Yeah, I do mean it -- but you know me pretty well anyway. I'm not sick of the political entries themselves, but of the overwhelming negativity, and the level of vitriol that's almost fandomesque in its ferocity. Those kinds of attitudes were the reason I left the IY fandom, and, gawd, you know that firsthand.
...The silence of the McCain supporters is something that's been bothering me more and more recently. I've seen loads of news stories of McCain supporters whose cars have been vandalized, whose yard signs have been stolen or otherwise vandalized, and in one case, a man was beaten up for telling some guy who was vandalizing a McCain sign to knock it off.
There was a blog entry... somewhere, I cannot remember where or else I would cite it, where some fans wearing McCain shirts were denied entry to the Bears/Eagles game at Soldier Field (security citing "no political messages"), while folks wearing Obama pins or shirts were allowed in. Stuff like this bothers me, because it's starting to step on the toes of the First Amendment, and that's when I get prickly. Using intimidation (speaking more to the folks doing the vandalizing -- I don't know what's up with security at Soldier Field) to effectively prevent people from expressing themselves Is Not Cool, no matter which side you're on.
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Date: 2008-10-06 03:49 pm (UTC)...The silence of the McCain supporters is something that's been bothering me more and more recently. I've seen loads of news stories of McCain supporters whose cars have been vandalized, whose yard signs have been stolen or otherwise vandalized, and in one case, a man was beaten up for telling some guy who was vandalizing a McCain sign to knock it off.
There was a blog entry... somewhere, I cannot remember where or else I would cite it, where some fans wearing McCain shirts were denied entry to the Bears/Eagles game at Soldier Field (security citing "no political messages"), while folks wearing Obama pins or shirts were allowed in. Stuff like this bothers me, because it's starting to step on the toes of the First Amendment, and that's when I get prickly. Using intimidation (speaking more to the folks doing the vandalizing -- I don't know what's up with security at Soldier Field) to effectively prevent people from expressing themselves Is Not Cool, no matter which side you're on.