European Reacts: The Most Gangster Politician Ever - Cassius Marcellus Clay

[@european-reacts]

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[@DeepTones92]

Ali was named after Cassius Clay. I'd love to see how you like Jack McNasty. It's America's version of Deadpool in world war two.

[@DeepTones92]

Nick (The fat electrician) is a fantastic story teller he's currently getting his masters in American history. Thats why he is so very well spoken and can deliver such dense material and we can absorb it.

[@mamaflush9945]

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[@donnamathewson22]

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[@brendanrisney2449]

"He was afraid Cassius would kill so many southerners in duels that it would constitute voter fraud." I still love that line from the first time I watched this.

[@SmolFenFen]

If you love that, then you love the second amendment. Don't forget that part where you rooted for Mr. Clay for mounting cannons in his newspaper business. The man could do it bc he had the right to bear arms. Not the right to bear pistols and rifles classified by the government. He mounted cannons, literally the most powerful weapons in existence at the time.

[@brendanrisney2449]

@@SmolFenFen....What prompted _that?_

[@ex-navyspook]

​@@SmolFenFenSecond Amendment doesn't say you CAN'T own a cannon, or even a nuke, for that matter.

[@adamskeans2515]

@@SmolFenFen I love ALL the amendments

[@Padfoot1985]

@@ex-navyspook that part. An explosive device in a briefcase is an arm. We should all be allowed to carry them through the airport. For protection.

[@sp1c3dog]

Part of my family was involved in the founding of Berea College in Kentucky. It was the first racially integrated college anywhere. A bunch of men threatened my ancestors, giving them three days to leave the state or die. Cassius Clay helped them go to Missouri.

[@reindeer7752]

For ten years I lived within hearing distance of the Clay home, now White Hall State Historic site. I say "hearing" because there were occasionally concerts, fireworks and Civil War reenactments held there. I used to go to Berea a few times a year to wander the shops of handmade furniture, dulcimers, weaving, etc; and the antique mall. Very nice little town.

[@silkcitysocialist420]

That's such an amazing part of your family's history! Is/Was your family Quakers? They were known for being abolitionists.

[@sp1c3dog]

No, they weren't Quakers. They were just Baptists and abolitionists in rural Kentucky. The one who was exiled had an interesting background. His father had been driven from Kentucky for being a Baptist preacher. He died in Missouri and some of his sons and daughters came back here. That part of my family were friends with Mr Clay. Some agreed with him and some didn't, but Clay could respect that as long as you didn't get physical.

[@silkcitysocialist420]

@@sp1c3dog Very cool!

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

This personal bit of your families history is really cool. It also raises the respect I had for Clay even higher somehow. TFE made him sound a bit violent but it sounds more like he only got violent against the aggressive types and those who merely debated verbally weren’t bothered.@@sp1c3dog

[@jeffhall2411]

I lived in the US, grew up in US schools, Knew Muhammed Ali was named Cassius Clay.. Never heard of the Original Cassius Clay until the Fat Electrician.

[@brynejordan2877]

I heard that when Death finally came for Clay and Dan Daly, Death took a knee before the threshold, bowed his head and then respectfully asked permission to enter.

[@brynejordan2877]

Also, there are many counties that are named after a relative of his, Henry Clay. They were either first or second cousins. Honestly I don’t remember exactly how close they were related, but, it wasn’t far.

[@josephschultz3301]

@@brynejordan2877 Look, man, when it comes to Clay, even Death had to go, "Shit, am I cool enough to kill this guy? I dunno."

[@brynejordan2877]

@@josephschultz3301agreed

[@brynejordan2877]

On a side note, I met Muhammad Ali once and have his autograph. Problem is, I was way too young to appreciate the moment. At that point Parkinson’s was doing what almost every boxer couldn’t… beating Ali. I just wish I could have truly appreciated what was happening, but, in my defense I was like…6-7 years old.

[@Maria_Erias]

@@brynejordan2877 The irony of that is that Ali traded his "slave name" (which was probably the most anti-slave name ever) for the name of man who bought, sold, and owned slaves.

[@joannaray5846]

Ive lived in Richmond, Ky my entire life and have toured Whitehall many times. It's a beautiful old mansion. I've heard these stories and many, many more on the tours. The Halloween tour is something else! It's a candlelight tour, with live actors re-enacting historic events that have happened at Whitehall that was either spooky, tragic or even sad such as deaths. The entire family was very interesting and the old home is definitely something to see, down to the indoor plumbing (unheard of in the area at that time), solid brass indoor water tank, and jail in the basement. Yes, it is still open to tours. It's located right off I-75. And, yes. The mansion is haunted.

