I Do Not Hate the Red Revolutionaries

Opinion

I respect the opinions of the Red Revolutionaries. They were protesting against wrongdoings, against killings, and even though their stance was against our perspective at the time, I respected their views and tried to explain things from a different angle. I tried to make them understand, “You are being used to serve someone else’s interests.”

Today, when they are once again protesting against wrongs and injustices, which align with our current stance, I still respect their opinions.

It is true that due to their previous stance, Bangladesh’s socio-economic condition, the youth, the education system, politics, and social values have all been destroyed. Everyone has suffered because of a movement they supported. Everyone has lost something; everyone has been affected to some extent. A group of extremists, the carriers of loot and plunder, have come to power.

Many may feel remorse about this, or will in the future. But remorse alone will not change anything. The Frankenstein created by our mistakes cannot be undone.

To them, I want to say, many mistakes have been made—by us and by you. Let us correct those mistakes now. If you believe the country is not in the right place, and all the injustices happening in the country need to stop, then let us all come together and start anew.

Let us begin again, not out of hatred, but out of love for the country and its people.

Let us say loudly,
“My soil, my mother, Pakistan-Afghanistan will not be.
My soil, my stronghold, will not be a haven for extremism.”

-ASM Shariful Hasan
Online Activist