If you speak calmly in this country, you will not be noticed.
\nIf you weigh your words, don't raise your voice, restrain your anger...
\nThey don't call you strong. They call you soft.<\/p>\n
But if you shout
\nIf you wave your finger, if you put your fist on the podium...
\nThen they will see you.
\n\u201cOne of us,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n
Because it is not a matter of reason.
\nIt's a matter of feeling.<\/p>\n
Our politics is largely based on emotions.
\nAnger, resentment, a sense of injustice.
\nThere is an impulsive electorate that is driven by instant reactions.<\/p>\n
Don't look for logic; shouting, even swearing at your interlocutor, soothes.<\/p>\n
That's why a politician who shouts on behalf of the masses gets a response.
\nJust like the fans who relax by cursing and shouting at the game; it is good to accompany and applaud their leaders.<\/p>\n
But it is not just politics.<\/p>\n
We are the children of a culture that does not calm down when their parents get angry; a culture that frightens by shouting, not by silence; a culture that establishes authority by raising its voice.
\nWe learned at home to think that those who shout are strong and those who remain silent are weak.
\nThen we grew up, went to the polls and chose the familiar.
\nWe have adopted it.<\/p>\n
A shouting politician first touches anger.
\nAnger is fast; it does not like to think.
\nWhen a person gets tired, he wants someone to shout for him.
\n\u201cWith the feeling that \u201dhe says what I cannot say\", he leaves everything that has accumulated to that voice.
\nThe responsibility goes with it.<\/p>\n
The shouting politician also sells a sense of power.
\nReal power? Debatable.
\nBut it feels that way.<\/p>\n
A loud voice is mistaken for stability.
\nCrowds are not a silent force,
\n\u201cHe hears the tone that says \u201dI am in control\".<\/p>\n
In this picture, compromise is weakness.
\nCalmness is seen as a step back.
\nShouting is clear. It shows a side, an enemy, a target for a fight.
\nFear and anger create an unquestioning but loyal audience.<\/p>\n
Shouting politicians often do not produce solutions.
\nBut it produces emotion.
\nAnd anger spreads much faster than resolution.<\/p>\n
Social media has accelerated this.
\nA calm text disappears.
\nA moment of shouting, a harsh outburst, an insult reaches everywhere in seconds.
\nEven algorithms love to shout.
\nBecause we love.<\/p>\n
But is this love lasting?<\/p>\n
It's not.
\nShouting politics makes people tired.
\nBecause anger always wants more.
\nAt some point shouting is not enough.
\nThere is sound but no words.<\/p>\n
Why do we love the shouter but have no patience to listen to the thinker?<\/p>\n
Perhaps the answer is simple.
\nListening is difficult.
\nThinking disturbs.
\nShouting is familiar.
\nIt is a language we have known since childhood.<\/p>\n
But let's go on knowing this;
\nShouting passes.
\nThat momentary sense of power fades.
\nAnd what remains is the price of never having learned to think.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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