Civility

[@johnpaulsylvester3727]

“I have not yet engaged in a direct-action movement that was ‘well-timed’ according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[@vaiyt]

the only "right" way to protest is to not make anybody upset, and by that point you might as well be invisible

[@incufish23]

Beautiful quote. Thank you.

[@TerenceMichaelReeves]

"Politeness is a luxury for those who lack the clarity of vision that they possess" > Politeness is a privilege for those who do not face systemic discrimination and an atmosphere hostile to their ongoing existence.

[@ThoughtSlime]

Good point.

[@ThoughtSlime]

To be clear, I was talking about how they view civility, not how it actually is in real life. Your analysis is spot on for how civility exists in real life.

[@ryanalving3785]

Tell that to MLK Jr.

[@halfpintrr]

ryan alving He wore a suit and still was shot. Fuck respectability politics.

[@christopherwilliams6848]

@@ryanalving3785 You do realise that a lot of what MLK's movement did would not be considered acceptable today, right? Disrupting daily life, sitting in the middle of roads, most of their protests weren't authorised, etc. They were non-violent, but they were not civil. There is a difference.

[@avosthyric]

You just made me go from "Well, I mean capitalism is bad and stuff. But idk bro" to full-blown anti-capitalist rage. Good job.

[@andrewconnelly6308]

Welcome to the fbi's commie list may I take your coat

[@utryping]

avosthyric welcome comrade o7

[@moduspwnenz]

Whoo hoo!!! Welcome comrade, you are awesome :)

[@SaraH-jn5db]

Welcome to the club comrade

[@liamclarke205]

Relatable

[@andrewwilson5133]

"Civility" is code-word for obedience.

[@cameronrhanna]

Maybe in common parlance but the concept of civility is in no way the same as obedience. Insofar as the Richard Spencers of the world have gained ground they did it through civil discussion of taboo ideas.

[@bryanc7094]

Cameron H. And to keep my rights we are punching back

[@cameronrhanna]

@@bryanc7094 You're on an anarchist channel talking tough about maintaining the status quo, and that's not what punching back does anyhow. The real affect of petty violence is that it justifies increased police presence and creeping limitations on the ability to speak and organize. These limitations will be easily generalized should the establishment ever come to see Nazi-punching types as a legitimate threat to entrenched power. The punching back strategy only works because police systematically refuse to enforce the law. That should give you pause.

[@andrewwilson5133]

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol Wow, words can have multiple meanings depending on context, what a genius observation there. And since when do we change definitions? The right is constantly hiding behind euphemisms, dogwhistles, and baseless conspiracy theories.

[@Graknorke]

@@cameronrhanna The strategy of active opposition is necessary because of police selectively ignoring the crimes of the right. Cops and Klan go hand in hand.

[@nikolademitri731]

I had a conversation about this with an elder family member (uber conservative) recently, and while they said they still don’t like the incivility, I think I actually got them to understand, and sympathize with my position. I’ll share the argument I made, and if anyone else has similar friends or family who are similar, maybe it’s an argument you can use: start with, or just make the entire point about, how THEY (we, if it’s family) have benefited by past incivility! I pointed out how she was able to have a happy, comfortable middle class life with their spouse being able to get great jobs straight out of high school: first as a bricklayer, second as a steel mill worker, both with strong unions. I explained that if it literally weren’t for their grandparents and great grandparents striking and being highly uncivil, that wouldn’t have been possible, and they would have lived extremely different and uncomfortable working class lives. I simply explained the history: why breaking the rules, being uncivil, demanding the right to unionize, demanding benefits and better working conditions, is the reason why the family was so well off, the reason that we’re even sitting in this house, in this neighborhood, having this conversation. Again, they said they didn’t like the incivility, but five minutes of explaining that history made them concede that it makes sense, and they understand it. Hopefully this helps someone... 🏴♾❤️

[@timekeeper2538]

If they're what conservatives call a "patriotic american" it can be very helpful to let them know that the U.S. was *founded* on incivility and violent revolution in a time when most people living in the colonies were either loyalist or unaffiliated.

