There’s so little difference between communities, each one jumping up and down with equal excitement.
Your beloved spokesman got banned from social media! This is censorship! Where is freedom of speech? This is victimisation! Discrimination!
Yep, nothing to do with hate speech, spreading lies, breaching terms of use. Of course, it’s simply the anti- Muslim / Christian / Jewish / Hindu / Sikh / Buddhist / Atheist / Left / Right agenda.
All the loudmouths are deploying the exact same arguments, just from different sides of the fence, shouting ever more loudly both that they are the best of people and the most despised.
Repulsed by this clamour, I can’t help thinking to myself: “Why don’t you lot simply engage with the teachings of your faith, which calls you away from all of that?”
Acquaint yourself with what your prophet / guru / yogi / sage / guide teaches you about actually taming your ego. It’s all there for those willing to change their lives for the better.
No, but few are willing to engage with the teachings of their tradition, whatever it may be. Rather, they’re content with the politics of identity and communal belonging. I am, I am, I am.
Last modified: 26 February 2023
