Very much appreciate this TED talk. The biggest takeaway for me is that we are fortunate to live in a country where we can criticize government policy without fear of arrest or worse. I believe that the people from Iran who stated that they appreciated Bari Weiss's talk very much understand that point. I would like more of us to engage in respectful dialogue with one another...to respectfully disagree with one another! There is so much hate, anger and divisiveness.
RIGHT?!. i was just saying this yesterday. Can you expand? i.e. Where does Adaptability go, exactly, as i sort my values by importance? My mind just went full pretzel. Productive energy transformation is nearly complete. All iyouwe must do NOW, is finish reading this post and reboot devices, in silence, to complete the incantation of light! Truly love it. Thanks Keith, YOU ARE AWAITED!and "Focus"
@@mickeymaddox Yes, open-mindedness makes us adaptable. For me, it widens our perspective, makes us listen to other people, and encourages us to think that we are not right all the time. Courage makes us speak up, but keeping an open mind makes us speak the right words.
We must have the courage to pursue the truth, we are all born into different ideologies and belief systems, some farther from objective truth then others and it takes courage to break out of them, whether it be your parent's fear of death, or a 2000 year old indoctrination of your place in the universe.
Jewish and Lesbian, loves US and Israel. Successful unlike ALL the haters commenting. This beautiful woman is an inspiration, once again, unlike miserable haters comments.
I am saddened that some people in the USA have become so steeped in ideology and so concerned about virtue signaling that they are offended (or pretending to be offended) by this excellent talk by Bari Weiss. She is so brilliant and everything she says is incredibly reasonable. I am thankful for her voice and her courage. Nuance and critical thinking need to resurface again!
@@andrewgio1 Jimmy Dore's most popular clip(5m views) was him and his guest panel reviewing her Rogan appearance. She is nothing more than a gossip columnist.
@@ChristianCTaken Definition of 'genocide' is: ''the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.” Even a cursory understanding of the different approaches being taken by the two sides in Gaza (I assume that’s your reference point with your inappropriate “genocide” remark directed at Bari) will reveal that Hamas are the only ones with true genocide in mind. It’s literally built into their ‘constitution’, whereas Arab ‘Palestinians’ have been living freely in Israel for decades. Don’t confuse the legal right for national self-defense by Israel after the Oct. 7th invasion with a misrepresented desire to commit genocide.
@StephLin6897 Israel is an extension of America, it was created specifically as an extension of the Allies' empires post-WWII. The state of Israel has no moral right to exist.
@@StephLin6897 intentional starvation is intention plus the remarks of Israeli's from state officials to soldiers on the ground, your deliberate attempts to miscue and hide the truth is not new, it is a genocide...unfortunately
I LIVE IN BARI ITALY AND LISTENING TO THIS HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMAN ♀️ I ONLY WISH THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD COME TO BARI ITALY AND SPEAK TO US STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BARI
I have watched a lot of TED talks and I have never seen the host get on stage and question the speaker about what they said? Yet, here, we have someone under the guise of wanting understanding do so using coded language that basically amounts to "don't you care about those poor Palestinians" that I and all the protesters are pretending to care about?. Just shameful.
LOVE BARI!! It was wild to see just how worn the Ted Stage seems to appear... they used to be such a beacon for ideas and discourse... I was honestly shocked. I used to aspire to be a TED Fellow... but they've gone way down. Bari was a much welcome voice. Tennessee and Kentucky Native here!
Thank you for opening my eyes to the distortions/half-truths/ and agendas of what I thought were reputable news organizations (I still do read The NY Times for restaurant reviews though!) I was amazed that the Times actually had a hit piece (a joke!) on Bari - obviously Bari is making real inroads in other former Times readers!
The problem with taking a value like courage is that it can mean different things to different people. A person who is against gay marriage can claim that they are a courageous person because they are speaking up for what they believe are the importance of family values. A person who is gay can claim that they are courageous because of all the prejudice they have faced just for being gay whether it is the hostility shown to them by others or having to go through mental health struggles because of what society puts them through and having the strength to get through them. I don't know how one objectively measures courage.
Great talk by Bari Weiss. While we might not agree with all her views, she’s a good example and testament of what real courage looks like. Pity Chris Anderson had to nearly ruin her talk with his sanctimonious and condescending editorial at the end. Why can’t he just leave well enough alone? Let the guest speaker’s words stand or fall on their own merit. No need to rudely insert yourself into the conversation. In that moment, no one needs or wants to hear from him. If he wants to debate the speaker, have a podcast interview. Don’t fly in like a seagull and crap on the guest speaker. He did the same thing to Coleman Hughes, and then some. This is why I stopped watching TED talks (unless someone of Bari’s calibre has the stage).
@@brucesnow7125 Before you use inaccurate terms like “ethnostate”, consider for a moment how many non-Jews (e.g. Arabs) live freely in Israel with every right of any other Israeli citizen compared to how many non-Arabs (let alone Jews) live freely in the rest of the many Arab countries in the Middle East, not to mention the historical reasons for why the State of Israel was created in the first place (e.g. the Holocaust). Many non-Jewish Israelis are fighting along with their fellow Jewish Israeli citizens to defend their country against genocidal terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. This is not about ethnicity from Israel’s point of view, but that’s certainly the driving motivation for Hamas, to eliminate every Jew in the Middle East (and beyond, quite frankly). You’ve completely inverted the facts on the ground.
