マット・マクゴリーのインスタグラム(mattmcgorry) - 12月3日 04時57分

Fantastic, short read about nonviolence 4 social change. (Thx @lucasneff666 ) "Nonviolence seems to be rare, even the exception, and its potential- perhaps even its mere possibility- is rigorously ignored by policy makers. Violence, or deliberate harm to another person or basic dignity, is so common as to seem ubiquitous, especially when we include, as we should, structural violence- the exploitation or dominance built into a system. But the seeming ubiquity of violence and rarity of nonviolence turns out to have more to do with the way we see the world than with the way the world really is.... Another reason we are not more aware of instances of nonviolence, and the reason it all too often seems ineffectual or to end up with a disappointing sequel, as in Egypt and Syria, is that modern culture does not prepare us very well to understand a positive, nonmaterial force. Indeed the word *non-violence* itself is part of the problem. Non-violence implies that the real something, the default condition, is violence, and that non-violence is just its absence- in the same way that many people still think of peace as merely the absence of war. They are turning truth on its head, and artificially limiting our options.... Natural as nonviolence may be, however, there is no denying that empathy and care for the well-being of someone who's against us do not come easily. It can be quite a struggle, but it's encouraging to remember that this very struggle is the source of nonviolent power. As King put it, "The phrase 'passive resistance' often gives the false impression that this is a sort of 'do-nothing method' in which the resister quietly and passively excepts evil. But nothing is further from the truth. For while the nonviolent resister is passive in the sense that he is not physically aggressive towards his opponent, his mind and and emotions are always active, constantly seeking to persuade his opponent that he is wrong.' To be angry at injustice and to fear harm are natural human responses. The point is not whether we have the 'right' to be frightened or outrage but how we can use that fear or outrage to change a situation most effectively." #McGReads

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