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The undeniable right to protest

2026-03-23 09:17:00, Opinione Ardi Stefa

A person who does not protest is a person who has given up and surrendered to reality.

A person who does not protest is neither calm nor patient. Perhaps he is disappointed when he has seen how the "most magnificent protests that outlived the regime" have ended each week. And, after seeing how they have ended, the disappointment about the result has been even greater...

Protest is not just a call to take to the streets, a banner or a raised voice. It is a reflex of conscience. It is the minimum reaction that distinguishes you from an animal. When injustice becomes the norm and you do not react, you are no longer a citizen, you are a passive spectator.

A person who does not protest gets used to everything. To injustice, to corruption, to lies. He no longer fights them, he justifies them. He starts his words with a “what should we do” and ends with “it has always been this way”.

It is here that he ceases to be a factor and becomes a decoration of power.

Not protesting is the most silent form of surrender and acceptance of the situation, the misery, the theft, the corruption. And a society that does not protest is numb, tired, surrendered.

But there is another, more subtle danger: the manipulation of causes. Not every protest is pure, and not every call to protest by organizers is sincere.

A person who chooses to protest must maintain something else just as important as their voice: awareness.

Causes should not be allowed to be used as temporary flags by those who seek power, not justice.

Protesting without thinking is as dangerous as not protesting at all. Because if you don't protect your cause from manipulation, someone else will use it against you.

A free person is not someone who simply goes out to protest. He is someone who knows why he goes out, for whom he goes out, and, above all, he is someone who refuses to become a tool and be used for the personal interests of leaders.

Dignity lies not only in the voice that is raised, but also in the voice that is not bought.

Therefore, the dilemma does not lie in the fact that, what is a person who does not protest?
But...: what is a person who protests, but for causes that no longer concern them?