Taking a stand to me means speaking up for your judgement and your personal opinion. Say you have a strong belief that bengals gonna make it to the playoffs and a steelers fan say no thats ludicrous. But you debate with them until tey understand that Andy Dalton was the most dedicated football quarterback ever. Yes take a stand for your inner self esteem dont agree just to make them shut up ,take a stand and make them shut up to listen. The last time i took a stand was in 8th grade . This boy was tugging on a girl bra strap and laughing with his boys while she was crying .So i asked her what was going on and i took him and her to the principal to talk about it.The principal expelled the boy and apologized to the girl.