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The Right to Say "Fuck Palestine and Gaza" Is a Fundamental Human Right
Societies that feed on illusions and are nourished by slogans void of any real substance are societies that live in a state of permanent denial of facts and sink into a swamp of intellectual and political decadence from which there is no escape except through a harsh shock that rearranges priorities according to the criteria of reason and logic, rather than occult beliefs and the vile tribalism that dominates the collective consciousness in our Arab and Islamic world. This state of vulgarity manifests itself in its most splendid form when some attempt to impose a false moral guardianship on individuals, using the Palestinian cause as a tool to push through their decrepit worldview, where one's stance on this cause becomes the sole measure of human conscience—a matter that can only be described as sheer stupidity and arrogance that blinds eyes from seeing reality as it truly is, in its cold and harsh truth.
The article that has been presented to us by the pens of those seeking glorification through appealing to superficial emotions represents a living example of this deterioration, where words are manipulated and blind bias is wrapped in a cloak of feeble humanity, while in essence it is nothing more than a practice of intellectual terrorism aimed at crushing any dissenting voice and classifying those who differ as criminals or conscience-less, merely because they chose to break free from the shackles of that myth that has dragged the region into more ruin and destruction under glamorous labels such as resistance, justice, and dignity, while in reality they are just a drain on resources, a waste of time, and a consecration of an endless state of backwardness.
Those who appoint themselves as guardians of conscience possess no moral or legal legitimacy to impose their vision on others. Who gave them the right to evaluate a person's humanity based on their loyalty to a piece of land or a complex political cause that we have no stake in? The right to say "to hell with Palestine and Gaza" is a fundamental human right that stems from the nature of the individual as an independent being with his own priorities and convictions, which should not be influenced by herd pressure or the blackmail of those who prattle on about false patriotism and Arabism. The citizen in any Arab country is not required to be a hostage to historical conflicts they did not create, nor are they obligated to adopt the tragedies of others at the expense of their personal lives and their scientific and professional progress.
Experience has proven over the decades that this emotional discourse produces nothing but more failure, intolerance, and the export of crises inward, while the very proponents of the cause busy themselves with accumulating wealth and building financial empires abroad, leaving the poor and wretched out in the open to die in absurd wars that neither satisfy nor avail against hunger. The terrorism practiced by the proponents of this thought goes beyond words to reach the attempt to forcibly shape the individual's consciousness and force them to pretend to believe in causes they see as nothing but baseless myths. The attempt to portray athletes and sports coaches as national heroes merely for raising a certain flag is the clearest evidence of the magnitude of the void in which these people live, as they search for any symbol on which to hang their failure to build real, respectable states that place the interest of their citizens above all else.
These behaviors that glorify figures who mix politics with sports are childish behaviors reflecting a lack of political maturity and the ability to see things objectively. Instead of focusing on developing the sports system and advancing the state in all fields, we see a feverish preoccupation with external conflicts that only lead to more isolation and defeatism on the international stage. Those who criticize those who do not care about the Palestinian cause are the very ones who practice physical and intellectual terrorism against those who disagree with them; they are not content with disagreeing with you but seek to brand you with treason, collaboration, and lack of humanity, which in itself is the pinnacle of decadence reached by the Bedouin tribal mentality that reproduces itself in modern molds and uses contemporary terminology to practice the same oppression that was practiced in bygone ages against anyone who dared to use their mind and refuse the herd.
Today we are in need of a real revolution against these false narratives that consume the energies of peoples and delay their renaissance. We must declare clearly that our personal interest, our lives, and our individual dignity are the top priority, and that we are not forced to pay the bill for the sins of others or to engage in losing battles that offer us nothing but more pain, poverty, and reactionary thinking. What these writers write is a desperate attempt to maintain the state of illusion in which they live, perhaps hoping that the support of the masses will compensate them for their failure to provide any real value to society. But alas, history is merciless, and the future does not look back at myths and legends that have been overtaken by time.
Human beings aspire to freedom, elevation, and the pursuit of happiness, and they will not find their salvation in defending causes that do not touch or concern them. They are not required to be heroes in a farce whose script is written for failure and loss. Stupidity does not lie in rejecting the cause, but in insisting that it be the sole axis of existence and that any deviation from it is considered high treason. This is the essence of the arrogance practiced by this rotten elite that believes it possesses absolute truth and the right to distribute moral certificates of absolution to people according to the extent of their alignment with its degraded discourse.
All attempts at intimidation and inducement will not change the fact that the individual is the master of their decisions and that their personal convictions shape their identity, not the ideas imposed on them from the outside, derived from a heavy legacy of backwardness and ignorance that we must rid ourselves of in order to catch up with the caravan of human civilization. The insistence on making Palestine a moral standard is a mockery of morality itself. What is this morality that permits the branding of others as traitors, their exclusion, and hostility towards anyone who differs? It is a distorted morality that knows no meaning of respect, does not value the individual as a person, and believes only in submission and subservience, which is the worst form of slavery that modern man experiences in our countries—a slavery that uses patriotism, nationalism, and religion as masks to push through failed agendas that serve no one.
