tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349382186889721635.post4854824827799192187..comments2012-01-10T19:54:09.351-06:00A. Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404038071133506982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349382186889721635.post-13419959389616205712012-01-10T19:54:09.351-06:002012-01-10T19:54:09.351-06:00Hi Kelsy! I do agree that self preservation is very important and should be foremost in our minds...that&#39;s what it often comes down to. It does get very taxing being the eternal educator and we don&#39;t have a responsibility to educate anyone else. However, if this person is a good friend of yours and you can&#39;t shake the feeling you should have said something, maybe you can say it now, in a manner which feels nonthreatening to you. Of course, if you don&#39;t think it&#39;s worth it, don&#39;t bother, but just something to consider. <br /><br />I don&#39;t know the guy I was talking to so I have no idea what would have been effective, but either way, I do hate how the whole thing went down.A. Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404038071133506982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349382186889721635.post-65572252092210084922012-01-10T19:40:32.611-06:002012-01-10T19:40:32.611-06:00I&#39;m really glad I read this post today - I had a sort of similar experience a couple of weeks ago in terms of not speaking out when I felt like I really should have. An old friend of mine and someone who I&#39;ve always respected as being intelligent and progressive, posted a video to facebook and titled it something like &quot;an intelligent response to modern feminism.&quot; The video was from a guy who calls himself the amazing atheist, and the video was so incredibly offensive it was ridiculous (I mean, making points like &quot;yeah, men have had the power over history... but they&#39;ve also had all the responsibility!&quot;) And I couldn&#39;t bring myself to say anything - I knew the response I&#39;d get, and I knew I wasn&#39;t capable of dealing with it at that point. It&#39;s been eating away at me for over two weeks now - I just can&#39;t seem to let it go.<br />It&#39;s hard sometimes - it&#39;s nice to know that I&#39;m not the only one out there who has moments of just not being able to do combat. Sometimes I feel like it&#39;s more about self preservation than it is about educating people who should really take the time to educate themselves.Kelsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633632386491614916noreply@blogger.com