It’s one thing to have an opinion and another to
incite violence and I’m starting to think some of us are confusing the two.
Over the past 4 weeks South Sudan has been under crisis, crisis that killed
many, injured many, displaced many, oppressed many and depressed many. One way
or another we have all been affected by the ongoing crisis, and I completely
understand that we are all under very stressful days that we might say one or
two things out of anger about the ongoing crisis. I also understand that social
networks are almost a therapy session for most of us as it is a way to able to
air out your feelings and many in the same situation would understand, comfort
you and make you feel better. And I can also say that I understand some of us
felt the need to put out an opinion to be discussed or maybe feelings to be
relieved, I also understand that. What I do not understand is someone who has
less experience with the ongoing crisis (meaning someone who wasn’t / isn’t
even present during the crisis) inciting violence and war over social networks,
I keep asking myself whether its because they are not in South Sudan right now
and their lives are not at stake? Or maybe because they did not experience that
fear when we in Juba were hearing gunshots, bombs and heavy fighting for
continuous 3 days? Maybe its because they aren’t at the frontlines in Bor /
Bentiu / Malakal trying to flee for their lives? I just can’t find the reason
why someone would promote violence and war in a place they’re not even present
within, even worse… some place they’re supposed to call home.
No, we are all not happy about the lives lost, No we
are not alright with the injured, no we are not okay with the children made
orphans, no we are not at all ignoring the matter at hand but yes, we do know
better than to be inciting violence or war, why? Oh I’m guessing you weren’t
there either, because we’ve experienced war, we know what its capable of,
violence was never the answer, we’ve been there before we know its not the answer.
Shame on you for promoting war instead of peace, shame
on you for asking a brother to hurt another, for asking your family to turn on
one another, SHAME ON YOU. Be a better person than that, stop promoting war and
if you can’t stop… For the sake of humanity, I ask you to remain silent.