We declare clearly that we reject this poisoned discourse and that we will continue to speak the truth as we see it, not as they want us to see it. The freedom we seek is the freedom of the individual to think, to express, to choose what matters to them, and to reject what they want, without being subjected to any form of blackmail or intellectual and physical terrorism. Those who speak of the cause as if it were an inescapable fate are in reality instruments for perpetuating the state of backwardness that prevents us from developing and advancing. Instead of concerning ourselves with our real problems—corruption, unemployment, deterioration in education and health—we find ourselves drowning in sterile discussions about political stances that have no impact on our tragic reality.
The intellectual decadence practiced by these writers is part of a larger system aimed at controlling minds and directing them to serve the interests of those in power who thrive on keeping peoples in a state of coma and blind bigotry. Today we are called upon to make a courageous stand with ourselves to rebuild our moral system away from societal pressures and their endless expectations, and away from the illusions that make us spin in vicious circles of abject failure. Every writer, thinker, or media figure who practices this kind of intellectual terrorism is an accomplice in the crime being committed against these generations that are drowning in a sea of superstitions and myths that have no value in a world racing towards science, innovation, and progress.
We need courageous voices to break this stagnation and call for liberation from all the shackles that bind the mind and prevent it from seeing the truth as it is. The harshness of our words is a reflection of the extent of our provocation by this hypocrisy and false claims that coat reality with a veneer of lies and deception. The crimes committed in the name of the cause are many and countless, and can no longer be tolerated in light of these minds that refuse to acknowledge reality and insist on escaping forward through slogans and resonant speeches that neither satisfy nor avail against hunger.
We will continue to repeat and insist that Palestine, Gaza, and the issues of the region are by no means a standard for our morality or our conscience. Our conscience is what we believe in of universal human values that reject injustice, corruption, and the pretension to right where there is no right or justice. Freedom is our most precious possession, and we will not allow anyone to take it from us in the name of any cause whatsoever. We will not accept being followers of any entity that tries to impose its vision on us by force or by terror. Reason, logic, and personal experience are our reference points and our compass in this world full of deceit and falsehood. We will not be swept away by the emotions they try to stir up to control us and direct our paths.
We live in an era that requires frankness and courage in presenting truths, no matter how painful they may be, and no matter how hard they fall on those who live in their ivory towers distributing accusations and issuing judgments on others without any right. We are not here to please anyone, nor are we here to be part of a herd being led to its doom in the name of illusory causes. We are here to live our lives with dignity, to realize ourselves, and to build our future away from this empty noise that produces nothing but destruction and further delay.
What we see today of media and popular frenzy around issues far removed from the daily concerns of the citizen is conclusive proof of the magnitude of the crisis we are living through: a crisis of consciousness, a crisis of values, a crisis of identity, all flowing into one category—the category of decadence—from which there is no exit except through a return to reason, to reality, and to the supreme interest of the individual. We see in these defenders of illusory causes faces that carry nothing but malice and hatred for anyone who disagrees, and their unspoken message is: "You are either with us or against us," which is the essence of the terrorism we reject and fight with all our strength and logic.
Saying "to hell" is a cry in the face of this bitter reality, an expression of categorical rejection of all forms of guardianship, pressure, and blackmail. We have neither the time nor the resources to waste on losing causes while our society is drowning in choking internal crises that need to be addressed and have practical solutions found, away from preoccupation with foreign policy that brings us nothing but trouble and woes. National interest starts from within and ends within, and focusing on building the state and institutions, respecting the individual and their freedom, is the only way out of this dark tunnel we have put ourselves in by being dragged into illusions and slogans.
We call upon every person of reason and free thought not to fear expressing their opinions with complete frankness and clarity, no matter the pressures and threats, because freedom is not given but must be wrested from the clutches of superstition and bigotry that try to drown us every day. We stand today at a crossroads: either we choose reason and logic and build a dignified life for ourselves, or we continue in decadence and subservience to the herd that knows only destruction, sabotage, and reaction. Our choice is clear and unambiguous: the choice of the free, independent individual who follows only their mind and recognizes only tangible realities, away from the myths of history that neither satisfy nor avail against hunger.
What is called the Palestinian cause has over time become an industry generating huge profits for a handful of those who call themselves leaders and representatives, while the people they claim to represent suffer from misery, poverty, and loss. This glaring contradiction is only seen by those who want to see reality with an eye other than the eye of emotion, which has been exploited in a hideous manner for decades. We refuse to be part of this spectacle that represents the height of hypocrisy and humanitarian pretension, while practices on the ground contradict all the slogans raised in conferences and speeches. The real challenge before us is how to free ourselves from this heavy legacy and how to build for ourselves a special identity based on achievement and work, not on loyalty to illusions and illusory causes.
We believe that every individual in this nation has the capacity to become something great if they free themselves from these constraints that bind them and prevent them from thinking outside the box. History will remember those who stood against this sweeping tide of silliness and decadence and defended the individual's right to be themselves, not a replica of everyone else. We live in a world that changes at an astonishing speed, with no place for the weak who cling to illusions and weep over the ruins of the past, but rather a place for those who work, innovate, and face reality with all courage and clarity. Our calls are not calls for hatred, but calls for liberation, advancement, and focusing on what benefits people and makes their lives better and more noble.
