{"id":485066,"date":"2022-08-16T05:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-we-can-all-learn-from-salman-rushdies-bravery\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T05:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:19:47","slug":"what-we-can-all-learn-from-salman-rushdies-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-can-all-learn-from-salman-rushdies-bravery\/","title":{"rendered":"#What we can all learn from Salman Rushdie&#8217;s bravery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e0b5833c3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e0b5833c3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-can-all-learn-from-salman-rushdies-bravery\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_we_can_all_learn_from_Salman_Rushdies_bravery%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What we can all learn from Salman Rushdie&#8217;s bravery&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_we_can_all_learn_from_Salman_Rushdies_bravery%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What we can all learn from Salman Rushdie&#8217;s bravery&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The art of modern terrorism is to perform a single heinous act that directly affects a few but permeates fear throughout society so people change their behavior to avoid being the next target. Consequently, self-preservation through compliance with these terrorists\u2019 demands becomes normal, making the few that dare not to submit <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear brave yet insane. But I find it insane that it\u2019s seen as brave to speak freely and critically.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Hadi Matar\" class=\"wp-image-23472759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hadi Matar violently stabbed the author before he gave his lecture.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Gene J. Puskar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are few people in my lifetime who have stood in defiance of terrorist threats and fearmongering for decades like Salman Rushdie, who faced another attempt on his life Friday, with a vicious stabbing by 24-year-old Hadi Matar in Chautauqua, NY.<\/p>\n<p>This attack on Rushdie is an attack on all Americans because this single heinous act wasn\u2019t just to end the life of a defiant man but to terrorize the rest of us into censoring our speech lest we face the same fate.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Unfortunately, some feel the need to downplay attacks when people they disagree with become victims of speech terrorism. Columnist Kurt Schlichter called Rushdie a \u201cTrump-hating leftist\u201d the day of his attempted assassination, insinuating that how much we should care depends on the victim\u2019s politics instead of on his humanity or his right to express his politics.<\/p>\n<p>If you claim to be a proponent of open speech and dialogue yet you rationalize or minimize physical harm to your ideological opponents because of their viewpoints, you\u2019re exposing yourself as a hypocrite.<\/p>\n<p>I probably don\u2019t agree with many views that Salman Rushdie holds, but I still recognize the importance of mourning the attack on him because if he can\u2019t speak freely, neither can I.<\/p>\n<p>But the terrorism I\u2019m concerned with doesn\u2019t come just in the form of physical harm but also in reputational and economic destruction from the formation of a culture of cancelation terrorism to force compliance from a fearful populace.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The average American has been gradually and methodically intimidated to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly accept remaining silent on criticisms of an ever-expanding list of topics and demographics. We\u2019ve adopted disclaimer language like \u201cI\u2019m not supposed to say this but . . .\u201d before unleashing poignant critiques, and when we\u2019re fatigued from constantly warning others before we speak, we begin to withhold our voices altogether.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve allowed language terrorists to control not only what we discuss but how we discuss it in fear of losing our comforts and conveniences. We\u2019re increasingly passionless about a protected right that no other country guarantees: the right to speak recklessly and informally without persecution.<\/p>\n<p>Our overvaluation of the importance of self-preservation has allowed us to undervalue the importance of occasionally sacrificing for things outside ourselves that we must preserve \u2014 our right to speech is one of them. We cowardly sit back and watch as some are persecuted for expressing themselves because we don\u2019t want to be next on the chopping block.<\/p>\n<p>Salman Rushdie never allowed language terrorists to control his voice, and he didn\u2019t live in constant hiding. He recognized the danger he faced, yet didn\u2019t allow fear to override his desires and ambitions because then the terrorists would win.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ADDITION-Salman-Rushdie-Assault.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Hadi Matar\" class=\"wp-image-23472768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ADDITION-Salman-Rushdie-Assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ADDITION-Salman-Rushdie-Assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ADDITION-Salman-Rushdie-Assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ADDITION-Salman-Rushdie-Assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rushdie\u2019s writing led to multiple death threats from Iran in the 1980s, but did not stop him from continuing to write.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We can learn a lot from his willingness to stand against tyrannical people and sacrifice himself in the process. For years I let others speak for me and grew quieter along with everyone else, behaving as the coward that I\u2019m maligning here.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I understand why these language terrorists exist: It\u2019s because there is real power in your voice, which is why they want to extract it from you and make you fearful of exercising your jaw muscles as you see fit.<\/p>\n<p>The language terrorists are thriving because we\u2019ve forgotten how powerful we actually are, and we\u2019ve become soft due to our American daily comforts making us unwilling to experience momentary discomfort for long-term freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Comfortable people have a hard time fighting for what is theirs. Become less comfortable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adam B. 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