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@rosariacrawford66063 жыл бұрын
As an older lady, it does my heart good to see that there are so many young, smart, articulate young people that recognize the importance of truth and the evil of woke culture. Speak the truth people, don't let them intimidate you, don't take the easy way out. God bless everyone who's willing to speak out!
@hayleykiernan62352 жыл бұрын
It makes my heart sing to read your voice of reason but still I'm hearing your wisdom and truth God Bless You ❤
@frankaczmarek30422 жыл бұрын
Lately, I am so thirsty for common sense statements that this discussion was like a fountain of life. I was listening with delight over and over. It is almost like it was restoring my own sanity which I was starting to question. Thank you Mr. Andrew Doyle for having the integrity and courage to stand up to nonsense.
@davidanderson96643 жыл бұрын
For a non lawyer Doyle makes a very convincing and articulate legal case. Better than I could and I AM a lawyer! D.A., J.D., NYC
@robroy60723 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. That book shelf is a clue, classic old school editions, not just for show. The real stuff.
@SJM67913 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t agree with you more.
@kyleferguson51752 жыл бұрын
Due to history. For example Scots law abortion was never illegal, for it to be illegal victim would need to be the foetus. That would mean not only producing the foetus but linking it to the woman. Yep we now have DNA but if the victim is the foetus, would have to investigate all foetal deaths, would have to carry out full investigations into all aborted remains found in same way we do for murder. Even if all other crimes were not investigated costs would be astronomical. Otherwise if women is the victim the only crime can be medical malpractice, i.e. back street abortions without proper medical facilities which was illegal under Scots law. Point being Ben Shapiro may wish abortion to be illegal but he is also unwilling to actually fund sanctity of life in any real legal sense. Instead he is focused on ending medically safe abortion in which the victim is women. You do not need to believe in sanctity of life or that abortion is a human right to reach that conclusion. Abortion is only contentious when moralized by either side of that argument.
@jan86002 жыл бұрын
@@kyleferguson5175 vvvvvvvvvvvv
@proudatheist20422 жыл бұрын
It looks like being a BAMF is a better bet to be able to put illogical woke ideologies to sleep!
@shughy12 жыл бұрын
Andrew is a national treasure with his comedy genius that makes politics so much more palatable
@louisehaley51053 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the best interviews on Cancel Culture I’ve ever seen ! Like Douglas Murray and Sam Harris, Andrew Doyle explains this issue with such clarity and common sense, that I have difficulty seeing how can anyone misconstrue his remarks.
@michawill65993 жыл бұрын
He's better than those in my view
@michaelsteven1090 Жыл бұрын
…not Sam Harris, please..
@douglasfreeman3229 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelsteven1090 I suspect you may be one of those who is misconstruing Harris. He is constantly being misunderstood, particularly his thoughts on lying.
@douglasfreeman3229 Жыл бұрын
@@michawill6599 Douglas Murray seems a bit slow to me.
@lemonmousse96723 жыл бұрын
I bought Andrew’s book on Audible & listened in one session. One of the most important books that has come out in recent years. Thank you, Andrew.
@tolpacourt3 жыл бұрын
Lemon curry?
@staninjapan073 жыл бұрын
Audible? Audio books? And no money goes to Amazon? I will check that out thanks.
@Libertariun3 жыл бұрын
@@staninjapan07 Audible is Bezos
@staninjapan073 жыл бұрын
@@Libertariun Oh. That put an end to that, then, thanks.
@JohnSmith-wd1oq3 жыл бұрын
The dude isn't even for actual free speech lol British people are so far left.
@paulamitchell8803 жыл бұрын
Simply asking for an apology after losing a job, money, etc due to maliciousness from the media is simply not enough. They should be sued into oblivion. Only then will the reigning in happen.
@DrQuip3 жыл бұрын
I always come away feeling I’m an improved human being for having listened to these conversations. Thank YOU
@soniavadnjal75533 жыл бұрын
Ralston College deserves more subs. Great conversations.