Courage is sticking to your virtues even in the face of adversity, which is what leads people to make the sacrifices we see in history books or the news. Whatever those virtues may be is a different conversation, people aren't evil, they simply grew up in different circumstances with a different government, different culture, education, religion, parents, economy, race, country etc..., those virtues are imposed upon everyone at birth, you weren't born having a political stance. So even if you don't agree with their virtues, as long as they are willing to follow them even when faced with dire consequences, they have courage, certainly courage that may go against your own views, but courage non the less. That's why this TedTalk was awfull, she didn't talk about courage, only what her own view of courage is while antagonizing everyone who goes against it.
That CEO makes it sound as if the people who have spoken out their truth already haven't done so with love and respect. He also cites the soundbite phenomenon, as if it's okay to remain silent because my speech will only be reduced to soundbites. I want to say to him that those of us who want to speak out have no control over the media, social media or otherwise. Does that mean we should never speak?
We don't have to agree with everyone to listen to them nor shunt them just because we don't like what they are saying simply because there could be a sense of truth we vehemently deny.
I often wonder, if this is all just because we are just so stupid and depraved or is/are there really some force(s) that are trying to constantly stop human progress?
Can somebody here please show me where Bari Weiss has ever been in an actual debate? I don't mean curated soundbite soundgardens on msnbc, or some koffe klatch yammer sessions. I mean an actual debate. Much appreciated...
this completely avoids the issues that brought us to this point in history. perhaps being in touch with one's own biases, and having the critical thinking skills to compare ones biases to the status quo, might show the disconnect, but that takes courage.
Chris Anderson needs to stop interjecting himself into sensitive issues. He did the same with Coleman Hughes. Let people debate problems. Elevate voices of reason without trying to hold people's hands.
There is nothing courageous about standing on a stage and failing to condemn the slaughter of Palestinian civilians. “I am a proud supporter of Israel, even though I am a critic of its current government” is such a cowardly statement.
You started your speech by stating your opinion (personal belief) rather than the facts, and that's I think not good way og public speech or mass communication.
This speaker has written a deplorable speech, in which she premeditated and painstakingly defends colonialism, imperialism, anti-vaccine campaigns, unscientific conspiracy theories about COVID, environmental destruction, racism and police brutality against minorities, and the entire list of the far-right narrative. Worst of all, she has done so with an apparently sensible and conciliatory tone, while overacting a supposed (clearly right-wing) indignation that she believes she has a right to, and above all, taking us all for fools. If it is true that courage is the greatest of virtues, she is the opposite of a virtuous person; not only because she does not remember the courage of Julian Assange or Palestinian children, but because her speech is a masterpiece of hypocrisy, and a hypocrite is above all a coward; a coward who thinks they are smarter than others and believes they have the right to manipulate them with a written script and a series of proper names that they have to read to remember because they don't really care about them at all. It is a shame that TED allows a speech that whitewashes the current far-right wave.
Courage is standing for free speech even when you disagree. Not be for it, when your career started with trying to silence your arabic professor from sharing historical facts. And not standing for genocide because it is committed by your team.
@@arielcomenting joseph Massad is a respected academic who is mischarachterized by zios for basic political analysis. He never praised Hamas, just stated the consequences of the attacks on Zionist arrogance
There are ways to uplift minorities without attacking the majority. By resorting to violence and mob rule, which is a tactic used for several millennia, you are supporting the status quo. Yes the Salem witch trials did happen but if suddenly angry witches roamed around targeting Christians, would it be justified? The irony is that people who claim that "words are violence," are the one's usually perpetrating actual physical violence!
Yet, she showed no courage to talk about the genocide in Gaza. Talks of humanitarian and right issues violation in other countries but ignores what's happening in the US.
And courage to justify baby mutilation. Courage also to admit your beliefs were wrong though. Do you have the courage? To be vulnerable to admit the mistakes?
Does Bari Weiss feel it takes courage to speak up for those little tiny nascent people that can't speak up for themselves in the space that they thought they were most safe in?
Giving a TED Talk about courage while tagging people with terms she doesn’t understand and dodging accountability is quite the paradox. I’m not sure if that’s boldness or a masterclass in deflection.
Roland Fryer: In 2019, a series of investigations at Harvard determined that Fryer had engaged in "unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature" against at least five women, that he had fostered a hostile work environment in his lab, and also cited unspecified conduct violations regarding Fryer's grant spending and lab finances. As a result, Harvard suspended Fryer without pay for two years, closed his lab, and barred him from teaching or supervising students.
