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But a broken society might maybe affect you somewhat vaguely in decades, but putting your neck out now can demolish your career today.
by dkarras 6y ago
But a broken society might maybe affect you somewhat vaguely in decades, but putting your neck out now can demolish your career today.
- awb 6y agoYes, it’s a question we all need to ask ourselves. If you have kids though or plan to live more than a decade or more, the choice is hopefully one of bending towards the greater good for society rather than the individual.
- refenestrator 6y agoI have kids. Providing for them is number one, becoming a meaningless casualty of culture wars doesn't help their future at all.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoAlso, in the spirit of guilt by association, kids may become collateral damage too.
- awb 6y agoIt’s not meaningless at all. It’s a great example for your kids to show them how to do the right thing even when it’s hard.
- lr4444lr 6y ago"Son, you may not understand why you're getting taunted, bullied online, and threatened by anonymous people with violence now, but in 15 years you'll come to appreciate what I stood up for and that'll erase all of this traumatic social ostracism I brought on you inadvertently and without consulting you by sticking to my guns." Yeah, that's some great parenting... </Sarcasm>
- awb 6y ago“Son.. if there’s ever a tough choice in life, choose the easy way out. Don’t think about what’s right and wrong, that’s not important at all. Just think about yourself. Keep your head down and just accept that the way things are are the way they’ll always be. No social progress is worth your individual discomfort.” Great parenting! /s Thank God you weren’t leading the civil rights movement. Capitulation is a much greater enemy than anything you’re afraid of.
- elzbardico 6y agoOr. We are living in a car and I don't know if we will have dinner today, but let's keep our chin up while we dumpster dive for food because we stood for what is right
- jonfromsf 6y agoI remember my dad telling me that if he had been accused of being a Communist during the McCarthy red scare, he would have said or done whatever was asked of him (named names, etc) so that he could keep working and supporting his family. I thought it was a cowardly perspective but now I'm a father myself I totally get it.
- awb 6y agoFunny enough, my great-grandfather was Joe Welch who famously stood up to McCarthy. It's hard for me to imagine him not standing up to those baseless accusations and waiting/hoping for someone else to do it.