Maria PopovaDec 10, 2022

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

On this day in 1986, Elie Wiesel delivered his timeless Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/12/10/elie-wiesel-nobel-prize-speech/

Elie Wiesel’s Timely Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech on Human Rights and Our Shared Duty in Ending Injustice

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

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Show threadAmy Reyer, Ph.D.
@mariapopova “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.” This is such an important lesson. Makes me think about the reverence for neutrality in American journalism and how it enabled the election of the former president in 2016, among many other casualties.
Dec 10, 2022 at 3:46pmWeb
Show threadLynneJonesDec 10, 2022
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