Odd thought on friends and available categories

[redbird]

I mentioned this to wild_irises and she said to go ahead and post it.

If I'm ever tempted to think that my LiveJournal friends list is a valid cross-section of anything (with the possible exception of my social circle as a whole), I need only remember that there are more transgendered people on my friends list than there are Republicans (or Tories [1]). There may, in fact, be more space probes and fictional characters on my friends list than there are Republicans/Tories (and that is not an accurate reflection of my social circle as a whole).

If anyone who thinks I'm wrong about the numbers or proportions wants to come out as a Republican, please do.

[1] My first thought was just "Republicans," but considering the geographic distribution of my friendslist, it seemed only fair to throw Tories into the mix.

Comments

[papersky.livejournal.com]

What evidence do you have that the civil rights violations are likely to be temporary aberrations?

I know history doesn't repeat itself exactly, but from my experience of how these kinds of things have happened historically, the pattern they make, those civil rights violations terrify me.

And as I said at the time of the 2000 election, I thought the reason it was so important to keep those guns was to prevent tyranny and the trampling underfoot of democracy.

[snippy]

No evidence per se, but in my opinion the state of enforcement of civil rights is swinging on a pendulum like it always has. The government has violated our civil rights in a systematic fashion before, and it will again; when enough outrage arises (and I see it rising among the very people who supported Bush, rising to levels of disenchantment that may rob him of their votes in this election) the cultural pressure will move the pendulum back some.