No, in retrospect, I'm pretty sure I've managed to misread the intention of your post in the first place... Which is doubly embarrassing because it's one of the things that plagues this sort of discussion. Apologies! I should've done better than that!
I see what you're getting at with the effect of collective silence, though. And you're right, because I'd not had time to delve deep into the sordid details of the 'outing' business before things went mad in RL. It's truly one of the most outragous things I've ever seen in any fan-related space so far, and really a point where the race disaster and very basic 'fannish' concerns intersect even for those who're trying to stay out of the political/ideological side of things. Hell...
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Date: 2009-03-10 11:22 pm (UTC)I see what you're getting at with the effect of collective silence, though. And you're right, because I'd not had time to delve deep into the sordid details of the 'outing' business before things went mad in RL. It's truly one of the most outragous things I've ever seen in any fan-related space so far, and really a point where the race disaster and very basic 'fannish' concerns intersect even for those who're trying to stay out of the political/ideological side of things. Hell...