I began to notice areas I
felt some pressure to conform: sometimes I
feel an unspoken pressure from the institution and individuals within it to adhere to a preset systemization of belief and morality; sometimes I allow a comment left on my
blog or criticism from other bloggers to
intimidate me into conformity; sometimes I
feel afraid to let what I really believe to leak out of my mouth; sometimes I allow criticism of the way I oversee our community, or criticism of our community itself, to frighten me into silence, passivity and paralysis.