@alexanderfirmin97923 жыл бұрын
Marvellous man, thank you for taking on this difficult and important argument, for all of our sakes
@jonathanhamer9503 жыл бұрын
One of our duties as awake citizens of liberal democracy is to fend off the influence of extremism whether on the far right or left. A major characteristic of radical ideologues is the failure to engage honestly and rigorously with opposing views. Therefore it is no wonder that as the 'radical left' increasingly gains ground in many areas of life that we are seeing this trend towards shutting down our freedom of speech.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
Half way through the book. Had to finally put in down last night when I realized it was 3AM.
@staninjapan073 жыл бұрын
Sounds like me reading the Song of Ice And Fire (Game Of Thrones) books. He is a very clear speaker on, and clearly cares a lot about, the social issues we have now. I think I ought to get the book.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
@@staninjapan07This is a subject that I think about often and he had great points, I hadn't considered. And it was an enjoyable read. I'd recommended it. And I learned a little history. Lot's of words that even Kindle didn't have the definitions for.
@staninjapan073 жыл бұрын
@@cynthiajohnson9412 thanks
@hannahgal3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. The power of humour is intriguing
@AnAlgernon3 жыл бұрын
I had to adjust my self-conception when the author chided himself for forgetting the name of the regicided king in Hamlet. Brilliant discussion gentlemen.
@culturewar3 жыл бұрын
Andrew is always brilliant and considered. However i am in two minds about the softly softly approach to ignorant people who are using their power to shut down debates against their undemocratic ideologies. Most balanced people i meet just don't seem to see how quickly we are sliding into a very bad place. Personally i think they need shaking out of their slumber.
@ferdinandbardamu39453 жыл бұрын
A British man just got 5 years in prison for owning 3 books (you can still buy on Amazon) and having the wrong political views.
@zeusem61582 жыл бұрын
Just what I needed. Thank you
@43nostromo3 жыл бұрын
"Don't Suspect A Friend, Report Him!"
@SJM67913 жыл бұрын
I just ordered Andrew’s book. I can’t wait to start reading it!!
@motheringabomination19583 жыл бұрын
Such a great discussion. Let's hope the madness ends soon. Thank you!
@robroy60723 жыл бұрын
It will take a generation, if we are lucky
@catsaresocute6503 жыл бұрын
It will most definetly not
@catsaresocute6503 жыл бұрын
Sadly
@Hajde_budalla Жыл бұрын
You have to fight it, vigorously. Not just wait fir it to end.
@jankelly49333 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Well said, Andrew Doyle. I can just send this to people as you are far better at explaining than I am. Thankyou.
@lafleurproductions3 жыл бұрын
This topic gets more relevant every day. The problem is now very urgent. Thank you for making and sharing this video.
@juliekemp4193 жыл бұрын
Superb conversation: thank you Andrew and Stephen.
@orzellezro3 жыл бұрын
A tag team of Andrew Doyle and Jordan Peterson in debate with proponents of woke culture would make an interesting programme.
@flomccanuck8095 Жыл бұрын
Jordan interviews Andrew in this podcast, It was my intro to Andrew Doyle - just terrific. 'Free Speech and the Satirical Activist | Andrew Doyle | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4: E32':)
@UREMODEL3 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly impessed! an amazing grasp of reality. I really hope to see more.
@GrumpyScamp Жыл бұрын
I could listen to Andrew Doyle all day long! I ordered all his books too!
@peterrogers5653 жыл бұрын
I like what you're doing here Mr Blackwood, greetings from Nova Scotia
@peterrogers5653 жыл бұрын
@Sean Blakely all universities start as an idea, eh? What great ideas do you have?
@peterrogers5653 жыл бұрын
@Sean Blakely wow, you sure have made a lot of comments on this video! It's really got you animated.
@peterrogers5653 жыл бұрын
@Sean Blakely ummm, ok. Well thanks for coming out.
@someone6162 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr Doyle for your work on defending free speech!!
