Irshad Manji, author of Allah, Liberty and Love:
“Praise Allah for the Internet! With the web making self-censorship irrelevant–someone else is bound to say what you won’t–it became a place where intellectual risk-takers finally exhaled.”
DFQ #006:
What is someone else saying that you won’t risk saying?
Sometimes people do things that displease you. Could be the way they carry themselves, rudeness, impoliteness etc. I sometimes don’t address it to them because there is no point. That person has been that way their wholes lives they won’t change. I keep my distance from those people and interact only when absolutely necessary in a respectful manner. That’s what I expect in return.
there’s so much that is being said that I don’t say, more importantly thought is the things that are done that I don’t do.
Like find a second source of income!
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Gerald Kaufman, a British / Jewish MP, has made statements condemning Israel for their actions against Palestine. I guess sometimes I wont risk saying such bold political statements in certain company for fear of being ostracised.
I seek to respect others and won’t say anything that is racist or derogatory toward any group or person.
Anything that is not my personal truth.
I would say it would be those lies that I know are lies.That is particularly true of the political system.
Anything and everything that I know to be a lie whether it is about my own self, my skills, my qualifications or someone else. PLUS I won’t say any thing that is none of my business. Everything else – even if does not make someone totally comfortable reading or hearing, I will say.
I cannot think of anything someone else is saying that I am not brave enough to say myself. This is particularly so when what is being said is not hurtful or rude and is of importance to me.
That things can work much better than they do, but they take more awareness to work.