Let's love the truth!: LET'S NOT DENY OR MINIMIZE EVIL

Stating that certain abuses do not exist despite having occurred, or downplaying them, prevents the harm caused to victims from being repaired and allows these abuses to continue. They act as a barrier, preventing everything from flowing smoothly.

A typical example of denialism is that of Turks who claim the Armenian genocide did not take place. In fact, saying otherwise is criminalized with imprisonment in Turkey. Another much more widespread example is to flatly state that animals do not suffer or do not have our emotions, obviously without having spent even 5 minutes verifying on Google or ChatGPT whether this is true.

More frequent than the above is reductionism, even among the kindest people. It consists of believing that a specific evil is smaller than it actually is, compressing its size like deflating a balloon.

For example, it has happened to me that I have shared clear information about the cruelties committed against animals on industrial farms, such as mutilations without anesthesia, physical abuse, or a miserable life from birth until death. After this and providing astronomical figures on the number of victims (BILLIONS in a few decades), the recipient of this data thinks it’s not that big of a deal, despite objective data clearly demonstrating the opposite.

The reason for this trivialization is that our brain tends to deceive us, as it is oriented towards selfishly satisfying our needs and desires and those of our loved ones and groups, which are extensions of ourselves. When the current status quo suits us, our mind tends to tell us that things are fine as they are and either not to process information about alleged abuses or to process it poorly, relativizing them to disengage empathy and thus continue to enjoy an unjust established order that benefits us.

Read! LET’S LIVE WITHOUT HARMING!

: Let’s not be opportunistic

However, if the victim of that same abuse were themselves, their children, or their tribe, they would quickly process it (possibly in a matter of seconds) and realize what is happening, perhaps even maximizing it, because in this case, it benefits them to do so. That is, our mind expands or contracts the accordion depending on what suits our interests and those of our own.

Let’s not heed the deceptions of our brain, as it is very biased in favor of selfish conveniences for oneself and one’s extensions, at the expense of others. And above all, because this leads us to stand idly by in the face of injustice, to look the other way instead of confronting it and doing something to prevent it.

LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Let’s be impartial and not apply double standards

LET’S LOVE THE TRUTH!: Let’s face cruelties and injustices head-on

If we add to all the above the herd effect (the society I belong to sees such harm to innocents as normal), tradition (since I was born I have always seen this cruel practice as correct), as well as dogmatism, doctrines and religions harmful, the perfect cocktail is served for the minimization of abuses and, consequently, for complicity with victimization.

HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Let’s not follow the herd to cause harm

FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Let’s not normalize certain abuses

THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Let’s be conservative with what is good and progressive with what is harmful

THE REVOLUTION OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Let’s not be accomplices or facilitators of injustice

LET’S NOT BE FACILITATORS OF EVIL!

Thank you for sharing if you believe these ideas contribute to a more just and better world to live in.