- Feb 19, 2017
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So I'm really annoyed right now. I have a sister who is a liberal and non-Christian and she sent me a video today of a YouTuber who was saying that "Sound of Freedom is a LIE" and that the movie is harmful in its portrayal of human trafficking. I'll admit that the video did make some good points about how the movie neglects to inform the audience that human trafficking often occurs to people who KNOW their trafficker (such as someone being trafficked by a relative or an intimate partner), and how the movie doesn't exactly tell people how they can help survivors by linking to charities or organizations of any sort (the movie just encourages people to buy more tickets to the movie). Even still, however, the video states that Tim Ballard (the main character of the movie) was lying about his involvement with saving children from human trafficking, that court proceedings showed that stories he told were lies, that he has ties to the Mormon church (which was like ??? okay, so what?), and other things of that nature.
I forced myself to listen to the whole video, and honestly, even IF the Youtuber is right and the story wasn't exactly based on a true story, I don't see how it's harmful that people are going to see the movie. The Youtuber calls some things about the movie a "dogwhistle" and talks about how come of the things in the movie cater to people who believe in "conspiracies", but that still doesn't change the fact that it causes people to at least begin to think and have a conversation about human trafficking.
Anyways, my sister sending that video to me made me feel like I was being talked down to and like she saw me as "dumb" for falling for a movie like this. I'm going to talk with her about the video and probably not come to any good resolutions, but the reason that I'm so upset is that the issue of human trafficking actually hits intimately close to home for me. I don't believe that I'm stupid for watching a movie like this, even if the YouTuber was right about parts of his assessment of the movie. I watched it because I wanted to support the conversation surrounding human trafficking, which is a topic I've never felt brave enough to bring into casual conversation before.
This is the video my sister sent me. Hope it's okay for me to share it here:
I forced myself to listen to the whole video, and honestly, even IF the Youtuber is right and the story wasn't exactly based on a true story, I don't see how it's harmful that people are going to see the movie. The Youtuber calls some things about the movie a "dogwhistle" and talks about how come of the things in the movie cater to people who believe in "conspiracies", but that still doesn't change the fact that it causes people to at least begin to think and have a conversation about human trafficking.
Anyways, my sister sending that video to me made me feel like I was being talked down to and like she saw me as "dumb" for falling for a movie like this. I'm going to talk with her about the video and probably not come to any good resolutions, but the reason that I'm so upset is that the issue of human trafficking actually hits intimately close to home for me. I don't believe that I'm stupid for watching a movie like this, even if the YouTuber was right about parts of his assessment of the movie. I watched it because I wanted to support the conversation surrounding human trafficking, which is a topic I've never felt brave enough to bring into casual conversation before.
This is the video my sister sent me. Hope it's okay for me to share it here:
