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To: dalight

I belong to a “Liberal” congregation and my presence is like a huge wet blanket because I will “reproach” when people make statements that I believe are unfair even at the cost of my own acceptance.

How dare you ask relevant questions and take people to task for their opinions :-)

It is not easy swimming against the grain, never has been. Keep being a trailblazer at your synagogue. Of course they’ll look down on you but then again, when events turn out as you predicted they will be silent and look down at their shoes.


121 posted on 10/05/2013 10:58:53 PM PDT by Netz
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To: Netz
It is not easy swimming against the grain, never has been. Keep being a trailblazer at your synagogue. Of course they’ll look down on you but then again, when events turn out as you predicted they will be silent and look down at their shoes.

One day two years ago or so, I decided not to continue attending our "study group" sessions. I found out that all of the "closet" conservatives quit attending without me being there to make the room safe. So, I returned.

However, silence on the part of conservative bashing, is not the same as welcoming anything that is anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, or anti-global warming... these "orthodoxies" have been messaged in as group values and it is not possible to begin to untwist the web of half-truths that sustain this silliness.

122 posted on 10/05/2013 11:54:29 PM PDT by dalight
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