Radonjić: The authorities are treating Radić as an example, forcing people to believe lies

Milan Radonjić, a journalist for the weekly "Radar," asserted that the government's actions toward military analyst Aleksandar Radić are intended to serve as a warning. "You will see what happens to you if you continue to insist on believing your own eyes, rather than what we tell you," Radonjić stated, characterizing the situation as a "violence by which people are forced to believe a lie."

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You will see what happens to you if you continue to insist on believing your own eyes, rather than what we tell you. Once again – the violence by which people are forced to believe a lie.

Radonjić explained that the objective is to create a taboo around certain topics, preventing discussion and making them "non-subjects." He argued that Radić is a victim of a public relations campaign, orchestrated to shift focus away from critical issues, such as how Serbian police acquired illegal technology. Instead of addressing these matters, he said, the government is focusing on analysts who try to explain events to citizens.

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The goal is to cover everything up and reach a situation where it is no longer allowed to talk about it, that it is a taboo non-topic.

He further criticized the behavior of the police in Pirot, describing them as an "integral part of the choreography" that allows perpetrators to act with impunity. Radonjić noted that such incidents are no longer isolated but represent a method of governing the country. He recalled the president's past statements about being unable to control fan groups, suggesting a deliberate lack of will to do so, with these groups instead being used to achieve political goals and pressure opponents.

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Instead of dealing with how Serbian police came into possession of some technology that is illegal in this country, dealing with the vaudeville of 'we have it/we don't have it,' the Minister of Internal Affairs doesn't know... We are dealing with people who tried to analyze that situation and explain to citizens what happened to them.

Radonjić also expressed concern about the declining resistance to violence and empathy among young people. He argued that a "learned callousness" is cultivated, where individuals are trained to be indifferent to harming others. This environment, he suggested, often leads to those involved in organized violence being integrated into business dealings and receiving tenders, effectively rewarding their actions.

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This is what we saw in Pirot is particularly disturbing because of the behavior of the police – we see that it functions as an integral part of that choreography in which the violent will be allowed to enforce their will regardless of the law and the will of other people, regardless of what is usual and decent behavior.