“In the face of mass atrocities, we stand in mass indifference rationalized by logic that sees us through the day.” PoliticsRevolutionDisasterIndifferenceProtestMoral ResponsibilityAysha TaryamAtrocity Author:Aysha Taryam
“What is worse than indifference is when people’s nationalism allows for the conscious rationalisation of brutality as part of a political balance sheet. It is but a grave oversight when people shift their responsibility towards moral values for the duty to obey.” DutyObedienceIndifferenceNationalismProtestBrutalityMoral ValuesMoral ResponsibilityAysha Taryam Author:Aysha Taryam
“Evil does not just arise from nothingness, most of the time it is nurtured by society’s failure to activate its moral standards” EvilGoodnessGood And EvilProtestSociety QuotesMoral ResponsibilityAysha TaryamMoral Standards Author:Aysha Taryam
“Complacency has taken the place of outrage and demands for justice have been substituted for trending hashtags and unified profile pictures.” RevolutionEmpathySocial MediaProtestComplacencyOutrageMoral ResponsibilityAysha TaryamHashtags Author:Aysha Taryam
“Today, while the cyber world rages with ideologies and passionate moral perspectives, the streets remain comatose, echoing nothing but silence.” PoliticsRevolutionEmpathySocial MediaProtestMoralsMoral ResponsibilityAysha TaryamCyber World Author:Aysha Taryam
“Equating a pro-Palestinian stance to an anti-Semitic one is rendering the cause undignified by smearing it with an unjustifiable hatred for another. It is a cowardly way out of a real debate and a productive dialogue.” WarDemocracyIsraelProtestPalestineGazaAntisemitism Author:Aysha Taryam
“One must hesitate when calling these protests pro-Palestinian because in that labelling, we lose their truth. They are protests against senseless killings, they are a rejection of regimes that support occupation and a cry for an end to war as a pathway to peace. These protests are pro-humanity in its true sense of the word, an all-encompassing humanity that is not cherry-picked by the powers that be. They are protests against hypocrisy and for a right to life.” FreedomHuman RightsIsraelProtestPalestineGazaPro PalestineStudent Protest Author:Aysha Taryam