Unpopular Speech

"Unpopular speech
is absolutely vital
to the health
of our
nation."
- Alan Isaacman

"I am not trying to suggest
that you should like what Larry Flynt does.

I don't like what Larry Flynt does,
but what I do like is the fact
that I live in a country where
you and I can make
that decision
for ourselves.

I like the fact that I live in a country
here I can pick up Hustler magazine
and read it,
or throw it in the garbage can
if that's where I think it belongs. "
- from The People Vs. Larry Flynt

It's good to have my internet service back.
It's good to be connected to the info-web.

This upper respiratory infection?
Hot damn.
The symptoms weren't really that bad but
I
am
sooo
tired.

And I have an interview tomorrow.

Dammit.

I'm going to go to sleep really, really early tonight so I don't look like
who-did-it-and-regretted-it
tomorrow morning.

But I worry.
Not just about my fatigue, but about my mouth,
or rather my fingers.

My blog.
My public persona.
My online life.
Not that I'm terribly controversial, but I may be unpleasantly verbose
from the perspective of a prospective employer.

I've thought about this deeply.
I've reached a conclusion.

I would rather take a crap paying, low level job
than a high paying, high profile position
if the
high paying position had with it some sort of restriction on what I could say and do publicly.

Even if that restriction was merely implied, which it would be because it is illegal to censor free speech in this country.
If an HR recruiter tried to use phrases like
"we prefer"
or
"it's discouraged"
or some other weasel phrase
that translates into
"keep blogging and we'll fire you"
I
would
turn tail
and run.

I'm too old to compromise my values.
I've come too far in developing my identity and my self-esteem to let anyone tell me what I can and can't say.

It may cost me financially, but that will only be short term.

I'd rather sell books in the future than drive a Lexus now.

Hear that self??

Yeah, I heard ya.

Big mouth.

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
Never tell me what I can't say.
Never tell me what I can't do.
It just makes me want to do it more!!
Hottie Edward Norton as Alan Isaacman in The People Vs. Larry Flynt.
click here or click below