“TED censors Ukrainian soldier’s speech” ‘TED refused to publish a speech by Maksym Osadchuk, a Ukrainian soldier, historian, and postgraduate student at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) based in Lviv.’



“TED censors Ukrainian soldier’s speech” ‘TED refused to publish a speech by Maksym Osadchuk, a Ukrainian soldier, historian, and postgraduate student at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) based in Lviv.’

by housecatspeaks

19 comments
  1. His main message was the obvious truth, “Russians are being Russians.”

    TED objected to the honesty.

  2. Awe, mannnnn. I was thinking about getting back into TEDtalk. It always felt a bit too condescending towards the inattentive masses. Guess I’ll double down and stay the course. Nonsequitor.

  3. TED lost all credibility a very long time ago

    Just look at how many people they gave talks to that are in jail for ponzi schemes and fraud

  4. TED still exists? I thought it was just some bullshit that was around when I was in college in 2011.

  5. >TED’s main office cited concerns over what they termed “inflammatory ‘us vs. them’ statements” in Osadchuk’s speech.

    Uh, what? They’re literally at war.

    >The TEDx [Ukrainian Catholic University] organizers emphasize that in the context of war, the “us vs. them” rhetoric is a description of an objective situation, not hate speech.

  6. I honestly forgot these were a thing because of how badly TED destroyed their own reputation by doing this exact kind of thing

  7. What was the actual talk about tho? Something Technology, Engineering and/or Design I presume? If so, surely a shortened talk could have been recorded and/or edited for wider publication leaving the full one for the local audience.

  8. If they aren’t talking about gender bending disphoria then Ted ain’t interested

  9. Was the issue a specific aspect of his speech, or the overall topic?

    Yes, we can all say F#@% TED, but surely there’s another venue; a way to move forward.

  10. It’s fine. TED hasn’t been relevant in years.

    Go look at the number of views on YouTube for a random TED Talk, compared to whatever you normally look at. Whatever you are probably looking at has 4x the views, except someone didn’t have to pay $6,000 to watch it being made.

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