2.24.2005
Witches Weekly – OMG teh FLuFfY!!11oneeleventy!
Ah, yes: the fluffy thing. Let’s consider.
How do you feel about the term “fluffy pagan?” What is your definition?
How do I feel about it? Cynical. Negative. Annoyed. It’s one of those terms that’s been used and abused so frequently that it’s lost all meaning–assuming it ever had much meaning beyond the dismissive and derogatory. How do I define “fluffy?” Well, it seems to mean something along the lines of “anyone doing something of which you don’t approve” or “anything you think isn’t hardcore enough.” Gaah. Shutupanddie already, wouldja?
What do you feel are some of the “wrong” reasons that people tend to learn towards the pagan faith? (sex, drugs etc)
Oh crap, most of them. Power, sex, drugs (though I’ve seen very little of that–drinking, OTOH, like bloody lushes, yes), notoriety, a new stage on which to play out their dramas… I’m not sure these reasons are any different from those of the practitioners of other religions. Too often religion of any stripe seems to be a crutch, a drug, an escape, a symptom.
What annoys you the most about some of today’s self-defined pagans?
Sadly, most everything, which is why I tend not to “mingle.” I’ve seen enough contemptible behaviour to bring my innate curmudgeonliness to full flower. 🙂
The Serpent and the Moon 
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