I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'd rather be true to my principled than 'liked'... If people like me *with my principles*, that's ideal (as I enjoy being liked) but if they only like me because I'm willing to compromise my principles to avoid being "difficult" then being liked seems a pyrrhic victory...
*principles, not principled in the first sentence.
What's clear is that I'm ill-suited to a later life career in politics, as I'm unwilling to compromise some things.
Which, in a way, is a damning indictment of the status quo.
@lightweight indeed, the activism doesn't get to have full force behind it because activists face giving up the thing they are fighting for in order to push things forward for everyone. So all we have is guerilla warfare tactics.. skirmishes and shots from the sidelines.
