----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:58 PM Subject: Re: Tyranny
> > I realise that you have to be pretty gutsy to be a conservative on > > Brin-L and I hope everyone here appreciates that fact. > > We should be thankful that *our* conservatives do not fit any of the > > stereotypes of the kind that are common to ...Say.... USENET. > > > I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. It doesn't take "guts" to be > conservative in a discussion forum like this. I mean, so someone yells > at you - so what? It's just talk on either side. No one's going to > suffer anything other than maybe a bit of embarrassment. Guts is living > as a gay person in a homophobic world, for example, or trying to be a > liberal in a country where conservatives have turned it into "the > l-word" and question our very loyalty to our country. Maybe it's > uncomfortable to be the only conservative here, but so what? That's not > our fault - anyone can join this list, and if conservatives don't, > well, tough. I think you'd find that fandom as a whole tends to be > pretty liberal - are we supposed to go out and recruit some > right-wingers to balance things out? I thought conservatives didn't > believe in affirmative action.l > Judging by comments from John and Gautam recently, they do feel excluded sometimes, and surrounded at others. Being the social animals we are it is difficult to carry on when pressured like this. I'm not making comparisons to other situations where even more intestinal fortitude would be required. Don't read too much into my comments. I'm not making them out to be superheroes. But I do think an appreciation of "what it's like" for the other guy is a bit more than moderately useful. xponent I Don't Catch That Much Flack Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
