Consider progressives who fight to upend some previously accepted cultural norm. That they are the "resistance" - the ones fighting, refusing to conform - isn't virtuous in itself, and it should not be called courageous, any more than Adam and Eve eating the apple should be.
This isn't to completely bash Jim Hightower for saying this. It is good rhetoric, and in this world we will certainly find many instances where resisting is the right thing, the courageous thing, to do.
To keep with his river analogy - what makes going with the flow good or bad is whether the flow is contrary to one's proper destination.
I don't think this is true.
Consider progressives who fight to upend some previously accepted cultural norm. That they are the "resistance" - the ones fighting, refusing to conform - isn't virtuous in itself, and it should not be called courageous, any more than Adam and Eve eating the apple should be.
This isn't to completely bash Jim Hightower for saying this. It is good rhetoric, and in this world we will certainly find many instances where resisting is the right thing, the courageous thing, to do.
To keep with his river analogy - what makes going with the flow good or bad is whether the flow is contrary to one's proper destination.