TRT Former Announcer Sırrı Er: “Silence is not neutrality; it is supporting injustice.”

TRT Former Announcer Sırrı Er: “Silence is not neutrality; it is supporting injustice.”
Sırrı Er
Publish: 10.07.2026
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Society is drifting further away from the truth every day under the shadow of artificial agendas, living as though it were in a state of collective anesthesia.

“One hardship is worth a thousand pieces of advice.”

True virtue lies not in learning through our own suffering, but in maturing by drawing lessons from the pain of others.

The cost of hardship is immense.

Sadly, despite experiencing the same pain over and over again, society struggles to unite around a shared sense of conscience. Even those who have suffered injustice ignore each other’s wounds, and even those subjected to the same unfairness fail to raise a common voice.

Justice is not a value that should be defended only when it affects us personally. True justice gains its meaning only when we are willing to defend the rights of people we do not know, whose views we do not share, or whom we consider distant from ourselves.

Martin Niemöller summarized this truth:

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Silence is not neutrality; it is support for the growth of injustice.

As long as society fails to unite in the face of suffering and cannot fully grasp the supreme value of justice, the vicious cycle created by division and polarization will continue.

Have no doubt about it…

#NATO

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