Amid a prevailing Shiite bipolarisation, independent voices claw their way to revolt against what they see as a bitter reality. In fact, its bitterness has reached its peak after that Hezbollah had dragged the whole Shiite community into the Syrian conflict inferno.

Abbas Naser is a journalit who has for long advocated the “resistance” and worked in its media institutions. However, Abbas found it hard to agree on Hezbollah’s interference in Al Qusayr, voicing his opinion in the following facebook status:

“I have never been with any party other than the resistance. I supported it during its struggle to liberate the south, throughout July 2006 war, Gaza war and the “freedom flotilla” case.

Though I am still in my position, I find myself emotionally distinct from my family and mentors.

Today, I say out of a broken heart that there is someone among you who fails to see in this war anything but sedition, as there is no room for happiness at all. In such battles, victory and defeat are just the same: this victory’s repercussions have started to pour in heralding further hatred toward the Shias.

Intellectual Shiites, who belong to old, prestigious families such as Hamadeh, Al Khalil, Safieddine, Shamseddine, Yaghi, Fayyad, Matar, Salim and Al Zein, consider that those who keep their grip over the Shiite community are playing a pivotal role in dragging the Lebanese into perilous situations.”

The bloody message that was delivered outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut Sunday was loud and clear. But will it manage to suppress independent voices within and outside the Shiite community?