Telling it like it is
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2022-03-05

This video is about deceptive language in politics, business and journalism, the limits placed on our freedom to speak, and the power of telling the truth. Why do we hear from certain people but not others? Why are people so keen to dismiss and discredit you for speaking the truth? Why are we so afraid of a new perspective? And how do we break out of restrictive language?

0:12 Not everyone tells the truth
2:21 Dissent goes unheeded
7:04 Language matters
9:29 Why do we call it democracy?
16:10 PR for the police
19:47 Business is not a democracy, either
21:49 Political language is part of the spectacle
27:24 Are you sure it’s “supposed to”?
29:03 Speaking in nation states
33:26 Call it bigotry
36:46 Not everyone wants to hear the truth

Links: 

US war euphemisms: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/all-the-euphemisms-we-use-for-war/ 

Wage theft: https://www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage-theft-vs-other-forms-of-theft-in-the-u-s/

No Justice on racist dispatches from the war on Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5heL0js4Gyo 

What is the state? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXVC1ZMSNAM 

What is democracy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L86DX-6T288&list=PL3waFZldV-Y3fjrIhAUl6PkbVqVcOE1Hh 

How does propaganda work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyR5J0vxqs 

What is “extremism”? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CVgsM8nX1U 

What does “civilized” mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKoJzQUDBJs&list=PL3waFZldV-Y0y1Q9Xu6n1E-o3Z5v3lWrj 

How does nationalism work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYb81BtXwzo&list=PL3waFZldV-Y3iFDbPkp4AAktn01Rv0bTY 

A transcript of this video is available at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2022/03/05/telling-it-like-it-is/