When I was a kid in a deeply religious community I never could keep my mouth shut and irritated a lot of folks until I was big enough to leave home which I did

When I was a kid in a deeply religious community I never could keep my mouth shut and irritated a lot of folks until I was big enough to leave home which I did at the stroke of 18. This cost me a lot of effort and struggle and I had to make my own way and was behind others who just went along. Because what I saw were a bunch of smug, self righteous hypocrites with a dubious moral code based on non-realistic understandings proffered by cynical opportunists who's real agenda was far from what they preached. Remaining true to myself, to my understanding of objective reality, to not be afraid to give voice to that reality was every bit worth it then and it's worth it now. Smug hypocrites suck and it isn't worth becoming one at any price, no matter what flavor the unrealistic hypocrisy and groupthink is.