Perhaps many still have not considered the warning in the adage: "Silence is consent." Yeah, I know we have that so-called spiritual dictum: "What you resist persists." They seem to contradict each other, at least to me. When does change come? How does it come? As long as abuses are sufferable, it has been human nature to suffer. Our very religions even make suffering in silence to be considered a spiritual achievement - a virtue, if you will. "Look, what a saint! He/she is so peaceful!" Is peaceful another name for oblivious denial? Perhaps. Let's consider together and decide.
