Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
No, its how the end-user views it.

Obviously in this case, the surfers/members didnt want it to be a political vehicle.

Regards,

Lee
Well, I still disagree. It is my site, and I will say what I want to. If I can sway one vote, all the better. If I can get all the hypocritical, gay-bashing, self loathing, closeted "I'm not gay...I'm straight" gays to quit my site and spend their money elsewhere...all the better.

The simple fact is this: If we do not speak up...then we risk losing everything. Yes, we have elected a Democratic house and Senate..but from what I can see, they are centralists. Which is almost, but not quite, as bad as Right Wing. We probably have as much to fear from THESE democrats as we do from THOSE republicans.

My site is 99.9% extreme punishment and discipline. Maybe .1% political statements (made by the way in my blog forum). They have a choice to read it, or skip it using the main navigation to go jack off.

Ironically, although I lost a few members, the overwhelming majority of my site members have praised my actions in the member forum area.

LASTLY, I have said it before, and I will say it again. By letting my members know where I stand politically, I give them an opportunity to either support me (and therefore my causes) financially...or to quit. I canceled one of my memberships to one of my favorite sites this past October after meeting the owner at the Phoenix Forum and decided he was a flaming right wing asshole. It shocked me that there was a gay man helping to destroy what little civil liberties we have by giving money to the RNC (and thus to Santorum, Musgrave, et. all.) Et tu?

I make a decent living off of my site. I can miss out on a few hundred dollars of recurring fees if it means I can sleep better at night...which I can now.

Thanks for all your feedback...supporitve or otherwise.