Creating Monsters in Digital Discourse

Major General Saad Maan Al-Moussawi, head of the Security Media Cell, discusses the idea of "monster-making" in digital discourse, highlighting how social media platforms dehumanize the individual.

He stressed that this phenomenon is not just a linguistic aberration, but a system that reshapes collective perception and behavior, leading to rejection and hatred of the other.

He emphasizes that words, images, and even silence contribute to the creation of the "monster," calling for a digital discourse that aims to preserve human dignity and promote critical thinking instead of being dragged towards abstraction and abolition.

He concludes with a fundamental question about whether we will manage digital discourse to build the human being or leave the opportunity to create the monster.

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