*slides in under Eso* Argh am not an LJer so I can't even share my ICON LURVE.
Hi Sabine, am popping in to add my wee ugly self to the hoopla over at this end of the cyber net. Frankly I don't know how you are functioning at all after the elections, although I am so very glad that you are. We (collective "we") need you to be, need everyone at DNC to be. I'm still stunned, though I shouldn't be I suppose, and I didn't even work on the campaign. It's absolutely horrifying.
Anyway, reaching beyond election ptsd and back to topic. Am tin, or ex-tin, or simply disgusted at the vehemence of tin. Something made of thin metal with smooth edges. I don't hang with the crowd anymore, although I've kept a few close friends and cherish those a great deal. Some good people and well worth keeping.
I've no problem with the tin canon, simply with the few that get way too personally invested in such a thing. What I take issue with is how anything that doesn't *fit* the mold gets systematically ripped to teeny bits and reshaped as something other than it was. This is especially irritating when enormous attempts are made to discredit PEOPLE. In fact I bailed the tinhat realm shortly after Fiona Apple got a blatantly misogynist slapdown following Torn. "Like OMG that whore/druggie/tramp tried to molest poor innocent Elijah who was just trying to give her a ride home!" Yeah okay. Fiona is hot as hell. Wish I had gotten to give her a ride home, I would have even let her drive ;) Lately, I've been busy in other places (some amazing blogs out there by Iraqi teens talking about what the hell is actually going on there) but I popped over to DL last night and saw a slam at you for being fangirl. Shit starting already and of course that DL poster wasn't a fangirl too. Perhaps the Pope himself popped over to DL to proclaim you a heretic. Yeah. Okay.
The majority of tinhats and wankers for that matter are completely harmless. Most will simply wave, watch, or move right along. However, a few will try to discredit you and come up with reasons why it is that they (who don't KNOW any of these people) are far more aligned with the "TRUTH" than you could ever be. Oh, and they will peruse your LJ madly in order to collect this info and glean any tidbits of Elijah's whereabouts that they can. If it "fits" you'll be deified. If not, vilified.
Now, you seem to know exactly WHO you are, appear quite comfortable in your own skin and can easily say "to hell with it" and ignore.
However, if I were you - I would simply friend's lock it. It just doesn't seem worth the hassle of doing otherwise. Besides, do you really want to share anything that might hint of Elijah's whereabouts or dealings with people who are too interested in that kind of info? I wouldn't.
That's my 2 cents, it's certainly not gonna be popular (oh damn I don't get to be prom queen AGAIN ;) Heed or not as you will, I wish you well whatever your decision. Please keep up the good fight over at DNC.
And Sabine? Nick Bantock? Yes? Adore. Absolutely adore.
Peace~ NaT (all flames can be directed to Nat_for_nothin@hotmail.com as am too lazy/busy to regularly check LJs.No need to mess up Sabine's pretty pages - DON'T MAKE GRIFFIN MAD NOW! ;)
Tee hee
Hi Sabine, am popping in to add my wee ugly self to the hoopla over at this end of the cyber net. Frankly I don't know how you are functioning at all after the elections, although I am so very glad that you are. We (collective "we") need you to be, need everyone at DNC to be. I'm still stunned, though I shouldn't be I suppose, and I didn't even work on the campaign. It's absolutely horrifying.
Anyway, reaching beyond election ptsd and back to topic. Am tin, or ex-tin, or simply disgusted at the vehemence of tin. Something made of thin metal with smooth edges. I don't hang with the crowd anymore, although I've kept a few close friends and cherish those a great deal. Some good people and well worth keeping.
I've no problem with the tin canon, simply with the few that get way too personally invested in such a thing. What I take issue with is how anything that doesn't *fit* the mold gets systematically ripped to teeny bits and reshaped as something other than it was. This is especially irritating when enormous attempts are made to discredit PEOPLE. In fact I bailed the tinhat realm shortly after Fiona Apple got a blatantly misogynist slapdown following Torn. "Like OMG that whore/druggie/tramp tried to molest poor innocent Elijah who was just trying to give her a ride home!" Yeah okay. Fiona is hot as hell. Wish I had gotten to give her a ride home, I would have even let her drive ;) Lately, I've been busy in other places (some amazing blogs out there by Iraqi teens talking about what the hell is actually going on there) but I popped over to DL last night and saw a slam at you for being fangirl. Shit starting already and of course that DL poster wasn't a fangirl too. Perhaps the Pope himself popped over to DL to proclaim you a heretic. Yeah. Okay.
The majority of tinhats and wankers for that matter are completely harmless. Most will simply wave, watch, or move right along. However, a few will try to discredit you and come up with reasons why it is that they (who don't KNOW any of these people) are far more aligned with the "TRUTH" than you could ever be. Oh, and they will peruse your LJ madly in order to collect this info and glean any tidbits of Elijah's whereabouts that they can. If it "fits" you'll be deified. If not, vilified.
Now, you seem to know exactly WHO you are, appear quite comfortable in your own skin and can easily say "to hell with it" and ignore.
However, if I were you - I would simply friend's lock it. It just doesn't seem worth the hassle of doing otherwise. Besides, do you really want to share anything that might hint of Elijah's whereabouts or dealings with people who are too interested in that kind of info? I wouldn't.
That's my 2 cents, it's certainly not gonna be popular (oh damn I don't get to be prom queen AGAIN ;) Heed or not as you will, I wish you well whatever your decision. Please keep up the good fight over at DNC.
And Sabine? Nick Bantock? Yes? Adore. Absolutely adore.
Peace~
NaT
(all flames can be directed to Nat_for_nothin@hotmail.com as am too lazy/busy to regularly check LJs.No need to mess up Sabine's pretty pages - DON'T MAKE GRIFFIN MAD NOW! ;)