The Perils of Indifference

indifference

lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

peril

serious and immediate danger

elicit

to draw out or bring forth

anguish

(n.) great mental suffering, distress, or pain

elicit

Even hatred at times may __________ a response. You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it.

harrowing

Is it necessary at times to practice it simply to keep one's sanity, live normally, enjoy a fine meal and a glass of wine, as the world around us experiences __________ upheavals?

upheavals

Is it necessary at times to practice it simply to keep one's sanity, live normally, enjoy a fine meal and a glass of wine, as the world around us experiences harrowing __________?

anguish

Their hidden or even visible ______ is of no interest. Indifference reduces the Other to an abstraction.

abstraction

Their hidden or even visible anguish is of no interest. Indifference reduces the Other to an __________.

Indifference

Their hidden or even visible anguish is of no interest. __________ reduces the Other to an abstraction.

Perils

Title: Elie Wiesel's "The __________ of Indifference" Speech

upheaval

a violent or sudden change or disruption to something

abstract

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

harrowing

extremely distressing; terrifying