There are times when I wonder if following people on Plurk is really such a good idea.  One of those times was today.

Today I found out that, evidently, many people equate me with being a Nazi and a ‘problem’ for the simple fact that I would call myself a conservative.  More than one person disappointed me today, labeling me as a Nazi, or stupid, and frankly it was disappointing.

I realize that being a conservative in the United States right now means that you do not get a lot of air time and the air time you get is ot very positive, but a Nazi?  No, I’ve never thought that being a conservative and asking that the government restrain itself from intruding into my life at every turn would brand me as some sort of revolutionary bent on the overthrow of the system.

I tend to believe in people over governments, in private enterprise over public enterprises, and am generally pessimistic about the government’s ability to manage things.   Do I align myself with Republicans who call themselves conservatives but who wish to use the name to intrude in your life in other ways? No, I think that is just as disingenuous.

I’ve come to realize over the last several years in Second Life that I am outnumbered from a political stand point, but its times like today that I wonder if I should be in a medium that brings it up over and over again.