https://nwtrcc.org/2018/10/10/public-vs-quiet-resistance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-vs-quiet-resistance Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://nwtrcc.org/2018/10/10/public-vs-quiet-resistance/#comment-1854 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:23:48 +0000 https://nwtrcc.org/?p=9090#comment-1854 The use of the term “closeted“ is an interesting choice in the context of discussing civil disobedience. It implies there is something similar about being gay by birth and civilly disobedient by choice. I will have to think about that. But I do believe that a significant part of civil disobedience is accepting the consequences. I am not quite sure what to think about being quiet and thus potentially avoiding consequences. I am not an intellectual pacifist still have not thrashed out all these issues very well. I simply do what seems important and right to me and hope that others will do likewise for themselves. I am definitely the guy standing on the top of the hill yelling my disobedience. I realize from long experience that this is not possible for many people probably for many reasons. But I do try to tell people that being brave is not necessarily one of the requirements of being open and bold.

]]> https://nwtrcc.org/2018/10/10/public-vs-quiet-resistance/#comment-1853 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:38:25 +0000 https://nwtrcc.org/?p=9090#comment-1853 This is good advice! The journey of political action, like all journeys, begins with a single step. We should affirm everyone who takes a step. The militarists don’t want any kind of resistance. Ley’s give them every kind the ever imagined and a dozen more besides.

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