been thinking about this tweet, and the nature of bravery, or at least, the nature of putting up a fighthttps://twitter.com/drethelin/status/1351425598460227585 …
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9/ can absorb the damage, and keep on keeping on. Getting cancelled sucks ... but once it happens, you realize that you can absorb the damage. It wasn't fun back in 2011 when Warren Ellis called for a boycott of the small business I owned and ran, and my income dropped.
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10/ But !@# that guy. He's a no-account pansy-ass British pervert and I'm not going to apologize or back down from him bc I've got my own opinions. Radley Balko pulled the same shit. I'm not going to beg forgiveness from the crowd. And you know what? Life goes on.
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11/ At some point you start to relish your ability to absorb damage and not give a shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpVOXITW-Xc&t=1m0s …
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12/ So that's the moral, and my plea: we're all a lot tougher than we think we are, and the fear of pain is a lot worse than the actual pain. If the communists try to cancel you, remember the rule from boxing:
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13/ Keep your chin down and LEAN INTO THE PUNCH. !@# those candy ass bitches. They have no real power over you, they only have fear. They can get you fired? !@# em, there are more jobs out there. It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees. Never give an inch.
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