{"id":12866,"date":"2025-09-29T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/?p=12866"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:04:52","slug":"hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-words-on-the-enemys-tongue-between-weak-arguments-a-crisis-of-trust-and-tools-of-hypnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-words-on-the-enemys-tongue-between-weak-arguments-a-crisis-of-trust-and-tools-of-hypnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: \u201cWords on the Enemy\u2019s Tongue\u2026 Between Weak Arguments, a Crisis of Trust, and Tools of Hypnosis\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p data-start=\"9522\" data-end=\"9794\">In our media space, a striking phenomenon recurs: texts and quotes attributed to \u201cthe enemy,\u201d presented as if they were shocking confessions of defeat or acknowledgments of injustice against us. People circulate these with enthusiasm, treating them as irrefutable proof.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"9796\" data-end=\"10108\">We read, for example, about alleged articles in the Israeli press claiming \u201cIsrael is breathing its last,\u201d or fabricated translations of Israel\u2019s national anthem presented as an anthem of surrender. Such posts spread with astonishing speed, gaining tens of thousands of shares\u2014without verification or scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10110\" data-end=\"10355\">The pressing question is: <strong data-start=\"10136\" data-end=\"10219\">Why do we need our adversaries to speak on our behalf to validate our position?<\/strong> Does this not reveal weak arguments, collapsing trust in our own media, or even deliberate manipulation aimed at collective hypnosis?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10357\" data-end=\"10657\">In this article, I attempt to dissect the phenomenon through three lenses: weak reasoning, crisis of trust, and propaganda manipulation. I will explore how these interpretations intersect, the effects on collective consciousness, and conclude with ethical reflections and practical recommendations.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"10659\" data-end=\"10691\">1. Forms of the Phenomenon<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"10692\" data-end=\"10721\">There are three main forms:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"10723\" data-end=\"11340\">\n<li data-start=\"10723\" data-end=\"10893\">\n<p data-start=\"10725\" data-end=\"10893\"><strong data-start=\"10725\" data-end=\"10762\">Genuine quotes, decontextualized:<\/strong> Real statements from newspapers or officials, but stripped of their context and presented as comprehensive admissions of defeat.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"10894\" data-end=\"11089\">\n<p data-start=\"10896\" data-end=\"11089\"><strong data-start=\"10896\" data-end=\"10917\">Distorted quotes:<\/strong> Phrases are cut or rearranged to change meaning entirely\u2014often from left-leaning Israeli writings\u2014turned into cries of collective suicide rather than targeted critiques.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"11090\" data-end=\"11340\">\n<p data-start=\"11092\" data-end=\"11340\"><strong data-start=\"11092\" data-end=\"11120\">Fully fabricated quotes:<\/strong> The most dangerous type\u2014words that were never written, attributed to famous writers or papers. This type thrives on social media, fitting the \u201cquick emotional message\u201d logic that excites without need for verification.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"11342\" data-end=\"11389\">2. Weak Arguments and External Validation<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"11390\" data-end=\"11775\">Relying on the enemy\u2019s voice often exposes internal weakness. Instead of building discourse on facts and rational analysis, we seek fabricated external reinforcement. Historically, this mirrors 19th-century Arab intellectuals who cited Western travelers\u2019 words to prove what logic and local knowledge could already prove\u2014believing validation only counts if it comes from \u201cthe other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"11777\" data-end=\"12028\">But this weakens us more than it strengthens. It shows a lack of self-confidence and distrust of the audience. Worse, fabricated evidence invites exposure and ridicule, stripping credibility and cementing the idea that our discourse rests on deceit.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"12030\" data-end=\"12069\">3. Crisis of Trust in Local Media<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"12070\" data-end=\"12174\">The phenomenon also reflects a deeper social-political dimension: <strong data-start=\"12136\" data-end=\"12172\">lack of trust in official media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"12176\" data-end=\"12429\">When citizens feel state media deceives them and independent journalism is silenced, they instinctively turn to external voices\u2014even enemy ones. A \u201ctestimony from the adversary\u201d feels more credible because it appears unfiltered by domestic censorship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"12431\" data-end=\"12449\">Examples abound:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"12450\" data-end=\"12752\">\n<li data-start=\"12450\" data-end=\"12606\">\n<p data-start=\"12452\" data-end=\"12606\">During the First Intifada, Palestinians cited confessions of Israeli officers published in Hebrew papers, since Arab media couldn\u2019t publish them freely.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"12607\" data-end=\"12752\">\n<p data-start=\"12609\" data-end=\"12752\">In Lebanon\u2019s 2006 war, translated excerpts of Israeli press on casualties gained more traction than statements from resistance or Arab media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"12754\" data-end=\"12851\">Thus, the credibility gap makes the enemy\u2019s voice\u2014even a fake one\u2014more persuasive than our own.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"12853\" data-end=\"12898\">4. Manipulation and Collective Hypnosis<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"12899\" data-end=\"13083\">Fabricated quotes also serve as deliberate propaganda. They produce quick psychological impact: instilling hope, anger, or the illusion that victory is near and the enemy collapsing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"13085\" data-end=\"13382\">But in truth, such messages induce collective hypnosis: dulling rather than awakening people, making them believe \u201chistory is on our side\u201d and \u201cthe enemy admits defeat.