[@jackiebinns6205]

Awesome

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

"Standard Behavior for a Kentuckian" LOL, while these days are more civilized, there's still some truth to that statement, and I should know

[@katrinaprescott5911]

From Kentucky. Can confirm. Especially as regards Eastern Kentucky.

[@CrispyOkra]

As an American, sadly I've never heard of any of this. Great video.

[@scotthill1600]

Watch more fat electrician stories, if you hadn’t heard this story, there are quite a few more great stories ab Americans you have likely never heard of on his channel similar to this one

[@dicerosautismambient4894]

Same, I have never heard of this guy before and I have been looking for stories like this.

[@CrispyOkra]

@@scotthill1600 Will head over there now. Thanks!

[@scotthill1600]

@@CrispyOkra one of my fav channels atm, couldn’t recommend it more, enjoy

[@kimkacer782]

ikr?

[@cp368productions2]

The reason so much is skipped in school is because there is so much to cover. Instead of doing a different era of history each year they go over everything over and over so you learn the basics again and again but not much detail.

[@Aughtel]

As I like to put it: You went to a movie with your friend, but when you got there you had diarrhea. So you go to the shitter, and you're stuck there for like an hour. You can hear the movie starting. By the time you get out, the movie is half over. So you ask your friend what'd you miss? They're not gonna tell you a full hour of everything that happened, so they tell you the basics what you need to not be so lost. "He's the bad guy, that guy killed that guy's dog, now this guy is taking down a whole mob hence all the guys in suits". Essentially history in school is so you know what people are referring to, like with everyone using the word Nazis. We know from school Nazis are bad, therefore the person being called one....

[@jerzisfinest8302]

I wish that were true. Cassius clay is only briefly taught in law school as an abolitionist. All that he did for the cause is purposely not taught. In grade school, he's actually not taught at all on purpose. Not even on the subject of the purchase of Alaska. He's actually suppressed. Has nothing to do with there being so much information to cover.

[@joshuanixon5023]

Man… I got excited now I have to wait 12 more hours lol

[@rodneysisco6364]

Being born in Louisville ,I know this story .His cousin was Henry Clay , a much more famous politician . He was recalled from ambassador to Russia because he killed so many young Russian nobility in duels over women ,he killed them with his Bowie knives and he was in his 60's then . My family owned slaves in Kentucky at the time

[@KCM4sterpiec3]

It was literally this FatElectrition video that gave me a new hero. Glad you're enjoying it too. 😂

[@chrismaverick9828]

I had never heard of Cassius Clay (this one, I'd obviously heard of Mohammad Ali) but I did know that Henry Clay was a Secretary of State and lawyer. There is SOO much of US history that simply isn't taught in US schools, not just because of political B-S in the education system, but because they don't spend enough time on it. Individuals like Clay, Madison, Jefferson, etc are people, who lived long, influential, and interesting lives. They formed much of what our country became and can be learned from on many subjects. Too much is made by some people about the political views we take on them from over a hundred years later and not about what they themselves thought, which is funny because most of them wrote all that down.

[@GroovyKy]

I’ve lived in Kentucky almost all my life and I’ve never heard the story. Thank you

[@Kolljak]

I hear that when clay passed away the grim reaper wouldn't get within 2 meters of him in fear of what clay would do to him.

[@bobsyouruncle3075]

Why do you think he won so many duels? Grim said, "Nope!" and took the other guy.

[@chakatBombshell]

Yeah I'm pretty sure the Clay family has some super human DNA because a lot of the people in their family where the best at different things. Thank goodness Cassius's generation decided to be super heroes. :D

[@revgurley]

Not sure if you caught the Johnny Appleseed thing. (around 3:48), but he was a guy who went around the "wilderness" (now middle America) and had people plant apple seeds. Thing is, the apples were for cider, not for eating/baking. So when he says "johnny Appleseed planting entire trees..." he means going way beyond.

[@adamskeans2515]

the fact that there was a little known law that if planted a piece of land, you now own it had something to do with it too

[@Doubie.]

Well yes but no a lot of them were brandy apple trees too but most of those were cut down during prohibition essentially eradicating those varieties

[@MrFelblood]

@@Doubie. Which is a shame, not just for biodiversity, but also because Brandy Apple mash helped fund the Transcontinental Railroad, and we repaid it with extinction.

