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Being bold can include doing what you think is right, knowing that taking a stand will be extremely hard. Say an Islamaphobic Congress passes a law that bans w
by amorphid 10y ago
Being bold can include doing what you think is right, knowing that taking a stand will be extremely hard.
Say an Islamaphobic Congress passes a law that bans wearing turbans, and that becomes extremely popular. A bold for someone in the executive branch could be actively defying that law, challenging it in the court system. Someone has to fight the good fight, and I hope government has people like this.
- jaredklewis 10y agoRight，but it cuts both ways. If you can't fire people for illegal behavior then the situation could just as easily be the opposite with an isalmaphobic government employee violating the the first amendment or civil rights act. At the end of the day, it's hard to imagine how governments or for that matter businesses could operate if employees were immune to being fired for their job performance. There would be little motivation for actual work and little penalty for taking outsized risks. Seems hopelessly naive. Of course this might make fighting the good fight harder sometimes, but that's how it is. If doing the right thing were always easy, everyone would do it.