Yeah, ideas in general don't offend me-- at least, a lot of it depends on the use they're put to. That's exactly it-- it creeps me out when people get all rabid & vengeful and extremist and pick sides and draw lines in the sand and so on. I mean, I realize it's not just fandom, it's typical human behavior, but it really annoys me more when they're acting like it's lit-crit and there are all these politics involved. Fictional politics, even. How wrong is that?
I just feel like... it's a form of separatism, which again wouldn't be -as- offensive to me if it wasn't coupled with mockery of the 'other kind'. And I suppose 'fan' stands for fanatic, but... this whole behavior pattern seems so self-destructive and alienating and mostly it just freaks me out and makes me want to just-- not be a part of this community, I guess.
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Date: 2004-08-26 05:31 pm (UTC)I just feel like... it's a form of separatism, which again wouldn't be -as- offensive to me if it wasn't coupled with mockery of the 'other kind'. And I suppose 'fan' stands for fanatic, but... this whole behavior pattern seems so self-destructive and alienating and mostly it just freaks me out and makes me want to just-- not be a part of this community, I guess.