Reply #27: Exactly. One man's "asshole" is another man's saint [View All]

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Visionaries are rarely valued in their own times. I think that's where the confusion comes in.

I worked on staff in the 1980s for an organization that was working for health care reform. I was called "asshole" many a time, even by Democrats, who didn't think that expanding Medicare benefits was a good thing.

And one man's whining can be another's speaking out. It may sound like whining to some (especially after you've heard it a few times), but when the channels of communication are denied to you because you don't win some popularity contest sponsored by a media outlet that won't give you the time of day, well...