Islamophobia: An Analysis | Philosophy Tube

[@NotJustBikes]

20:42 this exactly describes me reading Sam Harris when I was younger. I was nodding along and then thought ... "did I miss a page?" Like, how did we go from 'religion causes a lot of problems' to 'torturing Muslims is quite a good idea actually?'

[@Critical_Hit]

You're watching Abby as well? Cool

[@appleslover]

Islamophobia (or any other kind of bigotry) is almost always used as a tool to dehumanise a certain people (the unruly) in the eyes of the public to justify their oppression (imperialism, colonialism, genocide etc) this was used by Europeans in their "civilising mission" when colonising the Americas, native Americans were considered uncivilised and barbaric and thus any atrocity against them is deserved, and later in India Africa and Australia. The same mechanism was used in nazi Germany and is used today to justify imperialism and interventionism in Muslim countries but rather than the civilising mission, it's the "spreading freedom and democracy" mission

[@sarapocorn]

I was into him for a while a few years back (before JP and the sorts), liked his podcast for a bit. But actually dealing with his ideas through his books made me feel similarly and made me start to question what I was reading. Glad to hear I wasn‘t the only one. Also: hi from someone who gets by with only bike + public transport in Switzerland. it‘s great and I love your content :)

[@rezhall6652]

Nice to see one of my fave KZbinr also enjoying the same content.

[@Frommerman]

Yeah, I had exactly this response as well. I never read any of his books, but it did feel odd that this guy who had (seemingly, at the time) reasonable takes elsewhere would go so obviously off the rails when it came to Islam.

[@nadija7697]

As a Bosniak Muslim woman, I cried when you mentioned our experiences with islamophobia. It so often feels like we are hated on from the West for being Muslims and ignored by the Middle Easterners for not being the "traditional" Muslims. No one seems to understand that. I feel seen. Thank you Abigail.

[@HashimAziz1]

As a "traditional" Muslim (no such thing really, but I understand you) all I can say is I'm sorry and don't stop being you and practicing your own flavour of Islam. ❤️ I also recently translated a Sufi Bosnian dhikr on my channel so feel free to check that out if it's something you're interested in.

[@thexalon]

I mentioned this on another thread, but: I got to know some Bosniak Muslim refugees in my teenage years, and nobody should have had to go through what your community has. Never Again, Never Forget.

[@Wooplot]

The left needs to support non-traditional muslims.

[@michaelcrockis7679]

The curse of every half-blood, really. I've heard this speech exactly, save the geography/nationality details, from Half-Japanese, Half-Korean, Half-Black, Half-Russian, Half-Armenian, and many other half-s.

[@sox-b9999]

As a religious Muslim myself, it's not that you're being ignored by middle easterners; it's just a hot mess over here that we can't really do anything to help Muslims around the world. We have more than enough problems here (economy is very bad + civil wars + Israel&America...etc). However, we really care about y'all. All that aside, I've never met anyone having a negative thought on Bosniaks, but I've met so many who supported them during the Yugoslav Wars.

[@cumbertiger8503]

as a bilingual Russian girl, honestly, Natasha learning perfect English and forgetting most of her Russian pronunciation is a BIG MOOD

[@melaniewut]

no

[@durnsidh6483]

It's hilarious

[@cf453]

Ok, you can hang out, but NO SPYING! ;)

[@alexshane5713]

Bilingual gang

[@misadate8688]

haha, jokes on you, i forgot BOTH russian and english

[@hussainahmad8188]

25:58 when she said "instead of spying on me" a person walked past the window. The attention to detail is very appreciative.

[@PhilosophyTube]

lol, that wasn't deliberate but it was a happy coincidence!

[@hussainahmad8188]

@@PhilosophyTube yeah. I kinda guessed that. But still most of the things are working in your way. I wish you more success and fulfillment in life❤️

[@17-MASY]

While this video had some good points, it still does not talk about what Islam itself is!? Reading chapter 19 of the Quran is a great introduction point. ​@@PhilosophyTube

[@Liyaxs]

@@17-MASYallot of muslims don’t read the quran/understand the meaning - thankfully and sadly at the same time. same way most christian’s don’t read/comprehend their version of the bible

[@jackhasbadopinions4262]

With Abagail I never know if the chess board is set up incorrectly by mistake or whether it's a brilliant metaphor for how we're "playing the game the wrong way."

[@ittixen]

I've seen her consistently pay impressive attention to so many smart little details, I'm convinced it's on purpose.

[@Ingydar_]

Ohh it's the latter mate

[@dumbledalfthewizard9486]

@@Ingydar_ missed opportunity to say ladder mate

[@blorblin]

@@dumbledalfthewizard9486 based and rook a1 queen b2 rook a3 queen b4 rook a5 queen b6 rook a7 queen b8# pilled

[@unixtreme]

@@ryanreyes4622 nice try.

[@AuraSight]

Abigail dunking on quoting the Dictionary will literally NEVER get old

[@janmelantu7490]

Send Bitcoin lol

[@appleslover]

*[angry cat noises]*

[@EddEttor]

Nobody likes a cherry picker.

[@Flatcetera]

I don’t mind it tbh, because some people have their own made up interpretations of what real words mean, and their whole argument is based on a misunderstanding that would be solved if they read the definition for once, instead of going off from their (very wrong) preconceived notion.

[@DragonWinter36]

@@janmelantu7490 is that a toki pona username?

[@lauraturnell5302]

I'm astonished that Ivan's been able to keep himself in business with the current state of petrol supply in the UK. Unless...

[@ScorpionViper1001]

"Supply and demand. Isn't it a wonderful system?" - Ivan

[@Tamburlaine1]

It's because spines in brine are so cheap... god I hope someone gets this reference.

[@0ptimuscrime]

Let’s just say his business is on fire right now

[@EddEttor]

@@Tamburlaine1 fish?

[@appleslover]

"At least wE cOnTrOl oUr bOrDeRs *something something* WE CONQUERED THE WORLD.. WW2.. CHURCHILL"

[@amnatahir9224]

As a muslim, I would like to say that criticism of religion is the only true way to find truth... unless you question you cannot find answers. Personally, I have had many thoughts doubting my religion, doubting my faith and then I read the Quran, listen to sermons and soothe my heart. Hazrat Ibrahim, questioned god, the existence of god, and then found him. Criticising religion is not hate of a religion. Lots of love to my brothers and sisters, and to the people of the book ❤. May you faith persevere!

[@user-og9nl5mt1b]

You are just brainwashed . Stop praying 5 times a day for a month and u will understand the changes . And start listening to music more .

[@TheHotspurBloke]

@@user-og9nl5mt1bYou’re obsessed with hating on Islam because you have nothing better to do in your life 🤡

[@EE-xf3tr]

Ibrahim didn't question He just wanted to be more certain because no prophet went to the point of "questioning" But I got your point

[@Aksarallah]

@@EE-xf3tr he did question God, the Gods his parents and neighbours worshipped

[@EE-xf3tr]

@@Aksarallah Ohhh, I got it thanks

[@TheQueerTailor]

The point she makes at 17:20 is actually a really big issue in how both antisemitism and islamophobia are categorized in hate crime statistics. Both are described as anti religious types of hate crimes, when in reality both are most often perpetrated based on racism not religion.

[@theonlylunarmage]

And honestly because of that it's what turns both of those terms into sticking points for lots of people. You'll get atheists saying Islamaphobia is not a thing when they say all Arabs "Do a little Stoning" and you'll get an Apologist cry Islamaphobia when someone quite rightly says that the death penalty for homosexuality when practiced in Islam is something that's abhorrent and should never happen.

[@Hatemx1]

@@theonlylunarmage But like..who the hell do you think you are, to say that the death penalty for homosexuals shouldn't exist in Islam? Just because you live in a society that embraces homosexuality, and find it OK, doesn't mean that all socities and cultures approve of this abbhorent behavior.

[@BygoneT]

@@theonlylunarmage You are absolutely right but the only solution to stoning in a country where that happens is war, actual war, not a cultural war. Definitely not discussing the metaphysics and "It's totes backwards to do that, we're in 2021 ok?"

[@Szopjale1]

@@Hatemx1 Who he is? Someone with more brain like you.

[@superfluousnscrupulous]

@@Hatemx1 Yikes

[@milkteamachine]

It’s honestly depressing that the level of censorship on KZbin has reached a point where it’s basically impossible to talk about serious political issues and not be demonetised and penalised by the algorithm - referring to the subtitles in the outro where Abigail explained how she couldn’t even explain 7/7 or “The big G” properly.

[@zooropa414]

Because the west is becoming more authoritarian slowly

[@readyforlol]

@@zooropa414 If only it was just the west...

[@David12scht]

How you go from "KZbin is overly restrictive with what it allows to be monetized" to "the west is getting more authoritarian" is beyond me

[@AbandonedVoid]

Maybe KZbin has never been the proper platform for these discussions. Js.

[@jordannoell4222]

@@David12scht Becuase "the West" is a nebulous and kinda stupid term that encompasses a wide range of countries, cultures, and is really just a holdover term from the Cold War that has been appropriated for political means. A private company curtailing speech about serious topics and using demonetization as a sledgehammer to keep advertisers happy is still authortarian. Authoritarianism is not limited to Governemts.

[@LittleMissLounge]

I really appreciate Abigail's dedication to keeping the Arsonist thing going.

[@bookbook9495]

The word F stands for in ANIFA is not a word KZbin likes. Very creative way to get around the censors!

[@Solinaru]

I'm so against fires, you might call me antifi--

[@Arcturus5]

Also the "never had a secular enlightenment" runner!!

[@QueerJunk]

It caught me a bit off guard. I feel dumb for not finding the analogy easy to understand intuitively. I'm just like oh god. This confusing shit again.

[@ashlynn9598]

@@QueerJunk me tooo can someone explain? i’ve tried to rewatch but don’t

[@fatimaoubijjane326]

This triggered me. I was bullied so hard after 11/3 in Spain. I was so young and even my parents were going to take the same train that exploded. It never went away I got bullied for yeaaars by teachers and students. Thankfully I moved to my country of origin. Even I was born in Spain still was treated as an outsider and my parents worked hard legally for years and still nothing. My mom while pregnant with me her boss throw a hot casserole at her, but she dodged it while screaming racist stuff at her even before all the terrorist attacks took place.

[@adrianseanheidmann4559]

Yup Spaniards truly don't like Muslims. I'm definitely highly biased against middle-easterners by and large. Wasn't that funny to go to a school with a bunch of bullying, aggressive teenagers wh thought they had to "Own" everyone that looked German. It goes both ways really, but obviously the once at the longer end of the stick are usually the Europeans. Still, shall I be honest? I don't think that immigrants that come from muslim dominated countries are our biggest threat, I'm not blind to the all the other, bigger issues. Still, do I prefer "Chrisitan" immigrants over muslim immigrants? Absolutely.

[@lucofparis4819]

Shitty human beings are gonna be shitty, no matter their country, religion, political views, or habits. Normal people only become bigots when they blindly follow bigots, without question or repulsion. This usually happens when a specific group is demonized on the one hand, and when groupthink is promoted and widely accepted on the other hand. It socks hard to be on the receiving end of bigots. I hope you won't have to find out how ubiquitous they are by becoming a group member of your current country's bigots' favorite scapegoat. Stay strong and see past bigotry, not everyone is a dickhead. In fact I'd argue most people are just normies susceptible to be influenced, but not necessarily so.

