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0 pointsRexRollman13y ago0 comments

In my opinon, problem is cowardice. People would rather give up their freedom than take any risk of harm.

0 pointsRexRollman13y ago0 comments

In my opinon, problem is cowardice. People would rather give up their freedom than take any risk of harm.

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ballard13y ago· 5 in thread

Rosa Parks. Mahatma Gandhi. Aaron Swartz.

One of these things is not like the other...

Yeah. Two of them were American, one was Indian.

I suggest popping the tiny opaque filter bubble you have walled yourself into. Get real.

They all faced the threat of prosecution and even worse, and almost all of them stood by it.

There, I said it.

lhnz13y ago

All of these people are extraordinarily brave. Most are cowards.

Oxxide13y ago

it's true, most people also aren't willing to throw away what they have built for themselves for an ideal.

is it cowardly? well, yeah. but can you really blame anyone else for not wanting to mess up what they have? I mean, let's be realistic.

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