What she said

[corinna_5]

I had a whole long post about the Current Unpleasantness, and then I read Livia's post, which said it all much more cogently and succinctly. Damn you for being so smart, Livia!

The one thing I would add is that "we" are not being targeted as in fandom, but "we" as in LiveJournal. I'll repeat her central point:
Right now, Livejournal is in the

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[the_girl_sleuth]

I'm just a lurker in fandom, but between this and fanlib I'm thinking of something you said shortly after the 2000 election: "I spent the last four weeks listening to NPR nonstop, and I'm going to spend the next four years drinking corona and listening to the clash." Of course, in the current situation I would need to replace "NPR" with "fandom wank" (and actually, replace "Corona" with "Crystal Geyser Spring Water"). I can't tell if things are actually crazy or if I'm enthralled because I want to procrastinate on a project I'm working on.

[corinna_5]

That was not me, that was the great Jon Langford! Who I quoted. :)

The answer to your question is, of course, both. And you have saved me contacting you to say that Something is in the mail, and should arrive by week's end.

[corinna_5]

Also, as it turns out? EIGHT years. Feh.

[the_girl_sleuth]

8 years is a LOT of beer.

Of course you are witty enough to have possible said something like that, so its almost like you said it, right?

Yay! Packages!

[corinna_5]

Good conversationalists copy; great conversationalists steal.

[vee_fic]

I am only sorry that f_w is down at present. I need someone wittier than me to sum this up!!

[corinna_5]

How about this: "everyone on all sides overreacted?"