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The term doesn't describe what I think the article is about, because I don't think "keeping up with the Joneses" is the same as being a hypocrite. I'm fine with

• buboard 8y ago
  > are you sure I intended to bash anyone? of course you did. you said everyone who uses the term uses it to avoid valid arguments (while the term in abstract has no connection to such interpretation)
  • greglindahl 8y ago
    I didn't say "everyone", I said "usually". Also, I said it was used to avoid discussing the argument, not that the arguments were valid. I don't think the term exists "in abstract", it exists in common usage, and usually, I find it's used the way I described. You're free to disagree, of course, but it's probably better if you can do that without misrepresenting what I actually said. And really, I wasn't intending to bash anyone.
    • buboard 8y ago
      I think the sense in which you use it is fringe. the term is valid without political connotations. Also , the article was not about keeping up with the joneses, but about being perceived as doing so.
      • greglindahl 8y ago
        I've never heard anyone use "Keeping up with the Joneses" in any sense other than the perceptions of others.