[@karladoesstuff]

I love watching you get excited about learning!

[@MIKE_F44]

That is exactly what TFE is trying to accomplish

[@Mscoffeeforu2]

It really tied on with the top 10 Presidents video. Now you know more about how slavery really ended. Loved your reaction. Clay is one of the best anti heroes of all time. Jake McNeice McNasty is another really cool anti hero story told by the Fat Electrican.

[@kaitlanparks8061]

Could NOT recommend this video more as well as having the privilege of watching these reactions, sir!

[@mannytavares5880]

I consider myself quite knowledgeable and enjoy US history very much , but I was not aware of many of these historical facts. Very interesting.

[@MIKE_F44]

Be sure to play his videos to the end. Sometimes there’s actually footage of the heroes that he’s talking about. Well done sir!

[@LazloTaylor]

His videos on Jake Mcnastie, the luckiest ship with the luckiest crew and the one about the horse are some fantastic ones…

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

I was a history major in college and never heard of this guy. Where was I?

[@MrFelblood]

TL;DR People are afraid of getting canceled if they talk about something as nuanced as justified violence. There's a lot of pressure to focus on the Nonviolent Resistance side of the Civil Rights Movement. Nobody wants to talk about guys like Cassius Clay and Malcom X, who met the violence of the lynch mobs with violence, for fear that they may be seen as condoning or even encouraging additional political violence. Racists try very hard to tar any call for protest about racial or social inequality with the brush of instigating violent rioting, and it's often considered better to steer clear of anything that can make that task easier for them, as well. It's a complicated issue, that leaves many of our bravest heroes unsung.

[@carolyngilbert5121]

I totally agree with you! They need to make a movie about this!

[@carolynm3523]

I love his storytelling and what an amazing man he was. I enjoyed your reaction. I love people allowing us to experience the flow if the song or clip. Another, but a different storyteller. Not necessarily military video, although he was a Navy SEAL. That was also interesting. His name is Mr.Ballen.

[@natediederich8979]

Loved the reaction, you were obviously surprised/overwhelmed, but stayed on topic and it felt genuine. Keep it up, love TFE reactions

[@lamondjack4349]

Welcome to American History. We have a ton of these crazy stories.

[@LWolf12]

The story of the Sea Bees stealing a train is going to be great when he gets to it. That story is nuts.

[@greggwilliamson]

I grew up kinda into history. I SHOULD have heard of him. I had not. Pretty pissed about that!! I understand you can't teach everything but that sounds like a fairly important part of US history that was just... left out.

[@MrFelblood]

This was actually my first FatElectrician video. 2:23 When Muhammad Ali changed his name he said it was because he didn't want to be named after a white man, but I think having the name of such a legendary fighter contributed to the massive chip on Ali's shoulder, which pushed him on his quest to become the Greatest of All Time. The passion, pride, toughness and ferocity that defined both men is hard not to admire. 4:30 It's so rare to see a man with wealth actually put his wallet where his mouth is. 9:30 Cassius Clay clearly would have loved Dwarf Fortress. 12:30 I love the air quotes on "excessive." Fat Electrician clearly has his own opinions on how many times it is acceptable to stab someone who is trying to kill you. 17:36 Imagine getting melee finished by a guy in his 90s. Instead of Saint Peter welcoming you to the Pearly Gates, you'd hear Fred Tatasciore shouting "HUMILIATION!" (I know He's still with us. Thank God. He plays Shax on Lower Decks)

[@VirginiaPeden-Harrington-qd5zu]

Thanks for introducing me to so many great videos that I would have missed lf I had not watched your reactions.

[@RaymondBCrisp]

Being from Kentucky, I have heard these stories and took a field trip to Whitehall when I was in elementary school. I'm sorry they didn't make it out of our state apparently.

[@tihorog349]

3:52 stranger than fiction

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Muhammad Ali was named after this guy

[@anlydaly5726]

Assassin: So ... who do you want me to kill? Slave owners: Cassius Clay Assassin: ... ****** this ****** I'm out

[@scifiauthor]

You should check out the movie Lincoln (2012). It shows Clay in Congress standing up to the pro slavery representatives. His insults are legendary. Heck, the whole movie is.

[@scifiauthor]

Sorry, I made a mistake. I thought it was Clay in the movie because of how the man looked and acted. But it was Thaddeus Stevens who was being shown. Again, my mistake. Still an epic movie, with great acting all around.