[@MrElionor]

I think you discovered a key sticking point that a lot of people don't understand about this matter "I don't like incivility" is not an argument against it I don't like having to go to work I don't like having to take care of myself I don't like having to be responsible but I still have to do it or face the consequences because reality does not care about what you like

[@MrElionor]

@@Scratchy314 That's the life right there

[@disfuncionexe]

MrElionor phhh screw real farms. I want to make Minecraft mob farms

[@MrElionor]

@@disfuncionexe Ya baby

[@TerenceMichaelReeves]

Here is your daily reminder: we have roughly a decade to enact broad-sweeping social change, dismantling economic structures unable to cope with the existential threat that climate change represents. Scientific consensus already dictates that a mass-mobilization equivalent to that of WW2 will be required. Every day that passes makes our task more difficult. To ignore this is to be complicit.

Terence Reeves Damn, Terence!

[@robinsigmund1133]

Woooooooooooo boy. We truly are doomed, aren't we?

[@wolfcoma]

Big deal.Nobody gives a shit.

[@VentraleStar]

Where is the science on this? You just pulled this out of your ass.

[@thefool7313]

@@VentraleStar www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/ Even if you accept the anti consensus critiques some people make, 97-98% is still a fairly high consensus...

[@MideoKuze]

Hey maybe dismantling the EPA is a gesture of goodwill. After all, via runaway climate change we might finally succeed at abolishing ice

[@riccardoolivieri1159]

GET. OUT.

[@zmdumpbox2340]

DOH HOH HOH HOH HOH!

[@ComradeGoose]

i'm upset but i'm still chuckling, thanks comrade

[@AnthonyChinaski]

Chef's kiss!!!

[@StevenSeagull123]

Goddamn

[@robinsigmund1133]

wow, today I had a class test, where I had to answer the question why teens are not interested in parties while they join protests and activist groups. Geez, I wish I could have just written the link to this video in the test.

[@SpikeTheNeuropsych]

That’s the kind of question that says more about the person asking it.

[@MasterSubLink]

Civility is the only valid form of discourse. Human rights are negotiable. Capitalist profits must be protected.

[@cameronrhanna]

It's the only valid form of discourse because it is a prerequisite for human rights. In order to agree on basic rights we need to be able to trust that our own proto-rights will not be violated by our enemies, that we can shout and throw fists, for example, but we won't be stabbed or shot. If we don't have that trust then we need knives and guns, and as we build trust we maybe don't even need hands and harsh words. By violating the rights of some in order to protect the rights of others you contribute to the non-universality of rights, you undermine the very idea. The concept collapses back to might is right and your victory is not a triumph for rights but simple domination of the enemy followed by, hopefully, your own benevolent tyranny. But there will ALWAYS be someone else whose interests are not adequately supported by force, someone whose "rights" need defending. You're standing on a mountain of good will and incorrectly attributing to your own righteousness, even as you wish harm to those who seem weaker than you and less robust in their tolerance. You're playing the short game.

[@MasterSubLink]

@@cameronrhanna I'm not claiming to be a moral absolutist or anything however when the Trump administration wants to erase transgender people from the law, I don't think that's a thing you should compromise on. Sometimes you gotta put down your foot and say "heck off" to the people who want to hurt others.

[@terratorment2940]

I disagree. Human rights are non negotiable

[@cameronrhanna]

@@MasterSubLink They don't want to erase transgender people from the law; they want to erase transgenderism. The people will still be people. When you said "human rights" I was thinking of things like freedom from violence and the ability to speak publicly, the rights that allow for civil society. If what you actually meant was the right to get a job from someone who doesn't want to give you one, well, that seems like something that'll have to be built on top of ordinary civility and the rights that allow for it.

[@MasterSubLink]

@@cameronrhanna Erasing transgenderism erases protection for transgender people. These protections are needed to prevent job discrimination, housing discrimination, academic discrimination, and a lot other forms of discrimination.

[@nsalegit9482]

I think marketplace of ideas is actually a really accurate description of "our democracy" in so far as politicians are marketing ideas to the people, but only in the sense that they get you to believe in them the same way an ad is designed to get you to believe in it. short term enjoyment of aesthetics.

[@cameronrhanna]

Intergenerational brainwashing is downfall of democracy. You sell a guy all your ideas from kindergarten till he casts his first ballot, just like as you did his parents before him, just as you did all his peers who reflexively reinforce the narrative, and that's the wisdom of crowds or some shit, right?

