From Trump’s Speech to Israel-Gaza: Jason Stanley on the Politics of Language

From Trump’s Speech to Israel-Gaza: Jason Stanley on the Politics of Language | Amanpour and Company

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6 ай бұрын

As grief and anger cascade across Israel and Gaza, language can be weaponized to widen the rift, spread propaganda or advance an individual agenda. And it doesn't stop there. From the radical speeches of Donald Trump to the extreme rhetoric of Russia, language plays an often dangerous role in politics. Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss his new book, "The Politics of Language."
Originally aired on November 16, 2023
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@christopherpaladin213 5 ай бұрын

Always enjoy when you have Prof. Stanley on. Incredibly well-read and smart person.

@rui569 6 ай бұрын

This interviews keep us informed and sane in the atual state of a loaded world.

@JasonGafar 6 ай бұрын

I always love hearing Jason Stanley speak. I've interacted with him a few times on Twitter. I'm really looking forward to his new book!

@spankflaps1365 6 ай бұрын

I recommend Tim Snyder’s lecture “how the Holocaust could have happened” which explains the ethos and playbook of Hitler, which is identical to Trump.

@bostonboybob 6 ай бұрын

agree. if trump isn't referring to Jews, which he isn't, who is he referring to. I think we all know...

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

@@bostonboybob Narcissist Trump is referring to any/all who don't endorse him. Narcissism 101: I can do no wrong.

@bostonboybob 6 ай бұрын

there will be blood level narcissism? perhaps @@buzoff4642

@albertomartinez714 6 ай бұрын

Both Stanley and Snyder are Js, so I'd be skeptical of what they say on Palestine. FREE PS!

@liedersanger1 6 ай бұрын

@@albertomartinez714 We should be skeptical of everybody, including you.

@janelightning73 5 ай бұрын

I'm grateful for the brilliance of Dr. Stanley.

@CyberspacedLoner 6 ай бұрын

Words lay the foundations for later violence,

@NicoFord-tc5nl 6 ай бұрын

I love Stanley, another national treasure❤

@nzazzara3111 5 ай бұрын

HERO

@deborahedelman2659 6 ай бұрын

Interesting and necessary discussion...thank you both!

@melstiller8561 6 ай бұрын

The danger of misplaced or misapplied words is greater than the intent of loaded weapons.

@jessikabat6200 6 ай бұрын

In times of war and crisis, adherence to core principles is more important than at any other time. Glad to see Professor Stanley speaking out about the dangers that become possible when these levels of dehumanization and fanaticism are invoked. It’s overtly genocidal language at times, as mass atrocities continue to occur against civilians. No civilians of any country are to blame for the actions of their leadership, that’s the exact type of reasoning that allowed for the massacre on October 7th, saying that every civilian is culpable for the occupation. Actually think about that, the Israeli government is using the same type of reasoning as who they call terrorists, that every civilian is guilty at most, or a sad cost and “collateral damage” at least. That’s truly insane. Dangerous AF, and inflicting more brutal damage and violence on these civilians is not going to help make Israeli civilians safer, if anything it’s raising the chances for something even worse to follow, because until there’s a political solution to what has been willfully ignored and thwarted by Israel as a policy choice for far too long now, which is freedom for Palestinians, full equality and rights. Until that happens, nothing will actually improve.

@AbuSous2000PR 6 ай бұрын

correction: all Israelis 18 years or older...must serve in the army for 3 yrs...then they have to serve in the reserve for 45 to 55 days per year until age of 58. For Palestinian.. there is no such thing ...and those who resist Israeli replacement & dispossession are usually volunteers.

@albertomartinez714 6 ай бұрын

Stanley is a J, so I'd be skeptical of what he says on Palestine. FREE PS!

@andrewkohler9730 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this very cogent and morally centered comment! Note also at 10:38 when Prof. Stanley says some Israeli politicians are justifying their current atrocities by comparing them to Allied bombings in WWII - newsflash: those were also war crimes.

@sumernoel1553 6 ай бұрын

Excellent points. Switch the language away from the polarized terms.

@DunnoWhatHandleToUse 6 ай бұрын

I've listened to a couple of Jason Stanley's lectures and talks on KZfaq, and this is the most focused and coherent I've ever heard him.

@sandal_thong8631 6 ай бұрын

Ouch. I've felt that some of his earlier lectures are rough, but he's gotten better when talking about his book, _How Fascism Works_ in the last couple years.

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

He is an Orwellian character.

@mystrust7 6 ай бұрын

His book on Fascism was amazing and unsettling.

@user-cg5yz7iy1r 6 ай бұрын

As a Palestinian who has been oppressed since 1948, we suffer a lot from the “politics of speech" which been used for decads by israeli leaders. In Israel, there is a fascist figure who is considered a model for using the “politics of speech.” He is Benjamin Netanyahu. He used many "speech politics" terms, most recently the prophecy of Isaiah and the giant "amalik". What does the guest comment on this?

