[ISL]

As a way of reply to, "I personally am afraid to associate myself too publicly with a political stance, lest I be wrong and/or the environment changes."

"Well, whatever life is, you’re going to die. So if you’re going to make things better for yourself or for those you care about, you had better become an activist while you’re still alive." -- Will Provine

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=ptb;c=ptb;...

[chao-]

Viewing activism as a binary—the only choices being "I am an activist" and "I am not an activist"—glosses over a wide spectrum of dispositional diversity that people inhabit.

Put differently: There is a difference between advocacy and activism, between holding political opinions and being comfortable with them as a central focus of your life, or as a central characteristic that you wish people to see in you.

[0-O-0]

Becoming an activist is also a path for making things worse for yourself or for those you care about, I'd like to avoid that.