Everything Is Political
Summary
Everything is political" is the take from a straphanger who insists that silence itself carries a political message. No stance is a stance, they tell Kareem. The rider connects multiple threads: the genocide in Gaza, American police being trained in occupied Palestine, and how brutality abroad links directly to policing at home. Even people who think staying quiet protects them are making a choice. The conversation touches on democracy, humanity, climate justice, and human rights. Their core argument lands hard: if you're not talking about what's happening, you're still talking about it through your silence.
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So what's your take? Everything is political? 100% agree. Even if you're not saying anything, you're saying something. That's true. If you're not talking about the genocide happening in Gaza, you're talking about the genocide that's happening in Gaza with your silence. Firm agree. You have to be real about your own values and you have to speak up. No stance is a stance. People think that by being silent they're like helping themselves, you know, but at the end of the day, this is costing us our democracy. This is costing us our humanity. If you can't speak up your mind, you can't talk about your own political views about human rights, about climate justice, about that, there's a genocide. Let cook. If things are happening in Gaza and we think that they're not going to happen here, the police is being trained in occupied Palestine currently. The police in America, and there is a direct connection between police brutality and what's happening in Gaza right now. So by your, with your silence, you're still political.
100% agree.