“There are people who live by expedience, and there are people who live by a moral code. And never the twain shall meet.” – Author
A thought I had a long time ago, and while I was not sure exactly what I meant, I jotted it down in my ideas file. Now, at this moment in history, at this moment in time, it seems a little prophetic in a pretentious, studenty kind of way. So let’s explore where this thought takes us – and talk to the students, the young among us.
I was born with numerous blessings and one curse – which turned out to be my greatest asset and most influential factor in my life, my beliefs and my actions.
I am on the autism spectrum – #anotherstory – and most of my life I was undiagnosed and fundamentally convinced that there was some terrible psychological terror lurking in the psychiatrist’s office. Still never been to one – They would commit me on the spot. It is not a paranoia I am in a hurry to disprove – just in case I am right.
I know it seems like I digress, but it will make sense in another paragraph or so, I promise.
2020 lockdowns gave me for literally the first time in my life, the downtime away from the noise of the world to conclusively understand what was ‘wrong’ – or more accurately – RIGHT with me.
I understood my difficulties in dealing with the very loud, very confusing world – and I started to unravel all the incredible skills I had developed to cope with a society I did not understand and did not understand me. And I found peace. I also found clarity in the most illuminating way.
The ‘gray area’ had been a big part of my life for most of my adult years – as I was constantly being told that my judgement of the situation was too harsh, that it was not simple, that there was more to the story blah blah blah ad nauseum. I understood my peculiar and disturbing manner of direct speech – and I stopped trying to please people who live in a web of white lies – in order to maintain civil order. If you are offended by me being direct, that is very much a you-problem, even though you had me convinced for a long time that it was a me-problem.
I have always been a Black&White kind of person – a thing is either right or it is wrong. And there is no in-between.
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NO! – there isn’t. When evil peeks around the corner, when evil films itself, when evil visits your home, any confusion you might have felt until that point evaporates like the morning mists on hot summer day. If this is not the case, you might be the Expedient kind of person.
You out there who needed but one cute boy or girl, one catchy tik-tok, one insta-influencer telling you that the attacker was the victim, the victim was the aggressor and deserved everything they got – you are the Expedient people.
Tomorrow, next week, next year 99.99% of you will have a new cause, and you will scream slogans you do not understand for causes you cannot grasp just as enthusiastically as you now chant for the destruction of my country, for the death of my fellow citizens, for the annihilation of the Jewish people. You are the Expedient people. You have forgotten that evil is alive and well in the world – and no, I am not going biblical (at least not yet).
You have had your feelings protected, your news turned into a buffet of opinion hosts, your mental allergies pandered to. You have been given little to no critical thinking, analytical or research skills and tools. You do not know how to tell truth from lies, fact from propaganda. And somehow everyone of you believes that your choices of content, of information are valid – while never questioning.
You never question anything at all.
Where were you lot when I had a bridge to sell? When I needed just a little help to claim my millions in inheritance? When your bank just needed you to visit this spoof-site to confirm your passwords to all your money?
I know – you were supporting the guys saying ‘these are not the reactors you are looking for’
Now I have lectured you to the point where you have no further interested in learning anything, and decided that I must be a raving lunatic <insert opposition of your choice here> supporter.
If even one of you sleeps with doubt tonight, I will count it a success.
If even one of you avoids the next march, I will count it a success.
If even one of you is prepared for what you are trying to do to your own society, I will count it a success.
Shalom my friends, and to you who count yourself my enemies even though I don’t count you as mine – Shalom . Shalom Aleichem – may you find peace and redemption for your moral failure somewhere along your road.
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