Many people in the world can enjoy freedom of speech .
This freedom has become stronger with social media and seems to be more dominant since COVID-19 .
Yet where does this freedom becoming bullying?
When does responding to somebody else’s points of view where this freedom might go too far?
Is there still space for a multiplicity of views and narratives?
And when the idea of a ‘right’ narrative seems to be dominating through bullying or trolling
What to do?
- Freedom of speech by those in positions of power / privilege might create less counter-response than with other people
- When certain people shame or bully : what to do?
- Does not responding mean enabling?
- Have we gotten too used to people using foreful language: are you de-sensitized to it?
Michelle Obama said :
When they go low
We go high
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What ways can I go high?
Am I willing to be the energy that creates a world where bullying and shaming doesn’t stand a chance?