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[–]reluctant_commenter 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a bit awkward of a phrase, to be honest. Literally speaking, it means: "go tell the truth, to this person who is in power/person who is an authority figure" and often the implication is that some injustice was committed that the authority figure didn't know about; that they need to hear the "truth." Of course, the speaker is the one claiming something is "truth" when it might actually not be, lol. The way I have heard it used before is, for example:

Person A: "Transwomen are women!"

Person B: "Yaz queen, speak truth to power! Word! Preach! Slay!" (that sorta thing)

I think originally the phrase was supposed to encourage people to stand up for themselves, but, ya know. Pretty hackneyed and meaningless by this point. If you have seen any of Benjamin Boyce's videos on Evergreen, the protestors in there say it.