As I mentioned in my previous post, I was enthralled by the Anne Hutchinson reading. Although I was fascinated by her life and her bravery, it was this quote on page 490 that I found most interesting:
"Perhaps she believed that what she said was true"
It's so simple but it's so surprising how many people don't say what they believe in or believe in what they say. Even people are afraid to be out spoken for reasons we can all easily brainstorm, I still find it unfortunate. I feel as though if we don't speak what we believe we can never be who we want to be. It shields the world from seeing who we really are. In a way it's restricting our freedom. T.T. Williams would say this is holding back our democracy. We can't have democracy unless we say what we believe.
Many people don't speak what they believe because they think others won't listen. As we discussed freedom's in class last week someone pointed out that we all have the freedom to speech and with that comes with the freedom to listen to others. As I read in Richard Lederer's essay "English is a Crazy Language" during my senior year in high school, we all need to "take a step back and listen to the sounds that escape from the hole's in people's faces." Maybe if we did that more people would be like Anne Hutchinson and believe what they say is true.
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