I'm utterly appalled by this talk. Bari Weiss presents herself as a champion of free speech and courage, yet she dismisses valid criticisms and real struggles faced by marginalized communities. Her stance is self-righteous and tone-deaf. She frames the entire issue as if it’s just about being brave enough to speak unpopular truths, but it’s far more complex than that. There are real, systemic issues that she glosses over with her oversimplified rhetoric. It’s frustrating to see someone use their platform to push a narrative that ignores the nuances and deep-seated injustices so many people face every day. It’s easy to call for courage from a place of privilege, but it’s a whole different reality for those who are genuinely oppressed and fighting for their rights. This talk is infuriatingly disconnected from the real struggles on the ground.
Oh I know. The tone deaf privileged was nauseating. I’m struggling to listen. This is a TEDtalk softening Israel’s genocide and genuine atrocities. Do we really need more examples of white privilege. Enough Ted, do better.
I assume you meant to write, "She dismisses valid criticisms *from* marginalized communities". And yet, did you notice something there in what you wrote? I noticed something important. These marginalized communities CAN speak out against their marginalization. This is free speech. This is how progress is made. There are many many marginalized communities throughout the world who live in countries where they do not have this right. And in these environments, these communities have only once choice, keep your head down and be silent and see no change at all, or speak out and risk facing violence (I'm not talking about metaphorical violence, I'm talking about real violence here: beatings, kidnapping, murder, torture, gulags, etc...) All the social advancements that have been made in the US comes to us thanks to free speech. Every freedom we enjoy in the US comes from and is defended by the ability to speak freely. No other freedom is safe, no justice possible, without the ability to speak about them. Be careful about who you want to censor for your convenience, because you in turn may be censored in the future according to someone else's convenience.
*Oh I get it, the troll is trolling us with the title. That or she actually believes it. LOL. Quitting your job due to bullying is not courage. Notice that the people who give a speech about a specific virtue NEVER have that virtue. Everyone sees it but them.*
Yeah, that's the beauty of free speech, it's also the freedom to ignore who you don't want to listen to. This is also an incredible freedom we have here. Some places you have no choice but to listen. Though, I gotta say... if you only listened to less than a minute, I'm not really sure if you can judge much of anything of what she said since you didn't bother to listen. I just took a look at where you said you stopped listening at 0:49... you take exception to her being opposed to FGM? Seriously? Wow.
But she did say near the beginning that she didn’t believe children should make life altering decisions about their body. Also, her media Company ,The Free Press, has written several pieces about it.
Absolutely fantastic! Congratulations to TED for moving away from 'woke' and focusing on the most important thing in the world: freedom of speech. I also think TED should apologize to Coleman Hughes.
I'm all for speaking your mind, perhaps especially when you don't agree with the mainstream. However, this whole talk seems like a rhetorical mess. Labelling people who burn down buildings and people who shout down their professors both under the same label of "extreme activists" carries dangerously little nuance. When is raising your voice for what you believe in "courage", and when is it "extreme activism"? There is a throughline in the whole talk of just an incredible lack of nuance. She chooses to say "tear down monuments of national heroes" instead of "tear down monuments of slave owners" even though both would be equally accurate. I don't understand who this is supposed to appeal to. The people who actually still believe in anything in the US are fighting for those beliefs this very day. There hasn't been this much social activism since the civil rights movement. She seems to be appealing to the people sitting in their sofas to go outside and actually speak up, while at the same time shouting at your professor is "extreme". Like, that's a very thin window of acceptable behaviour. She wants people to speak up, but not to raise their voice? There is also a clear bias to her examples. She exemplifies only the people she agrees with as courageous, and her goal is obviously to get you to agree to that as well. She says she wants people to be more courageous, but it just seems like she wants more people to agree with her worldview. This is not in itself bad. If you believe in a cause, you should do your best to gather support for that cause. However, this sort of activism is often masked behind a veneer of "i just want more of this really broad universally good thing" which leaves a bad taste in my mouth. My point is, there's obviously an agenda to this talk that goes beyond "more courage!" and the fact that she deliberately does not disclose this pisses me off.
For this time, unfortunately, I am dissapointed with TED, unless they give the same speech room for a Palestinian on their stage to convey his/her voice with the same rights.
Confirmed. She’s buddies with Ben Shapiro. I appreciate hearing it from TC, though. Not because Vladimir is wonderful or I would rather live there. But it makes me wonder why we can’t have both freedom and clean, safe streets. 🇺🇸
What a self-righteous talk. It's so easy to be in favor of all kinds of free speech when it doesn't effect you personally. Sure, free speech is important and a human right, but I'm yet to find anyone who doesn't make exeptions when the free speech becomes inconvenient. I bet there are some opinions even this presenter woundn't consider all that courageous for someone to express. It's always the same. The "free speech" crowd is usually the first to ban people, censor books etc. only then they have some miserable excuse why this time it's not against free speech to do it.
Why on earth has TED given this person a platform? Where is the Technology, Entertainment or Design? This is pure politics and influence...thinly veiled by TED in this booking. Her fear constantly gets in the way of her compassion and intelligence...and I still don't understand why she is of relevance to comment? What is her specialism, her expertise? Her public profile baffles me.
I don't disagree but don't possess in spades . There's also a limit to how fired up I can be about the injustices of the world when just working and paying my bills sucks most of my life energy and how can it be otherwise ?