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

You need to read the Quran. Islamism is your problem, not Israel.

@user-cg5yz7iy1r 6 ай бұрын

@@Seekthetruth3000 No , my Problem is you...

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

How?@@user-cg5yz7iy1r

@tracysample6942 5 ай бұрын

Christian Nationalism is America's problem. @@Seekthetruth3000

@bernardwylie9760 6 ай бұрын

That discussion of “super predator” from the 1990s was excellent. It’s a glaring example of how right-wing language about black men impacted policy, largely supported by even liberal politicians. However, a big difference is that the left and liberal politicians can admit mistakes, and many did on this one and came around to criminal justice reform, because they supported over-incarceration. Right-wingers who created this language continue to pretend nothing was wrong with it, and no adverse effects were created by it. In others words, they believe in pure fantasyland where their rhetoric and actions have no consequences.

@albertomartinez714 6 ай бұрын

Except it's accurate to describe an outsized number of black men, perhaps even moreso today than in the 1990s. And people notice that.

@bernardwylie9760 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@albertomartinez714it was horseshit then, and it’s horseshit now. Trolls like you trumpet it. Does not make it true. Get a life if this is what you think of human beings.

@Haasenpfeffer 6 ай бұрын

One magic word that the professor fails to deal with is “Amalek” why is that?

@robertskolimowski7049 6 ай бұрын

👏👏👏 ✌️

@mahmudrahman9855 6 ай бұрын

if Hamas is a terrorist group then how is IDF not a terrorist organization.

@jmcd9828 6 ай бұрын

Tough question. Was the US armed forces a terrorist organization when operating in Iraq post 9/11?

@quackslikeaduck 6 ай бұрын

@@jmcd9828Easy "yes". And that's only one example.

@kevinjenner9502 6 ай бұрын

The US invasion of Iraq was declared illegal on Sept 15, 2004 by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Bush was tried in absentia by the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva. “The invasion of Iraq was neither in self defense against armed attack, nor sanctioned by the UN Security Council authorizing the use of force by member states and thus constituted the Crime of War of Aggression.

@spicypines3827 6 ай бұрын

@jmcd9828 yes lol. you thought you had a point there?

@toddlyman9439 6 ай бұрын

If any collateral damage is terrorism, then all war is terrorism. Some people think intention matters, and Israel claims it is not intentionally targeting civilians. Hamas intentionally targets civilians, so there is no doubt about the matter. I'm guessing you don't care about intention, or if you do, you think Israel is lying about theirs.

@montelorne 6 ай бұрын

Jason Stanley mentions the genocide carried out by Sukarno in Indonesia. Too bad, he doesn’t mention that this murderous rampage was carried out with the support and backing of his government.

@brock1travis 6 ай бұрын

Rationality!

@colleenorrick5415 5 ай бұрын

Professor Stanley, I would love to chat with you about the impact of language in other areas besides politics, for example about disability and presenting animal abuse as acceptable in KZfaq videos.

@jacovawernett3077 5 ай бұрын

I already knew all this. Geshem Israel Geshem Israel elehenu Adonai Hashem. I was born March 11th in Bethlehem.

@Maxwell-mv9rx 6 ай бұрын

Where world this guys are living? Politics speech always undermines information to intent hurt their enemies. Ridiculus .

@postpunkhah 6 ай бұрын

Hateful rhetoric spewed across media started the genocide in Rwanda, and it can absolutely happen here.

@jacobjorgenson9285 5 ай бұрын

Boycott ANY company the trades with or within Israel. H&M, Zara, Starbucks, Costa, McDonalds, Burger King

@colleenorrick5415 5 ай бұрын

Peace through strength? He means violence

@connortilson7141 6 ай бұрын

Pre1967 Borders -Two States - With long established UN International Law! - Only Viable Solution! 🤷‍♂️🙏

@nicholasschroeder3678 6 ай бұрын

What's most distressing and disgusting is that millions worship a spoiled rich kid with no accomplishments or talents. How stupid our country is. Who'd a thunk?

@andrewkohler9730 5 ай бұрын

10:37 - Note that the Allied bombings in WWII were *also* war crimes.

@angeline12345 Ай бұрын

Wow 😑

@markcampbell7577 6 ай бұрын

This is going to cover up George Orwell's book " Politics of the English language".

@llauram3650 6 ай бұрын

Good video. But just as Hamas shouldn't be equated with Palestinians, Israel shouldn't be equated with Jewish people either.

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

The politicians have been busy peddling Demographic Block Identity. It's been mighty effective cover, for retooling the planet's economy, for benefit of the international elite. Right now, that is at odds with the usual, Leave The "National Interests" Concerns To Us crowd.

