Break the chains of injustice
SILENCE IS CONSENT
The world has witnessed the rise of tyrants and the crumbling of freedom, but truth always echo louder than roars of tyranny, silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality, it is approval; it is the unspoken nod that allows darkness to spread unhindered; but we all hold the power to shatter that silence. We are not bystanders in the story of humanity; we are the writers of change, and we need to speak up, stand tall, and ignite the fire of justice that burns within us all.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." His words were not just poetry; they were an indictment on the silence of those who had the voice but did not use it. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on that Montgomery bus in 1955, it was not her action alone that sparked a revolution, it was the chorus of voices that followed, refusing to let injustice spread her wings and fly higher.
Silence normalizes the abnormal. When we witness discrimination, corruption, or cruelty and say nothing, we send a message of acceptability. In places where harassment thrives, in communities plagued by inequality, in nations gripped by authoritarianism, silence is the fertilizer that lets these weeds grow. It erodes our moral compass, but deep down, your conscience whispers that injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.
Injustice thrives in our hesitation to speak up, or outright silence, but it crumbles under the weight of our resolve to see it eradicated. We have the empathy, the intelligence, and an innate sense of right and wrong, we must use these tools to break the silence, not just for the victims, but for our own souls, and generations yet unborn. When we stand against injustice, we affirm our humanity, inspire others, and build a world where approval is reserved for kindness, equality, and truth.
To a better you, Kamikun John.
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