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Menanggapi kontroversi - Saya Indonesia, Saya Pancasila


Logo Saya Indonesia Saya Pancasila

Sebuah Kontemplasi pasca Hari Kesaktian Pancasila

Kemarin, di hari kesaktian pancasila, newsfeed instagram, facebook, dan twitterku dibanjiri foto anak muda, yang bertuliskan "Saya Pancasila, Saya Indonesia". Sebagai orang yang sering campaign tentang lingkungan, aku tidak begitu heran, karena aku pun begitu sering mengajak teman-temanku untuk mengenakan template foto yang menyiratkan pesan yang kami bawa. Dalam bentuk acara apapun, kami sering melakukannya. Entah itu pensuasanaan, atau memang pure campaign untuk membawa pesan tersirat. 

Jujur, walaupun aku tidak ikut berpartisipasi pada gerakan tersebut, aku sendiri sangat senang dan penuh keyakinan. Dibalik foto-foto ini, banyak orang yang mulai membuka dan mengeksplor kembali lembaran-lembaran lama, yang bertuliskan makna dari Pancasila. Aku berfikir positif, anak-anak muda ini, mulai me-refresh kembali butiran-butiran pancasila, dan bagaimana mengamalkannya. Yaps, that's the point of this campaign, encouraging youth to understand what it is to be Indonesian, especially those who support Pancasila, as their fundamental ideology through their life.

Namun ternyata, aku masih heran dengan manusia. Kampanye yang begitu positif, yang dibuat untuk mengajak kembali anak muda untuk mengerti apa artinya pancasila, bagaimana menjadikannya sebagai ideologi dasar, yang bisa menuntun generasi ini ke arah yang lebih baik, harus dikotori dengan tulisan-tulisan sinis terkait hal tersebut. Ada yang mengatakan kalimat ini Egois karena menggunakan kata "Saya" bukan menggunakan "Kita". Atau bahkan, ada yang mengatakan bahwa para netizen ini hanya demam dan ikut-ikutan trend belaka, sok nasionalis, sok bhinneka tunggal ika, sok cinta pada keberagaman. OMG, akupun mulai berfikir "Se-pesimis itu kah negara ini? Sampai-sampai aksi seperti ini harus dikritik pedas? Se-pesimis itukah kalian terhadap kami, para millennials yang terkesan amburadul, liberal, tidak perduli aturan, dsb?". Aku akan siap menjawab "Tidak!", aku pribadi masih punya mimpi untuk bangsa dan negara ini, dengan aksi-aksi kami, dengan kampanye-kampanye kami, dengan tulisan-tulisan kami, prestasi kami, yaps, aku masih se-optimis itu.

Ada juga hal yang perlu digarisbawahi, janganlah kalian mengecam seseorang yang memulai dengan "ikut-ikut-an" (dalam istilah positif yah), karena pada dasarnya, manusia dibentuk dengan cara seperti itu, kan?. Kalau diingat-ingat, apa yang kita pelajari sejak kecil juga hasil ikut-ikutan. Tidak ada salahnya juga, kan?. Siapa yang bisa menyangka, kalau orang-orang yang awalnya hanya ikut-ikutan relawan, bisa menjadi aktivis lingkungan, kebencanaan, pendidikan, kesehatan, dan masih banyak lagi. Karena, somehow, dengan ia mencoba ikut-ikutan, ia mulai tertarik untuk mempelajari lebih dalam, ia mau mencoba untuk mengerti, bahwa yang ia perjuangkan, itu benar.

So gaes, masih mau berfikiran negatif lagi?

PS. This post won't judge every Indonesian pessimistic. As pedestrian, I already realize, from thousands of people, there might be several outliers which will be breaking the law (riding their vehicles on the sidewalk), and they might come from every religion, race, or community, but it won't judge those groups at all, because once again, they're just ..... outliers!


Should We Blame the Race?


Blaming the Race for Individual Acts, Is it really fair?!

Disclaimer. This note didn't want to support one candidate, just want to share my experiences though

Halo!

Recently, I was having conversation with several person. Yeah, due to our distances, we were talking in phone. Our topic itself, was about the election for sure, especially the Jakarta governor election though. The conversation began with "If you were Jakarta people, who would you choose?"

Me: "Ahok for sure!"
Him: "Ha? Like for real?"
Me: "Yups, for sure, why?"
Him: "He was blasphemy Islam."
Me: "Which one?"
Him: "Don't you see the video?"
Me: "Yes I did, so, which one? Have you seen the full video of it?"
Him: "No, I don't need to, that part has told everything"
Me: "Hmmmm, let us say that he was blasphemy our religion. I personally already forgive him, because this is what my religion teach me. And yes, the legal process is continuing, though"
Him: "Well, he's not muslim anyway. Islam forbids us to choose non-muslim leader"
Me: "Hmmmm, Well I do respect what Islam taught me, I definitely saw Al-Maidah 51 as my very first references to choose a leader. And then, let see their capabilities through their campaign and debates. And let's choose the right one, even He/She is not muslim"
Him: "No, you're wrong!"
Me: "I can't be blind with politics, I don't want to be. And I just don't want to choose the worst one, even though he's same with my religion. Definitely our ideology is different"
..........
Well, the conversation keep moving forward. Till he said to me "Do you really want to choose him? He's chinese!"

Me: "Ha? Wow, you're definitely racist! I don't like it!"
Him: "No, I am not, it's right though. They're obviously sly or cunning. Don't you see about the case? Much of state money was taken away by them. We're not talking about Billion, it's hundreds Trillion. It's least than "Pribumi" corruptions which only hundreds million or billions rupiah"
Me: "Yes you are! Hmmmm, how could you blame all of the (chinese) people with the acts of -not so- twenty persons? It's not fair though. And you know what? I don't care about the numbers actually. Whatever it takes, corruptions are wrong things to do. And I think it has nothing to do with race though!"

Unity in Diversity as Indonesian Priority


The conversation kept moving, but I personally disappointed to have this racist conversation though. Blaming the chinese won't solve anything, and it felt so wrong for sure. This is not what Indonesia I used to know, which more than 700 ethnics and 1000 dialects. Indonesia that used to have Bhinneka Tunggal Ika or "Unity In Diversity" motto. Indonesia that's known to be polite societies. To all of (chinese) Indonesian people, I personally am sorry for this kind of 'racist' issue. I believe, together we can build our nation for our future generation :)

And one message for all of my muslim friends. I bet you already knew what "Muslims" felt in other countries, right? Muslims that used to be minority, labelled as "Terrorist", even ban to come their home. I didn't think you want to experience that right? So, don't let the minority felt the same way! We are one people, one nation, Indonesia. Do.not.let.them.divide.us. Salam #UnityInDiversity !

Source: GodblessIndonesia