That's a bit harsh. Like my old man always said, "you gotta know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em; know when to walk away and know when to run."

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Your dad was Don Schlitz? Or was he Kenny Rogers?

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

That song is about a gambler's desire for selfish self-preservation, not "having a backbone"

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's not. Granted, I 100% respect and understand someone's decision to leave the USA at this time, but there's very little that's courageous about putting yourself into a better situation. It's the next option up from rolling over and dying.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, walking away from every person you've ever known and every support system you've ever had in hopes of a better future with no real promises to fall back on if it doesn't work out isn't courageous at all.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I'd call courageous moving into a red state... and then everything you said above still applies. I moved from a red state to a blue state in October. Everything you said applies to me, but I can assure you that my decision was not one that was "courageous." It's self preservation.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 44 minutes ago

Self preservation can take courage.

You're being nitpicky for no reason. Something can be courageous without being the most courageous thing anyone has ever done.