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The whole point I am making is that tolerating injustice around you is actually taking sides with that injustice.
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This means that staying silent or accepting unfair treatment is not truly neutral. If injustice is allowed to continue, tolerance can help protect the situation rather than challenge it. In that sense, “taking sides” does not require openly supporting injustice; it can also mean failing to oppose it.
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- Deccan Chronicle interview, archived by IIT Kanpur
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