Does loyalty have a component of submissiveness to it?

Question

In order to be loyal must you be submissive in some way?

Also, let it be know that I don't necessarily consider submissiveness a negative quality. Every quality has its time and place

Answer 1

No. It is honor.

Perhaps you're honoring what you have previously submitted to. I grant that, but loyalty itself is being true to those who trust you.

I think I can see the aspect of submissiveness, now that I've thought more about it, but my initial reaction was based on the absolute non submissiveness to anything that would betray trust.

Answer 2

just a brief treatment, Loyalty is clearly submitting. but it is not often understood to what.
Loyalty to a changing point is risky and potentially damaging. Loyalty to a person then becomes risky, if a person is not ethically centered, your loyalty could effectively be no different than the loyalty of soldiers to a poor political model. ref: Hitlers Third Reich, or Japans loyalty to the Emperor.
Loyalty to an ideal or an ethical principal has more of a constant point. such as being loyal to others for the purpose of building love and trust in society. this is being loyal to ethics, love and trust, in an effort to build ethical people.
I believe this is the point James mom is devoting to.
so yes it is submission, but to ethics rather than to people.

Answer 3

If you could call giving the benefit of the doubt every time
submissive, then you could call questioning or arguing
agressive. Matters of the heart have built in submissiveness...in all the animal kingdom, but not
always loyalty. It's an interesting question. I've not
personally experienced the two together as far as
I know, but I believe it's subtly built in.

Answer 4

It implies a sense of duty or of devoted attachment to something or someone. Loyalty connotes sentiment and the feeling of devotion that one holds for something or someone.

It's not the same thing as submissiveness which is a trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.

Answer 5

Interesting one, matter of fact I, myself have been questioning over this component for quite some times...thank you for brings this issue up.

Though each of us may be but one person among million, we are all powerful forces for good or evil. Everything on this earth has its purpose, its reason and its effect. Like a pebble thrown into the pond, every act we perform spreads out in widering cirles, embracing everything in its growing path. It may be difficult to understand the concept from the outside looking in, let's set an example; you are my next door neigbor and we were friend, and I have another friend who is loyal to me, for years you see and know that we are very tight, but for some reason we always fight, still, remain best friends. don't matter how unfair I treated my friend, he keeps continual forgives because of loyaty. Suddenly one day you ask me; what happen to my friend since you haven't see this person for weeks, and months still my best friend remain silence. You become concern for witness my sadness, and thinking what kind of loyaty is this person that he or she having a component of submissiveness to it....?

All things are interconnected and that, as such, what ever happens affects us all in some real way, as long as there is pain suffering, loneliness and hunger in this world it is our responsibility. In some case, loyaty could lead into intimidation when not balance in the relationship, ones could easily become submissives to avoid conflick, slowly emotion withdraw then physically removed, but does not mean loyaty is gone. No one is immune to fear, but as with all emotions, it need to be kept in ballance.
For tips of the day,
Pam

Answer 6

loyalty is a decision to not betray another's trust in you