Rod Dreher on Solzhenitsyn's Ruminations on the Lie
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At the American Conservative, Rod Dreher reflects on Solzhenitsyn’s 1974 essay “The Smatterers”, which appeared in his monumental anthology From Under the Rubble.
“What does it mean, not to lie? It doesn’t mean going around preaching the truth at the top of your voice (perish the thought!) It doesn’t even mean muttering what you think in an undertone. It simply means: not saying what you don’t think, and that includes not whispering, not opening your mouth, not raising your hand, not casting your vote, not feigning a smile, not lending your presence, not standing up, and not cheering.”