[@IamMissPronounced]

@@cameronrhanna You perfectly described Conservatism, congrats mate 👏

[@marcperez2598]

You might enjoy reading "The Society of the Spectacle". Its that in a nutshell

[@chibi013]

As a child my parents would say "life isn't fair" and I'd say "it *could* be fair" and then they would argue with me! A literal child! About how life can't be fair and I just have to deal with it. Now I'm an adult and my parents still say this shit, and also I get it from politicians now so that's fun.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

This is known as defeatism. Anyone who believes in it is known as a loser.

[@sch4891]

yeah people like that don't realize that if we all had that attitude nothing nice would exist. we would not even know how to read

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

@@sch4891 me no no how 2 red and writ ow wel lif aint far ges me jost be no reding me hol lif o wel

[@Envy_May]

even if life can't be fair that doesn't mean it can't be MORE fair...or that we should sit back and let it get _more unfair_ which is what happens a lot

[@Patrick-sg7cm]

Depends on what your definition of "fair" is.

[@LuffyBlack]

This is a line, I notice a lot of white leftists will not cross. I'm so thankful for this video.

[@nihil626]

If you're an agitated person of color, fine. If you're a white nationalist sincerely asking why white leftists should care about people of color, google exit bag.

[@ghostfire4623]

Solve political problems with one weird trick Guillotines, I'm talking about guillotines

[@ryanhovey4251]

I was gonna guess with up close magic.

[@Maphisto86]

Yeah, cause that went so well before during another revolution.

[@frechjo]

@@Maphisto86 Well, it worked for liberals in the end. I know some people that should put their head into it... literally.

[@kitchenprincess321]

@Ryan Hovey Is that a One Shot joke? I really hope you're talking about our diplomatic relations with Norther Korea

[@VentraleStar]

@@frechjo perhaps you first? Something weird about giving someone the right to decide someone else should die...

[@Mexie]

ugh, Nancy. let's all put out that vinegar.

[@paulgorman2276]

Yeah, flies dont really go for honey too much. It may be sticky, but it isnt aromatic enough.

[@rowanheyd1200]

@@paulgorman2276 so you're saying we should make... a stink... about the current political state?

[@darryljones3009]

In my experience bug zappers tend to be the most effective way to deal with flies.

[@scottylilacleona9193]

I shall forever call her Madame Chamberlain.

[@poodychulak]

If we're not talking _fruit_ flies, shit works pretty well.

[@ibpants]

Remember how the suffragettes found a nice quiet place out of everyone's way and held up pithy placards for a bit, and then the establishment went "Haha, you ladies seem pretty cool, wanna have the right to vote?" and everyone lived happily ever after?

[@thecatlurking]

As a bio student who has worked with drosophila melanogaster as a model organism, I THANK YOU for pointing out the vinegar thing. That's.... literally what we use to capture and dispose of escaped test subjects. Bizarre idiom.

[@Mastikator]

"civility" is just right wing double speak for political correctness

[@Mani_Manic]

Loving the pink inner corner highlight!! This video is so so necessary right now. Thank you for making this!

[@TnThSm]

I'm gay. Good video.

[@PrincessFelicie]

Oh hey me too.

[@Tasermaxx]

I'm not gay. Good video. Hell, I'm not even Canadian.

[@mikkykyluc5804]

Me three. Keep up the good work, fellow gays.

[@TnThSm]

i also read judith butler in high school zing

[@CheapSkateGamer96]

@@Tasermaxx Same yo... Well might be gay, too overworked to have a sexuality.

[@3nertia]

"If voting worked, they wouldn't let us do it" -- Mark Twain

[@kilroy6429]

Emma Goldman also has a quote that is extremely similar to this one.

[@kentuckyisnotafriedstate9184]

"Fascism is uncool, we should let them do it tho" -Queen Hillary

[@vivanesca]

"parts of it are literally on fire" I had to double-check the date :/

[@billyweed835]

I actually have a deep and abiding respect for doors. They're like walls that can open, or holes that can close at will. It's rad.

[@MrBonified66]

GREAT video. I was just thinking about the Clinton thing when your edit came up :) And one quote nailed it - they don't want us to question authority because half the time they will BE the authority. I was a compliant centrist up until very recently and I really want to thank you, Peter Coffin, NonCompete &c for opening my mind on this.

