Sounds like you ' re not a leader . You should be able to voice whatever you want around your FRIENDS . If you ' re just one of the people that show up during a gathering and truly risk being exiled from the group , you need to work on being the powerhouse of the group . <| sep |> I ' m really leery about this , as a Canadian . I like our system , and I ' m not convinced alternatives would improve it . <| sep |> It can be annoying , but . we make fun of movies for a living , so I ' m never going to complain . <| sep |> You ' ve probably heard the term grass roots movement in politics where the people take it upon them selves to organise to attempt to bring about change . Think TEA party , occupy wall Street etc . Astroturfing is when something enters these grassroots movements and takes it over AstroTurf is fake grass . TEA party was taken over by Koch brothers shills and occupy was taken over by SJW Marxists . A common goal of astroturfing is to kick out the real grassroots people by frustrating them to the point they can ' t be bothered with the movement .