@thanksfernuthin3 жыл бұрын
This interview has caused me to buy Andrew's book (You fiends!) I look forward to it and hope it has some of his excellent humor sprinkled in. Not something you'd pick up from this interview but an additional selling point if it is.
@theglanconer64633 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and must needed discussion. Thank you !
@LauraKamienski Жыл бұрын
The experiences of having your whole worldview Shattered by new information is painful, but it is also exhilarating. I've had this happen in huge ways two different times and both times were such beginnings of growth.
@jameslascaliajr.21813 жыл бұрын
Nice perspective and take on it...also thanks for the info on Scottish Law and politics.
@icecreamforcrowhurst Жыл бұрын
“… someone does not have as full of an understanding of some thing as they might, and perhaps it’s causing them pain or trouble or difficulty because they are in that sense maladapted to the complexities of reality through their only partial understanding.” I resemble that statement.
@SusanneCape3 жыл бұрын
A question: why do we keep voting in people who seek to threaten our free speech rights and then complain about it without doing much else?
@benbellelogan3 жыл бұрын
I am completely enjoying this discussion and am hoping you will continue with sharing such wonderful thought provoking topics.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
Well said Harvey about the power of speech being worth protecting because it is powerful. Great comment.
@mariasinfiltros14783 жыл бұрын
very interesting conversation, strong arguments
@user-we2qv1cx6x24 күн бұрын
It’s so sad, especially since Covid, it has become apparent to me that many have lost their utter minds! As a classics student I am constantly reading about the past and then I look around me and feel as if I am on a different planet. It’s so odd….things look similar but so much feels “off.” Living in coastal California, I am close to the epicenter of all this madness. I hope to find work elsewhere, so I can flee to a place that is closer to my heart, my soul…California is so beautiful and has always had such potential. But much of it has been diluted and ruined. It’s a shell of its former self. A nice facade perhaps, but underneath…darkness like death, utter insanity. Thank you Ralston for standing for merit and reason and giving me hope that not everyone has lost their mind
@LauraKamienski Жыл бұрын
Think Andrew Doyle should start a KZbin series or a series of articles on critical thinking. Those would be invaluable to have in a collection of shareable post or videos.
@mrdiavel48073 жыл бұрын
The tragedy of this conversation is that it is of the same ilk as those that intellectuals held in early 1930’s Germany and we know what happened to them and ensued thereafter . To those that advocate cancel culture albeit you may not recognize it as such , “caveat Emptor”
@kittenclawsguitarvideos6147 Жыл бұрын
One reason why people prefer to work at home,is that people are not comfortable around eachother. Everyone is a bit on edge. It has affected interactions.
@marionreynolds70803 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stephen I’m about to buy the book.
@tipple583 жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
There is a great scene at the beginning of the movie 'Inherit The Wind' about the teacher who finds himself in court for teaching evolution. Spencer Tracy, who plays the defense attorney is talking to his client about whether he wants to continue the fight and stand behind the truth or go-along to get along. I wish I could find the quote but it was basically about giving up the truth for the security of community and then accepting the emptiness of pretending and living a lie surrounded by people who don't really know you and who aren't really your friends. Cold comfort as they say.
@alexanderfirmin97923 жыл бұрын
Excellent insight, thank you
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderfirmin9792 : I just watched the movie last night. Made in 1960. Every single idea is still applicable today. Great movie. And speaking of 1960, just read John Steinbeck's 'Travels With Charley' written about America in 1960. He grew up in a Republican family in CA. He became a NY Democrat, married an actress and was into the theater scene. But visited his still Republican sisters on his travels through CA in October, pre-election of 1960-Kennedy against Nixon. His sisters called him a commie for supporting Kennedy, he called them Attila the Hun for supporting Nixon. Sound familiar? The more things change the more they stay the same.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
Apparently history only remembers the election of 1960 for when Nixon tanked his election chances by sweating on television while Kennedy looked cool and polished. So much for the deep moral values of yesteryear.