[@Thorsssssss]

islam has earned this reputation, by being a violent religion.

[@koppunch]

Honestamente, si que es verdad que para esa época absolutamente todo el mundo era imbécil, sobre todo los chavales que actuaban como en una peli chorra americana. Y bueno, sobre todo las pasiones estarían a flor de piel tras el 11M, teniendo en cuenta la manera en la que por mucho tiempo se mitificó la "Reconquista"

[@martillodelajusticia7211]

I went to a catholic school (i am not catholic), and during 2016 after the terrorist attacks claimed by ISIS out teacjer of religion organize an visit to the mosque of the neighborhood so we could see islam from what it was, and not what we were hearing in the news, they prepare the visit expslining us things about islam and responding to questions that we had

[@danieldruce2953]

yes, criticism of Islam often comes from racists and is often rooted in xenophobia, but criticizing the ideas of Islam is not inherently racist. Any idea should be subject to criticism. As long as one seeks to understand Muslim and ex-muslim perspectives and makes sure to separate people from ideas, criticism of Islam can be separated from Islamophobia and anti Arab sentiments.

[@shaheenshad5012]

Thank you, most people don't possess the nuance you gave, I'm not relegious but that didn't stop me from the countless islamaphobic remarks. It seems to me most of islamaphobic rhetoric is used against Muslims.

[@lukeet331]

Yes I agree I was kind of disappointed this video didn't touch on this, her other videos I've watched have given such nuanced views...

[@callumarcher8111]

I absolutely agree that criticism =/= xenophobia, the issue comes when people are using the veil of criticism as a shield when what they are doing isn't criticism.

[@exiledkenkaneki701]

The reason why people are Islamophobic is because in Muslim countries criticism of Islam brings about death penalties, to imprisonment but mostly people are killed on streets literally there videos all over internet why don't some wannabe Muslimphillic don't understand this, I'm and exmuslim ik more then she or most people who've never been to Islamic countries, newspapers doesn't even scratch the surface of how terrible Islamic ideology is, i live in Pakistan so ik yeah

[@nanaa428]

Yep. im acc non religious arab and im so defensive against islamophobia because it hurts many non muslim middle easterners since people often view them as the same entity

[@luma9901]

Whenever the arsonists sister or the arsonist is in one of the videos I have to think about that book we had to read in school where the plot went somewhat like this: there are fires being laid all over the land, always at night, always by two strangers asking for shelter in the night. And then two strangers appear at the door of this couple and ask for shelter. The husband is suspicious but not to the point to turn them away, the wife seems not to be suspicious at all. And the two starngers are very charismatic and make jokes about them being the arsonists. Then as the evening goes on, they ask for matches. The couple gives them to them. Then they ask for petrol. The couple gives it to them. Then they ask if they can sleep under the roof, where the wooden structure of the house is bare. The couple allows it. Everything they ask for something the husband is suspicious and the wife says something like "if they really were the arsonists, would you really think they'd ask so openly?" And then the husband goes "well you're right on that". All the while the strangers make constant jokes about how silly it would be if they were the arsonists. And predictable enough, they are and the house burns down. But untill the house litterally lit up in flames, the couple held to the notion that the arsonists were their friends and not actually the arsonists. The book is called (Biedermann und die Brandstifter) And now I always have to think about the book with the context that Abigail has given arsonists and and laying fires and all that.

[@sunainahussain]

Fun fact, that was the actual play that inspired Abby to make the Arsonist and Ada! She confirmed it in the opening titles of her video on Steve Bannon iirc

[@luma9901]

@@sunainahussain I didn't know that! That is so neat

[@rachelfey]

When someone tells you who they are Listen.

[@SM-cs2my]

i read that play in my german class and i noticed the similarities too! even as i was reading your paragraph i was like "huh, that sounds a lot like biedermann"

[@supershinigami1]

Oh yeah before you actually named the title I had a sneaky suspicion that it would be this book. I read it in school too.

[@thatguyfromthatthing7539]

As a Bosnian, very glad you brought up the Bosnian Genocide, many forget about it and brush it off.

[@id-f8679]

@@MarkoZivkoviccc when did that happen

[@pujirahman8116]

Prayers for Bosnians who died of genocide Greeting from indochina 🇮🇩

[@nono-lp7qd]

@@MarkoZivkoviccc I really don't understand Serbs. Half of them claim that Bosnian Genocide didnt happen and other half claim that Bosniaks too committed genocide ...

[@randomguy7176]

@@nono-lp7qd The serb counter argument for the genocide boils down to "The bosniaks killed serbs to". Althought nowhere near as orginised and methodical as the serbs.

[@skodripenyron3087]

@@MarkoZivkoviccc you think that was only done by muslims?

[@aminossemementomori2878]

As a man who grew up in a Muslim country, within an atheist family, and being an atheist myself, this video highlights many issues that Muslims face, in my opinion. First of all, why do we call it Islamophobia, and refer to prejudice against Jews as "antisemitism"? Isn't Arabic a Semitic language, like Hebrew and Aramaic? Although I am not a religious person, by education and then by choice, I still have a lot of respect for Muslim people and admire many of their strong ethical principles, which can be enviable when we observe them.

[@YLivay]

Hello! Israeli here. Just want to answer your question about why prejudice against specifically jews and not muslims is referred to as "antisemitism". This is simply because historically this is the term that was used to describe prejudice against jews specifically. If you asked someone today "what would you call someone who is prejudiced against jews?" they would answer "antisemitic". If you started using the term to describe prejudice against muslims all it would do is confuse people as to who you are referring to. It will make discussion on the topic very difficult both when looking at past texts that used the word differently than what people nowadays know it for. It'll also make it difficult in the present as there would no longer be a clear way to define a prejudice against jews, which IS necessary (jews are the victims of over 60% of hate crimes and have been historically the most persecuted group - yes, even more than their muslim cousins). I think one of the things we're seeing in recent months is an attempt to make English.. just.. harder.. People are literally waging war on English itself in order to limit free speech and this has to be stopped. If we are no longer able to understand each other due to conflated terminology we will never be able to reconcile.. I can give a bunch of specific examples of conflated terminology and other forms of dual meaning if you'd like, but I feel this comment is already long enough as it is @_@

[@aminossemementomori2878]

The same word was used against '' Aramaic '' speaking people and arabic too. As a Moroccan with jew ancestry, I believe antisemitism should be used for both. I am not saying, antisemitism doesn't exist, or jews weren't persecuted. Just that using the word phobia for muslim people isn't right. @@YLivay

[@kevinmogg6379]

Anti-Muslim Bigotry is one contender for a replacement term @@aminossemementomori2878

[@saviyel]

Islamaphobia is usually directed towards the religion of Islam not the hate for Muslim people

[@cezar211091]

Because the term antisemitism comes from Europe, and the Jews were the Semites Christian Europeans had as neighbors for the past two thousand years until recent times.

[@XerxesTexasToast]

"I'm putting on the combination Joker makeup and Guy Fawkes mask" is one of the most iconic lines in video essay history

[@edslushie570]

Also, possibly a combination-pizza-hutt-and-taco-bell reference>

[@bluexroses414]

I need to see fan art of this immediately

[@kevinforbesofficial]

@@edslushie570 the one on Jamaica Avenue?

[@KyunaCookies]

@@edslushie570 my first thought haya

[@sorenlundi141]

but does the Joker make-up go under the Guy Fawkes mask, or on top of it?

[@emeraldtree13]

As a Muslim woman, I can attest that patriarchy is a problem in many Muslim communities. But Islamophobes like to pretend that patriarchy is something unique to Muslims or something that Muslims invented, when that's simply not true. Patriarchy is almost universal across cultures and religions -- that doesn't justify or excuse patriarchy, but it puts things into perspective. And within Islam there's a wide variety of opinions and doctrines, some that are favorable to patriarchy and some that are very anti-patriarchy. I think that part of what distinguishes Islamophobia from genuine critiques of Islam is that Islamophobes believe that Islam (and by extension Muslims) is this monolithic Bad Thing that is fundamentally opposed to everything that "The West" holds dear. Whereas good faith critics of Islam actually engage with the religious texts and recognize the existence of different perspectives. Edit: Looks like I’ve started a war in the comment thread. 😅 Some of the ppl replying are just proving my point by embodying the exact kind of attitudes I’m criticizing. I appreciate the more nuanced and thoughtful responses, tho! 😁

[@hanansheikh5016]

Yh, and then the same right wingers try to frame that leftist support the patriarchy in Muslim communities. Like wtf? I don't even have to look that far to know that narrative is horseshit because the feminist movement in Pakistan is being leaded by leftist. And a lot of the leftist intellectuals here became leftist by the 'evil sjws who support Islamist' while studying in western universities. While on the other hand the western right wingers who try to act as 'the white saviors' are more then ready to make deals with Saudia Arabia, the country which has been funding for Islamic extremist salafi ideology since the fucking seventies.

[@hanansheikh5016]

Yh, and then the same right wingers try to frame that leftist support the patriarchy in Muslim communities. Like wtf? I don't even have to look that far to know that narrative is horseshit because the feminist movement in Pakistan is being leaded by leftist. And a lot of the leftist intellectuals here became leftist by the 'evil sjws who support Islamist' while studying in western universities. While on the other hand the western right wingers who try to act as 'the white saviors' are more then ready to make deals with Saudia Arabia, the country which has been funding for Islamic extremist salafi ideology since the fucking seventies.

[@habeashumor9814]

Agree, per my comment above.

[@appleslover]

I'm a gay ex-muslim and I'll always be against islamophobia because it's never about Islam but about being a bigot against Muslims and expecting everyone to appreciate it since obviously we agree that Islam is a bad thing Thus being a dick against Muslims is a duty... Right (?) Islamophobia (and any other form of bigotry) was and is always used to justify the oppression of the target group, in this case Muslims, to justify imperialism, interventionism in Muslim countries without your people sympathizing with them, and I'll never agree on that, I'll never agree to be someone else's scapegoat to make money through war or loot.

[@aa1000GM]

Let's Talk Religion is great channel that explores the history of Islam in a lot of detail. History shows how religion is never the static thing people think it is, it evolves with people and to fit new environments. The currently most followed schools of Islam (sunni traditionalists who believe in literal understanding of *their* scripture) haven't even been the most popular ones for like 95% of the history of islam. I think it's actually more useful to stress the point that religion is not fixed and you're as much of a true believer if you don't follow the exact teachings of someone but use your spirituality as guidance. A lot of people are afraid of adopting more progressive views because they think religion is fixed and that not following these hateful traditionalist view means they aren't true believers.

[@dolphinexpert2748]

So many characters in this one. The Abbyverse just keeps on expanding and I love it. It really is unique on this platform.

[@alexshane5713]

Always love her characters

[@dolphinexpert2748]

@@alexshane5713 Yeah it adds a lot of flavour to the videos. Jumping around between a KGB agent, a cynical conservative woman and a British aristocrat is fun as hell.

[@GODOFHELLFIRE3]

The ACU - the Abigail Cinematic Universe

[@Everysinglepersonismyenemy]

into the abbyverse

[@bbh6212]

Atun Shei films does something similar. Good channel, deserves more views.

