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Neutrality is a pro-genocide stance.
Show threadDan PortsApr 16, 2025

@alice saw this quote recently and have been thinking about it a lot:

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

-Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 1986

Show threadStuart Schechter

@dan @alice

I prefer to quote Desmond Tutu, from at least two years earlier.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Apr 16, 2025 at 1:21pmMastodon for Android