Dear Editor:
Contrary to popular belief; the belief of many major media publications across North America as well as many of our collective government officials, Sound of Freedom has been deemed a conspiracy theory-fuelled depiction of human trafficking.
But two million children every year is no “conspiracy.” The children that lose their innocence to the likes of greedy, barbaric monsters every year is an atrocity of human sex trafficking.
When first released, a CBC pop-culture columnist claimed that Sound of Freedom’s audience was that of a “xenophobic, pro-Trump and pro-life” type community, but no matter our political beliefs, we should all be able to appreciate this film.
However, it’s clear that many Liberals and Democrats have labelled it an alt-right extreme, that misportrays the reality of human trafficking. Why? Who knows.
Sadly, Sound of Freedom has had to sit in the shadows as viewers choose the glitz and glam of Barbie and the cinematic darkness of Oppenheimer over the real darkness that lies all around us.
We as a society must come together when it comes to things like this. The human trafficking industry annually generates $150 billion, making it the fastest growing criminal industry on the globe.
That’s an idea one shouldn’t even have to attempt to fathom. It needs to end. Because after all, we can all agree with the film’s star Jim Caviezel: “God’s children are not for sale.”
Susannah Sinclair,
Fergus
*Editor’s note: Sound of Freedom has made close to $175 million at the box office, making it one of the most popular movies of the year thus far. Some people have tied the movie to conspiracy theories based largely on the spreading of QAnon conspiracies by Caviezel and the man he portrays in the film.