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I meant to upvote this and realized I'd already upvoted it.
Let me just say that your first point -- that effective action is better than ineffectual talk -- is very important and a sobering lesson for me (and others who like to talk a lot.) The critic is not a hero. The critic is, at best, merely correct. But it's still better to be correct than incorrect.
Yes, absolutely. At some level, I would rather be a correct critic than an incorrect hero; the recklessly ignorant hero's glory is merely superficial, and (given prevailing rates of human error and the increasing fragility of our society) is not a luxury that I can afford.
Still, I would not want to miss the chance to be a correct hero, in however small a measure.