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Originally Posted by iblis432
What concerned me most was someone in FIRST badmouthing the organization. It has always been my belief that if you are in an organization, namely FIRST, then you should always defend it and stand up for it. Stating concerns is one thing, but just badmouthing it is another. I would think it to be no different in a workplace, you shouldn't go around telling everyone how bad the company you work for is (although everyone continues to do it, and I am just as guilty).
My point is, what are your feelings on this? I for one was very concerned for how a fellow member could be so blatantly rude about the organization that they are a part of.
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Because I agree with FIRST's goals does not mean I support every action they take. Nor should it. I disagree with many things FIRST has done and am more than willing to be vocal about them. As a member of the community it is my duty to help it grow and prosper. If I see an action that I feel is detrimental to those goals it is my duty to research it and explain this in a respectful well thought out manner.
That being said, if I were to just say, "Dean is an out of touch moron" and leave it at that I would expect to get some pretty nasty comments in reply. However, if I were to say that I feel Dean is out of touch with what is going on in the FIRST community because the teams that he regularly sees are the ones that aren't struggling, it would form the basis for a conversation. Furthermore if I could find evidence that showed that Dean rarely spoke to mentors from struggling teams and regularly spoke to the mentors from powerhouse teams I might have a basis for this claim. *
Expressing a dissenting opinion is never wrong on its own. Expressing a dissenting opinion rudely is, however, wrong.
*This claim is mostly fictitious. I'm sure some people do believe it though.