Often attributed to Voltaire but the famous quote, 'I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It' should be as true today as it's always been in any country which considers itself to be a functioning democracy.
@lazylaurablue3 жыл бұрын
One of the brightest minds of his generation. Why am I not surprised he quotes Peterson? He and Douglas Murray should do a book together, they have much common if they were able to work together. I fear their personalities might clash. I adore them both though!
@yendayo2 жыл бұрын
"I need to check your thinking" reminds me of Alan Turing, except that the situation is reversed.
@denisHolySpirit3 жыл бұрын
The title should be 'Free Speech and why it mattered.'
@artemouse20073 жыл бұрын
oooooooo! neeeewww!! good job again :)
@markoh103 жыл бұрын
I watched live, appreciated greatly, thank-you, bonus was getting onto Clubhouse for the after-discussion. Keen to get transcript to find Andrew's comment about the world being a much better place if students left school knowing that ad hominem arguments are bad or non-arguments, or similar. Transcript option seems to be turned off (should be under Report under the ... further menu)
@chelseapoet36643 жыл бұрын
In Stephen Blackwood's Wikipedia entry it is stated under the section on Ralston College: "Among the members of its Board of Visitors is.... Roger Scruton". That's quite some metaphysical ability Sir Roger is demonstrating!
@lenwilkinson6722 жыл бұрын
Thank you Andrew a great talk.we need a government with a lot of men of your ilk.
@TXYeskaDAR3 жыл бұрын
We need to teach virtues again. Woke is really about Vice behavior
@TonyLing3 жыл бұрын
Give that man an honoury professorship
@cangeljan123 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very informative stream I will be ordering Andrews book today...I'm all for Free speech , it's criminal what's happing today & It's getting very bad over here in Ireland , I will keep marching on for our rights till we are HEARD ?? Peace to all
@joegilligan48953 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andrew for pointing out the utter evil which is coming down south to England and Wales. And Northern Ireland. Keep the Faith Andrew.
@treesart6914 Жыл бұрын
I agree with Andrew Doyle. I just want to point out something tangential: you can say the most misogynistic crap to women and it would not be a hate crime. This shows where the priorities lie.
@Hands2HealNow3 жыл бұрын
Censuring the free speech of real scientists on the issues of Ivernectin prophylaxis or dangers and denile of the facts that "Experimental Genetic Devises" would NOT have any promotion if Ivermectin was promoted and thus patent profits would not be a factor.
@BluegrassGal1013 жыл бұрын
i used to get excited when i saw that a book i had truly enjoyed had been turned into a movie. Then i watched Master & Commander - The Far Side of the World, The Good German, and Motherless Brooklyn. My enthusiasms have been curbed.
@RaveyDavey Жыл бұрын
Master and Commander was a great film.
@tom52163 жыл бұрын
Whenever someone decrees that you cannot say something it is likely because your argument is better than theirs.
@orlamcmanus90193 жыл бұрын
Great interviewer, great discussion
@S_Edward_Burns_ArtsEditor2 жыл бұрын
Carry on!
@jimpickard38503 жыл бұрын
Very impressive man is Mr Doyle.
@lowandodor11503 жыл бұрын
I adore this man beyond what i am capable of expressing in words. I really don't think it is overstated, to place him among the most important voices of our time. Is it? Now picture the situation of him with a few "friends", discussing certain topics and after a short while, one of his "friends" calls him a nazi, because he said something that person did not understand or just had a different opinion....you really have to be somewhat dim, to call this man, a FRIEND of yours, a nazi! Unbelievable just how blinded and stuck some/a lot of people are.....
@LauraKamienski Жыл бұрын
I was an academic philosopher part and full-time for about two decades. As an undergraduate our philosophy Club used to make a button every year one year it just said why? The year I was able to submit what the button would be, I made it prove me wrong! Please!
