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Ian Smith
The reason that speaking out is so important is that it lowers the perceived risk of those people who are still silent but have something to say. Your courage matters. It makes the waters warmer. Your words matter. They assure others they are not alone and encourage them to speak. Every voice is a key to unlocking another's.
@Jezibaba Thank you.🖤
@JezibabaThere are those who, seeing events throughout history, will never speak; they know that it being safe today does not mean publicly exposing oneself as a member of an invisible minority group won't have consequences tomorrow, next year, or in decades...
The powers that be today may not care, but there is never any way to guarantee that others in power in the future will not use the info for, say, torture, targeted killings, or concentration camps.
Nothing anyone says can change that.