{"id":988,"date":"2022-03-03T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/?p=988"},"modified":"2022-03-03T18:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:01:02","slug":"war-torn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/all\/988\/","title":{"rendered":"war torn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Nigerian in me is still<br \/>\nsceptical of &#8216;free speech&#8217;. Is<br \/>\naware of consequences. Has been<br \/>\nbeaten up at gun point by<br \/>\nthe Nigerian police.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The doctor in me cannot<br \/>\nafford discrimination. Seeks out<br \/>\nhumanitarian work. Should<br \/>\ntreat enemies and friends equally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My ignorance in the politics of<br \/>\nthe world makes me<br \/>\nsteer clear of it. Keeps me<br \/>\nquiet when others speak. Gives me<br \/>\nshame.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is where I find myself today<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-989\" src=\"http:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-151134.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-151134.png 425w, https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-151134-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Free speech. Taking sides. Politics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I am angry at being<br \/>\npushed to make these choices.<br \/>\nFunding a war in defense makes me<br \/>\nno less a murderer.<br \/>\nAll soldiers and fighters in this war are<br \/>\npeople&#8217;s relatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">None of them is Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian in me is still sceptical of &#8216;free speech&#8217;. Is aware of consequences. Has been beaten up at gun point by the Nigerian police. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yetunde-siemers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}