Fascism in the Isles

Further to my last post, the Shetland Liberal Democrats are the only party that I can see showing up on the Shetland Isles. Does this not tell us something - you WILL play with us or you WILL NOT play at all.

Where are the other people, with different views or, perhaps they don't exist, perhaps they have been deported - or, just maybe - they will not stand up and voice their opinion.

Am I wrong, have I missed the plot? I doubt it, with a population of around twenty-three thousand surely someone can think for themselves?

Am I missing something?

Lying in bed last night, thinking as I drifted off. Do I get it wrong - are there people, here in Shetland that have left wing - or, God forbid, right wing - views. If so, do they stay silent in fear of being mocked or castigated. Am I the only one around here that votes for the Scottish Socialist Party, or for that matter, any other party that does not "fit".

If I am right in the way that I have been thinking then I have to ask myself "Why". Is it because it is the way that everyone believes to be right or is it because everyone wants to fit in, does not want to be "different" from the rest, be it their family, friends, neighbours or employers, whatever.

There must be the odd person with views akin to myself. Why do they stay silent? Please, someone, let on. Is it socially unacceptable around these parts to think differently. Pretty awful if it is.