The Protests in Iran: The Violence of Deafening Silence
Those who cannot stand against regimes of oppression
should not lead the human rights discourse.
Those who cannot stand against regimes of oppression
should not lead the human rights discourse.
Real protest is a powerful force in a democracy, but when every Monday and Thursday your roads are blocked in the name of values written in Arabic – it’s worth asking: “Who is really protesting here – and who is just trying to engineer you?”
Once, the political struggle was about borders, budgets, academic obligations. Today? The struggle is about the very ability to say the sentence “Man and woman were made for each other” without a Twitter user coming at you with a digital torch and shouting “Fascist!”
The Western world is in the midst of a progressivist onslaught – a chronic disease of boredom, excess free time, and a master’s degree in gender studies.
But we, sane right-wingers, with tear gas of reason and tefillin in our bag – will not give up easily.