We believe that the stance on a cause like Palestine is purely personal and should by no means be a criterion for moral evaluation of anyone. Everyone is free in what they choose and what they leave, and everyone is responsible for their own decisions, not for the decisions of others or their positions that do not concern them. We live in the age of information, where anyone can search, read, and analyze away from the directed media propaganda that aims to brainwash and turn peoples into human masses marching in one direction without thinking. We call upon everyone to use their minds, not to let anyone think on their behalf, and to reject all forms of intellectual terrorism practiced in the name of morality and values.
We know that our path is not paved with roses and that we may face many difficulties and accusations, but we believe that truth is the strongest weapon against superstition and falsehood, and that in the end, we will triumph through our awareness, our minds, and our determination to live freely and with dignity in a world that deserves for us to be creators, not followers. What truly disgusts us is that claim to moral superiority exercised by those who promote the cause while they themselves lack the most basic elements of morality in their dealings with those who disagree with them. We call upon these people to examine themselves and to leave others alone, for each person has their interests and priorities that do not interfere in the lives of others or try to impose their authority on anyone. The freedom we call for is a comprehensive freedom that excludes no one and is not selective as some try to portray it.
We will continue to write our opinions and express them freely no matter how much you try to silence or intimidate us, for the free voice cannot be silenced and the sincere word will reach those who seek the truth amid a sea of lies and misinformation. We are confident that there are many who think like us but fear to voice their opinions because of the prevailing intellectual terrorism, and we are here to be their voice and to tell them that you are not alone, and that the right to say "to hell" is a natural right of every human being who refuses humiliation and does not accept being a tool in the hands of others. We look forward to a future where illusory causes are no longer a stumbling block in the path of our progress and development, a future in which we are free in our thinking, independent in our decisions, and loyal to ourselves and our supreme interests, which begin with our reality and end with the achievement of our aspirations as individuals and as active societies in this world.
What we have said is only the tip of the iceberg of the rejection we harbor for this deteriorating reality, and we will continue to expose all manifestations of stupidity, decadence, and intellectual terrorism until we see our societies liberated from these constraints that bind them and prevent them from launching towards broader and more beautiful horizons. We write to build, to correct, to change, and we will not rest until we see reason prevail, logic triumph, and the individual respected in every time and place. These words are not merely ink on paper, but a declaration of a principled position from which there is no retreat and no compromise—a declaration that we are free and that our freedom is our sacred right that we do not allow anyone to violate or attempt to impose their guardianship upon.
We are aware that this article will provoke the anger of many, but at the same time it will be a positive shock for those who need to hear the truth that everyone fears to speak about. We bet on the consciousness of the human being who seeks salvation from the shackles of backwardness, and we are confident that the future will belong to those who dare to speak the truth with all courage and without fear of blame. This cry is a call to everyone who wants to free themselves from this psychological and intellectual burden that society imposes on us in the name of causes with which we have no connection. Life is too short to waste it defending illusions and myths that bring us nothing but disappointment and regret.
We invite you to put your personal interests first, and let your compass be your minds, which God has distinguished you with to think and choose what is good for you and brings you happiness, away from any external pressures. Saying "to hell" with Palestine, Gaza, and any cause that tries to strip you of your will is the first step towards true liberation, and the highest expression of your rejection of all forms of intellectual terrorism practiced against you in the name of patriotism, Arabism, and religion, which have been exploited in a hideous way to subdue and subjugate you. We write this article to be a spark on the path of enlightenment and liberation, to change this miserable reality and begin a new phase of responsible individualism that places the individual in their rightful center as the maker of their destiny and responsible for their life, away from the illusions of the group that lead only to the abyss.
We reiterate that we do not bear hatred for anyone, but we carry a great love for ourselves, for the freedom of our thought, and for our right to live in peace away from conflicts that do not concern us and neither satisfy nor avail against hunger. Our message is clear for anyone who wants to understand: the human being is greater and more sublime than to be imprisoned in a single cause; the individual is more authentic than to dissolve into the group; the right to freedom of expression is a sacred right that must not be compromised no matter the cost. We look to the future with great hope of seeing a new generation get rid of these complexes and diseases inherited from previous generations that failed to build a respectable reality and were preoccupied with escaping into slogans and speeches.
We will be part of this change and will continue to write and express our opinions with all strength and courage until this goal we aspire to is achieved: building a society that values the individual, respects their freedom, and places reason and logic above all considerations. The truth is as clear as the sun for those who want to see it, but those who close their eyes voluntarily cannot see the light even in broad daylight. We call upon you to open your eyes and see the truth as it is, to free your minds from all the constraints that prevent you from seeing the world as it is, not as they try to portray it to you. We are with you on this path of liberation, and we will always be a voice for anyone who wants to speak the truth, no matter how painful and whatever its consequences, for freedom is the only path to salvation and the goal that deserves all sacrifice, effort, and work.
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