[@Alex-dh2cx]

Knew you'd like this guy

[@stephaniekaminsky7497]

Love your reactions! I’m from Michigan USA.

[@DarkPegasus87]

Cassius Marcellus Clay: An Audacious American is a documentary about him. I don't think there is an actual Hollywood movie about him.

[@RageinriotTJ]

the next TFE (the fat electrician) should either be sargent reckless or jake mcnasty mcness

[@MIKE_F44]

OLD 666 is another great one, I got emotional

[@darthrevan4933]

Operation Paul bunion is another really good one

[@nicoleo8149]

That was amazing!

[@jeaniewilliams3274]

The answer to your question, "Why does the whole world not know these stories?", is our American History teachers were not storey tellers. We students would have told everyone.

[@j.b.victor]

I would also recommend reacting to Operations Room’s content, plus Fat Electrician’s video about Operation Praying Mantis.

[@cyclone8974]

Now imagine that you change your name to Mohammad Ali both heavily involved in the slave trade.

[@Alex-dh2cx]

Yes, that is ironic, but there was irony in Cassius Clay as well, as he was named for his slave owning father, but was an abolitionist. Ali got caught up in a movement at the time due to his frustrations with the world he lived in.

[@cyclone8974]

@@Alex-dh2cx I don't think that I would want to be name after 2 slave owners.

[@Alex-dh2cx]

@@cyclone8974 EDIT: reread your comment, i think you were agreeing with what i said, so yes i agree, being named after one slave owner, to only change my name to another slave owner's name, would kind of suck. one slave owner. The second guy didn't have any legal recourse, and the best choice he could make was to accept his inheritance and free the slaves as soon as legally allowed... But, to the original guy's comment, there's been a lot of slavers that went by Mohammad Ali, including the Muslim prophet himself. Men who were responsible for the enslavement of thousands, not just hundreds. And i mean chattel slavery, the arab trade was cruel and large.

[@cfr3830]

Yes, he is a great story teller.

[@chadjohnson5807]

Fat electrician is an American treasure. Best channel on KZbin

[@frankscarborough1428]

Had heard about mister Clay being an abolitionist and freeing his slaves but not much else. Thanks enjoyed

[@DeepTones92]

This guy and Dan Daly were good but if you want to see America's most badass anti-hero check out Jake McNasty and the filfthy 13. One of the videos also made by the same creator the fat electricion. Dan Daly's story 8.5/10, Jake McNasty 9.5/10 in my opinion.

[@sector986]

Desmond Doss is the most badass imho

[@blixsnix792]

Incredible story. Wish the OP would knock off the swear words as filler words, but still glad you reacted. It really makes you think about what one values in life, standing for what’s right even when it’s the minority opinion. Our culture has so many issues of this intensity today and while I don’t condone violence at all, the level of commitment to the cause is impressive. The problem in our world is there’s too much violence and too much noise, too many distractions. We’re made to think we don’t have many shared values, when in fact we do. Your channel shows us our common humanity. I hope people will slow down to think through all of our decisions more clearly and carefully.

[@TheCsel]

some of the details were maybe slightly exaggerated, but true for the most part. He also did some pretty reprehensible things that was left out of the video as well. I would say he was mostly overshadowed by his cousin Henry Clay though, who went on to run for president 3 times and was pivotal for defining national policy for about 40 years. And even Henry Clay is mostly unknown by the average person today, americans just do not like learning history on average.

[@kevananne]

I’m from Texas, and did not know any of this.

[@vassillifodaveabbott2568]

As a red-blooded American born on the 4th of July I can tell you with the utmost certainty that I had never heard about this man until the first time I watched the Fat electricians video. And yes the fat electrician is the best thing on the internet.

[@ADGarvey1]

I knew who Henry Clay was. and the only Cassius Clay was Ali's gov't name. Love the way you react to vids. Looking forward to more vids!

[@AugustRushington]

So glad Fat Electrician is finally getting attention. Dude deserves it.

[@internet_introvert]

If Hollywood makes a movie of this guy, everyone who watches it will think its all made up. Reality is stranger than fiction.

[@european-reacts]

True

[@ericsanford3502]

its an indictment of our education system, bt the majority of Americans have never heard of him either.

