In an unflinching look at issues that widen the political divide in the US, journalist and editor Bari Weiss highlights why courage is the most important virtue in today’s polarized world. She shares examples of people who have spoken up in the face of conformity and silence — and calls on all of us to say what we believe. (Followed by a Q&A with head of TED Chris Anderson)
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@madelinebutler3349
May 31, 2024 at 4:52 am
Such a dishonest hack
@agadavictor6947
May 31, 2024 at 6:03 am
❤
@celestialcircledance
May 31, 2024 at 6:33 am
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 ?
@mortezakhosravi771
May 31, 2024 at 6:56 am
Here is the translation of your sentence to English:
Massih Alinejad is a professional liar whom people around the world believe.
@a.michelle9289
May 31, 2024 at 7:33 am
Wow. 👍
@pelagunadarendah9078
May 31, 2024 at 7:55 am
There’s slight difference between courage, close-minded, and tone-deaf. U can guess who is she.
@rndomproduction4563
May 31, 2024 at 8:17 am
why is Bari Weiss spreading Islamophobia?
@alexanderblady2963
May 31, 2024 at 8:18 am
Well said
@AbdullahBurki
May 31, 2024 at 8:37 am
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.
@AdenwalaM
May 31, 2024 at 9:09 am
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?
@tylermeganck5094
May 31, 2024 at 10:06 am
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.
@jammiethe
May 31, 2024 at 5:23 pm
Well said
@khanjigameing128
May 31, 2024 at 11:07 am
When she Sayed I support Israel huminity dies
@tonilynne1213
May 31, 2024 at 11:07 am
this went way over my head
@glimmrgirl
May 31, 2024 at 12:21 pm
Well done, Bari!!!❤
@elieg.8920
May 31, 2024 at 12:33 pm
I did not understand one word of all this…Very forced speach, reading a paper.. Too much preparation and forced..Does not sound sincere at all…
@CalebGalaraga
May 31, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Powerful!
@persiantanz
May 31, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Be aware of what you are saying when you named Iran
Iran is the most cultural and oldest country in the world not like america that invented less than a thousand year🫵🫵
@ericataxinyoga
May 31, 2024 at 1:40 pm
A voice of reason
@borisawdejew2556
May 31, 2024 at 1:43 pm
Мне нравится какие у тебя разнообразные игры, Амогус! И концовка – огонь!)
@NdeyeDelgado
May 31, 2024 at 2:03 pm
This is bullshit
@sykogurl05
May 31, 2024 at 3:00 pm
I still can’t get over this speech about “courage” that relies entirely on straw man fallacies. 😭😭 I feel gas lit.
@brishna7043
May 31, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Stop this bole s shut
@rukam3
May 31, 2024 at 5:41 pm
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.
@iftihaj
May 31, 2024 at 6:10 pm
Time for me to say adios to TedTalk
@mariamkhaled2942
May 31, 2024 at 8:37 pm
I’m from the middle east and I know the culture of Iran and Afghanistan and ALL the information that she provided in this video is wrong! I can’t really believe How does the Western media tell lies to Western people? and trying to brainwash them. Please be careful! I repeat again and again, the Western media falsifies the facts and does not tell the truth to its people because of their political interests.
@amsamiso
May 31, 2024 at 9:44 pm
Thank you Bari, you are an inspiration.
@combatobacco
June 1, 2024 at 3:50 am
In short- shame on this talk and the speaker! such stark irony trying to stand shoulder to shouder with the genocidal inhumanity.
@mariaantoniettamontella9173
June 1, 2024 at 4:24 am
coraggiosa
@romanlyubovny5453
June 1, 2024 at 4:52 am
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.
@jessidurmis
June 1, 2024 at 8:11 am
His point is everything…loveingkindness.. she is concerned our freedom of speech is growing smaller so we won’t be able to speak love
@OrzubekXojaboyev
June 1, 2024 at 8:13 am
a man without a degree is clever than three women with PhD
@thescissored6015
June 1, 2024 at 1:44 pm
so unnecessary to say btw lmao
@khudaijaahmad5653
June 1, 2024 at 10:24 am
All eyes on Rafah…
Shame on TED
@sachamm
June 1, 2024 at 12:08 pm
Weiss is the kind of “journalist” who (rightly) condemns Hamas rockets, but is silent on — or worse, makes excuses for — the horror of Palestinian kids killed by Israeli bombs.
@ellatgrasso2096
June 1, 2024 at 12:10 pm
Lol the courage to think giving Palestinian people food and medicine is antisemitic
@The6thelement9413
June 1, 2024 at 12:21 pm
You speak the truth, but many are cowards. I would die for the cause to keep America free.
