#ODERINT DUM METUANT MOVIE#

If they fear what you can do the pressure you can bring to bear on them, the fact that you wonвЂ™t be silenced, wonвЂ™t be cowed, wonвЂ™t back down, wonвЂ™t be intimidated, then let them hate you. I say let them вЂ“ so long as while they are hating you, they FEAR you. When you take a stand for what is right note that I didnвЂ™t say whatвЂ™s popular, whatвЂ™s considered acceptable, I said whatвЂ™s RIGHT, people will hate you. Yet, I encourage them to keep on, as I keep on, and encourage you to do the same. I have encountered it, personally, and seen others go through it. If you donвЂ™t go with the flow, the popular sentiment of the time, the trend in PC, or the wishes of those вЂњin authority,вЂќ you are liable to be branded as every slanderous term known to man. In our society, taking a stand that is unpopular often brings hatred of the most virulent kind. Let me explain why this phrase hit home with me today. You do NOT need to call the authorities to come get me. O.k., I see you edging for the door вЂ“ yes YOU вЂ“ IвЂ™m pointing at YOU вЂ“ put that phone down. Translated, the phrase means, approximately, вЂњLet them hate, so long as they fear.вЂќ The line was, later, adopted by Caligula, who was perhaps one of the most infamous and downright вЂњdrive your funny car RIGHT OVER the screaming cliff of insanityвЂќ emperors that Rome has ever known. The history of the phrase itself is interesting, in that it was attributed to Lucius Accius, a Roman tragic poet ( I presume that means he wrote poetry in the tragic style, not that he himself was a tragic poet I had images of him writing poetry and suddenly falling off a cliff or something) who lived somewhere around 170 BC. Why? Well, IвЂ™m glad youвЂ™re curious.ДЇirst off, let me digress for a moment to offer this: if you, like me, are a person who likes to sprinkle things into conversation to make people pause and look at you (and who doesnвЂ™t?) then here is the official Mirriam-Webster pronunciation of the phrase itself: Intrigued, I looked it up and was quite taken with the phrase. It was in a list of images that were tagged with the word вЂњundefeatedвЂќ and showed this quote on a sweatshirt.

#ODERINT DUM METUANT MOVIE#

I ran across this phrase today when trying to find a quote from the movie вЂњThe Undefeated,вЂќ believe it or not.

Oderint dum metuant