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For someone that so vocally disapproves of other people making assumptions, you certainly don't seem to have any problem with making some of your own.

Granted, some people use MySpace for politics and some people using FOX News for entertainment, but I think you're the one missing the point here.  One of them is inherently / overtly political while the other is not.  It doesn't seem that difficult to grasp -- when I turn on FOX News I'm going to be fed a shitstream of conservative political opinions (to put it mildly).  While, in the years that I've used MySpace, I cannot think of a single instance in which I encountered a similar situation or anything even remotely resembling it.  Instead I'm fed a shitstream of meaningless thx4theadd!s, spam, and other trite shit -- but that's another story. 

I have gone out of my way to make it clear that my statements in this thread regarding FOX are personal opinions, completely subjective, and at no point did I condemn or judge Br1ght Pr1mate's decision.  In fact, once James posted his reasoning behind the decision I simply expressed gratitude and wished him luck. 

If I were sitting at a table eating dinner with a bunch of friends and suddenly spit out my food saying, "this tastes like shit," would I be implying that everyone else enjoys eating shit?  Maybe -- but only as an indirect result of voicing my own feelings.  Same here with the negative connotations you talk about.  Not sure how I could have made it any clearer that I was speaking about how I felt, rather than saying that something was right or wrong (black or white).  Strangely enough you seem to be more bent out of shape over this than anyone else here.

Wasn't aware of the ureport thing, which should further emphasize that MySpace is much less politicized than FOX News (I can't even believe I have to argue something that's this obvious).  Anyway, you then go on to talk about ways in which this could be used to push FOX's political agenda. But then go back and say that they can't do this because it would alienate their audience and they can't afford to do that.  But then they're probably just waiting until the time is right to infect us all.  Thanks for the insightful analysis and speculation. 

When ureport automatically puts itself in my Top 10 friends and starts sending me rightwing propaganda then I'll reevaluate my level of concern -- but right now my biggest worry about MySpace is tolerating that trainwreck of a site long enough to deny hundreds of spam comments from shitty bands before gouging my eyes out.

Something we can both agree on.  Now, back to tracking until sunrise.