\u201d This reduces motivation for action, leaving audiences as passive sharers rather than critical thinkers demanding real change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"13384\" data-end=\"13587\">This mirrors Gustave Le Bon\u2019s century-old insight: masses are swayed by images and suggestion more than analysis. Repeated fabrications become images that program consciousness rather than liberate it.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"13589\" data-end=\"13625\">5. Ethical and Cognitive Risks<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"13626\" data-end=\"13864\">From an ethical perspective, this practice is dangerous. Attributing false statements to others is deliberate lying, placing us in the same camp we condemn. If we criticize the enemy for propaganda, how do we justify using it ourselves?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"13866\" data-end=\"14082\">Cognitively, relying on fabrications erodes critical skills. People get accustomed to accepting anything labeled \u201cenemy confesses.\u201d This leaves societies fragile before any form of propaganda, internal or external.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"14084\" data-end=\"14129\">6. Historical and Contemporary Examples<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"14130\" data-end=\"14617\">\n<li data-start=\"14130\" data-end=\"14278\">\n<p data-start=\"14132\" data-end=\"14278\">In Egypt\u2019s 1950s\u201360s political literature, some writers cited exaggerated Western praise for the July Revolution to persuade domestic audiences.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"14279\" data-end=\"14390\">\n<p data-start=\"14281\" data-end=\"14390\">During the 2003 Iraq War, fake U.S. defeat statements circulated online, only to vanish when truth emerged.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"14391\" data-end=\"14617\">\n<p data-start=\"14393\" data-end=\"14617\">Today, with social media, such fabrications spread faster: from \u201cIsrael gasps its last breath\u201d to mistranslated national anthems. Each is a case of weaving illusion into a single emotional phrase and presenting it as fact.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"14619\" data-end=\"14647\">7. What Is to Be Done?<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"14648\" data-end=\"14704\">The way out is not more fabrication, but the opposite:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"14705\" data-end=\"15043\">\n<li data-start=\"14705\" data-end=\"14775\">\n<p data-start=\"14707\" data-end=\"14775\">Build independent, free media that can publish truth without fear.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"14776\" data-end=\"14861\">\n<p data-start=\"14778\" data-end=\"14861\">Teach audiences verification skills (distinguishing credible sources from fakes).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"14862\" data-end=\"14950\">\n<p data-start=\"14864\" data-end=\"14950\">Strengthen internal discourse grounded in facts and logic, not invented testimonies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"14951\" data-end=\"15043\">\n<p data-start=\"14953\" data-end=\"15043\">Uphold ethics: truth is the only lasting capital of any political or cultural discourse.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"15045\" data-end=\"15299\">The phenomenon of \u201cwords on the enemy\u2019s tongue\u201d is not an innocent trick, but a mirror of our crises: weak reasoning, lost trust, and susceptibility to manipulation. To persist in it means living in a comforting illusion instead of confronting reality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"15301\" data-end=\"15650\">If we want strong discourse, we must free ourselves from needing the \u201cenemy\u2019s certificate.\u201d Real strength comes not from fabricated words but from building truthful arguments, trustworthy media, and a society capable of critique and verification. Only then will we create our own discourse\u2014no longer prisoners of fabricated images shared in haste.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"15652\" data-end=\"15655\" \/>\n<p data-start=\"15657\" data-end=\"15694\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alhorianews.com\/fwog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udd17 <em data-start=\"15660\" data-end=\"15692\">Read the original article here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our media space, a striking phenomenon recurs: texts and quotes attributed to \u201cthe enemy,\u201d presented as if they were shocking confessions of defeat or acknowledgments of injustice against us. People circulate these with enthusiasm, treating them as irrefutable proof. 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He is the former head of the Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. He conducted his post graduate studies from 1979 till 1981 in the United States. He was elected as a member of the Egyptian Parliament and chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee in the Parliament from 2000 till 2005. As a politician, Dr. Hossam Badrawi was known for his independent stances. His integrity won the consensus of all people from various political trends. During the era of former president Hosni Mubarak he was called The Rationalist in the National Democratic Party NDP because his political calls and demands were consistent to a great extent with calls for political and democratic reform in Egypt. He was against extending the state of emergency and objected to the National Democratic Party's unilateral constitutional amendments during the January 25, 2011 revolution. He played a very important political role when he defended, from the very first beginning of the revolution, the demonstrators' right to call for their demands. He called on the government to listen and respond to their demands. Consequently and due to Dr. Badrawi's popularity, Mubarak appointed him as the NDP Secretary General thus replacing the members of the Bureau of the Commission. During that time, Dr. Badrawi expressed his political opinion to Mubarak that he had to step down. He had to resign from the party after 5 days of his appointment on February 10 when he declared his political disagreement with the political leadership in dealing with the demonstrators who called for handing the power to the Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, from the very first moment his stance was clear by rejecting a religion-based state which he considered as aiming to limit the Egyptians down to one trend. 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