BTW, anybody else notice the foul odor over in the Dungeon forum lately?

Anyway, my conclusion, right or wrong, is that most ART participants are comfortably middle class and predominantly American citizens. As such I assume that they are reasonably well educated and have enough leisure time to read a newspaper or watch a news program, however irregularly. I assume, then, that ART posters are generally politcally aware.

If the forgoing is true, I wonder why no one here has broached the subject of electoral politics? – not very much else has been off limits.

The reason for my curiosity is that the US electorate is supposed to be so politically divided, so passionately opinionated this year concerning the presidential elections.

Does the fact that ART participants don’t mention politics put the lie to the popular myth? Are people really not that interested?

Do people interested in audio shun other things? Lack an interest in current events & politics?

Is everybody looking for a place to get away from politics, and consequently avoid the subject on ART?

I am politically passionate, and I’m very curious what others think about this

Lots of broad generalizations here. Don't assume everybody
is middle class, in the professions, in the business (of
audio building for profit,) married, white etc. etc. or anything
else maybe especially male. It's bad for the group and
exclusionary.

I got politically motivated because of Abu Ghraib and have been
since. While I always vote, I felt shamed by what I saw.

So I take double offense when I see remarks on here about
what we should do to those so and so's blah blah and blah.

Recent books on my reading table:

What's The matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank
Moral Politics George Lakoff
Banana Republicans Rampton and Stauber

Audioroundtable is on my Bookmarks toolbar next to Democracy Now!
streaming weblink from Pacifica radio.

So I think you and I could probably get along just fine on that basis. In fact, I know we could. We've known each other for years and had many similar talks. I think that's true of many of the regulars here. But the anonymous public that's reading this thread probably isn't going to get along and respect one another.

That said, see my comments in the paragraph just below the photo of the Glass Mountains here.

Cheers!