Radicalism

Ape benda itu radicalism? Ia bukannya sejenis makanan atau sejenis pistol mahu pon sejenis bom. Anda akan kenal apa itu radicalism jika anda meneliti gerakan kebebasan rakyat di sepanjang sejarah ketamadunan manusia. Yang pasti, radicalism itu bukanlah seperti berikut :-

1)berlagak seperti seorang hero dengan kata-kata bombastik di hadapan peminat-peminat;
2)menulis berkoyan-koyan artikel di ruang-ruang siber seperti seorang hero tetapi bersembunyi disebalik bangunan CIMB Bank ketika protest rakyat dijalankan;
3)berdiam diri walaupon isu-isu prinsipal dipersoalkan kerana takut kehilangan populariti.

Masih banyak lagi yang saya harus pelajari tentang radicalism. Petikan kata-kata di bawah telah menarik minat saya untuk lebih mendalami apa itu radicalism:-

"[T]he more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. This individual is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into a dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed; but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side."-Paolo Freire [Pedagogy of the oppressed]

sekian.