Why is fandom so liberal?

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Has anyone here ever seriously pondered this question? Watching the Dragon*Con Sci-Fi listserv periodically spasm in fits of "I'm more liberal/aware/feminist than you are" in reaction to the announcement that Joss Whedon will direct Wonder Woman has reminded me of it- and has made me rather grateful once again that, through shiny leftist goggles, I am a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal channeling the god of war! war! war! regardless of what I might actually say and thus don't have to worry about maintaining an appropriate self-righteousness.