I pledge to myself:
- I will consider anyone who I believe is trying to be the best version of themseves to be an ally.
- I will never use a monopoly (e.g. government), individuals backed by a monopoly, or individuals acting under duress by a monopoly, against anyone trying to be the best version of themselves.
- I will treat every living thing with dignity.
- I will leave the universe better than if I had never existed.
- I will contribute more than I consume.
- I will make more than I take.
- Outside my private spaces, I will only fight words with words, and inside my private spaces, I may also fight words with disassociation (e.g. expulsion) if I believe the speaker is not acting in good faith.
- I will not initiate aggression (force, theft, trespass, spying, fraud, or sabotage), and I will not threaten to initiate, plan to initiate, incite the initiation of, order the initiation of, or adopt a policy of initiating aggression; and I will not collaborate with those who do, and I may respond with sufficient aggression against such initiators and their collaborators in order to defend myself and anyone trying to be the the best version of themselves against such actions. I may defend others as well.
- Before I choose to act with aggression or to stand down,
- I will consider whether I am being played.
- I will consider what is the best tactical response.
- I will consider what is the best strategic response.
- Before I choose to act with aggression or to stand down,
- Whenever I hear of an action or argument that could directly or indirectly further an unhealthy agenda, such as making good people more inclined to stand down, I will consider whether that could have been the goal.
- I will think for myself.
- I will trust my conscience and experience.
- I will go wherever the facts take me.
- I will only be convinced by my understanding of the facts and logic.
- I will not be convinced by a claim of truth because of the speaker's:
- status or title,
- power or authority,
- name or rank,
- dress or uniform,
- promises or predictions,
- threats or bullying,
- credentials or merit,
- awards or honors,
- experience or age,
- reputation or fame,
- intelligence or education,
- vocabulary or wit,
- style or charisma,
- because the only things that can be proved by the characteristics of the speaker are ... the characteristics of the speaker,
- and any characteristic of the speaker is just another claim of truth.
- I will not be convinced of truth by:
- hierarchy or protocol,
- coincidence or correlation,
- tradition or majority,
- media or government,
- technology or magic.
- I will not accept a statement as fact because it was in:
- a sign or book,
- a report or study,
- a movie or play,
- a poem or song.
- I will not accept a statement as fact because it is part of:
- the mainstream narrative,
- the official narrative,
- the government narrative.
- I will not be convinced of truth because the source is:
- aliens or angels,
- voices or visions.
- I will continuously improve and share my understanding of human nature, the world, and the universe.
- I will always be open to the possibility that I am wrong.
- I will try to be aware of my assumptions and premises.
- I will change course as soon as I understand that my actions are out of sync with my principles.
- I will fix my principles as soon as I understand that my principles are out of sync with each other.
- When I disagree with a position, I will try to find and articulate the strongest possible argument for that position, and if I still disagree, then that is the argument I shall try to defeat.
- I will be tolerant of that which does not violate my principles.
- I will accept the debt I incur when I violate my principles.
- I will honor the expectations that I voluntarily allowed.
- I will see others and think to myself, "The light in me is allied with the light in you."
- I will resist wanting something because others want it.
- I will be the primary authority of whether I am on the right path.
- Every sentient being owns himself, and I will respect that.
- Every sentient being owns the fruits of his labor, and I will respect that.
- I will respect every individual's unlimited right to self defense.
- I will respect every individual's unlimited right to opt out of anything and everything.
- I will respect the right of every individual to trade, create, and innovate.
- I will only judge a person separately and individually, and only by that person's actions and statements, and by empirical probabilities.
- I will not say that people are bad. I may say that an action was bad, and I may say that people who possess bad motives or commit bad actions have lost their way or are losing their inner struggle.
- I will not intend to damage any relationship between others.
- I will not place an unreasonable burden on others.
- I will not misrepresent others.
- I will not hold double standards.
- I will not tell other people what they think.
- I will not be mean.
- I will not be a bully.
- I will not be petty.
- I will not be rude.
- I will not be whiny.
- I will not be a poser.
- I will not be an enabler.
- I will not be evasive.
- I will not virtue signal.
- I will not scapegoat.
- I will not project.
- I will not overreact.
- I will not abuse my authority.
- I will have fun—I will be fun.
“I will not overreact”. How do you determine when a person overreacted? At what point is a person to be considered to be overreacting? Is there a standard/base line/guide set? Hypothetical situation, I discover a pedophile checking out children at a bus stop. I walk over and ask him what he is doing. His reply is “checking out the children”. My response could be a kick in mouth, knocking out all his teeth. Some could say that would be overreacting. I would disagree. See my point?
That is for you to decide.
deplorablepatriot is my word press account. You know me as omnipresenthuman
Point 9. I have trouble understanding, what that really means. Could you rephrase that pls, maybe separated in a few sentences?
An example would be the claim that God/Karma will punish/reward people, which would tend to make people who believe that less likely to try to remedy injustice, so that is a belief that would be promoted by those who want others to be more passive.