@thesadman9486
June 1, 2024 at 3:33 pm
Shame ! Shame ! Shame!
@user-ug1do3sp4f
June 1, 2024 at 4:37 pm
All cultures are not created equal, is not that government?
@user-ug1do3sp4f
June 1, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Courage is important? When does a child gain theirs? In adulthood?
@user-ug1do3sp4f
June 1, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Safe is relative like culture.
@user-ug1do3sp4f
June 1, 2024 at 4:39 pm
What defines your courage in voting for leadership that error?
@nourbou7446
June 1, 2024 at 4:56 pm
Free free palestine
@nourbou7446
June 1, 2024 at 4:56 pm
Such a shame
@Mo-fi4fv
June 2, 2024 at 1:04 am
Amazing speech, filled with truth.
@asgeirjonsson159
June 2, 2024 at 2:39 am
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.
@xponentialme
June 2, 2024 at 3:32 am
I. Love. You.
@xponentialme
June 2, 2024 at 3:37 am
You delivered the best TED Talk that framed the current situatiuon properly. Thanks for what you did.
@user-ft7pk6jp7s
June 2, 2024 at 4:18 am
You are sattan
@rudolfespinola9231
June 2, 2024 at 6:51 am
TED must be tainted.They are presenting some of the worst people possible to their talks.
@DiamondLil
June 2, 2024 at 5:38 pm
Is it important to you that you only hear from people you already agree with?
@kawthar8778
June 2, 2024 at 8:11 am
So boring 🥱
@darinherrick9224
June 2, 2024 at 12:51 pm
Call me crazy but I don’t think being in favor of murder is boring. I think it’s controversial to say the least. Personal rights above the right of others to live has always struck me as incredibly selfish.
Beyond that it’s an empire in decline, what do you expect?
In addition you opening statements ignore the “silent majority”. You are want the people who oppose you to speak up? Because to the silent majority your boring ideals are NOT justice.
The only way to change the status quo in a democracy is to have superior numbers. And your views simply do not have the numbers right now. You are the vocal minority.
Most people are are silent center right conservatives, what would be considered far right in most first world countries.
The radicalism and scandal you decry is the sign that things ARE changing. You think there can be victory without sacrifice?
Or perhaps you want EVERYONE fighting each other with courage?
@bobbowie9350
June 2, 2024 at 1:24 pm
“Assad toadie”
@osamaAhmed-oi7km
June 2, 2024 at 3:56 pm
I love you
@minpin9230
June 2, 2024 at 5:03 pm
Fantastic Ted Talk from Bari 👏👏👏
@user-vq8eq4px7h
June 2, 2024 at 7:32 pm
She speaks the truth. well done! I really enjoyed the lecture, thank you very much.
@realguy9152
June 5, 2024 at 7:08 pm
Everybody in my philosophy group found it palpably illogical and irrational. I go to Harvard btw.
@perec3674
June 3, 2024 at 4:50 am
Your whole speech reeks of privileged paternalism. The rights you posses where fought for, protested, rioted. What a historically obtuse mindset. As MLK said “The white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action” and that’s what this speech reminded me of.
@Mak68728
June 5, 2024 at 8:56 am
People who grew up privileged and supported will never get that.
@larskoch-mehrin7427
June 3, 2024 at 6:23 am
I really dont believe that the USA is the last best hope on earth, absolutely not, no
@Nept3rius
June 3, 2024 at 8:12 am
This speech demonstrated the opposite of courage sadly,
@JoshuaDb_The_Witness
June 3, 2024 at 12:43 pm
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.
@JoshuaDb_The_Witness
June 3, 2024 at 12:44 pm
If you want to end terrorism, you have to end colonialism.
@naseermuaviyai3465
June 3, 2024 at 4:46 pm
Shame on you, for your support to israel
@jamil19
June 3, 2024 at 10:40 pm
It takes courage to tell the truth in propaganda and controlled media.
@stratoshd9043
June 4, 2024 at 7:24 am
MAGA academic ?
@sarak-yp7gt
June 4, 2024 at 2:04 pm
Free Palestine
@Ninaaatheheartrender
June 5, 2024 at 4:38 am
Isn’t it the woman who kill Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian lecturer?
@Harriet502
June 5, 2024 at 6:40 am
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.
@waltmccarthy9837
June 5, 2024 at 12:34 pm
You wanna see courage?
Look, at the college kids who are being beaten by police because authoritarians like this monster support such Stalinist policies because, you know, she’s so brave.
@resplendentorder8661
June 5, 2024 at 6:40 pm
Pure delusion
@cold_take
June 5, 2024 at 6:52 pm
I barfed.