Damned If You Do Damned If You Don’t
“Damned if you do and damned if you don't” – chastised for holding an opinion on something others have an opinion on, but don't speak out – dictionary.cambridge.org
It is important to speak out
We’re in a world where the good are damned if they speak out for others and also damned if they keep quiet. Gary Lineker chose to speak out. I speak out through my blog. But the universe doesn't expect us to turn a blind eye, and where there is conflict and people are being displaced, it has become even more important for those in a privileged position to speak out
I'm using Gary Lineker, A BBC Sports presenter as an example. He put a tweet out over asylum policy and found himself in hot water for speaking out, suspended briefly pending an investigation into his tweet, then was reinstated a few days later, rightly so.
Responding to replies to the tweet, Lineker described the government’s new plan to detain and deport migrants arriving by boat as “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people". It's true.
“The controversy impacted the BBC’s sports programs, with dozens of sports presenters and reporters walking out of their jobs in support of Lineker.”
There are people in the world who need our help, people who have escaped conflict and who have become displaced. The bottom line is that as long as what we're saying is in good grace and it is helping others, we should be speaking out.
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