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The discomfort she created may be the most honest part of the conversation. Democracy, as practiced, is not a space of moral clarity. It’s a system built on trade-offs, imperfect actors, and decisions made under duress. Acknowledging that doesn’t make the system better, but it makes participation more truthful.
There is a cost to this honesty. It risks alienating survivors who hear belief followed by political abandonment. It reinforces the idea that powerful men are protected when useful. Omar did not deny that cost; she exposed it.
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