The sense I have of it is that people who object to costumes being worn want to be *serious* about their SF and F or whatever, serious and *literary* and self-important and ... well, as far as I can see, boring.
I'm not sure that the general culture would recognize itself as fannish in the terms we think of it. Real fandom generally includes a bit of laissez-faire give and take, and I don't see that much of it in the nonfannish people who don't realize they're in a fandom.
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Date: 2008-08-16 12:29 pm (UTC)I'm not sure that the general culture would recognize itself as fannish in the terms we think of it. Real fandom generally includes a bit of laissez-faire give and take, and I don't see that much of it in the nonfannish people who don't realize they're in a fandom.