Language as a weapon

from Bearing Witness · host Farah Johnson

Welcome back to Bearing WitnessIn the last episode, we talked about patterns how genocide and authoritarianism are not moments, but processes.Today, we’re talking about the first and most essential stage of that process.Language.Because before violence is normalized, language is prepared. Before people accept mass harm they are taught he was human and not.Send us Fan Mail "This has been Bearing Witness. Thank you for listening, for feeling, and for bearing witness. Share this episode if you believe stories matter—and they do. Take care of yourself, and take care of each other.”

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