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It will truly be a brave new world when people are expected to not stand up for their own values.

“Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference which is an elegant name for ignorance.” ― G.K. Chesterton



Big difference between saying "I find that unpleasant and I prefer not to participate in it" and "that is a terrible thing and no one should participate in it". In the case of an activity which harms no one, I prefer to skew toward the former.

Standing up for your own values is fine and good. The part I was objecting to was the OP (1) making the assumption in his article in his article that everyone reading also shared his values and (2) suggesting that those values ought to apply for everyone, not just himself.




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