It's hard for me to take Bari Weiss seriously for a couple of reasons. First, she poses as a champion of Truth, yet she publishes false stories and absurd MAGA talking points. Second, she poses as a champion of Freedom, yet she gave a speech at The Federalist Society, which exists to engineer a fascist judiciary. Her talk was titled "You Are the Last Line of Defense". Against what? The Federalist Society doesn't "defend" against anything but democracy. She's an eloquent speaker, and it's not hard to see how some people could be swept up by her seeming sincerity. But she doesn't walk the walk like she talks the talk.
Few questions: Is truth one or many, or more precisely, can there be only one truth? Is it not conservatism - and not liberalism - to believe that there is only one truth? And, why America should be bothered that non-Western societies have their own `truths’? It is not that people prefer comfort over truth. It is not that USA has preferred to disregard `throwing of paint over masterpieces in museums’; it is rather that time and again USA has been throwing its weight around for serving its economic or geopolitical interests, be it in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Gaza, decimating societies that have held other points of view. This is being questioned, as it should be. Given that there is one truth only, the American version, isn’t the establishment of truth a process similar to evolution? Should America destroy life that doesn’t meet its standards of `truth/s’, or nurture life to make it healthy? Finally, is courage mere assertiveness or the amount of pain undergone for `right’ purpose, no matter how that right is defined? What about the likes of Gandhi and Mandela and Chomsky who refused to fight with weapons and demonstrated patience and compassion without losing purpose? What about the likes of people in Gaza who continue caring for their families despite exploitation, persecution and oppression.
Very much appreciate this TED talk. The biggest takeaway for me is that we are fortunate to live in a country where we can criticize government policy without fear of arrest or worse. I believe that the people from Iran who stated that they appreciated Bari Weiss's talk very much understand that point. I would like more of us to engage in respectful dialogue with one another...to respectfully disagree with one another! There is so much hate, anger and divisiveness.
Bari, your courage makes you a true role model and hero. Thank you.
The courage to lie…..
Oh yeah and the courage to lie and defame another person only to be stupidly called out by it 😂 fyi just watch the rogan podcast
Great talk, important and necessary, thank God for common sense people like Weiss
Courage is important, but keeping an open mind is equally important.
RIGHT?!. i was just saying this yesterday. Can you expand? i.e. Where does Adaptability go, exactly, as i sort my values by importance? My mind just went full pretzel. Productive energy transformation is nearly complete. All iyouwe must do NOW, is finish reading this post and reboot devices, in silence, to complete the incantation of light! Truly love it. Thanks Keith, YOU ARE AWAITED!and "Focus"
@@mickeymaddox Yes, open-mindedness makes us adaptable. For me, it widens our perspective, makes us listen to other people, and encourages us to think that we are not right all the time. Courage makes us speak up, but keeping an open mind makes us speak the right words.
This derives from the virtue of humility.
We must have the courage to pursue the truth, we are all born into different ideologies and belief systems, some farther from objective truth then others and it takes courage to break out of them, whether it be your parent's fear of death, or a 2000 year old indoctrination of your place in the universe.
Wow, someone told the truth!! And a liberal?? This is important. How can people disagree w this?
You delivered the best TED Talk that framed the current situatiuon properly. Thanks for what you did.
TED isn't courageous enough for Coleman Hughes. Let's see if they're courageous enough for Bari Weiss.
Jewish and Lesbian, loves US and Israel. Successful unlike ALL the haters commenting. This beautiful woman is an inspiration, once again, unlike miserable haters comments.
Shill =/= success
A voice of reason
Everybody has a favorite virtue. For me, the greatest is humility, since it is the one that allows you to learn. Hope is another strong candidate.
As an Iranian thank you for saying these facts.
God bless you.❤
I am saddened that some people in the USA have become so steeped in ideology and so concerned about virtue signaling that they are offended (or pretending to be offended) by this excellent talk by Bari Weiss. She is so brilliant and everything she says is incredibly reasonable. I am thankful for her voice and her courage. Nuance and critical thinking need to resurface again!
she sucks and spreads lies. bari couldn't back up anything she said about tulsi gabbard on the joe rogan show
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If you liked this, check out Bari’s podcast “Honestly.” She has become a leading and articulate spokeswoman for common sense and truth!
she lies just listen to bari on joe rogan podcast she got caught lying about tulsi
@@andrewgio1 Jimmy Dore's most popular clip(5m views) was him and his guest panel reviewing her Rogan appearance. She is nothing more than a gossip columnist.
Bari Weiss is fabulous. Thank you Bari for all that you do!!
What, be pro-genocide?
@@ChristianCTaken Definition of 'genocide' is: ''the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.” Even a cursory understanding of the different approaches being taken by the two sides in Gaza (I assume that’s your reference point with your inappropriate “genocide” remark directed at Bari) will reveal that Hamas are the only ones with true genocide in mind. It’s literally built into their ‘constitution’, whereas Arab ‘Palestinians’ have been living freely in Israel for decades. Don’t confuse the legal right for national self-defense by Israel after the Oct. 7th invasion with a misrepresented desire to commit genocide.