[@summ1elz416]

Organize, educate, agitate.

[@garrett2439]

Refuse, resist, rebel, revolt.

[@summ1elz416]

@@garrett2439 oh my God you're back on KZbin! That's awesome.

[@garrett2439]

@@summ1elz416 I sure am! Not much on my new channel yet, but I am currently working on something big.

[@snackspositive]

you're a treasure, a freshly shaven beautiful treasure.

[@gglscks428]

so smoov

[@phyphor]

The centre (sic) left cares for people. The center (sic) left is actually pretty darned right-wing as far as us weirdo Europeans are concerned and it's not that surprising that, therefore, they are willing to cede ground to the right in order to obtain or retain power.

[@dynamicworlds1]

American progressive here (social democrat more sympathetic to socialists than "free market" capitalists) and hearing the establishment dems called "center left" pains me greatly to hear. They're center right at best. (And "establishment left" is an oxymoron because entrenched power is right wing by definition)

[@SoniaSephia]

5:27-8:00 THANK YOU!!! Soooo many Anti-SJW KZbinrs have done this! Even Sargon "the rationalist," the "Have you NOT read Locke?!" Is entertaining the "possibility of Race Realism."

[@ThoughtSlime]

Sargon will believe anything he thinks may be profitable to believe.

[@SoniaSephia]

@@ThoughtSlime Yes $$$ is part of it but sadly Sargon is starting to become a racist... kzbin.info/www/bejne/n33UcmhnqtGZb5I 8:12-8:51. Watch that part! It's eye opening!

[@moscanaveia]

@@SoniaSephia I'm a little late for this, but were you surprised Sargon is racist, actually? I mean, maybe I began following breadtube after that became patently obvious to anyone, but the sort of discourse that the sort of people like Sargon push forward is kinda comorbid with multiple forms of bigotry...

[@SoniaSephia]

@@moscanaveia yeah they were hints that start on was pretty racist from the start. The problem with being a fan of anti-sgw content was enjoying content that was very offensive. So unfortunately it's dumb down a lot of it's fans including myself. Looking back I'm ashamed how I got to the point. But the silver lining is I now know how to not fall back into that stuff again. I'm glad around 2016 I stopped.

[@SeanDDaily]

*Republicans:* I got all three branches of the federal government and most of the down ballot! *Democrats:* I got a rock...

[@ThoughtSlime]

Wait, I thought they dont have all three branches any more. Didn't they lose the house?

[@SeanDDaily]

@@ThoughtSlime You're right. The Dems got back the House of Representatives. I was referring to pre-2018 politics... although, with Nancy Pelosi talking about bipartisanship, the Republicans might as well have won the House this year, too... Speaking of Pelosi, you made some good points about her. I wish I could make a case against your arguments but, unfortunately, I can't. *EDIT:* I also wrote that comment within the first quarter of your video, before you started really tearing into Pelosi. If I'd known you were going to concentrate on the Democrats so much, I would have kept my big yap shut.

[@dynamicworlds1]

Considering how many "Democrats" are just Republicans with a "D" next to their name (and many of those being formerly registered as Republicans and became "Democrats" without changing their politics) it could be argued that the Republican party _does_ still control all 3 branches through infiltrators.

[@dracorex426]

This video, according to KZbin, is music.

[@verbulent_flow6229]

It's music to my ears.

[@JOneHundredTV]

I needed this one today. I'm at my limit with dealing with this crap that is happening and all the centrists who are such cowards.

[@ThrottleKitty]

"Is a political movement threatening your life and making you angry? Then you aren't allowed to have an opinion on that political movement, because you clearly aren't thinking about it clearly!"

[@eliseliseallen]

Watching this in 2021, turns out in a SHOCKING turn of events, you were completely right the entire time

[@readwrecks]

I love this. I saw the latest video from Innuendo Studios and I thought “THIS is Nancy Pelosi’s problem, this is what people who don’t want her to retake the Speaker of the House position are talking about but aren’t very good at articulating.” However, you sir have taken it farther, and explained it better, than I could.

[@ThoughtSlime]

I'm glad you said that, because that innuendo studios vid took a lot of the wind out of my sails while working on this because he said a lot of what I wanted to say but better.

