Thursday, May 19, 2016

Who has the most Courage?

With Caitlyn Jenner receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY's, I saw a lot of posts on Facebook saying she didn't deserve the award. Their reasoning was that it isn't brave to come out as transgender and that it takes more courage to be a veteran with 2 limbs instead of four. I cant help but get very upset at these types of post. Its literally these types of post that make it courageous for a person to come out as gay ,lesbian, or transgender in our society today! I am in no way saying that being in a war and surviving isn't courageous, but it isn't the only way to show courage and/or bravery. Courage and bravery can come in all types of shapes. If someone who suffered from depression even just ate a meal or went out in public for the day, that might have taken a lot of courage for them! I do not like it when being the most courageous or brave turns into a competition because nobody every wins! Its just a cycle of shaming others for doing things that do require courage. What do you guys think? Is it fair to have a competition on who can be the most courageous?

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