@StephLin6897 Israel is an extension of America, it was created specifically as an extension of the Allies' empires post-WWII. The state of Israel has no moral right to exist.
@@StephLin6897 intentional starvation is intention plus the remarks of Israeli's from state officials to soldiers on the ground, your deliberate attempts to miscue and hide the truth is not new, it is a genocide...unfortunately
Correct definition. And correctly defining what is happening to Palestinians by Isreal. Its genocide.
Thank you Bari, you are an inspiration.
I LIVE IN BARI ITALY AND LISTENING TO THIS HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMAN ♀️ I ONLY WISH THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD COME TO BARI ITALY AND SPEAK TO US STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BARI
I have watched a lot of TED talks and I have never seen the host get on stage and question the speaker about what they said? Yet, here, we have someone under the guise of wanting understanding do so using coded language that basically amounts to "don't you care about those poor Palestinians" that I and all the protesters are pretending to care about?. Just shameful.
When Coleman Hughes went on he was questioned by the host after his talk. Great talk if you didn’t see it great guy
Same with Sam Harris! Ted is no longer holding to their own values
FREE PALESTINE-
You truly articulated my feelings about why are we silent spectators
she speaks the truth. She is my hope. Her determination and courage is ever inspiring.
Raise your standards
Beautiful speech. Thanks for striving for free thought and moderation, Bari.
Bari nailed it!!
LOVE BARI!! It was wild to see just how worn the Ted Stage seems to appear... they used to be such a beacon for ideas and discourse... I was honestly shocked. I used to aspire to be a TED Fellow... but they've gone way down. Bari was a much welcome voice. Tennessee and Kentucky Native here!
Thank you for opening my eyes to the distortions/half-truths/ and agendas of what I thought were reputable news organizations (I still do read The NY Times for restaurant reviews though!) I was amazed that the Times actually had a hit piece (a joke!) on Bari - obviously Bari is making real inroads in other former Times readers!
The problem with taking a value like courage is that it can mean different things to different people. A person who is against gay marriage can claim that they are a courageous person because they are speaking up for what they believe are the importance of family values. A person who is gay can claim that they are courageous because of all the prejudice they have faced just for being gay whether it is the hostility shown to them by others or having to go through mental health struggles because of what society puts them through and having the strength to get through them. I don't know how one objectively measures courage.
Well said
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agree....you can turn anything into any argument that is favorable and politically correct...
You don’t. Obviously BOTH are courageous. This woman is unknowingly asking her enemies to oppose her harder.
Such a fabulous talk. Thank you.
Courage is important, but only courage with wisedom is the gold.❤
Great talk by Bari Weiss. While we might not agree with all her views, she’s a good example and testament of what real courage looks like. Pity Chris Anderson had to nearly ruin her talk with his sanctimonious and condescending editorial at the end. Why can’t he just leave well enough alone? Let the guest speaker’s words stand or fall on their own merit. No need to rudely insert yourself into the conversation. In that moment, no one needs or wants to hear from him. If he wants to debate the speaker, have a podcast interview. Don’t fly in like a seagull and crap on the guest speaker. He did the same thing to Coleman Hughes, and then some. This is why I stopped watching TED talks (unless someone of Bari’s calibre has the stage).
Real courage is chirping every propaganda point of your ethnostate like a parrot?
@@brucesnow7125 Before you use inaccurate terms like “ethnostate”, consider for a moment how many non-Jews (e.g. Arabs) live freely in Israel with every right of any other Israeli citizen compared to how many non-Arabs (let alone Jews) live freely in the rest of the many Arab countries in the Middle East, not to mention the historical reasons for why the State of Israel was created in the first place (e.g. the Holocaust). Many non-Jewish Israelis are fighting along with their fellow Jewish Israeli citizens to defend their country against genocidal terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. This is not about ethnicity from Israel’s point of view, but that’s certainly the driving motivation for Hamas, to eliminate every Jew in the Middle East (and beyond, quite frankly). You’ve completely inverted the facts on the ground.
@@cold_take Exactly. Israel isn't genociding the Palestinians. In fact, they're not genociding anyone.
Courage is sticking to your virtues even in the face of adversity, which is what leads people to make the sacrifices we see in history books or the news.
Whatever those virtues may be is a different conversation, people aren't evil, they simply grew up in different circumstances with a different government, different culture, education, religion, parents, economy, race, country etc..., those virtues are imposed upon everyone at birth, you weren't born having a political stance.
So even if you don't agree with their virtues, as long as they are willing to follow them even when faced with dire consequences, they have courage, certainly courage that may go against your own views, but courage non the less.
That's why this TedTalk was awfull, she didn't talk about courage, only what her own view of courage is while antagonizing everyone who goes against it.
I belive she was critiquing the lack of courage of liberal westerners.
That CEO makes it sound as if the people who have spoken out their truth already haven't done so with love and respect. He also cites the soundbite phenomenon, as if it's okay to remain silent because my speech will only be reduced to soundbites. I want to say to him that those of us who want to speak out have no control over the media, social media or otherwise. Does that mean we should never speak?