[@readwrecks]

Thought Slime I mean, that Innuendo Studios video was a good one, but the conclusion it came to was “Go high, but don’t let the Right define what going high means.” That’s a smart conclusion, but it’s not very forceful. I like that you took it further and explained why Liberal politicians won’t do that. We on the left, should stay angry at politicians who call themselves leftists.

[@threadbearr8866]

Been saying this for years. Those dirty rotten smooth peanut butter lovers. They just need to shut up and stay in their lane.

[@henryberrylowry9512]

Fuckin' blasphemous!!!

[@IamMissPronounced]

@@HorstEwald unironically this

[@theantipope4354]

Smooth peanut butter eaters: Guillotine or firing squad?

[@HorstEwald]

@@theantipope4354 You'll never catch me alive!

[@gur262]

@@theantipope4354 drowning in hot molten smooth peanut butter, obviously

[@racewiththefalcons1]

America has one political party - corporations - with two different marketing firms.

[@RadicalReviewer]

I love this, Thank you.

[@BookwormSkates]

Someone needs to explain to me how one of the best videos on KZbin still has under 200k views.

[@anactualjoke]

Wow, I'm early this time. Smooth peanut butter is valid!

[@ThoughtSlime]

dislike

[@mindremote]

Deplatform smooth peanut butter

[@anactualjoke]

Anactualjoke called out: she's a fucking smooth peanut butter apologist

[@PhoenixRising87]

Amen, sis! Though I like crunchy peanut butter, too...

[@TheKnightOfBuquicious]

@@PhoenixRising87 what is this filthy peanut butter centrism?

[@DrakeFellwing]

Not relevant but flies love vinegar because latic acid, that smell is a sign there's rotting flesh around.

[@fresharche6227]

But what if I *am* a vampire??? discrimination. also you look tasty w/o a beard, good look

[@ThoughtSlime]

these two statements together got me worried

[@marinarasauce99]

this video is pretty old, but watching it again and really feeling it. Thank you for posting what you do! Wondering what you think of some of the things stated here now, several years later.

[@seeleunit2000]

This video is only 5 years old, it's not that old

[@MF-R]

Civility is infact reserved for those who behave within it's lines. The second you support xenophobia, malice or hatred; you have dismissed your own civility, and hence the right to be treated in a civil fashion.

[@gabrielmichelson9830]

Well, crap. I knew someday my peanut butter preference would come back to bite me. Not that it could literally bite me, though. Cuz, you know, it's smooth, and not crunchy. In all seriousness, Thought Slime is 100% right. Being polite to monsters will at best do nothing for you. At worst, it'll be seen as a sign of weakness and encourage them to be even bolder.

[@dominick767]

you were my favorite KZbinr...until i found out your peanut butter preference

[@BMoser-bv6kn]

I know man! If you want to eat peanuts, eat peanuts. If you want to eat peanut butter, eat peanut butter. What's with this bastardized half-way stuff??

[@SR77SR]

Always knew this guy was a crypto-crunchist

[@DrKane-ey9ix]

@@BMoser-bv6kn but...both creamy and crunchy are good

[@blittygal1]

truly loathe that every single point in this video is completely relevant in July 2022…god, maybe even moreso..

[@smileyp4535]

Keep it up, calling them stupid is honestly giving them too much credit, they are nefarious

[@richardbuckharris189]

"In the struggle for supremacy the various political parties outdo each other in trickery, deceit, cunning, and shady machinations, confident that the one who succeeds is sure to be hailed by the majority as the victor. That is the only god--Success. As to what expense, what terrible cost to character, is of no moment." ~ Emma Goldman

[@PokemonPlatinum1201]

i need a gif of that part where you say "so much for the tolerant left" cause that face you made made me laugh more than it should have btw great video as always

[@allisonfazekas4]

whyd you ditch the beard man

[@AgentSmithMatrix]

Probably because beard is coarse, rough, irritating and it gets everywhere.

[@ThoughtSlime]

not like being clean shaven. everything is soft and smooth.

[@nittygritty7034]

@@ThoughtSlime like....PEANUT BUTTER SHOULD BE

[@nolives]

@@nittygritty7034 agreed! Those crunchy nutters will ruin civilization. Who the fuck eats crunchy peanut butter with jelly?!

