Frederick Douglas would rather that people treat him with contempt than conforming to other's desires, thus betraying himself and his values. This shows that he wants to be true to himself, and in a world where other people's opinions matter more than your own, that is a very bold statement. Some people have beliefs that are very valuable to them, yet they consider abandoning them for the sake of popularity or preventing ridicule.
The person that said it was benvolio
He believed him and Juliet would end up together no matter what.
The lines from Bob Kaufman's
"Unanimity Has Been Achieved, Not a Dot Less for Its Accidentalness"
conveys that Kaufman sees mental hospitals and institutionalization as
inhumane, ineffective, and uncaring. The surgeons only thinks about how well equipped
they are with their machines and they are excited to use this to people with
mental illness without caring the fact that it might be harmful to them.
