The Power of Words
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37 "But dehumanizing the victim makes things simpler It's like breathing with a respirator It eases the conscience of even the most conscious and calculating violator Words can reduce a person to an object, something more easy to hate An inanimate entity, completely disposable, no problem to obliterate" Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy in "Language of Violence" The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy are a 90's conscientious rap group that almost no one heard of, led by Michael Franti. They are one of my favorite groups of all time because of their creative ways of challenging injustice. In their song, Language of Violence , they tell the story of how physical violence is often preceded by dehumanizing words. They spoke in th...