The stalled debt-ceiling talks pissed Jeff Jarvis off.
On his Twitter timeline last Saturday night, Jarvis, a journalist and an associate professor at CUNY, sent an explicit communiqué to Washington, D.C. politicos.
He urged others to express their own outrage.
After finding his catchphrase, Jarvis centralized his message and promoted it.
Jarvis' foul language led one of his followers to take him to task.
@jeffjarvis OK, now you're actually starting to be unprofessional.But Jarvis did not retreat.
Nobody pays me to tweet so it is fucking unprofessional. RT @jlgolson: @jeffjarvis OK, now you're actually starting to be unprofessional.Another user suggested turning Jarvis' impassioned malediction into a hashtag.
.@jeffjarvis Hashtag it: #FUCKYOUWASHINGTONDoing so turned a single person's complaint into a collective campaign aimed at making "#F---YouWashington" a trending topic.
I would open my window and scream it, but that would let the air conditioning out. So I'll stick with hashtags. #fuckyouwashington
Why this is smart. Web=nuance. Terrible in politics. Twitter=loud and simple. Like a bumper sticker. #FuckYouWashington
Sorry folks, I'm not normally so political. Well, not regularly. But @jeffjarvis and #FuckYouWashington deserve support.
The first stage is denial, then bargaining, then more denial, then more bargaining, then just denial: no more bargaining! #fuckyouwashington
For putting partisan loyalty before the interests of the people. our country and the economy, #fuckyouwashington is trending.
#FuckYouWashington I'll gladly eat my peas, but I'm tired of paying for rich ppl when they're getting all the dessert.
Tell us what you really think: "#F---YouWashington" goes viral on Twitter
An f-bomb hashtag aimed at Washington, D.C. politicos went viral on Twitter thanks to one man's social media crusade. [Warning: This report contains profanity.]
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