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Mmmmmm... I'm a little on the fence about this. I won't go so far as to say "white silence = violence," I think that's a bit much. If that's the case, we're all guilty of some sort of violence. Male silence = violence. American silence about the Taliban = violence. It's a ridiculous. But then again, when do you have to take responsibility? At what point were the Germans responsible for the Holocaust? There were plenty of people not turning in Jews, just trying to live their lives likes the rest of us. After a nine-hour work day, are you really in the mood to start protesting the plight of the Jews, an action that could possibly get you and your family disappeared?
There's that famous poem by Martin Niemöller: First they came for so-and-so, and I did nothing. Then they came for me. Yeah, he has a valid point. But I'm not going to be angry at those who did nothing either. There are tons of groups that are being persecuted: women, minorities, homosexuals, Christians under ISIS, Muslims living in Myanmar, Gypsies in France... It's impossible to speak out for everyone. And sometimes we're really fucking busy just being alive. Yeah, in a perfect world instead of coming home from a long day and sitting down in from of the TV to relax, you would try to stop these problems. But then again, in a perfect world these wouldn't be a problem to begin with. So yeah, I think we all probably should do more to chip in, but I'm not going to blame you so much if you don't.