[@DilipMutum]

Maybe we should use the term Anti-Muslim rather than Islamophobia. It is not a fear but rather a prejudice.

[@newuser738-j8c]

And anti zionist and remove antisemitic because the majority of zionists are European a d not actual semites (which the Palestinians actually are)

[@UnderZero]

not true... about 60% of isrealis are Mizrahi jews ex Iraqi, Moroccan, Tunisian, Libyan, Algerian, Yemenite, Iranian, Egyptian, Afghan, Pakistani, Indian and Turkish@@newuser738-j8c

[@Jazzisa311]

phobia can also mean an extreme or irrational aversion. That's why it's also called homophobia.

[@Ky_larry05]

This is something I've also thought about

[@aelanarbrightfield6817]

Most prejudices are fear

[@bensilk6431]

Unstopable sexual charisma had me in stitches.

[@ScorpionViper1001]

If Labour really wanted unstoppable sexual charisma, they should make Abi leader. But that would honestly be beneath her dignity.

[@Everysinglepersonismyenemy]

i don’t want to to be mean but i’ve genuinely never seen a man less photogenic than keir starmer

[@ScorpionViper1001]

@@Everysinglepersonismyenemy He's like somehow if Ben Affleck looked almost the same, but somehow was less handsome, and still came off looking like knob.

[@magma440]

@@mayathepsychiic Because if there's any group of people who are famously disinterested in sex, it's teenagers.

[@Lotan_]

That term is goals tbh.

[@raydgreenwald7788]

Actually commenting on the video and the point about racism, I was talking to a coworker about how I joined a gym in the “Muslim” part of town, to which she corrected me to “Middle Eastern” which for a moment gave me a sense of cognitive dissonace, before realizing how intertwined in mind, and in the mind of probably many people that middle eastern=Muslim, despite non Muslims living in the Middle East and European ( ex. Albania) Muslims existing.

[@mymaster416]

Just like Elon Musk is the most famous African American

[@meemzing]

@@mymaster416 no lol, us non-muslim middle easterners (who have often been uprooted by islamism & other extremist practices) are indigenous to the region ethnically, linguistically and religiously. 😂 You attempting to make that comparison is actually flipping the anecdote on its head.

[@meemzing]

@@Aber_Sbeel how many Levantine, Egyptian/Coptic, Assyrian, Armenian Christians, as well as Yazidis, Mandeans, Bahais, etc left in the Middle East?? What's objective as ever is knowing that the numbers dropped from over 30% to less than 8% over the span of 100 years, and those drops happened slowly over the centuries because caliphates treated non-Muslims (ahlul kitab/ahlus dhimma) like literal second class citizens causing intense persecution over the centuries. In the 20th-21st century, islamists, enabled by the English, French, and other colonial powers, committed pogroms, g--nocide, explosions of civilian areas, as well as countless other crimes against humanity from the late 1800s until today. Would you like a comprehensive list of the m-ssacres and other crimes committed against native/indigenous MENAs by local fundamentalists since this time period? I'd love to indulge you on this, as it would be especially humiliating. You know who are not victims or minorities and never will be?? Islamists and their enablers. You aren't victims in the West, and half the time in the East are your own fundies harming your own (Muslim) communities, the other half is colonialism/wars. Denial of this persecution is tantamount to a denial of history, and what you're not going to do is historically revise the persecution committed by vicious ideologues on the auspices that "other countries are crude as well." Your whataboutism failed to establish any new information and disprove the information listed here. Btw, zionists and islamists are the same. :) Both advocate for political/legal religion, militarism, and defining a state religion. Both have resulted in persecution, and both are raggedy as hell. You islamists and sympathizers/adjacents are simply mad that a pack of brutes that are just as destructive as you are more cunning about the way they go about it. Scram.

[@bakker071]

Moslim or Middle East are both not a race. So how is it racist?

[@raydgreenwald7788]

@@bakker071 again, it's the association. We have a very specific image of middle easterners (brown muslims) that are generally shown more hostility then Muslims that have European features. Let's be real here, when most people think Muslim, they are not thinking about my fair-skinned blonde-haired coworker

[@Rose-pk6ss]

I despise those who hate on others, specially if the others are a minority, but what do I do when the people committing hate crimes on me ARE the minorities? I’m a lesbian girl who was subjected to death threats from my muslim classmates (and Christians), I can’t help but see the two religions as dangerous to my safety. When I try to explain this problem to others, they label me as Islamophobic for “criticizing” and “not supporting” their beliefs. How can I respect someone who wants me DEAD? How can I feel safe around someone knowing that they follow a belief that allows them to humiliate and hate people?

[@yunus1947]

Your just expected to shut up and deal with it I'm ex muslim but I'm unable to even discuss the trauma I've experienced because muslims cannot accept that their religion lead to my and others suffering This is what kind of annoys me about leftisists and philosophers, it's easy to explain why being racists to Muslims, a minority, is bad, that's easy and I agree with it But say what if an ex muslim or a lesbian don't make friends with Muslims and keep their distance because of their religion, is that bad? I'd personally say no, even though they are undoubtedly good Muslims, some of my best friends but then again the Quran literally demands for me and you to be stoned to death. This video is not really all that great as it skips over a lot of the discourse, like womens rights under Islam. It's horrible. So people just ignore it to make the discourse easier.

[@davoblahblah]

The sooner religion is consigned to the dustbin of our collective, horrific history, the better! Stay strong!

[@Vexxa_]

ive always been of the mind that the problem isnt religion; its conservatism. you cannot know what someones opinions are based on their religion (or lackthereof). ive been called slurs by atheists and one of the more helpful people in my coming out was a muslim. you dont have to support people who want you dead, but that isnt part and parcel with islam because there are gay, progressive muslims.

[@glxrybxy8484]

as a muslim i feel bad for you tbh

[@theeskrungly]

@@glxrybxy8484 That's cool. You can let us live in your head rent free and cry about my 'Demise' or whatever, whilst I live my life and not even remember who you are in a few hours lmao.

[@pavelZhd]

These "Muslim world never got a secular enlightenment" takes are especially priceless, considering that the enlightenment in Europe was kickstarted by reintroduction of antique philosophy works into the culture. The same works that were preserved largely by the Muslim world...

[@NouriaDiallo]

It's much more than just transmitting ancient texts, there was a real period of enlightenment in late medieval Andalusia that inspired and influenced the Renaissance in southern Europe and beyond. There were no only scholars but researchers, and they had students from other european countries, that did a lot to promote a more scientifical approach to natural philosophy, including medecine.

[@xuvial1391]

@@jamiel6005 What is "Islamic culture", exactly? There are many different cultures which practice Islam in different ways, but Islam itself is not a culture.

[@AJayTwo001]

Yea but the Europeans were able to progress in things like economics. Adam Smith was an original and brilliant man who was unmatched and no Muslim could catch up to. -Ibn Khaldun- please ignore the crossed out name like most European history does.

[@Eagle57-n6e]

@@AJayTwo001 the Bengal subah had proto industrialisation in place and was extremely rich

[@spacedoohicky]

I think the Muslim world should get its due, but those antique works already existed in Europe by the time the enlightenment emerged. By that time Christian Monks had already translated, and stored them in their archives hundreds of years prior.

[@suki9438]

I love the spy character. The fact that she’s jealous of other people being spied on KILLED ME

[@virtuousthing9070]

the person walking by the window too...👀

It reminds me of the german film Das Leben der Anderen, which is about a Stasi agent in East Germany who spies on a couple and becomes emotionally involved with their lives. I highly recommend it!

[@Valamist]

She is my new favorite character. I really hope we see her again, and she gets the chance to be spied on!

[@coolness06]

In Soviet Russia, you spy on spy!!

[@temerianlillies]

@@duman_isa_cat4955 *she

[@Eddn102]

As someone from a Bosniak family, I'm honestly just shocked whenever anyone mentions the genocide of my people because I'm very used to it either not being included in things like this or outright refuted by people with a very particular narrative they want to put forth.

[@vannakinder352]

Same as someone who is a Lebanese Shia (given Shia's have been used to tokenize and justify islamaphobia) no one talks about the suffering we faced by the Falange ( a Lebanese openly fascist group who the US-funded).

[@modkip25]

people are incapable of talking about it with humanity, always reducing it to simple narratives, they twist it to justify the believes they already have. And everyone from all sides does this.

[@abdelaziz651]

Thats because to the West these are not their problems. And they ignore things happening outside their "bubble" But as you already know, catastrophes like the 9/11 are spoken on every single day even till now. The media always wins. (On the other side of the world a Chinese or Arab kid doesn't have enough food to survive while here in the west people are still racist towards them. That's the world we live in)

[@user-xb5bz4fu9o]

I studied it in highschool and I was shocked to not have heard about it before

[@channelname1019]

My personal introduction was through Joe Sacco's work. Before that, due to my age at the time and my distance from the place, my knowledge of the matter could be summed up as "some places warring that got mentioned occasionally on the TV news years back." Edit to add: The first time I ever heard the word "Bosnian" it was attached to the the word "refugee", but that was the extent of my exposure; I knew people were fleeing war, but none of the context or background for the the war.

[@RabaBoem]

00:00 Intro 01:13 Tinker Tailor Soldier Boy 11:00 Us & Them 21:53 Adelaide 25:27 State Of Decay

[@vavakxnonexus]

The concept of this Russian spy frustrated that she never gets to do any spywork because the Western State is caught up in bizarre backflip crime fabrication against innocent people is really delightful. (However, as someone who speaks Russian, I struggled to understand some of the Russian spoken here - Abi's pronunciation really isn't the best, sadly.)

[@juniperrodley9843]

Ms. Orchidectomy's pronunciation has been messed up by her sheer rage

[@Maria29G]

Yep same here, another Russian speaker. I respect the attempt but it does hurt my enjoyment of the video a little

[@Princess.McBetch]

I thought it was a joke, that she had learned English and basically "forgot" how to speak Russian. That was just my interpretation, obviously

[@adshille8987]

@@Pllayer064 поплачь

[@YurimoHikashi]

I'm sorry they chose authenticity over your comfort

[@booksaremysociallife]

I'm a Muslim from Trinidad and I'm a grad student studying Gender and the intersection of Islam amongst Indo-Caribbean Muslims. Islam in the Caribbean has a very unique and long history, different from most other Western/Global North societies. Nonetheless, I found this video incredibly insightful and helpful and I appreciate you sharing your citations as I think I'll be looking into them for my own research. Thank you for using your platform to continuously challenge and disrupt harmful narratives!

[@alteregoasmr2936]

woooow your subject sounds sick as hell!! Do you have books or resources to recommend to study Indo-Caribbean Islam ? :)

[@booksaremysociallife]

@@alteregoasmr2936 I'd HIGHLY recommend reading Aliyah Khan's "Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean" as it's a very comprehensive text that looks at the contemporary and historical experiences of Muslims in the region, particularly Trinidad, Guyana and Jamaica, through literary analysis.

[@booksaremysociallife]

@@alteregoasmr2936 some other books worth looking into are ISLAM AND THE AMERICAS edited by Aisha Khan (and honestly anything by Aisha Khan); INDENTURED MUSLIMS IN THE DIASPORA edited by Hassankhan et al; CRESCENT OVER ANOTHER HORIZON edited by Naronba et al. There are tons more articles, theses and resources.