Brilliant
Powerful! Thank you Bari ❤️
That's the single most important TED talk ever.❤
Fantastic Ted Talk from Bari 👏👏👏
TULSI WAS A TOADIE!!!!…..Jaimie look up TOADIE please 😂❤😂❤
:58 she talks about somalian girl genital mutilation, yet she is a supporter of American amd Israeli boy genital mutilation.
We don't have to agree with everyone to listen to them nor shunt them just because we don't like what they are saying simply because there could be a sense of truth we vehemently deny.
This all used to be common sense until Zuk gifted us with Facebook.
"America really is the last best hope for earth"
*Smattering of applause*
American exceptionalism doesn't work in a global environment 🤣
I often wonder, if this is all just because we are just so stupid and depraved or is/are there really some force(s) that are trying to constantly stop human progress?
Here before the storm in the comment section 🍿
Can somebody here please show me where Bari Weiss has ever been in an actual debate? I don't mean curated soundbite soundgardens on msnbc, or some koffe klatch yammer sessions. I mean an actual debate. Much appreciated...
nah. you can be courageous at being a stupid jerk too.
this completely avoids the issues that brought us to this point in history. perhaps being in touch with one's own biases, and having the critical thinking skills to compare ones biases to the status quo, might show the disconnect, but that takes courage.
Powerful!
If you want to end terrorism, you have to end colonialism.
So we need to end the colonial Islamic rule of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
Well done, Bari!!!❤
Id say will power is the most important virtue. Be courageous yes but, the only way you can uphold that courage is with the will power to do so.
TED only has the immediate “challenge session” for speakers who dare to challenge their woke sensitivities. First Coleman, now Bari. Sad.
Chris Anderson needs to stop interjecting himself into sensitive issues. He did the same with Coleman Hughes.
Let people debate problems. Elevate voices of reason without trying to hold people's hands.
There is nothing courageous about standing on a stage and failing to condemn the slaughter of Palestinian civilians. “I am a proud supporter of Israel, even though I am a critic of its current government” is such a cowardly statement.
She did not have the courage to condemn Israel.
You started your speech by stating your opinion (personal belief) rather than the facts, and that's I think not good way og public speech or mass communication.
She is a coward herself
@@farhanahumayoon1822 😆
Sounds like because of the support for Hamas on the left, it does take bravery to say this kind of thing.
I still can't get over this speech about "courage" that relies entirely on straw man fallacies. 😭😭 I feel gas lit.
Such as
Such as this person just wanted to use the phrase gas lit.
What did she straw man?
Well said
The comments will go wild😂
This speaker has written a deplorable speech, in which she premeditated and painstakingly defends colonialism, imperialism, anti-vaccine campaigns, unscientific conspiracy theories about COVID, environmental destruction, racism and police brutality against minorities, and the entire list of the far-right narrative. Worst of all, she has done so with an apparently sensible and conciliatory tone, while overacting a supposed (clearly right-wing) indignation that she believes she has a right to, and above all, taking us all for fools. If it is true that courage is the greatest of virtues, she is the opposite of a virtuous person; not only because she does not remember the courage of Julian Assange or Palestinian children, but because her speech is a masterpiece of hypocrisy, and a hypocrite is above all a coward; a coward who thinks they are smarter than others and believes they have the right to manipulate them with a written script and a series of proper names that they have to read to remember because they don't really care about them at all. It is a shame that TED allows a speech that whitewashes the current far-right wave.
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Refreshing to see TED slowly dewokening....
It's crazy that any thinking person would object to anything she had to say.
Courage is standing for free speech even when you disagree. Not be for it, when your career started with trying to silence your arabic professor from sharing historical facts. And not standing for genocide because it is committed by your team.
Her Arab prof. came out praising Hamas for their murderous genocidal assault on civilians, both verbally and in print. I think she had a point.
@@arielcomenting joseph Massad is a respected academic who is mischarachterized by zios for basic political analysis. He never praised Hamas, just stated the consequences of the attacks on Zionist arrogance
Had a point? Read history don't be stupid
Except that's definitely not what happened. Why do ppl continue to traffic this lie abt her?
Basically you support the status quo, except when it’s not in your interest. Got it.
I disagree with your saying and unsaying. Do you respect that?
Took the words out of my mouth.
There are ways to uplift minorities without attacking the majority. By resorting to violence and mob rule, which is a tactic used for several millennia, you are supporting the status quo. Yes the Salem witch trials did happen but if suddenly angry witches roamed around targeting Christians, would it be justified? The irony is that people who claim that "words are violence," are the one's usually perpetrating actual physical violence!
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Her privilege is LOUD.
Comments proving her point 😁
Never seen such brigadiers before. It’s scary how much power they have to shut down discourse. It’s time to fight back.
@@Huub1e All you gotta do is say "No" and then block punches till they wear out.
Great speech!I I totally agree with her.
Refaat Alareer had courage
Yet, she showed no courage to talk about the genocide in Gaza. Talks of humanitarian and right issues violation in other countries but ignores what's happening in the US.