@louisehaley51053 жыл бұрын
1:40 - when it comes to the Arts, as long as it doesn’t involve ACTUAL cruelty inflicted on a real human (or nonhuman), we shouldn’t have an issue . The only exception being, if what is depicted could incite violence against others. But that too should be up for debate.
@thegreatinterpreter83823 жыл бұрын
I'm racking my brain trying to think of a time when the Right moved to censor Leftist speech. I mean, I suppose they did have a stick up their ass about 'decency standards' for a long time. Elvis had to be shot from the shoulders-up to hid is swinging hips; the Doors couldnt say "Girl we couldnt get much higher..." on national television; Larry Flint's magazine was considered too graphic for commercial distribution; and Rap albums with explicit lyrics needed to come with parental advisory warnings. But all these things seemed to be an honest attack against what they thought was an over-exploitation of sex, drugs, and violence-- without some hidden, secondary agenda to sensor political speech. I mean, the Right was not calling all things Left-of-Center, 'violent talk;' or 'drug talk,' or 'sex talk..' only to have a convenient excuse to ban it. A Democrat who wanted higher taxes was not immediately accused of being a drug addicted, porn hustler who should be removed from public discourse. But that's exactly what the Left seems to be doing today. Take a stand against any policy supported by the Left, and it will be a matter of minutes before you're accused of being a racist who needs to be shut up and shut down.
@plekkchand3 жыл бұрын
Some of the strategies remind me of the sibling "telling" his or her parents rather than engaging. The government as parent.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading John Steinbeck's 'Travels With Charley' about his sojourn around the America in 1960. He forces himself at the end of his trip to go down to New Orleans where they were going through a nasty, horrible segregation battle. He wanted to see it for himself. As he's heading back North he picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a really deplorable racist. Steinbeck admits that he just couldn't help but bait the guy. So the racist starts ranting about the how he would never send his kids to a segregated school and that he would fight a holy war to the death to stop it from happening. So Steinbeck asks the guy, do you have kids? And the guy says no. So Steinbeck says, so were you planning on fighting this holy war to the death before or after you have kids? And the guy kind of figures out he's being mocked and he starts to rant. So Steinbeck pulls his truck over to the side of the road and says, 'get out!'. And the guy's like 'what? we're not there yet.' And Steinbeck repeats, 'Get out!'. And then he peels out leaving the guy on the side of the road screaming racist epitaphs after Steinbeck as he drives away. And then Steinbeck went home, wrote a book and won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and that's free speech in America.
@ajb77863 жыл бұрын
What? This hardly illustrates free speech and just reveals that you really want to idolize Steinbeck.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
@@ajb7786 :You missed the point because you wanted to miss the point. Sorry, I wish there was something I could do to help you understand, but alas, I don't waste my time on the willfully ignorant.
@marcopolo91463 жыл бұрын
@@cynthiajohnson9412 no, your response just indicates that you are too weak-minded to engage in a conversation.
@cynthiajohnson94123 жыл бұрын
@@marcopolo9146 Yeah, and who the freak are you, the voice of God? No doubt you think so.
@sambucca18173 жыл бұрын
@@cynthiajohnson9412 Thank you. Sounds like a good read. I’ve put it on my to read list.
@70galaxie3 жыл бұрын
where's the 1million like button??
@stacypastry24402 жыл бұрын
Recruiting through the medium of pug dogs 🤣
@richardsmith90383 жыл бұрын
Andrew Doyle is what Guardian readers think Owen Jones is, but isn't.
@Bobber2563 жыл бұрын
Owen Jones is a fair-minded and thoughtful chap. You can like both. I also enjoy the Gudge, much as its browsership leans numpty.
@tolpacourt3 жыл бұрын
Owen Jones might not qualify as a midwit.
@JohnSmith-wd1oq3 жыл бұрын
Thats not a compliment no matter how you swing it.
@xluyyjhfg3 жыл бұрын
Proponents and opponents want the same ends, but the proponents of free speech understand that you cannot shut hatred down by force. You need to let people "find the light" by letting them distinguish it from dark.
