Here, here!Liberty wrote: Even more important to me is that we can't let others dictate who we are, and we can't be afraid to speak out for those things we feel strongly about, and to be the person e really are. I understand that life is full of compromises, But we can't let the politically correct dictators run our entire life.
In the teacher-fired-over-facebook-picture thread I commented how I used to keep my gun hobby top secret. Eventually though I came to feel like I had this aspect of my life I was compelled to hide out of fear of the reaction of others. While I don't walk around with a "I like guns and have a CHL" T-shirt , I now choose to proud of my interests and choices and embrace expressing my believes when appropriate.