I've been quietly reading up on all this over the last couple of nights, trying to find out just what the hell has been going on and why. I really haven't been personally or fannishly affected by the shutdown, but that doesn't matter. I've been appalled by how Six Apart/Live Journal has handled this matter from start to most recently, and infuriated by the arrogance and closed-mindedness of the nitwits behind Warriors for Idiocy.

I tried to explain this whole enchilada earlier to an acquaintence who thinks fandom is populated by losers, and even they think SA/LJ has been completely idiotic about it.

Not sure I'm ready to leave LJ or set up a mirror account elsewhere, at least without checking out the alternatives myself.