Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind.
Always speak your mind, even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma said it all.
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Many people, especially ignorant people, may want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct.
But most people probably just want to punish you for being you.
BTW, my favorite Mahatma Gandhi quote is:
Build a fire for a man and he will be warm for a day. But set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
No man is a prophet in his own land.
SJG
Well, I try my best to be just like I am But everybody wants you to be just like them --Bob Dylan
Well, that may be true in Asian culture. In America we promote liars into the most prominent positions. Like our president who has lied over 10,000 times whike in office (about 12 lies per day):
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