هل الشموليه هي الوجه الاخر للعقل والسلوك السوداني

What I meant by solitude is existential solitude. And the focus on one cause. To the exclusion of other interests and preoccupations.

Concentrating on one cause, just as it may be, narrows a person's perspective. Hence it reduces the world of this person to those who are with the cause and those who are against it.

Hence, those pro the cause are friends, not only friends but super human beings to whom must be attributed all virtues. And to the opponents, or perceived opponents, all vice and evil is second nature.
Dividing the world into either with us, or against us, is very simplistic and dangerous. Not only that, but leads to despotism and totalitarianism, the subject of this interesting post.

One-sided view of the world misses the nunaces of life. The multitude and diversity. This is not of course a cleverish device to dilute the cause, or dimish loyalty to it. This is a suggestion of looking at things with a different angle, or rather, different angles.
As genuine perception can not be achieved without availing ourselves with this unique and lateral thinking tool.
Let me give you an example of what I am trying to say. Amna Mukhtar is concentrating all her intellectual and emotional energy in writing about marginalzed people. Marginalzed people who bear the brunt of civil wars, state repression, famines, exploitation and exclusion. Fair enough. Her problem is that she judges people, almost instantly and always, by preoccupying themselves, like her, with this issue.
Not doing so is tantamount to treason and trivial pursuit.

It is true that turning a blind eye to what is happening in Darfur, for example, is not acceptable by any means. But expecting other people to be as active and dedicated as Amna, is a fantasy.
People are different. They are diverse. They hail from different backgrounds. They live in different countries. They have different preoccupations. And different tools and methods of upholding a cause or supporting it.

The other dangerous thing is the thought that a partisan of a certain cause has a messianic mission, to be accomplished, no matter what! This exaggerated self-importance, coupled with a noble cause, is the mental/existential door to seeing oneself righteous, persecuted, whiter than white kind of soul! while seeing other people as demons, devils, cheats, sub-humans! Hence the easy depiction of them as devious snakes, venomous and deadly creatures of doom!

I will continue this debate in a spirit of consensus and inclusiveness, not adversity , exclusion or the absolute ownership of the truth.