• VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    I’m just gonna quote Grammarist as they explain such things for a living and as such do it better than I could:

    To speak truth to power means to demand a moral response to a problem, rather than an expedient, easy or selfish response. The phrase speak truth to power carries a connotation of bravery, of risking either the status quo, one’s reputation or livelihood, or the wrath of the person one is confronting.