Silence is permission

Silence in the face of injustice is indistinguishable from permission.

If a boy is being bullied by an older boy and you silently turn away, you are giving the older boy permission to bully others.

If a man is unjustly killed by police and you silently turn away, you are condoning murder.

If a child is genitally mutilated in a primitive religious tradition and you silently turn away, there is blood on your hands.

Only by speaking out can you stop hate.

There is no difference in the sound of silent outrage and the sound of silent permission.