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"Of course you ''should'' have said those things, Joshua. Freedom to think and speak for yourself is also freedom to be a jerk and offend people."<br> | "Of course you ''should'' have said those things, Joshua. Freedom to think and speak for yourself is also freedom to be a jerk and offend people."<br> | ||
I sighed and sat on the deck next to him.<br> | I sighed and sat on the deck next to him.<br> | ||
| − | "What kind of life have you got if you spend every waking minute censoring what you say just in case something, however small, can be construed by the other guy as offensive? You can't please everybody when ''anybody'' can claim insult. If you censor what you say, how soon before you censor what you think? And from that, censor what you ''believe''? And if you can't believe | + | "What kind of life have you got if you spend every waking minute censoring what you say just in case something, however small, can be construed by the other guy as offensive? You can't please everybody when ''anybody'' can claim insult. If you censor what you say, how soon before you censor what you think? And from that, censor what you ''believe''? And if you can't trust yourself to believe freely, how free can you really be?"<br> |
I grabbed his hands and squeezed them, giving them a little shake.<br> | I grabbed his hands and squeezed them, giving them a little shake.<br> | ||
"You had a valid point. I needed to hear it. It made me mad but you made me think critically and justify my position. That's as it should be. So please, don't apologize. The point is not to avoid offense, the way the Core would have you believe serves the greater good. The point is to have the integrity to speak your truth and lead by example, to make decisions following the dictates of your conscience and by what you believe is right."<br> | "You had a valid point. I needed to hear it. It made me mad but you made me think critically and justify my position. That's as it should be. So please, don't apologize. The point is not to avoid offense, the way the Core would have you believe serves the greater good. The point is to have the integrity to speak your truth and lead by example, to make decisions following the dictates of your conscience and by what you believe is right."<br> | ||
