They don't vote. They have no one to turn to, poor things. Nobody loves them. Nobody represents them. Everyone is against them. And they are, without even wanting to, against everyone. But they are special, and that's what really matters. So special that no one can really notice it. That's how it is, and that's how it's always been.
Already in kindergarten, they were on the sidelines. When the kindergarten teacher said to sit, they stood up. When the kindergarten teacher said to pick up the toys, they immediately scattered. When it was time to concentrate, they never folded their hands. And they never understood why it wasn't just them, of all the children, who deserved it. They are special, after all.
Slowly they were pushed aside, and they also stood in the corner for quite a while thinking about what they had done. But they only managed to think about how poor and righteous they were, but special.
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And so it continued in the classroom. And in a small yeshiva. And in a large yeshiva. And in the assembly. They were the minority opinion. The opposition. Against the pro. In everything. Always. Because being pro - is not special at all.
But now they are big and strong. And now they don't vote. Because the 'no', the absolute, the cutting, is always better than the 'yes', the compromiser, the balanced, the socially acceptable, since it tries to be okay with everyone, which strives to accommodate the plurality of opinions of all those who are not as special as it is.
Now that they're big and strong, they've even managed to find and get to know many more special people like them. That is, not exactly as special as them, because they're the most special, but special enough.
Because they are also people of opposition, people of Ifka, it turns out, people of head against the wall, people of Gweld at all costs, people of drink for me, people of eat for me, people of I just didn't get everything I want when I want and how I want. And right now that's enough. And they will unite and grow and become even stronger and even more and even more, until they become the majority.
And then? Then they will be able to free themselves up to be against the opposition that is not enough against. The opposition that is already a little for. For something, someone. It doesn't matter, because there will always be why and who to oppose. There will always be the opportunity to prove to everyone and to yourself again that you are really, really the most special. And to be, again, on the side. Always on the side. Because only on the side is the most special.
