Hipster Joins Marines, Wins Purple Heart In Ultimate Act Of Irony

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Emmett Rensin Posted: June 1, 2009 03:26 PM Read the whole article HERE.

NEW YORK -- In a ceremony at Federal Hall today, U.S. Marine Corp. sergeant and Iraq War veteran Joshua Cohen accepted the Purple Heart in what is being hailed as the ultimate act of hipster irony. Though Cohen had planned to pursue his life-long desire to become an underground journalist / new-folk musician, he suddenly felt compelled to serve his country. "Not only that, but I thought it would be pretty funny -- since I totally hated the Bush Administration -- if I went to Iraq to fight a war I didn't believe in," said Cohen, "Plus, I'm way too intellectual to be a soldier, so it would be super-ironic. That sold me." At the award ceremony, Marine Lt. General Harry McNell spoke, lauding Cohen as a "great example" to his peers, and expressed a hope that more young people would make an ironic commitment to serve their country. When asked how he felt about how, in certain quarters, his award is viewed as the highest hipster achievement to date, Cohen seemed confused. "I don't get that," Cohen said, shaking his head, "I'm not a hipster. I hate those people."

Comments

[spatz0r.livejournal.com]

LOL that's brilliant.

[wwonka666.livejournal.com]

how is that from Huffington Post and NOT The Onion?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly!

[dakini-grl.livejournal.com]

This is what I was thinking as I was reading. Oh, the poetry. Just delicious.

[cashmirjungle1.livejournal.com]

I especially liked one of the reader comments:

Mr. Cohen's letters also show that he was disappointed in part of his military experience because the regulation pants were "not skinny enough." However, he liked the camo pattern because it was "super tacky."