Sometimes I Hate People

Yesterday, a maniac shot up Virginia Tech. I didn't talk about it then - was deliberately avoiding it - because we didn't know what was going on. We still don't know why.

This morning, Fred Phelps and his kickline of bullies that calls itself a church has announced that it will picket the funerals of those children and teachers to draw attention to themselves the evil of homosexuality. This joins Ken Ham blaming "evolutionists" and at least one right-wing talking head originally blaming Muslims but now backpeddling to say that the tragedy is why we should shut down immigration. I'm not providing links because they don't deserve the attention. 32 human beings slaughtered, and their first instinct is to shout their old, tired talking points without a pause to mourn or commemorate.

Taking my opportunity to vent

The penny took a long time to drop, but I finally figured out that two folks on my f-list seem to be quietly and dignifiedly bitching at *each other.* Call me Switzerland, folks; what you want to see in your show/fandom and what you say in your personal LJs is your own business. If I see a chance for dialog I'll take it and have, and have appreciated the responses. I have a preference, but I don't have dog in this fight, and I have respect for both of you.

However, to the kid who seems to be determined to bring on the wank? Child, I've walked hip-deep through more shit than you know how to stir. Vague announcements that folks who disagree with you should STFU to "avoid offense" are like the smell of gunpowder to this warhorse.

Just one quick question, although you'll probably never read this open post... do you really want to be pulling "fandom is" 'tudes with someone who's had more fandoms than you've had hot dinners? Whose experience of fandom runs well beyond sitting behind a computer? Take your righteous indignation and share it with the lurkers who support you in email; I've been in the trenches and you don't have a clue.