You know, I think there are more conservatives and right-wing moderates on livejournal and in fandom than we think. The fans who are liberal speak up very proudly about what they believe, so much so that we who are not liberal have come to think we are in the extreme minority. I do not think we are truly in the minority; we're just afraid to speak up sometimes. I have no desire to get into political debates, so I do not comment on others' political posts, but I do make some political comments in my own journal. When I heard that Reagan had died, the news prompted me to make a journal entry about it. I've received no comments on my post, but no one has defriended me either.
I agree that fandom and politics don't mix, but please don't feel that you can't say what you believe. I don't defriend people for making pro-Kerry or pro-choice posts, and I think most people in fandom are wise enough not to defriend you over this. If they are not, why would you want them reading your journal anyway?
Actually, I had read your tribute, I just tend to suck at commentary. :)
And I do tend to feel that most of the non-liberal persuasion (I say non-liberal because I don't know exactly how conservative I actually am. I tend to consider myself a moderate. . .but probably I'm more eclectic than anything else. :) Anyway, those of a different stamp tend to keep more silent on-line. I'm not sure of the reasoning for it.
And I wasn't totally serious about the unfriending, because honestly, if someone unfriended me over being a Reagan fan they're a total wussy. People don't always agree on stuff and if that's enough to unfriend someone, didn't need 'em as a friend anyway. :)
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Date: 2004-06-07 11:05 am (UTC)I agree that fandom and politics don't mix, but please don't feel that you can't say what you believe. I don't defriend people for making pro-Kerry or pro-choice posts, and I think most people in fandom are wise enough not to defriend you over this. If they are not, why would you want them reading your journal anyway?
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Date: 2004-06-08 06:50 am (UTC)And I do tend to feel that most of the non-liberal persuasion (I say non-liberal because I don't know exactly how conservative I actually am. I tend to consider myself a moderate. . .but probably I'm more eclectic than anything else. :) Anyway, those of a different stamp tend to keep more silent on-line. I'm not sure of the reasoning for it.
And I wasn't totally serious about the unfriending, because honestly, if someone unfriended me over being a Reagan fan they're a total wussy. People don't always agree on stuff and if that's enough to unfriend someone, didn't need 'em as a friend anyway. :)