Nonconformist as a good thing?

Nonconformists are so celebrated in today’s world. I suppose there are some reasons to pat them on the back—it does take some bravery, it requires original thinking, and it questions what is—but it depends on what they’re refusing to conform to. I wouldn’t be so quick to give them all a blanket endorsement. Generally, we have a tendency to reject the status quo because of the results of sameness that it produces. There’s no original thinking and it ends up being something where you do what you’ve always done because that’s what’s always been done. In that sense, I get it. To question some of our long-held processes that don’t make sense is reasonable. But upsetting the whole apple cart just because you can is destructive. It’s also known as anarchy.

So maybe everything not labeled status quo is getting lumped into the same barrel. Someone running down the street breaking windows of small businesses and looting their wares meets the qualification of nonconformity. However, he’s hardly the example to model your life after. He might even be crazy. The point being, a criminal in a jail cell is just as much a nonconformist as the innovative minds of Einstein and Newton. However, the latter are productive; the former is not. Genius minds may not conform to conventional ways of thinking, while they may conform to the general laws of morality and good behavior. An anarchist just doesn’t conform to anything. You can’t tell him anything or get him to do anything constructive. He’s like a goat tromping on the hood of your car just because he can.
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‘Fight the power’ is a mantra repeated by many oppressed groups. ‘Fighting the power’ is seen as a good thing. Maybe. It can be. But I suppose it depends on the power you’re fighting. If you’re fighting a good power, then your cause isn’t good. You’re fighting what is working for the common good. Our Founding Fathers fought the power. But they were fighting the power of what were elements of an oppressive ruler. Those things they believed were working against the common welfare of people were being rebuked by them. It was rebuked in such documents as the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. They were nonconformists, yes, but of different breed and different variety. They were of the mind to build something great; not of the mind to tear down something great.

So nonconformity, unless it’s harnessed, and unless it’s steered towards a noble purpose, isn’t a good thing. In fact, without the above elements in place, it’s quite destructive. One won’t accept excuses, while the other only makes excuses; one dreams of something greater, while the other has lost the ability to dream of anything greater than themselves; one wonders what can be, while the other already thinks they know what is. It’s here that these two parties diverge. They may carry the same label, but they don’t carry the same purpose.

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