifiably] asked McCain a question and was called a “heckler.”
Obama [sociologically] saying that bitter people cling to guns or religion.
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