[@exzoro8193]

You can try researching the origins of Islam (it was non trinitarian messianic christianity) and the historicity of muhammad (he most probably never existed).

[@vannakinder352]

Ehhhh I love you

[@theothethicc6714]

apparently abigail's role in our lives is to inform us about social justice and philosophy while also making us simp severely. ma'am i am so gay.

[@lars1W]

to the guillotine!

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

Fam your name has me creasing. Own the thiccness

[@lazxrev]

and she's posting just in time for international lesbian day :)

[@theothethicc6714]

@@The_Gnome_Chomskee theo is a gender neutral name and gay can be used as an umbrella term in the same way queer is. i'm a femme-aligned nonbinary person. please don't assume anything about me when you don't even know me. :)

[@sleepykitty1745]

@@The_Gnome_Chomskee Theo could be a nonbinary person and as such be lesbian or gay (in this case lesbian if they are into Abi)

[@Void-pb2sj]

I never thought about islamphobia as a real thing mostly because I am an ex-muslim in a Muslim country, however with the recent war between hamas-isreal I started to think why the western countries who always talking about human right, aren't stoping this barbaric genocide? What if the people who are in Gaza were Jews and Israel were Palestine instead, wouldn't western countries stop Palestine right away?

[@arianathearyan]

Bruh the Palestinians are at fault

[@DFHM0]

​@@arianathearyanu don't know anything about what happened so shut up

[@saiyaara555]

yeah a population of 50% children are at fault and not the genocidal israelis lmao..@@arianathearyan

[@hamdisheikh2165]

​@@arianathearyanyou really thing this war started at 7th of Oct

[@BigMeatyClaaws]

Yeah, western countries would stop them right away. If the roles were reversed, and Hamas had the power of Israel, while the Israelis had little power in the Gaza strip, you can expect there to be a lot more dead Israelis. This is something Sam Harris talks about. Imagine the Israelis were utilizing its population as a human shield. Imagine they were utilizing hospitals for military purposes. Imagine they were telling their civilians to not leave the north. In what world do you think Hamas would be deterred by such conditions? As Sam says, this would be a goofy Monty Python sketch where all the Jews die. The western countries would recognize the impending genocide, and step in. Hamas wouldn't be trying to avoid civilian casualties, but would explicitly be targeting them. If Israel is doing that right now, they're doing a shitty job of it, and that's why the west hasn't stepped in. That's the crucial difference. Instead, the Israelis are in power. I'm not saying what they're doing is okay. But I am saying that they are deterred by the tactics that Hamas is using. The fact that Hamas is utilizing hospitals as they are and telling civilians not to leave is clearly a result of their expectation that it would deter the Israelis from bombing certain locations. Hamas knows the Israelis have a particular moral compass that they can exploit. Their actions make that clear. Say what you want about how either of them are going about doing what they're doing, their mindsets are clearly not morally equivalent.

[@Ashley.D]

I did not need a mouthful of coffee when she said her surname was "orchidectomy". I damn near choked.

[@Ldysith84]

Oh I know I loved it lol

[@burnttoast111]

@@Ldysith84 Heh, just looked it up. I did wonder about it when I saw it, because it clearly wasn't a name.

[@Rissa_1322]

Oh man I was sure that was a joke but it felt inappropriate pointing it out, thanks for confirming I'm not being crazy or creepy lol

[@Ice_Karma]

I laughed so hard I needed my inhaler. =D

[@evelynjean9896]

SAME. I had a mouthful of cake and nearly didn't a moment later!

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

I'm a simple man. Mi see Philosphy schedule a video and I clear my Friday plans (of which I had none)

[@muhammadsaqeeb5298]

I too am a simple man. I see a video about Islam for Friday from a leftist and I schedule my hospice stay for Friday night

[@alexshane5713]

I wasn't gonna attend to my classes so I could watch the video, thankfully my class got cancelled

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

@@muhammadsaqeeb5298 underrated comment 🤣 alhamdulillah bro lol

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

@@alexshane5713 that's the universe at work!

[@alexshane5713]

@@ForeignManinaForeignLand Abigail's power is truly incredible ✨

[@Andi_andI]

"Anti-Fire Woke Brigade" kills me every time

[@CedricLlwyd]

For me… i dont like islam, but that doesn’t mean i dont like Muslims. I went to a school where around 70% of the students followed Islam. The religion promoted homophobia towards me. I had students I didn’t even know verbally and physically assaulting me. I understand that there people aren’t inherently aggressive or violent, i understand that those ideas where implemented by Islam. So that’s my personal belief, I will be very cautious around Muslims, but that’s for my own safety not me thinking they’re a threat to society. PS: There were many Muslim people at the school I loved, I never once treated a Muslim differently because of their religion… even though around 60% of them treated me differently for my sexuality. 40% of them were genuine angels and amazing!

[@CedricLlwyd]

@@aasilkhan9936 that has nothing to do with what I said. Islam is homophobic and I think that’s wrong

[@kunikloy477]

"i dont like Nazism, but that doesn’t mean i dont like Nazi people"

[@iqradar9462]

​@@CedricLlwydeven other religions are homophobic

[@iqradar9462]

​@@CedricLlwyd😂😂even non muslim don't like LGBT community 🤣🤣

[@meditationstartsnow]

​@@CedricLlwydso are other religons lol

[@akimaru13]

"Orchidectomy" killed me. For those unfamiliar with medical terminology, an Orchidectomy is the surgical removal of one or both testicles.

[@sheogorath1524]

Orchidectomy is also a fantastic word. There aren't many reasons to use the word orchidectomy. It's like the word hypogonadism. When was the last time you said the word hypogonadism?

[@cremetangerine82]

Also, the flower name itself is derived from the Latin word orchis, which derived from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), which literally means testicle in English. It describes the root system, which has two bulbs!

[@Skittenmeow]

@@sheogorath1524 ex veterinary nurse here, and I'm glad I got to use orchidectomy on a very regular basis. It's such a beautiful word! Edit : it's also a beautiful word to threaten toxic abusive males with, as in "when I meet dogs with aggression issues like yours I recommend an orchidectomy"

[@oldluke7653]

@Erin Meow No wonder Islam keeps ya'll down 🤢

[@Skittenmeow]

@@oldluke7653 lol yes. Veterinary staff need to be kept under the thumb, we can be dangerous with our words! Edit - and I did love that the few times I've needed to use that "threat" it caused complete confusion, a pause, and the guys couldn't help but ask "what? What does that mean?"

[@bisapien123]

I’m about 24 minutes in and I just want to applaud the irony of “But that is exactly the kind of silencing remark that needs to be stamped out.” I’ve known so many people who think like this and don’t even realize it. I always enjoy the characters you come up with

[@anna-fleurfarnsworth104]

I was about to comment about this line too, incredible work!

[@Hatemx1]

What does it mean?

[@anna-fleurfarnsworth104]

@@Hatemx1 she's saying that those remarks need to be "stamped out", or in other words, silenced. basically saying "the kinds of people who say shut up need to shut up!"

[@nothingshouldbewithouteffort]

@@iamgod2063 if you're parrot-posting in search of acclamation, at least add more substance to your argument.

[@bisapien123]

@@iamgod2063 god damn, you’re making Islam sound pretty rad

[@AuraSight]

Adelaide is an extremely... haunting (?) character to me She isn't the only such character you've created, of course, but there's something about her that really gets to me I think it's how she always feels like she's just a single step away from seeing the truth - seeing how flawed and harmful her ideology is not only to others but to herself - but she just refuses to connect the dots She's drowning, and even though the surface is just a few inches away, she won't swim any further, as if she's decided "at least the water is warm"

[@hareema4442]

Same, I love seeing her as well

[@top-notanalysis4942]

Literally same! All that plus the fact that the character is basically a spot-on representation of every British conservative and conservative-leaning person I spoke to, to the point that I could easily imagine one of them misreading the character as a self-insert protagonist, which is a little freaky xD

[@cf453]

I see Adelaide as actively malicious and intentionally manipulative. She’s a journalist that knows her audience. Perhaps she didn’t know before, but I think she’s aware and complicit now.

[@SP3CTR0L1T3]

Yes, she never realises that she's talking about herself.

[@tobiokanlawon1562]

She's comfortable in the hair of the rabbit. It's a Sophie's World reference.

[@heshamabdou5259]

As a Muslim, I hope you understand that we are human beings like you, and Islam does not prevent us at all from being brothers, friends, and one family, whether you are a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, an atheist, a Buddhist, or whoever. We are all one thing

[@saisanjanagurram1423]

I hope you Muslims take constructive criticism

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

​@@saisanjanagurram1423 your comment made 0 sense

[@saisanjanagurram1423]

@@Mavuika_Gyaru the thing is so many Muslims can't digest if we criticize the 7th century crackhead book so start taking criticism when pointed out

[@CCMAX313]

​@@saisanjanagurram1423i bet your not even able to offer critizism due to your brainrott

[@ReemTahir]

@@saisanjanagurram1423wow. They made a plea to be seen as human and this was your response? What were you hoping to accomplish with such a stupid, irrelevant, and unkind comment?

[@P1nstr1p3]

NGL making a creator have to censor herself on subjects of international crimes against humanity in order to keep the lights on is pretty cringe KZbin.

[@emma7933]

Don't you just love it when KZbin decides that "please stop hosting misinformation on your platform" means "genocide and terrorism should never be discussed, ever".

[@jsrodman]

Nuance would cost some money.

[@cursedgeorge939]

I wasn’t expecting the return of Sir Nigel Piss. Goes to show that Abi knows to keep a good character and that she’s comfortable enough in herself to drag up.

[@technopoptart]

sometimes with a fishing net and some chum XD

[@extrules]

Drag up hehhee

[@zachrowe6271]

@@jvo1464 Sir Nigel Piss is a male character, correct. Would you like a trophy?

[@Bisquick]

Much like the British empire itself (apparently, thus far), Nigel Piss is immortal in their everlasting impact and simultaneously transparently stupid *_*reification intensifies_** _"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. Also Britain is fake, just pass the baton to the insane Americans already."_ - some guy on the subway

[@novi_key]

She do be smelling fire tho 😳

[@Huntracony]

I liked this version of Sir Nigel Piss, mostly because you know how to convincingly act male, you did so for about a year (or most of your life so far depending on how you look at it), but you chose to very deliberately to look and sound like exactly what you were at that moment: a female playing a male. It's an interesting way to bring back old characters. I imagine it wouldn't work on the more serious characters, but it certainly worked for Nigel. I'm looking forward to hearing you talk about your thought process behind it on the livestream.

[@mintjaan]

Nigel piss has drag king vibes now

[@Lylybeebee]

it's weird though, maybe it's just the makeup but it feels uncanny, like it's not *quite* the same character even if the actor and the character are the EXACT SAME as when we first saw them

[@havardhenriksen8890]

@@Lylybeebee Before it was a female playing a male playing a male, so the character might not be exactly the same.

[@JohnSmith-ft4gc]

She could even do Nigel Piss as a repressed Transgender Woman. (EDIT: I think she might be doing that, or she just really doesn't want to go through the discomfort of presenting as male).

