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[stormdog]

I'm not, generally speaking, looking at news these days. It's too depressing and infuriating. I do, usually, read through Hillary Harbor's fact-checked updates. She has an anti-Trump editorial bias, but that bias pales in comparison to egregious acts of ignorance and greed committed by Trump.

Having dinner with a few people this weekend, one person was talking about the SCA (the Society for Creative Anachronism). One of the great things about the SCA, zie said, is that matters 'mundane', outside the world of reenactment, are left outside. It is, in that sense, welcome political escapism.

As I've said more and more lately, I just can't do it. I cannot, will not, put these things aside. If someone is a Trump supporter (not just a Republican but a Trump supporter) I will not have any relationship with them that extends beyond necessary professionalism. If someone supports an obviously racist, sexist, homophobic person who is happy to pander to a racist, sexist, homophobic base by taking civil rights away from me, people I care about, and anyone whose skin is "darker than a latte," fuck them. I will not even support them having a social life.

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[cmcmck]

I can't put politics aside- I belong to an oppressed minority as well as an oppressed majority and being from a poor working class, mining background makes me a left Socialist with a lifelong hatred of the conservative right and the overprivileged.

[stormdog]

I wish people who are in a position to ignore politics realized how much privilege that entails.

[basefinder]

I haven't heard of SCA in a while. I remember seeing their flyers at the Renn Fairs we went to in the 1980s, and having mixed feelings about the whole thing. My repressed romantic side thought of it as good escapist fun, but my practical side saw it as a silly waste of time. (That was halfway through my military career, so you can guess which side won. LOL)

[stormdog]

There's a lot of cross-over between sci-fi/fantasy fandom and things like the SCA and Renaissance Faires. Some of that is because it was a sci-fi/fantasy author who founded the group. One person on my FB friends lists posts about almost nothing but the cooking and feast organizing he does for them.

I've never been very interested in being involved myself, though I think that kind of geekery is pretty cool.

[basefinder]

I can always admire geekery, even if it is not my own cup of tea. :-)