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

[snippy]

Reasonable people can disagree about the same facts.

oh well, what's the use. I guess none.

apology

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

Reasonable people can disagree about the same facts.

if you mean that reasonable people can form different opinions given the same facts, then i agree, otherwise not necessarily. and of course not all disagreement is reasonable; one of my greatest regrets about this unholy mess is that there is too much motivation by primal and whipped-up fear, and not by reason. (that's a general comment, not directed at you in specific; i don't know what motivates you.)

however, be that as it may, i agree it was rude of me to argue with you here when all you had done was identify yourself as a bush voter-to-be as a datapoint for redbird -- i was flabbergasted is my only excuse. :). i'll delete my post; my apologies.