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Historically, it never ends well. Nazi propaganda described Jews as "infesting" Germany and when people with power begin reducing their fellow man or woman to subhuman status - and convincing others of it - that's how autocracies form, racist ideology spreads and wars break out.
I feel it is imperative for reporters, of all, to underline the power language has to shape the world. It seems so obvious a thing to state. And it is. But there are still people having their cognitive dissonance rattled by concepts like this. Young people are experiencing...
their first introductions to rhetoric that has been used repeatedly through history to enact violence and theft on generations before them. You dont have to be a member of the media to grasp this but as a member of the media, I think there is an arguable responsibility to note...
When powerful people, regardless of that reporters personal opinion of them, say and do things that contribute to greater division of the people they serve by law, it should be questioned and as necessary, challenged.
Authority that goes unchecked is like an open wound.
Authority that goes unchecked is like an open wound.