Courage is important? When does a child gain theirs? In adulthood?
And courage to justify baby mutilation. Courage also to admit your beliefs were wrong though. Do you have the courage? To be vulnerable to admit the mistakes?
Soetimes courage can be contrasts in our beliefs
Thank you for speaking out against FGM in the Islamic world.
Does Bari Weiss feel it takes courage to speak up for those little tiny nascent people that can't speak up for themselves in the space that they thought they were most safe in?
Giving a TED Talk about courage while tagging people with terms she doesn’t understand and dodging accountability is quite the paradox. I’m not sure if that’s boldness or a masterclass in deflection.
Roland Fryer: In 2019, a series of investigations at Harvard determined that Fryer had engaged in "unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature" against at least five women, that he had fostered a hostile work environment in his lab, and also cited unspecified conduct violations regarding Fryer's grant spending and lab finances. As a result, Harvard suspended Fryer without pay for two years, closed his lab, and barred him from teaching or supervising students.
People just know from the their level of perception. She mention a lot of things which she just heard not experienced it.
I'm utterly appalled by this talk. Bari Weiss presents herself as a champion of free speech and courage, yet she dismisses valid criticisms and real struggles faced by marginalized communities.
Her stance is self-righteous and tone-deaf. She frames the entire issue as if it’s just about being brave enough to speak unpopular truths, but it’s far more complex than that.
There are real, systemic issues that she glosses over with her oversimplified rhetoric. It’s frustrating to see someone use their platform to push a narrative that ignores the nuances and deep-seated injustices so many people face every day.
It’s easy to call for courage from a place of privilege, but it’s a whole different reality for those who are genuinely oppressed and fighting for their rights. This talk is infuriatingly disconnected from the real struggles on the ground.
Oh I know. The tone deaf privileged was nauseating. I’m struggling to listen. This is a TEDtalk softening Israel’s genocide and genuine atrocities. Do we really need more examples of white privilege. Enough Ted, do better.
real
There are no more self-righteous voices on the face of the earth than those of self-described progressives.
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I assume you meant to write, "She dismisses valid criticisms *from* marginalized communities". And yet, did you notice something there in what you wrote? I noticed something important. These marginalized communities CAN speak out against their marginalization. This is free speech. This is how progress is made. There are many many marginalized communities throughout the world who live in countries where they do not have this right. And in these environments, these communities have only once choice, keep your head down and be silent and see no change at all, or speak out and risk facing violence (I'm not talking about metaphorical violence, I'm talking about real violence here: beatings, kidnapping, murder, torture, gulags, etc...) All the social advancements that have been made in the US comes to us thanks to free speech. Every freedom we enjoy in the US comes from and is defended by the ability to speak freely. No other freedom is safe, no justice possible, without the ability to speak about them. Be careful about who you want to censor for your convenience, because you in turn may be censored in the future according to someone else's convenience.
6:50 so you're saying the majority are silent? As in a silent majority? I think I have heard that one before...
I think she ment to say "silenced"
What defines your courage in voting for leadership that error?
Doing it even though she knew people like you will criticise her 🤷🏾♀️
*Oh I get it, the troll is trolling us with the title. That or she actually believes it. LOL. Quitting your job due to bullying is not courage. Notice that the people who give a speech about a specific virtue NEVER have that virtue. Everyone sees it but them.*
Couldn’t listen more past 0:49
I'm with yyou. She's possibly the most insufferable person I've ever heard.
LOL I think you proved her point then.
Yeah, that's the beauty of free speech, it's also the freedom to ignore who you don't want to listen to. This is also an incredible freedom we have here. Some places you have no choice but to listen. Though, I gotta say... if you only listened to less than a minute, I'm not really sure if you can judge much of anything of what she said since you didn't bother to listen. I just took a look at where you said you stopped listening at 0:49... you take exception to her being opposed to FGM? Seriously? Wow.
I thought that there something be worth watching
We know your kind doesnt appreciate truth.
It takes courage to tell the truth in propaganda and controlled media.
I love her so much ♥
Interesting she mentions child genitial mutilation in Africa, but nothing on it happening in the USA.
Somalia has the highest rate at 98%, in the USA it is not a standard cultural phenomen and it's a felony.
Ummm, it happens to boys all the time and it is totally legal and promoted.
Well, either she is not denying that it happens in the USA, it is simply imposible to cover all types of injustices in a Ted Talk.
But she did say near the beginning that she didn’t believe children should make life altering decisions about their body. Also, her media Company ,The Free Press, has written several pieces about it.
@@jeffmilligan Circumcision (unnecessary) is far different that clitoral removal.
Jfc - giving a pro genocide bigot a platform is WILD with what's happening in Gaza right now.
Remember Rafah.
There's slight difference between courage, close-minded, and tone-deaf. U can guess who is she.
Absolutely fantastic! Congratulations to TED for moving away from 'woke' and focusing on the most important thing in the world: freedom of speech. I also think TED should apologize to Coleman Hughes.
