And if you prefer to read, here’s the Wikipedia article:
And you could <gasp!> do both. Go crazy.
And we’re off to the races already with framing. The video does spend its run time calling her Dihya. And it does mention the totally bad ass nickname, the Sorceress, several times. But the Wikipedia article calls her Kahina and throws in a side reference, also known as Dihya. Pay attention to that.
Within a minute of the video we get the table set for the rest of the movie. War, death, powerful authority figures. All the cool stuff missing from the Dihya, Sorceress Queen spinoff of Xena we never got but fully deserved.
The next two minutes. Uh oh. The Roman Empire, independent tribes, Islam, Christianity.. This might be headed towards something that might upset my feewings. I don’t want that. But for a well educated and open minded guy, my curiosity is piqued. I’ve never heard of this person. And I’ve enjoyed other content from this channel. I’ll trust it for now. They always inspire me not just with the content of the story, but the effort they put in to the manner that they present the story. I’ll give it a go for at least a couple more minutes.
Now the River of Sufferings. That’s the good stuff. I could have done without that part about the army size - 40,000 or maybe not. Maybe just exaggerated by fake news historians. But it’s narrated with graphic descriptions of people getting shot by arrows and armies charging in to battle. Peter Jackson movie? Sign me up. I certainly don’t hate this story of this woman I’ve never heard of.
Oh no! YouTube ads! I got Audible and Pods storage. Get back to the video. I hate ads. And right after that, whether the YouTube needs advertisers to make money ad break came just before it - the main point here. The channel specific advertisement at the eight and a half minute mark. Ground News. Again. My feed is loaded with content creators that have partnered with Ground News. It’s an endorsement not unlike Michael Jordan promoting sneakers. If you want to play basketball like me, you need good shoes like these. If you want to fully appreciate history and news, here’s something you should also be considering.
The story you are hearing is absolutely affected by who told it or who is telling it now. Actual events absolutely are clouded with spin, framing, deliberately missing context, and even outright lies. And now Nightshift has brilliantly worked in a cartoon owl taking a short break to not just teach the story of Dihya, they are also reinforcing the dangers of consuming news and history algorithmically changed by catering to confirmation bias.
And now back in with the concluding parts of the story. I definitely didn’t see that coming. Just before eleven minutes, Dihya has to return to fighting her old enemy she previously drove away. And going all scorched earth might not have been the greatest idea. I’ve said this so many times. We’ve seen this movie once before. While survival or plunder might start off getting people motivated and engaged, when the shit hits the fan and people can’t eat or drink water you get a whole new level of crazy that you aren’t prepared for.
And immediately after this, the payoff of reporting. Ground News didn’t step in with a Tardis to accurately report who did what to whom and when. Would be conquerors spin to make the enemy look bad. Actual mistakes are exaggerated and emphasized. And history remembers Dihya very differently depending on who is doing the talking, what their background is, what their motivation is,
And absolutely 100% not some allegedly secret code that is only used to report on current events after the fact.
Modern day gematria used for conspiracy theories, the motivation is clear. They want to take advantage of your lack of real education. They want to take advantage of your confirmation bias to get at your wallet. Their stories have massively dropped in volume. If there was any real meaning to the system, there would be tons of 1776 stories exploding on national news, whether it’s a full propaganda source or a neutral site.
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