Comments on Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's WhyTypePad2012-11-07T18:02:13ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2012/11/second-life-and-hawaii-support-obama/comments/atom.xml/Alazarin Mobius commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017d3d8d43ad970c2012-11-12T13:47:50Z2012-11-12T13:47:50ZAlazarin Mobiushttp://www.alazarinmobius.co.ukI must hang out with fairly progressive types as I never came across any American Conservative Romney supporters. At least...<p>I must hang out with fairly progressive types as I never came across any American Conservative Romney supporters. At least none that were 'out' about it. I have comes across a few American gun nuts over the years and a fair number of 'support our troops' types but they're easily muted.</p>
<p>As for the Gorean crowd 'owning' adult fantasy RP.... meh. Their whole scene just looks and smells like islamic fundamentalism and badly made-over sharia law. For the life of me I can't understand why people, especially women, bother with it. So aside from their pushy hard-sell of being 'the only game in town', what is the draw? Some sort of masochistic stockholm syndrome, perhaps?</p>Rin Tae commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017c334501f7970b2012-11-09T20:50:07Z2012-11-09T20:50:07ZRin TaeWhile it is a interesting idea .. I am not sure if Pakistan would like to have them. They have...<p>While it is a interesting idea .. I am not sure if Pakistan would like to have them. They have their own problems or maybe .. they would get a tribal area of their own there? ;P</p>Pussycat Catnap commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017c3344f02a970b2012-11-09T20:40:55Z2012-11-09T20:40:55ZPussycat Catnaphttp://catnapkitty.wordpress.comRape is often seen as legitimate in Pakistan too. So that might be a good idea. You can even get...<p>Rape is often seen as legitimate in Pakistan too. So that might be a good idea. You can even get a court ruling to hold a gang-rape of your opponent's female relatives.</p>
<p>And if you serve on the court, you get the added 'perk' of being able to hand down that sentence and then personally carry it out.</p>
<p>Perfect for the GOP's new pro-rape platform.</p>
<p>In "tribal parts" Women's rights in other areas are also similar to GOP ideals blended with a bit of Gorean logic: You wear a burqa, or you're a slut the local tribal council gets to rape. Praise God, or off with your head.</p>
<p>So yeah... no surprise there on who Pakistan was for.</p>Sonney commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017c333fdd60970b2012-11-09T07:37:18Z2012-11-09T07:37:18ZSonneyI think the "international SL" argument is quite accurate. http://globescan.com/commentary-and-analysis/press-releases/press-releases-2012/245-global-poll-obama-overwhelmingly-preferred-to-romney.html as it shows in this 21 country poll. France: Obama...<p>I think the "international SL" argument is quite accurate.<br />
<a href="http://globescan.com/commentary-and-analysis/press-releases/press-releases-2012/245-global-poll-obama-overwhelmingly-preferred-to-romney.html" rel="nofollow">http://globescan.com/commentary-and-analysis/press-releases/press-releases-2012/245-global-poll-obama-overwhelmingly-preferred-to-romney.html</a><br />
as it shows in this 21 country poll.<br />
France: Obama (76%) Romney (2%)<br />
Australia:: Obama (67%) <br />
Canada: Obama (66%)<br />
Nigeria: Obama (66%)<br />
UK: Obama (65%) <br />
in another poll Germany was even: Obama (95%) Romney (1%)</p>
<p>except Pakistan: Romney (14%) Obama (11%)<br />
Conclusion: Although some republicans said they will move to Australia if Obama wins, they should move instead to Pakistan ...</p>Pussycat Catnap commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017d3d6a3cc9970c2012-11-08T17:01:43Z2012-11-08T17:01:43ZPussycat Catnaphttp://catnapkitty.wordpress.comVoted for Obama here. My reasons are all over my SL feed and the SL forums: https://my.secondlife.com/pussycat.catnap http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/USA-elections/td-p/1725757/page/2 Online -gamers-...<p>Voted for Obama here.</p>
<p>My reasons are all over my SL feed and the SL forums:<br />
<a href="https://my.secondlife.com/pussycat.catnap" rel="nofollow">https://my.secondlife.com/pussycat.catnap</a><br />
<a href="http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/USA-elections/td-p/1725757/page/2" rel="nofollow">http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/USA-elections/td-p/1725757/page/2</a></p>