I'm all for speaking your mind, perhaps especially when you don't agree with the mainstream. However, this whole talk seems like a rhetorical mess. Labelling people who burn down buildings and people who shout down their professors both under the same label of "extreme activists" carries dangerously little nuance. When is raising your voice for what you believe in "courage", and when is it "extreme activism"? There is a throughline in the whole talk of just an incredible lack of nuance. She chooses to say "tear down monuments of national heroes" instead of "tear down monuments of slave owners" even though both would be equally accurate.
I don't understand who this is supposed to appeal to. The people who actually still believe in anything in the US are fighting for those beliefs this very day. There hasn't been this much social activism since the civil rights movement. She seems to be appealing to the people sitting in their sofas to go outside and actually speak up, while at the same time shouting at your professor is "extreme". Like, that's a very thin window of acceptable behaviour. She wants people to speak up, but not to raise their voice?
There is also a clear bias to her examples. She exemplifies only the people she agrees with as courageous, and her goal is obviously to get you to agree to that as well. She says she wants people to be more courageous, but it just seems like she wants more people to agree with her worldview. This is not in itself bad. If you believe in a cause, you should do your best to gather support for that cause. However, this sort of activism is often masked behind a veneer of "i just want more of this really broad universally good thing" which leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
My point is, there's obviously an agenda to this talk that goes beyond "more courage!" and the fact that she deliberately does not disclose this pisses me off.
Amazing speech 🇮🇱💙🇺🇸
For this time, unfortunately, I am dissapointed with TED, unless they give the same speech room for a Palestinian on their stage to convey his/her voice with the same rights.
Can someone explain her reference to the ‘pristine subways of Russia’ ? Is that a neg to Tucker Carlson? Just a random guess but advise if you know?
Free speech until you say that the subways of Russia are pristine.
Confirmed. She’s buddies with Ben Shapiro. I appreciate hearing it from TC, though. Not because Vladimir is wonderful or I would rather live there. But it makes me wonder why we can’t have both freedom and clean, safe streets. 🇺🇸
@@gdnjr832 Absolutely.
All cultures are not created equal, is not that government?
Safe is relative like culture.
What a self-righteous talk. It's so easy to be in favor of all kinds of free speech when it doesn't effect you personally. Sure, free speech is important and a human right, but I'm yet to find anyone who doesn't make exeptions when the free speech becomes inconvenient. I bet there are some opinions even this presenter woundn't consider all that courageous for someone to express. It's always the same. The "free speech" crowd is usually the first to ban people, censor books etc. only then they have some miserable excuse why this time it's not against free speech to do it.
Still don’t agree with her baseless claims about Tulsi
Why on earth has TED given this person a platform? Where is the Technology, Entertainment or Design? This is pure politics and influence...thinly veiled by TED in this booking. Her fear constantly gets in the way of her compassion and intelligence...and I still don't understand why she is of relevance to comment? What is her specialism, her expertise? Her public profile baffles me.
I don't disagree but don't possess in spades . There's also a limit to how fired up I can be about the injustices of the world when just working and paying my bills sucks most of my life energy and how can it be otherwise ?
It's hard for me to take Bari Weiss seriously for a couple of reasons. First, she poses as a champion of Truth, yet she publishes false stories and absurd MAGA talking points. Second, she poses as a champion of Freedom, yet she gave a speech at The Federalist Society, which exists to engineer a fascist judiciary. Her talk was titled "You Are the Last Line of Defense". Against what? The Federalist Society doesn't "defend" against anything but democracy. She's an eloquent speaker, and it's not hard to see how some people could be swept up by her seeming sincerity. But she doesn't walk the walk like she talks the talk.
That TED Talk is just bullshit.
I was wondering if she was old enough to be Vice President. She's 40.😊
"Assad toadie"
fk yeah Bari
Run for president!
conflating all these ideas together peanut butters over the specificity of the issues. Israel and Me too are not the same issues.
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Few questions: Is truth one or many, or more precisely, can there be only one truth?
Is it not conservatism - and not liberalism - to believe that there is only one truth?
And, why America should be bothered that non-Western societies have their own `truths’? It is not that people prefer comfort over truth. It is not that USA has preferred to disregard `throwing of paint over masterpieces in museums’; it is rather that time and again USA has been throwing its weight around for serving its economic or geopolitical interests, be it in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Gaza, decimating societies that have held other points of view. This is being questioned, as it should be.
Given that there is one truth only, the American version, isn’t the establishment of truth a process similar to evolution? Should America destroy life that doesn’t meet its standards of `truth/s’, or nurture life to make it healthy?
Finally, is courage mere assertiveness or the amount of pain undergone for `right’ purpose, no matter how that right is defined? What about the likes of Gandhi and Mandela and Chomsky who refused to fight with weapons and demonstrated patience and compassion without losing purpose? What about the likes of people in Gaza who continue caring for their families despite exploitation, persecution and oppression.
Мне нравится какие у тебя разнообразные игры, Амогус! И концовка - огонь!)
This is a joke right
Even if it is, should such jokes be allowed to proliferate?
As an Iranian thank you for saying these facts.
God bless you.❤