Alice Greczyn Instagram – Bitch, I said what I said. 💅🏼 Part 1/2: Addressing #cowards who want me to speak up more — but won’t even like my shit in public.
Don’t get me wrong. I have compassion for your cowardice. I understand your livelihood may be at stake, as well as your social survival and sense of community. But I won’t always take the fall for the silent agreement of many when you, who love what I post, are too scared of its backlash to even follow me from your public account.
Some of you are not cowards. You are erring on the side of silence because of other deeply thought-out reasons. I get that and this message is not for you. It’s mostly for the keyboard warriors, far-Leftists, and religious conservatives who follow me and are simply afraid to say they agree with me in public because it means losing their social belonging and possibly endangering their livelihoods.
“But I’ll lose my job.”
I’m self-employed. My living hinges on being likable, too. I’m still willing to lose money and popularity for what I see as keeping my integrity.
For those who appreciate such acknowledgements: No, I am not a parent. I have the luxury of sharing my perspectives unencumbered by the fear of how I’m going to support a family if I get fired for stating a “wrong” opinion.
I know several people currently working for companies that are staunchly on one side of the Israel-Palestine war. These friends have received memos stating such — implying that if they voice a public opinion that is “not in alignment with company values,” they risk being fired.
By all means, private companies should have the right to enforce no-politics policies in the workplace. But to threaten job loss if an employee voices an opinion outside of work-related accounts, in their personal life… I understand why many of you are rightfully scared.
But I am, too. So don’t ask me to keep saying more of what you can’t even whisper while you hide behind your anonymous account.
#freespeech #cowardice #freethinker #freethinking #exfundamentalist #cancelculture #anticancelculture #freethought #criticalthinking #tribalism | Posted on 02/Jun/2024 20:35:48
