re: #242 jamesfirecat

Firefly is about revolution, but it is also a very socially liberal show and that is why you do not see many wingnuts fans of it.

And what’s-her-name, one of the heroes, supported Unification. Most of what we see of the ‘free’ planets are that petty tyrants rule them—arguably an after-effect of the independents falling to pieces, but remember Mal’s group got basically abandoned to death by their own side. Mal’s cynicism may be just as we much from realizing the leaders of the revolution were assholes as anything else: he never talks about any Independent leader or anything that he admires.