[@polpot5471]

He is a man

[@Tattletale97]

The problem with the word "Islamophobia" is, even when you are criticizing oppressive, misogynistic ideas, you still get lumped into with people who criticize Islam with racist or religious intentions, and will be attacked by privileged, self-righteous Westerners for being "racist", while I personally am not Muslim or from an Islamic country, with me being an apatheist Taiwanese from a Tibetan Buddhist family, I have many friends who are former Muslim or from Islamic nation, just recently an ex-Muslim Saudi friend of mine who escaped from a fundamentalist family was labeled as racist and was basically fired from her job for speaking against Iran on Facebook, even when she had the history of her aunt was stoned to death in front of her when she was 8, and she herself was physically assaulted and almost killed by her brother for being gay. Western progressive Muslims being willfully ignorant and keep defending oppressive fundamentalist Muslims of their actions, all the while racist pricks hijack the plight of those who suffered under the religious opression is the reason why the word "Islamophobia" becomes as problematic as those people the word is targets against.

[@algamil9758]

You really don’t know things about Islam

[@glxrybxy8484]

I dont understand all the last sentence Can reformulate

[@ryry_2720]

Me when i don’t watch the video

[@glxrybxy8484]

@Barry Dexter exact, islamophobia should only concern people and not the religion itself

[@manazon6945]

islamphobia is born of common sense imo

[@conancat]

Abi is the only one in the group that submits her work on schedule and on time

[@alexshane5713]

Lmao It's true tho

[@legueu]

I felt that

[@adam346]

I am unexpectedly feeling called out by this comment.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

@@adam346 i literally had flashbacks to when I ghosted a project because idk mental health unchecked innit

[@channelname1019]

And even mostly completed.

[@nathan3827]

The part where you talk about what is and isn't allowed to be said following something like 9/11 reminds me of something that happened here in the Netherlands. After 9/11 we had, like I assume most countries, a lot of well known people on television talking about their reactions and fears following the attack. They would say things along the lines of them 'being afraid of religious extremist' and how we 'should protect ourselves'. These people weren't really experts on the topic though. We guy however, Maarten van Rossem who is a well known, but not always very popular, historian. He was one of the only person on Dutch television who critiqued the idea that we should be scared and fearful of a new world war or a series of attacks in the west. He posed a more calm and nuanced view on the whole situation and as a result was not allowed back on television for months. He still says that being kicked of television is something he is proud of though hahaha

[@yenanon6065]

if you have not figured out 9/11 was a psyop yet... i don't know what to say to you. if you think two planes can bring down three buildings completely and melt steal frame work. it's like expecting two wrecking ball swings to bring down three buildings expected for demolition, and that isn't even going into the fact that there has been so much predictive programming about the towers going down before i and you were even born, ODD TV DID AN AMAZING VIDEO ON ALL THE 9/11 PREDICTIVE PROGRAMMING IN MEDIA. the earliest is 1949 with a porky pig and charlie dog cartoon. with charlie dog screaming "the towers their falling".

[@yenanon6065]

if you have not figured out 7 Eleven was a part-time job and was a massive psychological op yet... i don't know what to say to you. if you think two planes can bring down three buildings completely and melt steal frame work. it's like expecting two wrecking ball swings to bring down three buildings expected for demolition.

[@froufroudeluxe]

Maarten is great

[@roboticzamat]

Sounds like a boss.

[@elegitopia6124]

@@yenanon6065 "...I don't know what to say to you" good! now don't say anything ❤

[@maevemonroe]

tfw your philsophy professor shows up with gorgeous outfits and also *cinematography*

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

I honestly think Islamophobia is not a thing, rather muslimophobia. A phobia is something irrational, either an irrational fear or an irrational aversion. I don't see anything irrational in fearing/ disliking an ideology which leads to things like the death sentence against anyone who admits he's no longer convinced of the dogmata of Islam and the morality if its very founder, let alone a writer who dares to criticise Islam and its founder.

[@labranehit7687]

Exactly!!!

[@alisharahman2709]

I just feel like you have no idea how the sharia actually works and how all of this is carried out? There's loads of conditions, including witnesses. Your dad can't just kill you because you denounce Islam. It would be the state. And there's no established Islamic state that rules by sharia (lots of them go against the sharia by encouraging things like clubbing, alcohol, etc). Therefore all of this stuff that ur scared of can't even be carried out in this age. But before even getting to the sentence/punishment there would be so much more before that, so much more leniency. I, as a muslim who has been and is currently being educated about Islam, can't even go through that with you though. That's left to scholars.

[@daolamue1462]

🤓☝️I honestly think Islamophobia is not a thing, rather muslimophobia. A phobia is something irrational, Read more…

[@nazninsultana9248]

​@@daolamue1462you really got em huh...the second hand embarrassment i felt reading your comment, wow

[@Frodo1000000]

​@@nazninsultana9248what. What he's saying is true. Phobia is unfounded. Criticism of Islam is well founded. It's not irrational. Period

[@pecanarchy]

This reinvention of the arsonist is INCREDIBLE and, if anything, even more chilling than the old one. Abigail, you do remarkable work.

[@pwesiti]

I couldn’t agree more. He’s a sneaky villain now. And his sister is delusional.

[@spacemanproletariat4279]

@@pwesiti What do you guys mean by reinvention? The arsonist has always been a sneaky villain and his sister has always been delusional.

[@kaydenl6836]

@@spacemanproletariat4279 he didn’t use to have a sister, but now that Abby doesn’t want to play a man’s role as a main one, she’s using the Sister as the arsonist’s place

[@spacemanproletariat4279]

@@kaydenl6836 Right, thought you were specifically referring to this video. Although, the arsonist has still always been a sneaky villain.

[@pwesiti]

@@spacemanproletariat4279 true but because you could see him and hear directly from him he was slightly more sympathetic. Still a psychopath but more sympathetic.

[@MrRobotman]

This reminds me of the TED talk about what it was like for a Muslim post-9/11. I had genuinely never considered what it was like for Muslims during that time… It’s all incredibly eye-opening.

[@SpecialBlanket]

I'm not even Muslim, I'm just Iranian, and even I heard stuff as a little kid. I'm 100% white(passing? i ID as white).

[@leo92328]

Even Sikhs were being killed because they wear turbans and people mistook them for muslims.

[@blacktigerpaw1]

Yeah, think of those poor Muslims who did nothing wrong the past 1400 years.

[@maalikserebryakov]

@@blacktigerpaw1 reported for Islamophobie

[@OsmanHasan98]

@@blacktigerpaw1 you're right I personally colonized Eastern Europe, Central Asia the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, cope and seethe runt😁

[@xenosbreed]

'If there is no crime, they'll just build crime around you' both calling out our racist terrorism policy and our racist war on drugs. A smashing video as always Abigail, much love.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

"Racist terrorism policy" Oh Jesus Christ. And I hope you realize the "racist war on drugs" was partially spearheaded by Black politicians as a way to stop their communities from falling apart, right? Back in the day, it was argued that NOT being hard on drugs was in of itself racist. Ah, but that requires perspective and not crying 'racist' over everything, I suppose.

[@technopoptart]

@Roniixx the war on drugs was a very direct and targeted attack to get rid of black people by altering the laws to make certain kinds of drugs more punishable than others(big ones being the wide difference between powdered cocaine which was used primarily by whites and crack cocaine which was used by non-whites as well as associating heroin and pot with black people specifically and indiscriminately to justify the stereotype of black persons being inherently prone to drug-taking and law-breaking). both nixon and reagan did it and with aplomb. nixon even admitted it on tape and reagan's head advisor admitted the same agenda was at play the war on terror is the same. it is putting notions of fear in the public so they don't see that the real purpose is to ease in racist rhetoric and law without it looking like it is based entirely on xenophobia. it is the legal equivalent of keeping the pea in your hand while telling people to mind the movement of the cups

[@NoReplyAsset]

@@stephenjenkins7971 how come the drugs keep winning the war on drugs 🤔

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@NoReplyAsset Because it is impossible to stop the people from getting what they want ala the Prohibition age?

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@NoReplyAsset because being a junkie f**k up is rewarded by the government.

[@Mesopotamian]

as an ex-muslim atheist, I find Islamophobia and racism so much more often, when people find out that I'm an Arab they just avoid me UNTIL they find out that I am no longer a Muslim, they become so happy and excited to know me (and for the very wrong reasons more often than not), they become excited because they see me as a "proof" for their bigotry, and they expect me to affirm all their sick beliefs as a person who grew up as a Muslim but then left it "for the reasons that they believe in" everything comes spilling out, one time a girl immediately said "You left that religion because it's violent, right?" or another guy straight up said "I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm really racist, but since you left this religion, you are cool", it's astonishing how many people carry this hate and bigotry, and keep it inside of them, without counting the ones who don't keep it inside them and choose to do horrific acts to clarify, I'm an atheist because I simply don't believe in religions in general, I'm not anti-Islam, Islam even though I don't believe in it anymore is still part of my rich culture and history, it's part of my friends and family who I love more than anything... and there's nothing more despicable to me than insulting all of that ESPECIALLY from the people who destroyed our nations, our societies, and completely demolished our culture, all for power and dominance, and then claim the moral high ground after shoveling the bodies of our children, just because we have oil the capitalists want

[@RickSolus]

I once saw a meme in which there were Americans (and probably some european countries too, not sure) saying "ok, we won the cold war, now we need a new enemy". They're staring at the hammer and sickle plus the star which is the symbol of the USSR. Next panel, some parts of the symbol have been erased, leaving a crescent and a star; and the Americans are like: "OMG this is genius". Oversimplified, but meaningful.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Way too many people and countries aren't happy unless they have an enemy. It's one of the reasons we'll never see a unified world.

[@toppler8164]

@@futsurepolaris6304 Christianity has done serious harm to the global south, and we let evil hide behind a mask of religion and persecution.

[@kosatochca]

​@click click there is a literal document signed by Prophet Muhammad himself, specifying Christian rights and prosecution for Muslims violating them, which he gave to the Saint Catherine's Monastery. This important document was preserved by monks to this day and later transported to Constantinople by Turks. Ideology is usually a semi-empty box. You can fill it up with a lot of things

[@soygenialnumero1693]

Also oversimplified but, this sounds like that high school bully who thrives of off lifting themselves up by putting others down...

[@Bisquick]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews well not with _that_ attitude! Carpe means of production/diem

[@effceecee]

"Ohhh, I miss the KGB" is destined for a 'Philosophy Tube Out of Context' video.

[@ScorpionViper1001]

I'd be more than happy to have a "Soviet Union" with her ;)

[@juniperrodley9843]

@@ScorpionViper1001 Don't need to be weird about it buddy

[@ScorpionViper1001]

@@juniperrodley9843 I apologize for my terrible pun. I will not apologize for the horni.

[@bellaob]

mad respect for Abi putting in an 'orchidectomy' joke in Natasha's name XD

[@hareema4442]

Reminds me of Famke Janssen's character in Goldeneye, whose last name was Onatopp

[@BinturongGirl]

I had to stop, skip backwards, and put on the captions to make sure I hadn't imagined that. Abigail is a genius.

[@fairycat23]

I burst out laughing!

[@Kingpin6100]

I did a double take when I heard that, I was like "she did NOT"

[@seaotter4439]

0:00 Introduction 1:15 Part 1: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 11:00 Part 2: Us and Them 21:52 Intermezzo: Mosque Fire: Is Wokeness to Blame? 25:27 Part 3: State of Decay 32:15 Conclusion

[@esserefveermold]

Oh sweet, a new Philosophy tube video! Oh crap, I'll have to wait 22 hours....

