Dear FetLife (And Other Kinky People)

I'm honestly not sure how you get that read. I perceived it more as a call to action. "It's not enough to do nothing" seems to be a damn valid justification given recent events. If too much of the special interest group is inactive, it greatly lowers its impact and damages _all_ of the group; you have the normal commons problem that many people often assume "someone else will do the work for me."

I think some aggressive calls to action in this space are really valid; the sex positive community, for as broad as I've found it to be, is often very closeted. (many "normal people" not in kink communities have privately shared similar sentiments to me but been afraid to "come out" as it were.) With a broader "this is who we are and this is our freedom to have the sexual lives we want as consenting adults" movement some of this stigma and shame may be dealt with.

As a broader statement, I do think political inaction is somewhat shameful, and seem to be in good company given such famous statements as "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"; an effective democracy hinges on participation, something that participation numbers in recent elections have left me candidly very concerned about.