A Political Decision

[bobquasit]

Since the tone of politics seems to be changing in the USA, and since my political posts are likely to become less popular (or more annoying; your pick) under the new regime, most or quite possibly all of my political posts going forward will be made under my Politics filter. It seems a bit strange that I am feeling forced to climb inside a virtual bunker under these circumstances, but I can't deny the reality of what is going on; dissent is clearly going to be far less "acceptable" from now on. I don't want to have to worry about being flamed or having flist issues every time I make a political post, so I'm going under the filter.

This will eliminate my future political posts from search engines and the public view. Yes, this bothers me. No, I don't see a practical alternative.

If you want to be on the Politics filter, let me know. Unlike most of my other filters, however, I will not be automatically adding anyone who asks to be on it. Sorry, but if I feel that I'll have to worry about pissing you off, that would defeat the purpose of the filter in the first place.

Twelve or thirteen people are currently on that filter, by the way. I'll probably do a post on it later today; if you see it, you're in the filter.

Comments

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

I very much doubt if you'd piss me off, but that's because my knowledge of and interest in American politics is approximately zero. So, as far as I'm concerned, your putting those posts under a filter I'm not on is a Good Thing, because then I can read about interesting things, like Sebastian, without also being bored by foreign politics.

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I was under the impression that the last eight years had made US politics of much more interest to people outside the US, if only because Bush proved that the results of US politics could really screw up the world very badly. Apparently I was wrong!

I must also admit that the thought of my Sebastian posts being classified as "interesting" bemuses me. :D

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're probably right, in general. I'm talking about what I find interesting, not anyone else's views. I don't find my own country's politics interesting, either. Do not confuse "important" with "interesting": though if, like me, you work from the default assumption that everything any politician says is a lie, and any promise they make bears no relation to what they'll actually do, then following the current lies and the current hysterics on the subject isn't even important. Maybe I'm unduely cynical, I dunno.