[@divith184]

10h ago...nice that means 12 hours left

[@appleslover]

Does she always upload at the same time? I'm trying to remember when she uploaded her coming out video

[@Trashley652]

It is time

[@hannahgriffith8530]

If anyone doesn't already, I would highly recommend watching Abi's videos with subtitles. There are a few extra comments and asides that you don't otherwise get and it just adds to what are already highly entertaining as well as informative videos

[@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

Good looking out!

[@jewthulhu]

Oh no now I have to rewatch them

[@meatrace]

It definitely helps, since the falsetto he goes in to maintain his "feminine" persona is about the most grating thing as possible.

[@davidbrooks2375]

@@meatrace why are you even here?

[@wyattp8479]

Thank you. This is the first video I've watched of her so now I can enjoy them without having to rewatch

[@alexanderleatherman]

Years after 9/11 a Muslim woman came door to door leaving "HELP ME, they've taken (husbands name), and his brothers" letters. Some had taken her husband with no rights or anything, she had no idea what to do, she was terrified to the point of not even trying to speak with us neighbors in our apartment.

[@MonstarAsher]

what happened next?

[@justamanofculture12]

@@suma8406 ah i bet you're Indian and hindu? Yet You have the audacity to say that after killing millions of kashmiris. Tell me how many people Indian army killed in kashmir? You Indians are just like Americans who always defend their country for occupation of other nations and countries. Vietnam, iraq/iran, Afghanistan's invasion is justified because America is the wielder of Justice and india's occupation of kashmir is justified because why? Lol. I've talked with so many Indians on kashmir occupation issue and they always said "So what?"...... Yeah that's your majority review so i don't even care about it anymore. You'll reap what you sow on judgment day. Go watch videos on KZbin about how Indian army treats unarmed civilians of kashmir.

[@AC-mp7cx]

@@suma8406 whats happening to Muslims now

[@jameslivanski2914]

@@suma8406 pubg mobile

[@umerabbasi834]

@@suma8406 which million hindus

[@monda111111]

So are we supposed to just not criticize ideas? Ideologies aren't ethnicities and it really sucks that people conflate the two and make accusations of racism. Either point to the part that invokes race or don't use the term 'racist'.

[@العقيدمعمرالقذافي-ح4ف]

the problem is that the overwhelming majority of islam critics are ethnophobes in disguise, they use the cartel and drug excuse for mexicans, and islam for brown people coming from anywhere else.. because they're not brave enough to say what they really think, more often than not they have to resort to lying and saying things that make no sense, because when they really dig into it their ideology aligns with islam more than it does with liberalism, it's just the aesthetic that's not right enough, replace muslims with blue eyed blond looking people and they'd be praising it as the savior of the west, the same way they praised eastern european orthodox christianity as the savior of europe when they'd side with muslims in wars against them in the past

[@unleak64]

u can always criticize ideas 🤔 but most criticism is literally "MOHAMMAD AISHA !?!?" "KILLED PEOPLE IN WAR BAD" "TAX ON NON MULSIMS" which are literally things aren't related to the idea of islam just attacking actions 1400 years ago

[@apexinn]

The tax on non-muslims was equal to the tax on muslims. @@unleak64

[@IrfanKhan-dt7ck]

But fact is that u people never criticized islam but always hated us like see wath u have done in middle east .

[@monda111111]

@@IrfanKhan-dt7ck You and txl3046 are both assuming things in order to fit 'criticisms of ideas/ideologies' into the category of 'racist'. You can be critical of Islam without it being about race. Many people are. You can't conclude that a person has racist sentiment if they criticize Islam as a way to immunize it from criticism. @txl3046 To go with the points that you raised (yet there are obviously many valid criticisms of Islam). Was the Aisha thing justifiable because it happened 1400 years ago? Is unjustified war bad? (not actually sure what war your referring to but a caliphate is only justified from the perspective of people who believe in Allah). Same thing with jizya. If it was just about things long long ago then people wouldn't care. People do care because harmful effects from these ideas (add in FMG, Apostacy punishable by death and sharia law imposed on people). If you can find an instance where I demonstrated 'racism' then when can investigate that I guess?

[@DarkSoulsSauron]

I'm dreadfully afraid that "I'm putting on the combination guy fawkes mask and joker makeup" will be permanently entering my personal lexicon

[@devilishegg]

"I'm at the combination pizza hut and taco bell."

[@suitov]

That was one of the points at which I said "I love you" out loud.

[@faithquist6635]

I know this isn't the point, but I can't get over how good Abigail looks in the femme fatal and executive spy outfits. I'm thinking about the heavy stuff she's tackling and then look back at the screen and have to rewind a few seconds because my weak brain stopped.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Same. My personal fave is Abby's lowkey makeup on the intro. Softness 100.

[@user-ov2fc5sd1e]

Chilll

[@alexshane5713]

@@cheesecakelasagna that whole look was beautiful but her blush had me weak 👀❤️

[@muffinmadam]

Yes omg I spent tens of minutes trying to formulate a not-offensive version of the “mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry” meme, to no avail

[@leon-jj9dv]

Whilst your analysis on western Islamophobia is very on-point, I believe that Chinese and Indian Islamophobia (which you briefly touched on, and accurately labeled as being framed as defensive by the perpetrators) have very different roots to Western Islamophobia. Islamophobia in India has its origins in the formation of India itself. For the longest time, India as a cultural concept existed, but as a civilisation, not a nation. Kind of like the medieval concept of Christendom (a civilisation) vs the medieval concept of France (a nation). It was only during the Islamic invasions of India, from the 10th to 19th centuries, that the concept of being "Indian" was formed as the Muslims were invading India, and it became a concrete idea during the days of the British Raj. The Indian nation was formed, not just in opposition to British rule, but also in opposition to the Islamic element of society. The Indian nation became centred around Hinduism, and this is why Hindu nationalism is such a strong force in modern Indian politics. The division of India along religious lines by the British only intensified this. Islamophobia in China is almost entirely racially based. There are a people in China called the Hui. The Hui are ethnolinguistically identical to the Han majority of China, the only distinction being that they are Muslim. The Hui are also pretty well off, and face just about similar levels of political and cultural repression as the Han majority receives from the government. This is in contrast to the Uyghurs, who are a distinct Turkic ethnolinguistic group, and face far more political repression on the part of the CCP and Han society in general, the concentration camps being the easiest example of this. The Han have long been suspicious and dismissive of outsiders, because for the longest time from the perspective of the Chinese, China was the centre of the world, and everyone else were either tributary states (a.k.a. Chinese wannabes) or irrelevant, foolish barbarians. The Mandarin word for China "Zhongguo" literally translates to "Middle Kingdom" or "Central State". The Han have never been friendly to outsiders, who the Chinese state has always tried to assimilate into the Han majority of China. From the Yue peoples of ancient Southern China, to the Tibetans of today, Sinicisation has always been an objective of the Chinese state.

[@_aconite_cj_]

Underrated comment yo, being an Indian with religional trauma, I fully agree

[@andrejlvov3236]

How about Qur'an hating all of infidels?

[@theunbeatable6598]

Not really, the Islamophobia in india is absolutely based on hatred and xenophobia

[@_aconite_cj_]

@@theunbeatable6598 not necessarily, hate and prejudices is based on certain factors, one of em being self fulfillin prophecy which is basically the minority group or the group that's being hated to promote or propagate the fact that's makin others hate them, given the situation of J&K and West Bengal and Bangladesh border and South India (n even other states n areas) there have been Muslim or Islamic extremists who have discriminated against Hindu minorities, even my own parents, being Hindus have faced that discrimination, and they're not even as Islamophobic as some people I've met, so yeah, Islamophobia is not necessarily based on hatred and xenophobia.

[@theunbeatable6598]

@@_aconite_cj_ Who discriminates hindus in South India? Or West Bengal? Or even J&K? There was a 90s pandit exodus if u put that way but that was only in kashmir and hundredfolds muslims were killed and that whole land in kashmir is still a touchy situation while the rest of J&K has no discrimination against hindus. As for Bengal and South, the fact that some states see Muslims as countrymen instead of enemies is enough to trigger the ultra extremists in india to call them discriminatory against hindus which is absurd. I mean, are u aware of the recent rows against Muslim girls wearing Hijab in a right wing government South Indian state Karnataka? So yeah, the hate is accelerated by false perceptions of us vs them, they're the enemies and hella insecurities from centuries old Muslim invasions which isn't poggers m8 So yeah, Alot if not all of the Islamophobia is based on hatred, ignorance (also includes having bad experience with an individual or similar whixh gave you a wrong idea) and alot of false propaganda

[@campbellh9134]

The point at 10:26 about people who weren’t even Muslim being surveilled for looking Muslim is absolutely true! My uncle has a slightly darker complexion, brown hair, and usually sports a long beard; generally looks vaguely middle eastern, and he was stopped for “random” TSA pat downs pretty much every time he flew for YEARS following 9/11.

[@piedpiper1185]

"Anti-Fire Woke Brigade would call 'incendiary.'" Jesus Abby, how many puns are you going to try putting into a single sentance?

[@floatingsara]

As an Italian Catholic woman I always feel I have FAR MORE in common with a Bosniak or an Albanian Muslim woman , than I have with a Texan Christian woman. Thank you for these videos you've become my new addiction on KZbin Abigail !

[@xxvxxv5588]

Why? There are many catholics in Texas.

[@xxvxxv5588]

Especially among texans of mexican origin.

[@ghostsniperable353]

have you even met a Texan before?

[@euclois]

absolutely, christianity and islam have very tight historical ties so we are very alike in many things. american christian churches evolved in weird ways that are almost alien to us who live in the old part of the world.

[@ceasar7830]

@@euclois true true ... American brand of christianity is weird since its polluted with politics.. So when u see Christians in middle east or near approximate its birth place u will notice they r more spiritual.. and hv alot of cultural social and spiritual commonalities with the muslims

[@nilionth]

i'm an ex-muslim that grew up in a sort of partially-extremist islamic family. no one could challenge a single ideology or law of islam without getting a severe beating/death threat. i don't hate muslims at all, i've found a few good muslim friends. but, most muslims i've met, and when i say most i really mean it, happen to be some of the biggest bigots themselves. i understand that most religious people are that way, but if a religious law can be replaced by someone's own moral code, then why do people hyper-focus on ancient scriptures and writings? most religious people cherry-pick what they want to believe from a religion and what they don't anyway

[@khan.riyadh]

You are a hindu from India....😂

[@nilionth]

@@khan.riyadh no im a brown guy from yemen

[@ManabDasiammanab]

@@khan.riyadh he is an Arab. Your Masters! 😂

[@eatmyfoot335]

@@khan.riyadh and?

[@khan.riyadh]

@@eatmyfoot335 see the ecosystem....😂

[@rom1783-c1y]

(I'm an ex-muslim living in Lebanon) While I think that Islamophobia is an issue in many countries, people have the right to criticize Quranic verses or Sharia laws such as those that encourage killing atheists, stoning adulterous people, and punishing women who commit sexual intercourse before marriage, without being called Islamophobic. Let's not forget that Islam is being used to justify horrendous crimes (especially in the Middle East); therefore, criticising the parts of religion that facilitate such crimes is essential. After all, the Quran does contain some pretty pseudoscientific claims and justifications for cruel actions. The verses I speak of are plenty, and you can find them on the internet or in any copy of the Quran. Consequently, respectfully criticising certain parts of religions should not be considered bigotry, as it is paramount to directing society towards equality and respect of human rights. That being said, arbitrary arrests of innocent Muslims and unfair trials should not be allowed and can be considered prejudiced. In conclusion, criticism of Islam ≠ Islamophobia.

