[enterabdazer]

Authenticity is orthogonal to expression. Authenticity is about owning your values and understanding your self.

Authenticity is not sharing your political opinions with the world. Sharing opinions is about controlling your image.

You can hold political views of any stripe and be well accepted by people whose opinions clash with yours.

Authenticity is not broadcasting your opinions about the world, it's not compromising on your values in order to fit in. Political views are imperfectly derived from values; they're derivative and less important and should be freely modified as you acquire experience, new perspectives, and more information.

Values and authenticity, in contrast, stem from internal discourse and exploration.