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Post by Mairi on May 29, 2005 16:17:54 GMT -5
There was something that winged wolf said in a reply she posted to my topic on "Responsibilites" . I had asked if as Kin we had a responsibility to help those newly awakened in the community. And
her reply was <<I think that if we're going to CALL ourselves a community, we have that obligation, yes.>>
What I want to know is, are there really communities or are there just people milling around with a group of Kin here and there? Are there join communities where all Kin types can interact or is there segregation according to Kin types? And if there is segregation, why?
Mairi
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Post by AlloriaDark on May 31, 2005 1:37:40 GMT -5
I think a lot of kin still have a really "Birds of a feather" mentality. However, that is changing. Albeit slowly, but different kin are drawing together more now than ever before.
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Post by WingedWolfPsion on May 31, 2005 13:35:58 GMT -5
I know of a number of communities where all 'kin mingle, including Colorado_Kin, a mailing list that has set up a number of offline meetings and activities. Shadowlore itself is such a community.
I think there will always be a place for groups of specific kin-types, however, as "Otherkin" is really a very broad term in application, and therians and vampires and elves don't necessarily have a LOT in common.....still, I find it much easier to interact with other 'kin than with non-kin, regardless of type.
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Post by WinterWitch on Jul 26, 2005 7:02:09 GMT -5
I believe that we will see All Kin mixing not only in online communities but in real life very soon. If you look at some of the communities right now you will see that they are becoming more and more accepting as time passes. And I believe this is a good thing.
What truely needs to change is how pagans see Kin. Its as if they live in their own world and give a thumb down to anything that isn't within their scope of existence. And to me that is the real shame.
Sage
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Post by WingedWolfPsion on Jul 26, 2005 11:25:03 GMT -5
Well, paganism is a religion. Being 'kin....isn't.
One might as well ask Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, or Hindus to be more accepting of otherkin.
The pagan folk may be one step ahead, in having a general acceptence of the esoteric, but that doesn't automatically make them any more open-minded. They talk it, but people are people, and are known by their actions.
Christians talk love toward all mankind, and you don't see that very often either.
You have to take people on an individual basis, and not by the religion they espouse. Every one of them has a different personality, a different background, a different way of processing information about the world around them.
I think that intolerance of some 'kin types is less acceptable from another 'kin than it is from anyone else...because these folk at least know, from the inside, what it means to be 'kin.
No one else does. No matter how carefully you explain it, they're only going to be able to come "close" to understanding it. It's going to be a LONG time before the general opinion of non-kin toward otherkin is anything other than "those people are crazy".
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Post by AlloriaDark on Jul 27, 2005 7:09:14 GMT -5
As long as they stay away from the "Grab your torch and pitchforks!" mentality I'm fine with that.
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Post by onyx on Jul 27, 2005 14:54:14 GMT -5
Ave Everyone,
I believe that there is a large Kindred community which encompasses everyone that is Kin. I also believe that there are smaller local communities in which people actually associate with one another, get to know one another, host gatherings together and learn to depend on one another. While there used to be a much larger segregation of smaller communities within the larger community as a whole, this is rapidly changing in many areas. Being in a community does not necessarily mean you are involved in that community, but even residing in a heavily populated kin community makes one part of the community, whether one chooses to interact within its confines or not.
Blessings,
Onyx
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