inclusionchickDec 10, 2022
Maria Popova

“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.”

The Marginalian
Dec 10, 2022 at 2:03pmWeb
Show threadfcvDec 10, 2022
@mariapopova “I explained …that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent... We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.“
Powerful words, thanks.
#holocaust #RememberOurSharedHumanity #NeverForget
Show threadonecaliberalDec 10, 2022
@mariapopova Dilence is violence.
Show threadAmy Reyer, Ph.D.Dec 10, 2022
@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.
Show threadLynneJonesDec 10, 2022
@amyreyer @mariapopova #FreePalestine
Show threadEddie DDec 10, 2022
@mariapopova powerful, timeless words.
Show threadlolonurseDec 10, 2022
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SO important!
Show threadAleggraDec 10, 2022

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After the first Twitter files dump, Mediaite Dan Abrams told Colby Hall, “It is stunning that with access to all the internal e-mails at Twitter that they don’t have a single smoking gun that implicates a government leader or even any campaign in wrongdoing.”

It was all smoke and mirrors for those hungry enough to believe whatever coincides w/their warped values. For every cult worshipper, there are dozens of wannabes who eagerly push false narratives.

Show threadSmileyRach3 🇪🇺🐟🐻Dec 10, 2022
@mariapopova So true. Be wary of those who always sit on the fence. Or worse, never have an opinion.
#BeBrave #SpeakOut
Show threadEntropyDec 10, 2022
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Show threadPólóDec 10, 2022

@mariapopova

Thank you.

Camus' letter to his teacher reminded me of some of the great ones I have had and of their legacy in me.

Show threaddrdindDec 10, 2022
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#ImAgainstAntisemitism
Show threadSunnySideUpDec 11, 2022
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Show threadZupa RybnaDec 11, 2022

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I can't fully agree - staying neutral or joining the mob are sometimes the only possible choices (unless someone likes being punched).

In every country there's a lot of dangerous groups that you shouldn't cross. Some are even most of the population. The cause they start with is usually right, but they become overzealous with time.

Attempting neutrality protects groups from "who's not with us is against us" mentality.

Show threadHentronDec 11, 2022
@mariapopova yeah, just don't look at anything else he said after the 90's.
Show threadFrancesMcNulty3Dec 11, 2022
@mariapopova And now more than ever in my lifetime we need to decide which side we are on and what sort of society we want to live in
Show threadNumber SevenDec 14, 2022
@mariapopova Postmodern UbURoyal Modality's. In dealing with the 'Great Leap Backwarders, New Feudalists, ToryBrexitfluentFascist'. Is for those who don't accept, 'Militant Imperialism, Nihilism. To study, Sun Tzu's,'The Art of War' diligently.
Show threadAjDec 14, 2022
@mariapopova indeed but take the right ones always