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This piece criticizes people who vote for Trump and Boris Johnson because they identify as "fans" of these politicians vs being aware of policy and voting based on that policy. It says that fans who come together to celebrate are fine. It is the fandom of Trump that disrupts peoples lives, and he does not like how "fandom" is used in politics that impact millions of peoples lives.
It came off as a kind of blanket piece the way I absorbed it, like it could apply to Trump and Johnson but it could also apply to political movements in general as well as his fictional genres, hence the first part where he mentions his first experiences with comic book clubs.
He summarises his position in literally the second paragraph
"Ten years on, let me make my position clear: I believe that fandom is a wonderful and vital organ of contemporary culture, without which that culture ultimately stagnates, atrophies and dies. At the same time, I’m sure that fandom is sometimes a grotesque blight that poisons the society surrounding it with its mean-spirited obsessions and ridiculous, unearned sense of entitlement. Perhaps this statement still requires some breaking down."
This is very clearly an article specific to fandom and largely has little to do with his thoughts on political movements. Additionally, when he does make political statements he does with negative attitudes towards conservative leaders and voters. See my other comment for quotes
In the world of Alan Moore, fandom intertwines with political movements. Anonymous literally uses his Guy Fawkes Mask as its sole symbol. Have you never watched V for Vendetta or read up on Anonymous?
Okay? People used a symbol he made. What's your point. The irony of talking about the movie adaptation lmao
I was saying that to demonstrate it's not just "some fandom" or "some movement", as opposed to something that challenges they can mix. The point being he denounces a large swath of the things done by those who cite him as inspiration, whether by name or not depending on the exact movement or act. And the book was where the symbol originated, not the movie. He didn't make the movie.
denounces a large swath of the things done by those who cite him as inspiration,
You have yet to provide any examples
You say that like Anonymous isn't an example. I've mentioned a few.
Can you give an example of him denouncing Anonymous, if you can't then it isn't an example. Why on gods earth are you citing your own post, and it's literally this post. What?
I'm not "citing my post", I'm showing you that I've done what you say I haven't. You're looking an awful lot more into what I say than what Alan Moore has been shown to have said.
The only thing you are linking to is where we already are though.?
Look mate it's just us here. You don't have to keep doing this. You've done an excellent job of convincing me you are an idiot. I'm very proud of you for it.
If it was where we already were, you'd think questions wouldn't have to be asked that the things I redirect to answer. You otherwise demonstrate exactly what I just said in your words just now.
Listen bruv. The fucking amphibians that crawled out of the ocean are intelligent enough to know that all you would have to do is back up literally anything you've said with a quote from Allan Moore. I'm so drunk that an atheist could convince me god is real at yet reading your comments is like attending a climate change meeting hosted by Exon Mobile, its all bullshit. Just admit you want to suck social media cock till the votes drip down your chin like the clickbaiting whore you are.
Spoken as if listening to yours doesn't just sound like someone who just wants to defend the recent anti-establishment sentiments from the one guy with some power to point out their questionable validity, as also shown by the fact I have obliged when previously asked the kinds of you are asking now, which would make me the one who isn't a simp.
Rule of thumb, if it comes from the ocean, it's not an amphibian, as they are 100% freshwater creatures, something even amphibians that come out of Lake Champlain here know. The fact you are comparing my intelligence to something which makes us all question what planet you are from (in a place where everyone else is down to Earth) as an ad hominem raises eyebrows more than it illustrates a point or sentiment.