The myth of political neutrality — Turtle_Island_Wobbly

The myth of political neutrality — Turtle_Island_Wobbly

There is no such thing as taking a neutral stance on an issue. I’ll say that again. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BEING NEUTRAL. If you examine your material impact on the world, you can only ever be for MAINTAINING the status quo or for CHANGING the status quo. Not taking a stance on an issue is, in actual fact, casting a vote that reads YES to the yes or no question “Are you in favor of maintaining the status quo?”. If you say you are “neutral” or…

Visual Credit: Hidaya Tchassanti — Artistic Director Chronicle written by Mireille Bukasa — Head of the desk News I recently witnessed a discussion between two colleagues of La Rotonde on objectivity. My colleagues questioned the existence of this ideal, so much brazen in the journalistic world. I could not remain silent in front of such an affirmation... but the time was missed to respond as I would have liked. With this chronicle, I resume the…