This video was brought to my attention. It's about 1 hour 35 minutes long, and completely heart-wrenching.
I should give a warning, as some of the scenes are bloody disgusting.
Even with that warning said, I cannot allow myself to turn away from reality. Nor should any self-respecting human being.
Earthlings
I just got done watching it. Joaquin Phoenix did an amazing job narrating, his words somber and sonorous. The message eloquent and factual, loud and clear.
Words on a page are easy to dismiss. There's no clear image to see, and we all know that they were written by someone with a presupposed bias. We don't see the person behind the words, looking us dead in the eye as they speak. We don't research and double-check their facts because it's so much easier being blind... willingly blind.
We dismiss the truth because we've been trained to be wary of deceit -- in the printed words, the news blurbs, the photographs, the clipped and censored footage.
I watched this from beginning to end. I cannot forget now. I cannot erase these images from my memory. I cannot 'just walk away' from the truth. I can't just stuff my head back in the blissful sand of ignorance.
This is the problem with knowledge.
You can't unlearn it.
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2 comments:
Powerful. Thanks for bringing it to our attention (I will recommend it to the class). On the bright side (with respect to knowledge), we can learn!
dkj
I know... and most days I'm grateful for that. :)
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