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يَبْدُو أَنَّ الحُرِّيَّةَ فِي بَعْضِ الخُطَبِ لَهَا شُرُوطٌ صَغِيرَةٌ لَمْ نَنْتَبِهْ لَهَا: أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ، نَعَمْ… وَلَكِنْ لَا تَقُلْ شَيْئًا لَا يُعْجِبُنَا.

It seems that, in some speeches, freedom comes with conditions we somehow missed: you may speak, yes… just not say anything we dislike.

فِي خِطَابٍ يَرْفَعُ شِعَارَ حُرِّيَّةِ التَّعْبِيرِ، وَالمُشَارَكَةِ، وَتَبَادُلِ الآرَاءِ، يَبْدُو أَنَّ أَخْطَرَ مَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ مُوَاطِنٌ هُوَ أَنْ يَسْتَخْدِمَ حُرِّيَّتَهُ فِعْلًا.

In a discourse built around freedom of expression, participation, and the exchange of opinions, the most dangerous thing a citizen apparently can do is actually use that freedom.

فَقَدْ نَشَرَ صَحَفِيٌّ مُقْتَرَحًا لِدُسْتُورٍ، لَا قَرَارًا، وَلَا مَرْسُومًا، وَلَا حَتَّى إِنْذَارًا بِانْقِلَابٍ.

A journalist published a constitutional proposal — not a decree, not an order, and certainly not a declaration of a coup.

فَجَاءَ الرَّدُّ: «هَكَذَا نُوقِفُ الِانْتِخَابَاتِ وَنَنْتَظِرُكَ لتنشر لَنَا مَقَالًا

The response was: “So we stop the elections and wait for you to write an article for us.”

ثُمَّ جَاءَ السُّؤَالُ الأَكْثَرُ طَرَافَةً: « تَرَشَّحْ، أَوْ لَا تَفْرِضْ دُسْتُورَكَ عَلَى شَعْبٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ رَئِيسٌ .

Then came the even more amusing question: “Run for office, or don’t impose your constitution on a people who has no president.”

لَكِنْ، مَهْلًا… مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ المُقْتَرَحَ قَرَارٌ؟ وَمَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ كِتَابَةَ فِكْرَةٍ تَعْنِي فَرْضَهَا عَلَى الشَّعْبِ؟

But wait… who said a proposal was a decision? And who said writing an idea means imposing it on the people?

هُنَا تَظْهَرُ المُفَارَقَةُ: الرَّجُلُ يَطْلُبُ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا، حَتَّى إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ أَحَدُهُمْ قَالَ لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمْتَ؟»

And there lies the irony: the man asks people to speak, until someone actually speaks — and then asks: “Why did you speak?”

وَيَبْدُو أَنَّ «حُرِّيَّةَ التَّعْبِيرِ» كَانَتْ تَعْمَلُ بِكَامِلِ طَاقَتِهَا… إِلَى أَنْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَى بَابِ صَاحِبِهَا.

It seems “freedom of expression” was working perfectly… until it reached its own doorstep.

وَلَعَلَّ أَطْرَفَ مَا فِي القِصَّةِ أَنَّ الوَرَقَةَ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَمْلِكُ جَيْشًا، وَلَا دَبَّابَةً، وَلَا حَتَّى زِرًّا لِإِيقَافِ الِانْتِخَابَاتِ.

Perhaps the funniest part is that the paper had no army, no tank, and not even a button to stop the elections.

كَانَتْ مُجَرَّدَ وَرَقَةٍ تَقُولُ: «هَذَا مُقْتَرَحِي… مَا رَأْيُكُمْ؟»

It was simply a piece of paper saying: “Here is my proposal… what do you think?”

وَهُنَا نَضَعُ قَلَمَنَا جَانِبًا؛ فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الحُرِّيَّةُ تَنْتَهِي عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ رَأْيٍ مُخَالِفٍ، فَلَعَلَّ المُشْكِلَةَ لَيْسَتْ فِي الدُّسْتُورِ… بَلْ فِي تَحَمُّلِ قِرَاءَتِهِ.

And here, we lay our pen aside; if freedom ends at the first opposing opinion, perhaps the problem is not the constitution… but the ability to tolerate reading it.

AL35 | الخُلَاصَةُ

الحُرِّيَّةُ لَيْسَتْ أَنْ تَسْمَحَ لِلنَّاسِ بِالكَلَامِ، ثُمَّ تُغْلِقَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ عِنْدَمَا لَا يُعْجِبُكَ الكَلَامُ.

Freedom is not allowing people to speak, only to silence them when you dislike what they say.

وَأَصْعَبُ اخْتِبَارٍ لِمَدَّعِي الحُرِّيَّاتِ… أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَيْهِ صَوْتٌ لَا يُصَفِّقُ لَهُ.

The hardest test for a self-proclaimed defender of freedom… is hearing a voice that does not applaud him.

Written & Edited By | إعداد وتحرير

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