Wednesday, November 15, 2023

The Jubilation of Together!

A wide shot of a large crowd of people carrying flags and protest signs outdoors on a sunny day, with a historic building in the background.

In numbers, there is safety. In crowds there is anonymity. 

As young adults learn to navigate society and its values they

realize theirs are the values society must learn to navigate. 

Values born not of experience and guidance in morality 

and ethical behaviour, but those of the mob. And if, in 

following the mob, a twinge of doubt arises, it can be 

abruptly abandoned, for if everyone is 'doing it', it must 

somehow be right and therefore carry on with the pleasant 

indulgence of being a part of this great celebration where 

a much, much smaller group is the target, where whispers 

now and again of suspicion and contempt have fully 

coalesced into a full-blown pogrom of rejection, accusation 

and isolation, where implied threats seem harmless enough

but amplified and emotionalized seem adequate reason

for the physical to arise. And isn't it exciting, everyone

marching, banners aloft to save the Palestinians from the

vicious rampage of the Israelis who reason notwithstanding

threaten genocide over accusations unsubstantiated of

mass murder, rape, abduction, mutilation, all explicable

given the burden of victimized people finally fighting back.

And is this not the most exciting, head-spinning experience

marching as one for human rights, the underdog arisen!



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