Something I struggle with almost daily is authenticity/integrity....
Does being authentic and committed to truth-telling mandate that I share my position on EVERY issue at EVERY opportunity? In my day to day life, I'm surrounded by left-leaning normies who couldn't be bothered to question any of the mainstream orthodoxy. It gets exhausting engaging these people. So I generally keep my mouth shut and my head down. This is taken as tacit agreement with their dogma. This feels cowardly.
Is there a proper balance between having the courage to speak my mind and just being combative/argumentative?
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I find most people I disagree with block me and move on. most want an echo chamber. arguing either politics or religion is futile, because they're the same, and it really doesn't matter what your opinion is, there's too many opinions to care about them all.
You have no obligation to share your position on anything. If someone asks a genuine question, then engage. Letting them have their conversation without you injecting is in no way an approval of what they are saying. Authentic integrity means you ACT consistent with your claims/beliefs. Then if someone asks why you do what you do, you can speak of what you think is true and how that controls your actions.
"Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?"
"Does it improve upon the silence?"
Someone told Socrates if he learned to obey the emperor he wouldn't have to eat lentils. And Socrates told him if he learned how to eat lentils, he wouldn't have to obey the emperor.
It's the only echo chamber where I routinely get wise/sound advice....
Or is that just what someone inside an echo chamber would say? 🤔
