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In reply to the discussion: Canadian woman refused U.S. entry because of depression [View all]struggle4progress
(119,431 posts)I welcome it when it is based on thorough examination of the facts; and I especially welcome it when it involves a definite and doable action suggestion
But I am afraid my take-home message from the 1960s is that indiscriminate and reflexive outrage, without careful attention to details and without definite ideas about what-is-to-be-done quickly marginalizes those who constantly express their outrage, exhausts the listening public, making them impatient with complaints, and ultimately leads to effective complacency among the outraged (who feel they have completely done their duty by expressing their outrage) and to apathy among the public (who begin to feel they have learned no verifiable facts, have been taught no useful methods for analysis, and have been given no practical suggestions about appropriate actions to take)