[@MyEyesWithin]

I understood that reference - Captain America

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

"We're all in this mess together, and only through civility and cooperation can we succeed." is arguably the worst argument for centrism I've heard. We're not in this mess "together". The people who put us there, the very ones you want me to cordially work with, aren't in this mess.

[@gmansplit]

Thought slime is out here acting like smooth peanut butter isn't obviously superior.

[@allnaturalfigjam310]

I had kind of accepted the "civility" argument without too much thought until 2016 when Colin Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem and got slammed for it. On reading up about it, there was some interview where Colin explained that he was planning to sit, but thought that kneeling would be more respectful. In that moment I realised that it had nothing to do with disrespect or incivility. Stepping just one toe out of line was deemed unacceptable, and those in power just drew the lines wherever it suited them.

[@ookazi1000]

So, what I'm hearing, as a nobody leftist considering a congressional run in 2022, who has to consider what persona to politic wrestle with, is that I should aim for the persona of a leftist heel: impolite ready to tell nancy, mcconnell, and everyone else on capital hill what their about. The leftism might not earn me many votes in my conservative district, but telling politicians where they can shove it definitely would; and while there are ways to organize that don't involve coopting the power structure, and coopting the power structure is most often a waste of time an energy: being a uncivil politician seems to turn heads, and I'm pretty sure I'll be willing to take that heat.

[@lance5691]

Many people think that a free market capitalist system doesn't work because a state is needed to prevent it from going south. I don't think this is the case. Free market capitalism is in itself a state, because the rich and wealthy are guaranteed to amass military power, making the rich and wealthy the state. Therefore, free market capitalism will always become a state, run by the wealthy. Which brings us to what America is today :}

[@riotgrrrl8807]

I'm watching this while eating crunchy peanut butter. Can we be friends now, Thought Slime??

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

I'm sorry, I agree with your points. But smooth peanut butter is the only damn good peanut butter.

[@eartianwerewolf]

Nohp crunchy all the way

[@deathlytree434]

The only time I’m okay with division is keeping hate groups away from me and gone

[@william_ytp]

i expected Hype Williams to start playing at that closing line and was sorely disappointed, but at least that good peanut butter take cancelled it out! (in any case this is one of your best videos ever holy SHIT)

[@NotoriousSRG]

A council person told me because I used what he considered bad words in emails to him he wouldn’t discuss substance. The context of those emails was expressing anger at the fact they won’t do anything about the murderers on the police force. You see, I’m the mean one. With my mean words. While the clowns on the council are good, polite people allowing the execution of black people by their police. It’s just so wild that people unironically will be like “well yeah you gotta be nice”. Do I though? They’ve had so long to fix the issue and have done nothing. (Unrelated but shows how absolutely bonkers this council is. A different member proposed a measure that would have required the unhoused to get a permit to panhandle in street medians and sidewalks.)

[@rodrigop9714]

I'll team up with class concious anarchists every time, but I wont ever work with crunchy peanutbutters. Sry but youre not my comrade

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

If I ever showed "civility" to every bully who picked on me at school, I would have kept quiet and the teachers would never have punished the assholes responsible. There is nothing hostile about defending yourself and your principles. I'm not meeting halfway with authoritarians if they're just gonna fuck me over whatever I do. Sure, a few you can debate with and get them to see your side of the story, but you do that without ever sacrificing your core principles. You stand firm and let it be known if they want consensus, they're gonna have to make concessions as well. No immediate spineless rolling over. They come to you. Like my dad says, "It can't all just be one way".

[@enfercesttout]

Against the civilisation.

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

Division is a _necessity_ when some people are fascist.

[@jragonlearnhowtomakeminecr7886]

I know many of you will be hurt by this but... I eat my cereal dry but with a separate glass of soy milk on the side. All I ask is people respect my opinions and not throw me in the gulag for my food politics. Please and thank you.

[@cdsbradley]

im getting sick and tired of these crunch supremacists trying to pass off their hateful ideology like it's just a difference of opinion. And no, you're not fooling anyone just because you had cream of wheat that one time

[@ThoughtSlime]

this is violence.

[@Mani_Manic]

Jragon // Learn How To Make Minecraft Commands Wow, you know your kind is the villain in Get Out right?? You’re on the losing side from the get go!

[@lronjack]

Literally the craziest thing about Get Out

[@AddiSaysHi]

Holy shit!! Didn't expect to see you here, Jragon

[@jdprettynails]

I'm a centrist. I believe crunchy and smooth peanut butter are equally valid.

