Do Not Call for Revolution from Behind Safe Windows— Author: Gouya Roshan
Do Not Call for Revolution from Behind Safe Windowsl The easiest thing in the world is to sit behind a safe window in Europe, the United States, or Canada, sip your coffee, enjoy your high-speed internet, and write a blueprint for revolution for people living thousands of kilometers away. The hardest thing in the world, however, is to live with the consequences of those slogans. With a single tweet, a video, or a speech, you can ignite people's emotions. But when the streets fall silent, the prisons fill, families begin to mourn, and lives are shattered, the person sitting safely abroad simply returns to their normal life. It is the people inside the country who pay the true price of every call, every act of hurt, and every reckless decision. Criticizing a government is the right of every citizen. Protest is also, in many circumstances, a fundamental human right. But there is a profound difference between the right to criticize and encourage others to pay a price that ...