On persevering in leadership and its relevance to free speech

An interesting quote was attributed today to Amy Lamb, the President-Elect of the American Occupational Therapy Association.  Here is the quote as it appeared on Twitter:I initially consider that the timing of such a statement that "No means not now" could possibly be related to the recent decision by the US Senate to refuse to support the Cardin-Vitter amendment that would repeal the Medicare outpatient therapy cap.  Therapy leaders have been trying for many years to get the cap repealed and it was a stinging defeat.I asked for additional context and clarity about the quote and was informed that it was generally stated as an important leadership principle.The reason why this caught my attention is because of my own experience with the way that the occupational therapy profession deals with divergent opinions.In 2013 I attempted to reach out to a former Ethics Commission Chair to discuss ongoing concerns with the Social Justice construct.  That Chair was not interested in any conversation, and instead of receiving a note from that person I received a letter from an AOTA attorney that stated, "I understand your perspective on the Social Justice provision of the Ethics Code, and would note that it is settled business at this time."  From the tone of that letter, the philosophy in play was clearly that 'No means no.'  In fairness, that attorney also stated that there might be opportunities to discuss matters when the Code was re-written (in 2015), bu...
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