Memo to those Leaving US: Don't ask for validation [View All]

[bryant69]

It's hard to get everything one wants to say in a title.

First of all there are lots of reasons to leave the United States for a while or for good. You got a better job. You got new opportunities. You like other cultures and want to explore. You feel your family will be safer. You feel depressed/anxious living here and want to go somewhere you feel safer. All of these are perfectly valid reasons for leaving, and most of them don't require you to post on here seeking validation.

Those aren't, though, the reasons that cause all the fuss. The main reason that gets me riled up, and presumably others (although I wouldn't want to speak for them) is "I am leaving America because it's doomed and I don't want to go down with the ship." Or words to that effect.

When you come on here and post your leaving America announcement you want validation of your decision. Because any way you slice it, it's not a very heroic thing to do. We don't admire people who leave when things get tough - but we do understand when someone saves their family from a burning building. That is sensible and, in a way, heroic.

So when you post your departure messages, I would think you would want to hear people agreeing with you about what a mess America is and how there's little if any chance of saving it.

But to validate your position, I basically have to admit that I'm an idiot or a lacky of those who are dooming America. In other words, if you are right, and America is on fire, what kind of person must I be (and others like me) to choose to stay in a burning building? I mean what kind of person does that?

So if I validate your position, your decision to leave America, my own position looks stupid (or, as noted above, I'm a scoundrel who sees some profit in burning America down).

It's a bit like a Christian and an Atheist, I suppose. They can be good friends and agree on a lot but somewhere out there is a gulf that can only be crossed by one surrendering his or her position.

So, to sum up, I have no intention of validating people who want to flee America because they believe it is doomed. On the other hand those of you who have new opportunities in another country, congratulations - I wish you the best.

Bryant
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