[@freeofavia]

How do we organize?

[@sabrinalundquist5566]

Your face at 5:15 about the vinegar kills me:)

[@tecwynjones6532]

This whole video's intro can be summed up in one word: appeasement.

[@EveryTimeV2]

I think this is focusing on the most extreme divide. You won't get a nazi to swing to communism. But you might convince moderates.

[@Quamikaze]

Instant subscribe because of using "Dipshits and Dumbos" my two favorite insult words.

[@bronxbl0gr]

Smooth boi, welcome to the revolution!

[@LaktostheIntolerant]

I'm telling you, things started going astray when duel challenges went out of vogue in congress. I would waste a genie wish to challenge Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham to a Mexican standoff. $672 says I could trick Graham into winging Turtle Johnson.

[@Fuzzycuffsqt]

The system IS working, though. In the sense that everyone but a ruling class is powerless to make any meaningful choice. Choosing whether or not to accept that oppression exists is the only form of "civil" political expression available to the middle class. You can see why so many people prefer to deny the class struggle while they are insulated from poverty. In poverty, you do not have the luxury of denying your oppression. Right now, there are people with enough money to buy your home town living in the same "civil" society as children who starve. The ruling class denies responsibility because we allow them to do so. It cannot continue. Middle class life is the carrot by which the ruling class exploits the people, and poverty is the stick. The ruling class invite us to come willingly into their service, on their terms. The alternative is death in poverty. How hollow "civility" rings, when it's exposed as an instrument of oppression. Refusing to be "civil" is OUR stick. They already own the carrot farms.

[@dwightmartincampbell7973]

Funny how relevant this is in current American politics

[@aceventura4413]

Smooth peanut butter gang rise up

[@NaramSinofAkkad790]

Best thing in this video was my validation that chunky peanut butter is the only peanut butter worth eating.

[@agamer293]

Can we revolution now? Please?

[@ThoughtSlime]

You have my permission.

[@dejaumdjar5022]

You guys cant even get a job

[@agamer293]

@@dejaumdjar5022 I make industrial air filters for nuclear power plants for a living so that blows a hole in your little taunt. Go fuck yourself

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@agamer293 youre the only valid gamer

[@thomasmoore1015]

"Let's be civil," is just the polite way of telling someone to *know your fucking place*

[@icewink7100]

I usually really enjoy your videos, but I was pretty disappointed with this one, smooth peanut butter wis way better than crunchy peanut butter.

[@thehamofficialart]

the door bit almost made me spit my tea out

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

Had to dislike over the smooth peanut butter comment

[@eldaneuron4183]

I prefer smooth pb to crunchy but that’s because crunchy pb gets in my molar which I couldn’t fix because my insurance deemed it “cosmetic”

[@abnerdupuis7110]

Just because you’re not being loud and violent doesn’t mean that you aren’t confident in your stances. Sternly tell a racist that you won’t tolerate their ideas. Fight til your last dying day for what you believe. But never, in your haste, treat your fellow men like insects to be purged or beaten. We are all human beings with life in our veins and if anything in this world should ever demand any kind of respect or value it is that! Love, not because it is easy, but because it is what we deserve. Don’t make Universal and Unconditional Love the enemy of politics.

[@ThoughtSlime]

Loudness and violence are not equivalent. We should be loud.

[@abnerdupuis7110]

Thought Slime We should be metaphorically loud and steadfast. But not unkind. Like ContraPoints said, these people’s anger isn’t unjustified, they’re being screwed over by the same systems we are. They are the Prodigal Sons and we should be as their fathers. Not giving support to their inhumanities (instead clear condemnation, with efforts to stop them at every turn), but we should also give them full invitation to our tables. Not with forgetfulness, but forgiveness if they see their errors. Treat them like they can do better. Appeal to their conscience if it’s true that people still have them. P.S. Apologies for the length. I’m very pretentious.

[@wolfcoma]

@@abnerdupuis7110 You're right ,that is pretension to the highest degree. Nobody cares about your ridiculous paternalism.

[@abnerdupuis7110]

wolfcoma I mean, if you have to be ridiculous about something you could do a lot worse than care about other people.