@Schudulaba3 жыл бұрын
Interviewer looks like a David Baddiel/Louis Theroux hybrid.
@stevemann65283 жыл бұрын
It boggles the mind you've got people using their free speech to take away other people's free speech for future generations, including theirs. Leaving a Government you can't criticise without reprisals. 😒🙄
@franklinnash3 жыл бұрын
49:28 What's a 'crabs in a bucket' situation?
@alisteredmond23293 жыл бұрын
The rot set in with blasphemy laws and also the"out lawing" holocaust denial etc.
@catsaresocute6503 жыл бұрын
In a way it's it was less it wasn't something even I was upset about but I guess that it startes with the most disliked speach first
@catsaresocute6503 жыл бұрын
1:12:00
@louisehaley51053 жыл бұрын
1:32 : The parallels with talking to people about Religion is really scary.
@catscan20223 жыл бұрын
"People have given up on persuasion". Too true. And the explanation by the host that its because reality is what people want it to be then yes there's no need to persuade people because there is only one reality - the one they see and believe in. And anyone who says otherwise is wrong or evil. But to physically show people this is not the case ie the 2+2=4 case doesnt apply to these people either. People can be physically born a man but than transition to being a woman or vice versa thereby altering physical reality so of course they're going to be sceptical about what is or is not real. In their minds, their version of reality is more important than any notion of physical reality. Their truth is more important than THE truth. Enshrine that in law then everyone is forced to believe it too and reality is changed
@thanksfernuthin3 жыл бұрын
I think the aggressive reaction to people that argue for hate speech laws and against free speech is understandable. Those of us that cherish free speech are confused, frankly. We thought it was an obvious good. Self evident. It is literally like being forced to argue why assault is bad, murder is bad and slavery is bad. It's that fundamental. So, I think one would need to feel some empathy for those angry about our current situation... which I think you do.
@ryanli58033 жыл бұрын
Just as slave owners would advocate for slavery, these people advocate for hate speech laws because they decide what hate speech is. They just want power and control.
@Cotictimmy3 жыл бұрын
If the interviewer had written this book (instead of Andrew Doyle), would it have had twice as many words?
@markkelly21693 жыл бұрын
He could be talking about the EU commission and this why the UK left. All this stems from Christianity and the clash with LGBTQ. It's the act of it and not the person doing it that offends.
@dramastudiocheshire79313 жыл бұрын
A publisher will hire a "sensitivity reader?" The moral message is better than the art?
@margaretmaeda25482 жыл бұрын
I have been living outside of the west for decades and I’m baffled at how there seems to be an obsession, at least in the UK and the US, with the Second World War which is quite recent. I don’t remember such an obsession when I was growing up in the UK in the fifties and sixties. I assume that many or most of the people who feel so offended by incidents like the one with the pug have no personal connection with the history - anyone with meaningful memories would have to be in their eighties. The only case where I could understand a strong reaction in people born after 1945 to Second World War symbolism is in descendants of victims of the holocaust. My parents were directly involved in the Second World War and one more distant relative spent the war in a concentration camp, but having been born a few years after the war, I don’t consider myself personally connected to that history, and it makes it hard for me to understand self-righteous reactions to Second World War symbols among people who are mostly much younger than me.
@debramoore14283 жыл бұрын
I question, sincerly, the mental health of these aggrieved parties and their enablers who codify the absurdity.
@xluyyjhfg3 жыл бұрын
100%. They are rapt with religious zeal and the crusade they are after renders them insane.
@JohnSmith-wd1oq3 жыл бұрын
Id argue Andrew is one of those enablers personally. His position is one of the far left in America like 10 years ago. It always starts with censoring hate speech.
@douglasfreeman3229 Жыл бұрын
Goodness, Andrew suddenly looks about twenty years old in this video. How the funk does he do it?
@missygoldstein122 жыл бұрын
its truly staggering. There was a time when people who didn't agree would simply have a conversation, discussion or debate. Now the moment you disagree with anything I say I need to destroy you and I'm going to find a gang mob who will help me do it.
