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

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

If your only comment had been your original comment where all you said was that you were voting Republican, I'd agree with you. But by replying to ckd's and others' comments and elaborating your views, you invited debate. You can't have it both ways -- you can't give detailed expositions of your views in a public forum and expect people to refrain from stating their own views in response. If you truly didn't want to argue, the best strategy would have been to ignore anyone who replied to your original comment.