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- From: nancy@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Nancy Lebovitz)
- Subject: Re: SF fans show libertarian inclination
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.022207.12442@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
- Keywords: Libertarian,science-fiction
- Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
- References: <C02uyJ.F7n@world.std.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 02:22:07 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <C02uyJ.F7n@world.std.com> rjk@world.std.com (robert j kolker) writes:
- >Is it my imagination or is it true? Going through the postings in the
- >rec.arts.sf.*, rec.arts.startrek groups I havew discerned a Libertarian
- >bias or inclination in the posting where some kind of political/social
- >opinion is expressed.
- >
- >Also among persons of my acquaintance in science fiction interest groups I
- >have seen the same thing.
- >
- >I am imposing my own admittedly libertarian bias to my observation, or
- >could it be true.
- >
- >I would like your opinions for a sanity check.
- >
- Reality by consensus? I guess you're not an objectivist. :-)
-
- Anyway, I think that the proportion of libertarians in fandom is much
- higher than the proportion in the general public, but not all that high.
- My impression is that the majority of fen are liberals. This could be
- worse--I don't agree with their politics, but at least they don't get
- into obsessive revenge fantasies as much as conservatives, and thus
- are apt to be better company, imho.
-
- Nancy Lebovitz
-