Somebody stop me!
Aug. 7th, 2004 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmagrant01Before I hurt myself.
But seriously, I have a question. It appears that most people who participate in slash fandoms are politically liberal (or left-wing, if you prefer that term). I realize that means many different things in different countries, of course, but when I cruise my f-list, I see lots of people who support gay marriage, who oppose the war in Iraq, who oppose the Bush administration in the US, and so on. It could just be a product of who happens to be on my f-list, but I'm not sure.
So are slashers, in general, more liberal than the average person on the street? Why or why not?
If you're not liberal and are a slasher, do you feel like a minority? Do you find it difficult to express your views?
ETA: The terms "liberal" and "conservative" mean different things to different people and aren't even opposites -- it's possible to be a liberal conservative, for example. I would love to hear what the word "liberal" means to you if you're applying it to yourself, or even if you don't.
I'm also curious to hear from people who don't support gay rights and believe homosexuality is immoral, yet who read and/or write slash. I know you're out there! I'd love to hear what you think!
But seriously, I have a question. It appears that most people who participate in slash fandoms are politically liberal (or left-wing, if you prefer that term). I realize that means many different things in different countries, of course, but when I cruise my f-list, I see lots of people who support gay marriage, who oppose the war in Iraq, who oppose the Bush administration in the US, and so on. It could just be a product of who happens to be on my f-list, but I'm not sure.
So are slashers, in general, more liberal than the average person on the street? Why or why not?
If you're not liberal and are a slasher, do you feel like a minority? Do you find it difficult to express your views?
ETA: The terms "liberal" and "conservative" mean different things to different people and aren't even opposites -- it's possible to be a liberal conservative, for example. I would love to hear what the word "liberal" means to you if you're applying it to yourself, or even if you don't.
I'm also curious to hear from people who don't support gay rights and believe homosexuality is immoral, yet who read and/or write slash. I know you're out there! I'd love to hear what you think!
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Date: 2004-08-09 08:39 pm (UTC)Being conservative doesn't mean that you want to control other people's lives.
It doesn't have to be, certainly, though the Christian right seems to have that as a goal. Of course, that's sort of a warped variation on "conservatism", and definitely of the social variety. It's always been interesting to me that people a) think "liberal" and "conservative" are antonyms, and b) think that a person who identifies as "liberal" is a tax-and-spend socialist. It's so more more complicated than our leaders, or the pundits, or the spin-meisters would have us believe. They want to polarize the voters in an election year, it seems.
politics have absolutely nothing to do with fandom or slash. I always wonder about people who try to make our much-belabored sexual fantasies into a crusade
Well, at risk of sucking some more fun out of your day, are you a slash writer or reader? When you say you don't support gay rights, I assume you mean you don't want any particular group singled out for special protection, but want everyone treated equally, regardless. If that's the case, I'm wondering why you identify as opposing gay rights, when that usually (at least in this community) is associated with "homophobic"? (Which I don't think you are.)