@vatsmith87593 жыл бұрын
The second greatest Englishman once said "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken".
@peterpeterking13 жыл бұрын
Being offensive is/isnt a crime? Make your mind up. I got a couple mins in, cant be arsed
@JayJay-wg5ex3 жыл бұрын
I feel and am concerned that we are becoming so stupid as a society because we can't speak truthfully for fear of hurting someone etc.etc. it makes for a sad reality. Is there anywhere in the world where people tolerate difference by anymore???
@emmamilsomfranks12533 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't there significantly less opinion and more questioning? What would Socrates say?
@JordanEndTimeServantOfYah144 Жыл бұрын
I've had my Instagram deleted in 2018 for posting anti-communism stuff. It is SO troubling how 1984 ish / Brave New World we have gotten. It's actually terrifying.
@catscan20223 жыл бұрын
Re the point that people won't listen to you if you're opening line is an insult. I do To just dismiss people on that basis is i would say just another form of intolerance. I always give people the benefit of the doubt as I think they've obviously joined that particular discussion for a reason - they must have some interest in it so I always try and direct them to the topic under discussion. Sometimes it turns out they're just trolling but how are you gonna find out if you don't ask the right questions. In the middle of a discussion too some people add insults into the mix but the trick is not to take it personally and instead focus on the topic. This is why david starkey gets into hot water - because he is not super sensitive about the language he uses and comes across as rude (and worse) to some people who take his comments to heart. That doesn't mean he has no valid arguments to make. So the idea that we should ignore people who are rude or insulting is fairly woke itself. Theyre just words
@ryanli58033 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, many people will just become defensive if you lead off with an insult. Even if each of us should strive to listen to people in spite of insults, there are many people who don't. Since he's looking to persuade as many people as he can, it would be more productive to stay cordial.
@catscan20223 жыл бұрын
@@ryanli5803 I've never heard Andrew doyle be anything but cordial. It wasn't him I was referring to but the people he speaks to. The use of insults when starting a conversation is, though, I think, more a feature of social media. It's very rare that people who talk to each other face to face in a debate start with an insult. What would be the point of a debate if all you're going to do is insult someone. I think this is more likely if the first person to speak says something that triggers the other. It needn't even be anything offensive but could be something that the listener is sensitive about
@louisehaley51053 жыл бұрын
1:07 - why does this movement want to break down barriers between the sexes whilst at the same time try to build them up between the races ? I always thought it was the other way round ?
@drwhatson3 жыл бұрын
Nor should a person be condemned as a "hateful person" on the basis of one tweet, however appalling it may seem. People get angry. They get drunk. They write stupid things on the spur of the moment. I try not to.
@JohnSmith-wd1oq3 жыл бұрын
Guess what its not a crime to be hateful stop being so effete and cowardly free speech extends to people saying racist things as well whether they have a bad day or not.
@loud60373 жыл бұрын
But it IS a crime to be hateful in Britain on the basis of characteristics such as race. Not one that you would necessarily go to prison for, unless your hatred extends to harassment and or physical abuse. But it is a crime.
@lennymclean.2 жыл бұрын
I think this freedom of speech issue and the issue of platforms-turned-publishers curating content is what Elon Musk is aiming to combat by gaining more control of Twitter. This platform is highly curated and as such has a fairly egregious agenda...
@basscataz3 жыл бұрын
How many people have been watching this slowly approaching nightmare for decades? I wish that saying "told you so" to everyone who dismissed this bullshit as nothing to worry about would give me pleasure, but it wouldn't. And I won't. I'm disgusted by our leaders.
@catsaresocute6503 жыл бұрын
I hope I will not find myself in your position
@SJM67913 жыл бұрын
I instinctively knew we were in trouble when Obama won the Presidency in 2008. He hasn’t proven me wrong!!
@proudatheist20422 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear how you have seen this all coming to fruition over the last few decades.