@Rnankn 6 ай бұрын

Marxism is more widespread than suggested. Marx is one of the great theorists of modernity, alongside Darwin, Freud and Einstein. Their ideas are foundational and ubiquitous even within ostensibly unrelated fields. Few would define their identity around a single intellectual figure, but the influence and importance of pivotal ideas should not be minimized, or denigrated. There is no reason we should accept ‘marxists’ as a legitimate political target, but neither should we trivialize their relevance or contributions. It’s just economics with labour and class emphasis, which can be useful to consider from time to time, Donald Trump notwithstanding.

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

JFK, on Karl Marx, "And I hope all publishers will bear this lesson in mind the next time they receive a poverty-stricken appeal for a small increase in the expense account from an obscure newspaper man."

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

Marxism, Nazism, and Islamism are not compatible with a civilized way of life.

@herohero8620 5 ай бұрын

During ww2 just look at wgat allies did to hammburg or even japan .

@andrewkohler9730 5 ай бұрын

Yes. Those are war crimes of the most egregious kind.

@Xoksikhumalo 6 ай бұрын

You're investigating the word "ceasefire" and "apartheid"? How about the phrases "we're not looking for precision, but looking for damage", "terrorist to be eradicated" exclusively only applied exclusively to Muslims or Arabs, "right to self-defense", "guerilla army", "we are in a holy war", "we must recall Amalek" and "we want Nakba 2023". These are words to be investigated not this fluff you just talked about. Do honest journalism otherwise your legitimacy will die

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, for spin factories, information flows. A Canadian living in the US asked some years back, was it always this bad? I said we now have visibility not only to what is happening now, but also the past. Very specifically, the governments around the globe have lost control over use of propaganda, long used to tame/control their citizenry.

@nanwilliamson5936 5 ай бұрын

Do you not think that Israel pushed and pushed and pushed the Palestinians into acting crazy because what did they have to loose?

@MrIsaacraz 6 ай бұрын

Doesn’t anyone on your show understand the concept of intent?

@robertskolimowski7049 6 ай бұрын

A lot of truths spoken there. However, the moment he starts commenting on the current tragic situation in the Middle East he, at many times, begins to take advantage of the sort of language and reasoning he himself criticised just moments ago.

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

Historic parallels exist, and it is a normal, natural thing to see the parallels. Terms as means to create contempt and shut down conversation with opposition, such as vermin, and to justify questionable action, such as genocide.

@albertomartinez714 6 ай бұрын

He's a J. He can't be expected to speak fairly on Israel. Free Palestine!

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

He is an Orwellian character.

@franchk8372 6 ай бұрын

The 'politics of language.' Well, you said in your interview with Q Rania that your journos saw 'babies had been shot.' Well, that's not true is it? More than disappointed as I have watched your show for a long time.

@Diane-xh7vl 6 ай бұрын

Let's not forget that trumps dad came from Germany 😳 so he learned this from his dad.

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

So did Einstein. Learn to think critically. Stanley is an Orwellian character.

@vjhamilton4043 6 ай бұрын

Wasn't it Hilary Clinton who described youth as super predators? She's very good at labeling and othering.

@brendahhstiles9992 6 ай бұрын

🙄

@CGC1949 4 ай бұрын

Nope

@ingridgrattidge5887 6 ай бұрын

The politics of language. Really ? Really? Is it not truth!

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

"vermin"? He's not wrong on use of terms used to build pillars of contempt - which historically has been prep for militarizing for mass destruction. Which we are seeing bulldoze Gaza. Yet, at the same time, he infers use of Nazi, apartheid, genocide, etc. descriptors are too harsh to characterize the Israel military actions toward Palestinian, as its too much for the delicate sensibilities of those who lived through their own genocide. 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

@albertomartinez714 6 ай бұрын

Stanley is a J, so I'd be skeptical of what he says on Palestine. FREE PS!

@RFKJrforPresident- 6 ай бұрын

So your point is that Jewish people can’t make a point about Israel Palestinian situation? Only Palestinians can? or is it that Jewish people are just untrustworthy on every subject?

@josephsimmons9241 5 ай бұрын

He is saying they need to be treated like humans. Being J-ish doesn't mean you cannot be critical of the policies of Israel. In fact, I would say a true J is obligated to speak against actions taken by a state in their name.

@Seekthetruth3000 6 ай бұрын

This guy is totally Orwellian.

@Haasenpfeffer 6 ай бұрын

“vermin” is the Modern Orthodox term in English for Palestinians, btw

@brandonmedlin6703 6 ай бұрын

Yea that super predator was crazy and that destroyed the blk man….

@sandal_thong8631 6 ай бұрын

When Republicans talk (or write) people, even some Democrats listened.

@buzoff4642 6 ай бұрын

@@sandal_thong8631 Or even some First Lady - Hillary. Societies built on predation needs a story both to justify and preserve that predation. It's cover for failed policy. Homeless: bums, drunkards, irresponsible, etc. Current "skills shortage", we have citizens living on the streets, others working for $2.13 an hour, while we import labor gluts.

@18_rabbit 6 ай бұрын

whose working for 2.13/hour right now? @@buzoff4642