[@6we]

Encourage killing atheists : the Quran didn't encourage killing atheists, the Quran doesn't encourage any killing {murder} at all. Pull up the verse that says that cuz I can't find it, Stoning adulterous people: don't see the problem. Punching women who commit s,i before marriage: I like how you especially said *women* as if it's okey for men to do that, I also don't see where's the problem in banning sex before marriage.

[@rom1783-c1y]

@@6we You don't find a problem in punishing people who practise sexual intercourse before marriage? Them having sex harms you in no way and you don't have any right to ban it. The Quran does order Muslims to kill atheists in many occasions, one of which is (4: 89: And they wish that you should disbelieve like they have, then you will be equal; so take them not as your friends until they migrate in the Path of Allah. And if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or helper.). And I pointed out adulterous women because they are the only ones falling victim of honour crimes, because it is more "normal" for men to cheat to "fulfill" their needs, therefore adulterous men "shouldn't be punished" unlike the women.

[@magicaiitem1845]

@@6we Also, why women specifically?

[@magicaiitem1845]

@@secularhumanistforever Are you streotyping islamic people? Because you said typical

[@ahmedtanvir346]

I am doubtful you were ever a Muslim and even if you were you never studied Islam ...if you had even the slightest of idea about Islam or studied it you would have known that it does not encourage killings(murder) of any non believer or anyone ... so you were a kafir before and a kafir now ...being born in a Muslim family does not make you a Muslim ...

[@emptythecan3793]

I really appreciate that the "Russian font" used no random Cyrillic letters. Like using я (pronounced ya) as an R. It is one of my pet peeves, because it is so goddamn hard to read XD

[@Silver_Prussian]

For those who use cyrillic its not hard

[@emptythecan3793]

@@Silver_Prussian I do use cyrillic, I just find it confusing because of the mismatch:)

[@me0101001000]

This is that one meme where they go "St Cyril didn't die for this!"

[@Silver_Prussian]

@@me0101001000 but the alphabet wasnt made by him and his brother thier students who were bulgarian made it and called named it after him

[@me0101001000]

@@Silver_Prussian oh, of course, that's absolutely true! I think the meme comes only from the namesake. I am ashamed to say that I'm a better linguistic historian than I am a meme historian.

[@thexalon]

I just wanted to write that I really appreciate your referencing of the events in Bosnia in the mid-1990's. In my late teenage years, I got to know a family of the survivors of that, people who had spent part of their youth escaping through really dangerous situations. Their suffering needs to be remembered, and I'm glad you did.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

I haven't researched much of it myself but based on the context... that's one hell of an anecdote mention to just be in one sentence in a history book/video.

[@thexalon]

@@cheesecakelasagna It's well worth studying, and truly awful. Some of the people responsible, most notably Slobodan Milosevic, were later convicted by a war crimes tribunal. And it's very much in the living memory of people in and from that region of the world.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@thexalon oh, it definitely is, for reasons wrong and good....

[@plateofrice4528]

because of the Cyrillic alphabet, I read the preview as "islomornobia"

[@appleslover]

My bet: she's gonna talk about how islamophobia is a relic of the cold war or flourished during the cold war

[@theworldwidewaffler9081]

i cant unsee that now

[@Miraihi]

Islavophobia

[@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540]

@@Miraihi dammit. Good comment.

[@Loungemermaid]

Since I started learning Russian the whole using the Cyrillic alphabet as aesthetic is ruined for me

[@muhammadahmadessa9584]

What a fantastic way of delivery, informative and captivating to watch

[@Phoenixspade2030]

Serious problems aside, at least temporarily, would the joker makeup go on the guy fawks mask or under it? is this a stacking hats situation?

[@suitov]

I guess the green wig goes under the Puritan hat fairly easily, but as for the face paint, I'm not sure. With any luck there will be fanart of this iconic line so we can see an artist's take...

[@normanclatcher]

Face paint underneath, red smile and cheek marks (optional) on top.

[@hibaboutarkha7601]

As a muslim woman, i appreciate how you implicated muslims in the conversation by quoting muslim intellecs.

[@byblispersephone2.094]

Well they’re a rare thing. Intellectualism doesn’t really work in Islamic countries where rote learning of a book of desert madness is praised above all.

[@iznij3284]

@@byblispersephone2.094 LOL.

[@leroy4335]

@@byblispersephone2.094 they are not a rare thing you just havent heard of them and how exactly is it a book of desert madness?

[@kcillercoat6718]

@@byblispersephone2.094 your impeccable ignorance really shines through your words like a beacon 🤔

[@wow-jz7me]

@@byblispersephone2.094 why are you shamelessly hateful

[@crumble_cat]

"Natasha Orchidectomy" I'm losing it already, you can't do this to us, Abigail 😂

[@robbiejay]

As an atheist gay from a muslim majority country (Turkiye) I am reluctant to fight against islamofobia. Because what people think of islam is mostly true. I am a secularist. I don't care what people believe in, but it is less likely to see a muslim being respectful of who you are. So I am phobic to not only Islam but also other religions.

[@robbiejay]

@@CosmopolitanCaliph you are a representation of being a conformist. You probably live in a society where LGBT activists fought for their rights in the past and you enjoy the freedom that they brought without any appreciation. Good luck in the relationship you have with your god.

[@fmjjjjn7510]

@@CosmopolitanCaliphI’m Muslim and I don’t know what to say to this. I hope I get to your level of passion/love for Allah SWT one day.

[@person-yl4wn]

Actually most of the things people say about Islam is a lie ☠️but alr

[@aperson1004]

thats literally just random people disrespecting you that happen to be muslim. people dont only live by religion but also culture so if the people in your country are backwards dont blame it on islam cause islam respects everybody.

[@robbiejay]

@@aperson1004 Where? Give me one example where LGBT and women are respected

[@TheCowbiscuit]

She looks so radiant in this one, I'm gonna have to rewatch just bc I forgot to pay attention to the lesson a few times. I also appreciate the use of the term 'racialised other', a small difference in phrasing from 'racial other' but it makes a big difference in meaning. I've been working on changing my language from using the term 'racial minority', and instead using 'racialised' or 'minoritised'.

[@TheCowbiscuit]

@@bsim4431your science is rusty mate, you should pay more attention in school

[@TheCowbiscuit]

@@anniew4105 how sad your life must be to fixate on something that doesn't affect you in the slightest.

[@rachelfox8108]

@@anniew4105 I know you spoke the magic words, but I just checked her Twitter, and she's still a woman. Turns out just wishing something in or out of existence doesn't simply make it so! It also turns out that feeling your own womanhood threatened by someone else's only actually demonstrates how insecure you are with yourself. Also, it turns out, pushing your opinions on other people doesn't actually do anything other than show them your arsehole. Put it away, please, this is a public space.

[@mariemossy1389]

YEP- another good term is 'marginalised groups' instead of minority- it wakes away the passivity of the statement ig

[@jumpingSpiders]

27:06 reminded me of when Serj tankian published “understanding oil” right after 9/11 he was faced with so much backlash it even affected the band he’s in, I highly recommend everyone to read it

[@vannakinder352]

Off topic I love Serj tankian he is an Armenian-Lebanese and he raised so much awareness for not only Lebanon but other affected groups by Lebanese facists in the past such as Armenian and Palestinians who live in Lebanon.

[@kareemwail4495]

Can't wait to see how Abi handles this, much love from Sudan.

[@nah88never]

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate you bringing up the topic of Islamophobia in your video. It's great to see someone using humor and a light-hearted approach to tackle such a serious issue. However, As a Muslim, I have to say that the aftermath of 9/11 has been really tough for us, it was a change of the world for us as we've faced so much oppression and discrimination that it often feels suffocating. It's unfortunate that we've had to face not only individual acts of Islamophobia but also systemic biases in different parts of the world, which continue to persist. thanks for discussing this and taking the time to shed light on this... Keep up the good work!

[@vondas1480]

Well I guess you know how the millions of Arabs you colonized and murdered felt. Hopeful it gets worse for you (:

[@Exmuslim_caffeine]

i feel bad as an ex-muslim that you have been discriminated against, but muslims on a regular basis do that against other marginalized group like the ex muslims, the lgbtq+ community etc. you have to become tolerant to them or else they will not support you either

[@Maskyy__]

@@Exmuslim_caffeine but it's only a minority that makes death threats. Even God say that killing one person is killing the entire mankind.

[@rrdpnd]

​@@Exmuslim_caffeine it's up to you if wanna be a Muslim or not. However it doesn't make sense scientifically that you can choose your gender.thats totally illogical and dumb af.Why will anyone be tolerant towards lgbt shit when they clearly don't make any sense

[@saturnmercury8533]

We all know, we'll be hated either way. Whether the incident happened or not. We will always be hated.

[@toulouse1]

Sick video! I don't at all wanna be like "I wish she made the video I wanted her to make" and I get that she's from the west and will talk about the west. HOWEVER, it would've been amazing if she covered Hindutva, which is basically white supremacy but for Hindus in South Asian nations, mostly India. Its incredibly rare to see any left wing opinions on Islamophobia that relate to India and it just would've been really great to see. Nevertheless, this video is genuinely so so good!!

[@Viivek2309]

Yup, I wish she also made a video about the conditions of minorities in nearly every Muslim majority country.

[@suoutubez19]

@@Viivek2309 That is a very big request and I’m not sure if a white woman from the UK would be able to cover it properly.

[@vinamra2887]

@@Viivek2309 Lmaooo the IT cell found this video too? tbh, its stupid of me to not expect Hindutva assholes in any corner of the internet where even a fleeting mention of muslims is made.

[@Viivek2309]

@@vinamra2887 the trigger is real with this one. Also nice try deflecting the point

[@march384]

@Zoë Nightshade Yup. Genuinely agree as an Indian. The situation is getting out of hand.

[@tomasdimblebyweber2703]

Didn't know Abi was in The Matrix 4. Well Done!!! In all seriousness though looks great though. Very Excited!

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

arent we all in a matrix?

[@anameisntenough]

@@DyslexicMitochondria ur username made me click on ur profile. Ur channel is a hidden gem bro

[@duane6386]

NEO is known for its high defense

[@nicolelee4800]

I read the caption on Sir Nigel as "Piss Historian" rather than "Sir Nigel Piss, Historian" and it made the whole thing 10x funnier.

[@FrankinKal96]

"Pisstorian," if you will

[@suitov]

@@FrankinKal96 His works were always too urocentric for my liking.

[@technopoptart]

@@FrankinKal96 i'm glad you took the words right out of my mouth. they taste terrible!

