By: Lime Green Giraffe Service Director, Sydnie C.
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| (Photo Credit: CNN) |
Building
girls of COURAGE, CONFIDENCE and CHARACTER is the mainstay of the Girl Scout
organization and the powerful actions of Czech Scout, Lucie Myslikova can
attest to this. Student, Myslikova, was one of many dissenting voices present
at a neo-Nazi rally held in the Czech city of Brno on May 4, 2017.
She and others gathered to form a counter-movement against the xenophobic
sentiments being expressed at the rally. According to the World Organization of
the Scout’s Movement, Myslikova and other Scouts were protesting the march to
“...express their support for values of diversity, peace, and understanding.”
The neo-Nazis attending the rally attempted to
deter Myslikova from voicing her opinion, by trying to convince her that the
presence of refugees in the country would affect her and other Czech citizens’
safety. Other rally attendants labeled Myslikova and other Scouts as
extremists, which puzzled Myslikova because she did not equate being
anti-fascist with being an extremist. Myslikova, however, did not waver and she
continued to espouse the refugee cause. Her heated debated with a far-right
winger was photographed by an attendant of the counter-movement, capturing
Myslikova standing tall and confidently, seemingly unwavered by the
antagonistic comments by the neo-Nazis that surrounded her. This striking photo
conveys how a picture is truly worth a thousand words and perfectly encapsulates
a quote that has become the new feminist mantra: “Nevertheless, she persisted.”
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