<p>Online -gamers- tend to be a rather conservative racist sexist bunch. One does not have to look far to see this.</p>
<p>Its all over SL too.</p>
<p>But it doesn't -control- everything here like it can in other online more gamer focused worlds.</p>
<p>Here you just find the odd Dixie-flag, or a 'black man on white women' XXX-sim, one or two racially charged biker groups (mixed in with others so its really hard to figure out which and who - and most are not).</p>
<p>And then the whole Gorean / slave thing as sort of a 'virtual war on women' concept that baffles the heck out of me.</p>
<p>- These are all groups that lean heavy on conservative norms, though they come here for the things they can't express in open RL society.</p>
<p>Yet while they stand out pretty strongly, and dominate some genres (Gor pretty much -owns- the 'adult fantasy' experience in SL, despite being extremely obscure outside of SL).</p>
<p>I usually can't go more than a few days in SL without hearing or reading someone on a libertarian rant, thinly hiding their disdain for 'colored people and civil rights' (whereas in almost any MMO, this is an occurrence every 5 minutes in whatever amounts to the global chat system).</p>
<p>So I personally expected SL to lean more for Romney.</p>
<p>But I guess the international crowd that I encounter less on forums and English-language inworld communities, is more prevalent reading here.<br />
</p>Arcadia Codesmith commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017ee4ded2e1970d2012-11-08T14:40:30Z2012-11-08T14:40:30ZArcadia CodesmithObama groks geek. I voted third party, but given a binary choice, I'd go with the one living in this...<p>Obama groks geek. I voted third party, but given a binary choice, I'd go with the one living in this century. I suspect he did very well with technophiles in general.</p>Ciaran Laval commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017ee4d9dc50970d2012-11-07T23:50:12Z2012-11-07T23:50:12ZCiaran Lavalhttp://sl.governormarley.com/@CarloAntonio In terms of numbers, 300 out of the SL userbase would be a fairly reasonable sample for pollsters but...<p>@CarloAntonio In terms of numbers, 300 out of the SL userbase would be a fairly reasonable sample for pollsters but pollsters usually add other weightings.</p>
<p>I think the international angle would skew the poll in Barack Obama's favour, I'm sure the result would be different if only Americans took part in the poll, although I'd still suspect Obama would get a healthy vote in favour of him for some of the other reasons Hamlet highlighted.</p>CarloAntonio Negulesco commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017ee4d95ff6970d2012-11-07T21:49:07Z2012-11-07T21:49:07ZCarloAntonio NegulescoHuh...who knew that 73% of the readers of a blog who decided to participate in a poll translates to 73%...<p>Huh...who knew that 73% of the readers of a blog who decided to participate in a poll translates to 73% of the overall SL user base. By that type of math, one could extrapolate that 73% of all people in the world would prefer Obama? Seems a bit far reaching, donchathink?</p>A.J. commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017ee4d91cbd970d2012-11-07T20:46:25Z2012-11-07T20:46:25ZA.J.Gay people have been getting married in SL as long as I can remember. It's not easy to control people...<p>Gay people have been getting married in SL as long as I can remember.</p>
<p>It's not easy to control people in SL, probably why it's not as appealing to conservatives.</p>Iggy commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017c33350364970b2012-11-07T20:12:46Z2012-11-07T20:12:46ZIggyhttp://iggyo.blogspot.comNo other virtual world lets you don a Sarah Palin, or maybe even a Sarah Palin furry, avatar. I rather...<p>No other virtual world lets you don a Sarah Palin, or maybe even a Sarah Palin furry, avatar. I rather missed that this year. </p>
<p>I also did not see any Donald Trump avatars with mile-tall helmet hair that could deflect incoming ICBMs.</p>
<p>There's always 2016!</p>ZZ Bottom commented on 'Second Life Users Support Obama by 73%, More Than Even Hawaii -- Here's Why'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017c3334c62a970b2012-11-07T19:44:17Z2012-11-07T19:44:17ZZZ BottomOne more reason for Rod Humble understood the jewell is has in his hands, not those crappy copybots of Minecraft...<p> One more reason for Rod Humble understood the jewell is has in his hands, not those crappy copybots of Minecraft and a bet on some Ipad stuff!<br />
Sl is unique and he sould be proud of it, not firing Linden employers that are respected by most!</p>