[@brettboulette5106]

Makes you wonder why this man was kept out of American history books

[@scotthill1600]

It’s a war crime we don’t learn ab ppl like Cassius clay in school here in NC at least & im guessing nationwide very few if any schools have him & others like him in the curriculum

[@troyshilanski380]

Love your reactions sit.

[@Dfourteens]

Love your react videos. A couple of Fat Electrician videos you might checkout. One is about a military guy similar to Dan Daily or Cassius Clay, and the other is about a military horse. America's Airborne Anti-hero Jake McNasty McNeice America's war horse Marine - Sergeant Reckless

[@waddlespire]

From what I understand, The Fat Electrician is an Iowan. As a fellow Iowan I have to say that it is common knowledge here in our state that we sent more soldiers per capita to the Union army than any other state in the Union. We were greatly involved in the Underground Railroad since we were bordering the south and were one state away from the Canadian border. I think that plays into his admiration for Cassius Clay, and now mine too.

[@rg20322]

It's a double-edged sword with Cassius Marcellus Clay since if he wasn't the ambassador to Russia he could not have prevented even more English and European influence for the Confederates. However, with Andrew Johnson tearing down a lot of what Lincoln did and was a Democrat, he kept putting people in power, in the South, that were pro slavery which in my opinion contributed to the relentless Southern attitude, instead of someone like Cassius Clay who would have continued the path Lincoln put forward and also his own anti-slavery policies. It would have been a much better outcome.

[@Sarah-cq1vb]

Interesting fact berea college is a free college. No student who is accepted there pays tuition.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

One minute in: "This sounds fake". Ha! Just wait. 😂

[@richardpickett3882]

Yes and he is also telling the truth

[@TheLiljan69]

😂😅 you don't mess with us hillbillies.

[@erikagoodman1356]

You need to watch the Fat Electrician Sgt.Reckless video!

[@kevinb314]

KZbin must not like you. I’m subscribed, and have searched for reactions to this And I literally just saw that you did this video…

[@aimeeharvey235]

Todays ideas of American Movies wont allow a movie about Cassius Clay. Maybe in another 5 years or so they will?

[@sector986]

Check out Desmond Doss. Please.

[@TWyatt-TerraOne]

he is a history gangster

[@Tbone1492]

Mohammed Ali was named after him

[@VerumAdPotentia]

"America! Fuck yeah!"

[@xv6701]

The amount of American history that isn’t even taught to us is mind boggling.

[@jimmywonger]

After the the war they could couldn't pay the soldiers so instead they gave them deeds to land..Clay family offered them money for the deeds and own the collective land to this day... They are well know where I live

[@Aughtel]

Yoooo here we go

[@troyshilanski380]

Love ya bro.

[@SmolFenFen]

It is an incredible, true, compelling story. They'll never make a movie though, because it makes a white man look good, with the added problem of it coming from a point in history when racism was real and active. Hollywood doesn't make stories that heal problems, they make stories that cause people to fight. That's where the money is. This also has the added problem of making guns and the ability to own them look like a good thing. Fixing the actual problem of why people can get away with shooting people and acting insane isn't the problem. They think the guns are the problem.

[@LWolf12]

Cassius Clay convening Russia to keep France and Brittan to stay out of the US Civil war isn't even taught in US history, at least not when I went.

[@remanscimitar]

Threatening France and Great Britain with the Russian army at the time is kind of stupid, every other European country (including G.B. and France) would've gotten involved (also G.B. was already in an anti-slavery mindset due to their industrial revolution at the time and Queen Victoria). That said, denying the recognition of another country because of differential politics is also a form of slavery itself. Most abolitionists (save a very select few, Lysander Spooner to boot) were quite hypocritical in this belief, and not to mention they didn't give alternatives to slavery.

[@corvuslight]

Cassius Clay, the honey badger of abolitionists...

[@guttab0i662]

Muhammad Ali changed his name because the clay family owned his family. He didn't like having a slave Masters name

[@troyshilanski380]

Sir

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

❤

[@european-reacts]

🙌

[@IvIidnight]

Oversimplified's videos are under researched. I had to stop watching him because he was wrong almost as often as he was right.

[@robertarodgers]

America does not teach our history

[@Jackholiday1025]

I like the fat electrician but he’s so corny saying “ gangster “. Sick of gangster being used as a positive to describe great badass people who aren’t gangsters.

[@brucepalmer-nm6uc]

No reaction is a reaction

[@phildicks4721]

I agree with you and other reactors...there needs to be a movie made about the life of Cassius Clay. Great reaction btw.