1 00:00:06,710 --> 00:00:03,350 i want to move on to one other sort of 2 00:00:08,710 --> 00:00:06,720 social media splash okay that was made 3 00:00:11,430 --> 00:00:08,720 demi's saying that 4 00:00:14,150 --> 00:00:11,440 we should not use the word alien 5 00:00:16,630 --> 00:00:14,160 um and that made i don't know if you saw 6 00:00:18,790 --> 00:00:16,640 that that made a huge splash 7 00:00:21,429 --> 00:00:18,800 within the ufo community as well which 8 00:00:24,310 --> 00:00:21,439 you know we're a part of 9 00:00:26,150 --> 00:00:24,320 i think um one thing that i learned uh 10 00:00:27,990 --> 00:00:26,160 through this experience or or learned 11 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:28,000 even more was that i think language is 12 00:00:31,029 --> 00:00:29,760 really important i mean we're kind of in 13 00:00:32,630 --> 00:00:31,039 this like 14 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:32,640 structure i could get into a whole 15 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:34,320 speech about institutionalized 16 00:00:39,190 --> 00:00:36,800 heteronormativity but like labels are 17 00:00:40,470 --> 00:00:39,200 very very important for people like um 18 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:40,480 especially 19 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:42,800 um heteronormative culture needs like a 20 00:00:45,830 --> 00:00:44,320 label for everything so they can 21 00:00:48,150 --> 00:00:45,840 understand how everything kind of fits 22 00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:48,160 in there and at the same time i do think 23 00:00:52,869 --> 00:00:50,480 the words that we use are really 24 00:00:54,630 --> 00:00:52,879 important because of 25 00:00:56,630 --> 00:00:54,640 pop culture negative connotations that 26 00:00:58,150 --> 00:00:56,640 certain things have there's reasons why 27 00:00:59,670 --> 00:00:58,160 we don't like being called certain names 28 00:01:01,270 --> 00:00:59,680 or we're offended by stuff because of 29 00:01:04,630 --> 00:01:01,280 the weight that those 30 00:01:05,509 --> 00:01:04,640 words have and i think if you saw any 31 00:01:06,950 --> 00:01:05,519 like 32 00:01:09,429 --> 00:01:06,960 interview and i did a lot of press with 33 00:01:11,109 --> 00:01:09,439 demi where that would come up 34 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:11,119 you know saying instead of saying aliens 35 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:13,040 saying e.t if you watch any of that 36 00:01:16,550 --> 00:01:14,960 stuff we're kind we're not like 37 00:01:19,429 --> 00:01:16,560 la we're not laughing but there's like a 38 00:01:21,270 --> 00:01:19,439 really positive kind of like cute giggly 39 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:21,280 energy behind it where it's like you 40 00:01:23,429 --> 00:01:22,240 know maybe we shouldn't be using that 41 00:01:24,789 --> 00:01:23,439 word right now maybe we should think 42 00:01:26,710 --> 00:01:24,799 about something else like that was like 43 00:01:28,710 --> 00:01:26,720 very the energy of it and i think it's 44 00:01:33,109 --> 00:01:28,720 because and this is something i learned 45 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:33,119 a whole lot that the term alien me is a 46 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:35,840 skeptic um you know 47 00:01:39,109 --> 00:01:36,960 coming in 48 00:01:41,109 --> 00:01:39,119 when i think of alien i think of 49 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:41,119 independence day of some like monsters 50 00:01:44,630 --> 00:01:42,640 they're going to come attack and kill us 51 00:01:46,550 --> 00:01:44,640 and abduct us you know i also think 52 00:01:51,290 --> 00:01:46,560 there's really negative connotations for 53 00:01:57,109 --> 00:01:51,300 illegal alien as well you know