![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8uV1U3CDvmlVj6RR3TrZxHR_S5gIlsSL7KL_ST2mCzJMoy3Mnf-4J7Ojvy6M4s-IBiDXTrLUnMQh6s7zUd7uRThKTuC4w3_sDP18PbG07WyYPsISVCoPXaEj2KdPHEqyoN2Bv8fr3Q/s400/Silence+Is+Compliance.jpg)
By remaining silent, I am saying that I find the degradation of these others thinkable.
I am saying that I find their humanity less than my own humanity, that if challenged, I could offer reasons for their dehumanization.
I am saying this because, under similar conditions, I would cry out loudly, with righteous indignation, against my own dehumanization.
Because I know I am human, and I know that human beings ought not to be treated as less than human.
And I would expect others to join in as I cried out against my dehumanization, because they, too, are human as I am human.