[@wolfcoma]

@@abnerdupuis7110 Oh, "caring" is what you call that? Yikes....

[@michaelseitz8938]

Hahaha, the transition from Charlie Brown to "the Dems" was priceless 😁😂🤣

[@wdirtymonkey]

I like to think of Noncompete and Thoughtslime as companion pieces. One is full of gentle positivity and boys-own how-to about building a new society, and glove puppets. Thoughtslime (although I love the flashes of humour) - generally - fills me with a cold and ferocious rage.

[@TreeHairedGingerAle]

:D I mean, Bread tastes the best with some Crunchy Peanut Butter on it! (And then I just wash that down with some HP sauce. ._.; ....I would include Mexie somehow, but I'm new to watching her and I can't think of a food association. Halp. )

[@timwcronin]

So glad I found this channel!

[@GhERM2SOIED72]

That point of how equal engagement normalizes bad ideas was something I needed to hear- Wrong and harmful thoughts should be engaged only from a position of authority.

[@GhERM2SOIED72]

The gang in front of that tv-personality's home was still bad, in this case, because their gathering demonstrates the power in his position.

[@sissymarie2912]

The only people who deserve politeness are people who already have an interest in doing the right thing.

[@fernandosalvador369]

The ball is political goals. We try to get the ''ball rolling'', so to speak, but it keeps on being taken away from us for not having the right etiquette. Lucy is the arbiter of what and how things should be said.

[@LittleHerdaz]

The Planet is Dying...... 😮‍💨 Feel that so much 😮‍💨❤️

[@ernststravoblofeld]

I am in awe of the stealth genius of your comic timing.

[@megantron5331]

I grew up in Idaho and a lot of people consider it impolite to talk openly about politics. As I've grown more vocal over the years, I've seen more and more of my relatives making passive aggressive posts about how sick they are of "negative political posts". They try to present themselves as impartial victims caught in the middle of a battle between two factions of extremists, but their true intentions are easy to spot in their framing and talking points. Many of them have a genuine love and concern for my safety as a trans woman, but if I pushback just a little on any issue they care about, my criticisms are dismissed as a diffence of opinion. It doesn't matter how well I articulate my thoughts or what sources I cite, they just want the conversation to end. And I can understand where they're coming from. It took me years of introspection and exposure to new perspectives before I understood how my thinking had fallen into the grooves worn by socialization. At times, it was genuinely painful to think about. I worried I would be cast out if I went to far and told myself "I should just keep my mouth shut and be glad they accept me being trans. Anything else would be asking too much." My family wasn't very religious, but it felt like trying to leave cult. At first, I tried to go through the motions and conceal my disillusionment. But as soon as I found a new social group and saw how much better life could be, I felt this obligation to deprogram the people I care about. Not just for my benefit, but for everyone hurt by the systems their ideology and culture perpetuates. I've tried being nice and it doesn't work for one simple reason. You can try to catch flies with honey, but it will rarely lure them away from bullshit. Sorry this got long. I can't afford a therapist and I'm higher than brontosaurus tits.

[@darcybergen7508]

You're level of snark in this is inspiring. Awesome job as always

[@davidjay7116]

Wtf did they play a pragerU ad before this video?

[@Skag_Sisyphus]

There's no ethical consumption of smooth peanut butter. We must fight smooth peanut butter in all its forms.

[@VioletTheGeek]

I liked the Real World reference! Got a chuckle out of me.

[@radiobob1908]

I think the last time the system made positive change (and didn't walk it back within six months) was when it legalized gay marriage. That was what, eight years ago? Think about all the harm the system has done in the past eight years. Was it worth it?

[@seeleunit2000]

It was in June of 2015 almost 9 years ago so, it was almost 9 years ago. Which only came about after many decades a fighting for marriage equality... Which is currently under threat under this political climate.

[@SteveTheMissionary]

As a pro-lifer, I take a disliking to being lumped in with people who prefer smooth peanut butter.

[@ThoughtSlime]

Literally anything I can do to annoy pro lifers is a win for me, so I'm glad it bothered you.

[@Queenfan999]

Why doesn't this have more views after almost four years algorithm pls

[@AgeingBoyPsychic]

The irony is, the way he's approaching that ball, he's going to fall if Lucy pulls it away or not... I'm sure there's a hidden message there somewhere...