[@andredepadua8799]

Here in Brazil we have a similar problem with the hate (and religious colonization) directed at indigenous peoples, and ANOTHER similar problem with hate directed at afro-brazilian religions. The "haters" also try to justify the murders, smear campaigns, burnings of temples and religious idols and etcetera by saying that has "nothing to do with racism"... Culture and Religion tend to be accompanied by Ethnicity, SPECIALLY when we are talking about hate

[@immortaljodi]

Love that she made such an effort to keep this classroom-appropriate, and honestly I wish videos like these were shown in class

[@alexshane5713]

Some teachers do show her videos in their classrooms! They work great since they're informative, entretaining and wholesome enough for teenagers

[@melaniewut]

This would never be shown in a classroom

[@fredhasopinions]

@@melaniewut I’m studying to be an ethics teacher and can’t wait to show this kind of thing in class

[@lily-qn7jn]

@@melaniewut Consider that the world has 7 billion people in it. Perhaps you are not aware of the way every classroom in the world is run?

[@melaniewut]

@@fredhasopinions i feel sorry for your future class. they pay tuition and you show them poorly researched youtube videos? LOL i hope you can do better than that

[@bennyd7508]

That monologue from the Adelaide Sweetly-Schmitz character was so well written. It gave me chills: it was both satire and psychological horror.

[@Russel_at_whatever]

it's absolute horror because it is very real

[@toothfairy10133]

genuinely scared me once i started realising what she was saying lol

[@mariannestrgzr9374]

What time?

[@sarah12232]

@@mariannestrgzr9374 21:50

[@sarah12232]

question, is that scene based on a real occurrence? who is Adelaide? the clip seems to suggest she caused the fire...

[@zoe_miori]

сказать, что я обалдела, когда Эби заговорила на русском - ничего не сказать =) You Russian is really good, Abi! Cheers from Ukraine!

[@MsAdlerHolmes]

I'm slowly (S-L-O-W-L-Y) learning Russian so was excited at the little snippets - always in need of a bit of practice. Such a beautiful language.

[@anfisachern8570]

*cheering* одна из нас! одна из нас!

[@MsAdlerHolmes]

@@anfisachern8570 😂😂😂 Я сейчас Русский

[@WhiteScorpio2]

The funniest thing was when she mangled the word "show", considering it was borrowed from English and is pronounced basically the same, except that it's pronounced as a single syllable with a diphthong in English but as two separate syllables in Russian. Самое забавное, что она совершенно не справилась со словом "шоу", хотя оно позаимствовано непосредственно из английского и произносится примерно одинаково, за исключением того, что в английском это односложное слово с дифтонгом, а в русском в нем два отдельных слога.

[@WhiteScorpio2]

But her voiced alveolar trills were great! The pronunciation of "transphobia" was scaringly Russian.

[@mostripe480]

As muslims, our identity is somehow responsible for the arrogant misunderstandings of islam by many people, particularly from the west. I had a friend who was like this, despite me trying to explain to the best of my ability and despite him being raised in an internationally privileged highschool where open-mindedness was very much taught (we went to the same high school). However, such arrogance brings me closer to God and in a respectful way, also help others forge a relationship with God. Patience really is key and is also very much taught in islam.

[@StreetDrilla]

non-muslims and muslims can never ever be true brothers/friends. They will always at one point criticize or alienate or simply make clear that you have your own way.

[@labranehit7687]

What were his biggest misgivings with Islam?

[@sunraystruck]

Knowledge of Russian makes the video even better as the translations aren’t literal. Love it hehe

[@TomasPetkevicius94]

Yes.😄

[@damnronin]

Ага)

[@clovergum]

as a muslim woman, the amount of islamophobic comments under this are rather staggering and upsetting. but thank you for making this video.

[@annajose5525]

🤣🤣🤣🤣islamophobhia is nothing but islamist tactic to shut down critics of political islam and islamist

[@REDI____]

As a man, who was a Muslim and still lives in a Muslim country, it's not islamophobic, it's the truth, the one that you cannot cope with, this religion is a heinous crime against women rights, LGBTQ right, and freedom of the people.

[@hodam9687]

They are mostly being done by the indians. they are some of the Islamophobic creatures i have ever seen in my life. Their country is being led by an islamophobic hinduism supremacist government who hates the indian muslim minority

[@kanekisasaki942]

Yeah im surprised and sad☹️☹️☹️

[@DGoldy303]

Being critical of your religion does not us Islamophobic.

[@ElijahLoganmaztrpeac3official]

7:20 THANK GOD FOR SHOUTING OUT Terry Albury. One of my frustrations with the US is a lot of pro-whistleblower activists know the big names(Snowden, Assange) but often discount other whistleblowers that need support. To see a brit talk about a Black whistleblower who exposed a racist and islamophobic FBI practice was unexpected but appreciated.

[@Clewnkaart]

I love the end credit closed caption, that tells some of your process!

[@FigmentHF]

I agree with everything you say, but I’m also fairly convinced that we are in desperate need of more critical thinking being taught in schools, in order to help combat online radicalisation and dangerous conspiratorial thinking. It’s hard to teach critical thinking to kids in school without infringing on their religious beliefs. This stuff isn’t easy, Islam, religion, Muslims, Christians, atheists, politics, war, it’s not easy..

[@akosbarati2239]

Or, how about making a PSA where the government lies to people and conflates gender identity, sexual orientation, hormone blockers and gender reassignment surgery (something that both fascists and communists allowed to happen, the surgery part I mean) and convince voters that teachers are part of a cabal turning kids LGBTQ. Then they transfer teaching to the department of the interior and bar teachers from going on strike. That happened in Hungary and you see similar in certain southern US states.

[@NeloBladeOfRanni]

@@swnerd-2320 except not all religions are taught about

[@angelaschone2847]

@@swnerd-2320 there is no way of doing that. If you say that is not possible to a horse with wings exist that could be inmediately take as blasphemy because you are saying that things written in holy books doesn't exist therefore it is not the truth. It is just fiction

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

Corrction: their _parents'_ religious beliefs.

[@eggselent9814]

Critical Thinking would be ignored by the students. The people who already think more critically will like the Subject and those who don't won't care about it

[@KerryLuckett]

Inadvertently, your video also frames why the U.S. continually avoids framing white supremacist groups and violence in its definition of terrorism but did not flinch to wage a war on an entire region, culture, and religion in the name of “terror”. I teach a Contemporary African American literature course and had to cold stop a lesson on Langston Hughes to bring young people up to speed on Jim Crow and its reign of violence. I see similarities in Islamophobia. It’s parallel, similar not same.

[@BasedAccountLmao]

They call it "hate groups" instead. But ISIS isn't labeled as a hate group, it's labeled as a terrorist group. But what's the difference? I doubt that just because they use different terminology that they downplay one over the other.

[@MrCmon113]

Wage war on a region? And you teach at a college? US soldiers risked their lives to protect civilians in foreign countries. Your framing of those wars as being about different peoples clashing is absurd and xenophobic. They should have waged war on Islam, but they didn't. I have never heard any Western leader say one bad word about Islam. To the contrary, they all defend it. Both right wingers and left wingers.

[@リンゴ酢-b8g]

@Aditya Chavarkar ask those 'innocent muslims' about their views on gay and women rights and you'll find out that they aren't so innocent after all

[@lordturtle.100yearsago6]

@@リンゴ酢-b8g ask any religious person views on gay and you will see they are innocent or not

[@aSmallGreenDot]

they called it the war on terror when it was actually for profit

[@PixelHead777]

"Huh. Orchidectomy sounds like a real word. Whazzit mean." Googles it. HUGE fuckin' grin on my face.

[@williamrinehart5337]

Sounds like the removal of an orchid. Edit: oh my. I've also learned why orchids are called that

[@ScorpionViper1001]

Wonder if the subject is on Abi's mind.

[@waytoobiased]

I thought I heard that word

[@chiblast100x]

Yep. I didn't know the particular word, but my long familiarity with her oeuvre meant that a quick Google to confirm my suspicion was all that was needed.

[@ShragaMatate]

assumed it's a removal of orchids, now websearched it too, dk if to thank you or resent you

[@Khushi_R9]

Please make a video on Qaafir-phobia in Islamic nations. Thankyou.

[@JonySmith-bb4gx]

Plz tell me about sinophobia from India

[@kafka1343]

Ok next time gonna make video of ved nindak phobia according to artherva veda 12.5.62

[@arhamakhyar3088]

​@@kafka1343 Atharva Veda 12.5.62 “Rend, rend to bits, rend through and through, scorch and consume and burn to dust, the one who rejects the Vedas” WHAT A LOVELY RELIGION❤🤩

[@kafka1343]

@@arhamakhyar3088 a beauty of filth from hating and calling out genocide of the people who don't believe in Vedas and call out for the massacre of buddhist ☺☺ All in one drama hindu religion ☺

[@zaakirkarodiya7712]

Ffs do you people EVER stop crying? No I a genuinely asking wtf is up with you?

[@voidify3]

You already knew Nigel Piss was a drag king look, since you were already out to yourself and friends when you introduced him, but can i just say, he’s even funnier when WE think of him as a drag king look, and when you build the posh voice off your voice instead of The Masc Voice(TM)

[@hyperlynXXX]

20:29 That part hurt. I've seen people - people I spent years with, that I respected, that I genuinely enjoyed the company of - tumble down that exact chain of thoughts and never return from it, only ever getting more entrenched, more aggressive, more racist, condescending, isolated, paranoid, chauvinistic, disrespectful and just all-around unpleasant to be around week after week, all the while keeping themselves under a steady influence of such exact messages like a hypnotic mantra. When just a few years earlier, we'd debate for hours on end on all kinds of disagreements and enjoy it, since then the style changed quickly to them demanding me to share or freely adopt their position, or be branded an idiot, a traitor, or willfully obtuse or dishonest to "provoke them", and covering me with the most cruel insults was apparently fair game then. And the most depressing part is, I could feel that during all of that, they felt smarter than ever, because being right has suddenly become so easy. They were hooked and they would never come down, and every bit of isolation they'll reap from becoming who they're becoming will only push them further down that horrid path.

[@БейбарысЖаңабайұлы-и1ч]

про таких сказано: "В их сердцах болезнь, и Аллах усилил их болезнь"

[@DavidA.21]

Delusional

[@Uman_manda]

“Why the Zulus Had it Coming” killed me like a Maxim gun of comedy

[@connorhoyle2926]

Oof

[@Alias_Anybody]

I mean, they were brutal conquerors themselves. While it's of course a classic case of "And then, Britain" it's not like they destroyed a Hippie culture.

[@Abshir1it1is]

@@Alias_Anybody - Did you just explain Why the Zulus Had it Coming... unironically? 🤦

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@Abshir1it1is Yes. Are you aware of their history? Someone would have toppled their empire sooner or later, it was not a sustainable operation. Do you have an actual argument against that beyond a black&white view of history?

[@chriss780]

@@Alias_Anybody "it's not like they destroyed a Hippie culture." literally who gives a shit, fucking colonialism is a brain disease

[@K_for_kakarot]

As a muslim i think it's high time people find their faith through questioning and make progress is building peace tolerance understanding for a better and greener future everywhere on Earth.

[@kizuati]

As a Russian trans woman, hearing Abi saying Russian words was hilarious. Great job!

[@Imayebrook]

@EDUARD ȘTEFAN MALOȘ msulim

[@skullingtonfx4441]

@EDUARD ȘTEFAN MALOȘ I think you mean based

[@sashamartens2633]

обнимаю!:)

[@kizuati]

@@sashamartens2633 :p