It’s important we recognize the need for dissent and be willing to step out-of-line when appropriate – or we risk continuing a vicious “spiral of silence.”…
Have you ever come across that person who is just different for the sake of being different? This usually describes the “fashionable non-conformist.” It doesn’t matter what they are choosing – what to do, what to say, what to think, or what to wear – the fashionable non-conformist always needs to go against the herd....
I remember as a young teen when I first heard the words, “Think for yourself and question authority.” It was a soundbite of Timothy Leary being sampled in the Tool song Third Eye – I was probably 13 or 14 at the time. The swirling guitars and synthesized chaos of the song along with the...