The Blessed One said, “And how is there the communal living of the bad? And how do the bad live together?
“There is the case where the thought occurs to an elder monk, ‘I should not correct an elder monk, nor should I correct a monk of middling standing, nor should I correct a newcoming monk.
Sannivasā Sutta
It’s this dilemma that I find so prevalent in our society. This reticence to offend is precisely what Lord Buddha identified as the downfall of a community.
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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