Hearing that struck a cord with me and perhaps some here may feel the same way. It made me feel less unique knowing that throughout history people have been persecuted for telling the truth. However, Gore also points out that conformity is more the norm when your income depends on it. Interestingly, earlier tonight Alice Miller reminded me of the story of Galileo. Forced by the church to recant his theory that the earth revolves around the sun, the man went blind. 300 years later, the church finally changed its own position.

All of which is to say that given the choice between being a healthy scapegoat or a blind conformist, I'm confident I've made the right choice.

Thanks for your support.

It can be a lonely place speaking truth to power, as you say. It is lonely and often painful. But it is the only way to live. That is why I love and respect John Lydon and Rosa Parks so much. (Yes, indeed they are alike) They didn't know what would happen to them - if they'd be injured or murdered or become completely irrelevant. They didn't know where their actions would lead.
I wish Al Gore had shone the same courage speaking truth to power in November of 2000. He has safely revealed courage in his latest project. I now like him almost as much as his father. I wish Kerry had shone the same courage about Ohio in 2004. If you don't speak truth to power, you will inevitably become scapegoated, anyway. Don't get me started.

ALice Miller is extraordinary. And I am reading "For Your Own Good" again. It is making me a more mindful parent. I break the legacy. It's gonna end with me.

Thanks to you I'm devouring "Drama of the Gifted Child". Wow! I think I'm finally getting to the root of my issue and how to heal it as well. I feel like I'm going back in time by reading the three books of hers that I have. This latest one takes me back to my ealiest days and moments. This is the key to unlocking my true self after which I'll be able to love and apreciate myself for who I really am.