{"id":18824,"date":"2026-06-07T05:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18824"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:33:53","slug":"when-citizens-stop-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18824","title":{"rendered":"<i>When Citizens Stop Listening<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13134\" style=\"width:840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1536x698.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1170x532.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AT SOME point, people stop paying attention\u2014not because they don\u2019t care, but because everything starts to sound the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One controversy follows another. Accusations, defenses, press statements, Facebook debates that stretch late into the night. Each issue arrives loudly, urgently, as if it will finally be the one that changes everything. But then another one comes along, and then another. Slowly, without anyone really deciding to, people begin to tune out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Dumaguete City, this kind of fatigue is becoming familiar. It shows up in ordinary conversations. People say things like, <em>\u201cWa na ko kasabot unsay tinuod\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cParehas ra na sila tanan.\u201d<\/em> Not necessarily because they\u2019ve lost interest in the city, but because they\u2019ve grown tired of trying to make sense of the noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is that when citizens step back, even just a little, something important shifts. Public life doesn\u2019t stop\u2014but it changes shape. The few who are still closely watching become the loudest voices. The rest begin to participate less in conversations about roads, markets, zoning, or public projects, not because these things don\u2019t matter, but because they feel too tangled up in politics to approach calmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, those \u201cboring\u201d local issues are exactly the ones that shape daily life the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether a public market is improved or disrupted affects vendors who wake up before dawn. Whether traffic systems are planned well affects students rushing to school and workers trying to get home. Whether urban spaces are designed with care affects how safe and livable a city feels. These are not abstract debates. They are lived experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when political noise becomes constant, even practical discussions start to feel heavy. People begin to assume every proposal has an agenda behind it, every project has hidden motives, every decision is part of a bigger fight they never signed up for. And so, without realizing it, they step away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That stepping away has consequences. Not dramatic ones at first\u2014no sudden collapse or crisis\u2014but small shifts that accumulate. Fewer voices in consultations. Fewer questions asked in public forums. Less curiosity about how decisions are made. And over time, decisions get made in a quieter room, simply because fewer people are listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, it doesn\u2019t have to stay this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Civic life returns in simple ways. A neighbor asking, <em>\u201cUnsa na man tong proyekto sa merkado?\u201d<\/em> A student attending a hearing just to understand, not to argue. A vendor speaking up not to win a fight, but to explain what daily life actually feels like. These are small acts, but they matter more than they seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because a city like Dumaguete doesn\u2019t only depend on its leaders. It depends on whether its people are still willing to pay attention\u2014not to every controversy, but to the things that quietly shape their streets, their markets, and their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When citizens stop listening, public life doesn\u2019t end. It just becomes easier for it to forget them back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So perhaps the challenge is not to drown ourselves in every political argument, but to stay awake to what truly shapes our daily lives. Pay attention again\u2014not to the noise, but to the ground beneath it. Ask questions in your barangay meetings. Listen to your neighbors. Show up when decisions are being made about the spaces you live in, even if you think your voice is small. Because silence may feel like rest, but in public life, it slowly becomes absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dumaguete does not need louder citizens. It needs present ones\u2014people willing to look closely again, think clearly again, and care enough to participate even when the conversation feels complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cEveryone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.\u201d <\/em>\u2014 James 1:19 (NIV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AT SOME point, people stop paying attention\u2014not because they don\u2019t care, but because everything starts to sound the same. One controversy follows another. Accusations, defenses, press statements, Facebook debates that stretch late into the night. 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