Politicized Language

"Social justice" activists are changing and redefining many words, from "birthing people", "equity", "mistress", "violence", to "racism”.
Is that a harmless evolution of language? Or a step towards “1984?”
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Tim Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute argues that today’s language changes are dangerous.
For example, one activist declared that "a transgender woman of color walking down the street and being called a man -- [that] is an act of violence.”
"It is quite chilling,” says Sandefur, the degree to which the social justice movement... is willing to control our language."
"The only way that we have as human beings to deal with one another is through language, discussion, debate, deliberation. If we say that that's a form of violence ... then the only way left for us to relate to one another is through power," he adds.
I push back , saying that the social justice movement has good intentions.
The video above has our full discussion.

[@kez01]

*"Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right"*

[@ntvypr4820]

It could also mean you're faking being 'offended' to stir crap and get stuff happening you never could make it do by use of your own 'skills and talents'. Cause ya got NONE.

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

If anyone tells you that you shouldn't do something because it offends them just tell them that you find that offensive.

[@christerry1773]

@@MM3Soapgoblin that would be considered racist or a form of white supremacy.

[@udin2842]

YES, but woke ppl and feminists don't care about right or wrong. they only care about their feeling and brain dead progressive and liberal ppl supporting it

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

@@christerry1773 I'm offended that you think that.

[@5thcorps]

1984 needs to be moved to the "Non-Fiction" section of the library............

[@dr.elvis.h.christ]

I think it's now an instruction manual.

[@michaelwarren2391]

And in the "Current Events" subsection.

[@alethiapotter9218]

👏👏👏

[@evamonks3137]

Nodded my head yes to these comments

[@robertmartinez988]

Best one I've heard this week

[@mbdg6810]

“Equality is now equity” And thats the problem

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

But apart from starting with the same 3 letters they are completely separate words.

[@stevebabiak6997]

But you only have to leave “al” out of it, just two letters, a guy’s name. Ooops, I just broke one of their word rules.

[@natebarker6464]

Can't have equity and freedom at the same time. Equity can only be achieved through governmental tyranny.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

@@natebarker6464 Everyone has equity but you usually have to earn it under capitalism. Under socialism everything belongs to government and that's not those who worked for it.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

@sprock Equity means a portion of ownership. There is a misunderstanding it means fairness but that's just the abbreviation of fair equity. The is no such thing as private ownership in a Marxism society. You don't even own the clothes you wear.

[@joshupmeyer7318]

When you have no problems, you create them.

[@dustintacohands1107]

Al sharpton

[@udin2842]

owh they definitely have problems, like their brains. they just pretend it doesn't exist!

[@JM-sm8ir]

Lmao I say this to my children often. 😂

[@deisk2707]

If you have a problem that can't be controlled, blame outside of it.

[@user-kb1hw2yq2f]

Pendulum Will swing so greatly to the other side, history repeats that over and over again and yet we learn nothing. I believe the swings increase with time

[@Paducahrus]

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words really, really hurt me.

[@eclipsemercx3687]

Many of these clowns seem to be itching for a reminder of why the original saying came to be..

[@tracybarhite1764]

They were always protected and never got their feelings hurt.

[@rubyduma6238]

Especially if you get someone’s pronouns wrong you could get sued and loose your job.

[@MindForge446]

We should punch them in the face to see real violence.

[@kathyfahey5469]

Especially when u dont know the answers on a law exam.

[@dylanwilliams2386]

John Stossel saying “You’re white why should anyone listen to you” is hilarious.

[@clearsky4042]

more like frightening

[@Kreeos]

@@clearsky4042 He was playing devil's advocate. It's part of being a good journalist.

[@CurlyFries120]

@@clearsky4042 it's called sarcasm lol you dillweed

[@Ocyla]

@@CurlyFries120 No I think it's actually scary. There have been videos posted where people legitimately tell white people 'shut up no one wants to hear from you because SKIN COLOR'. What if that was said to a black person? a native?

[@mommakimmins5554]

Of course the sentiment is terrifying. That's why Stossel is playing the role. To show that these questions are legitimately being asked, and that if people have been waiting for their cue to stand up and fight back now is the time. Like...right now. Like if we keep waiting we'll be letting them win. We gotta find our backbone, stand up, and tell the authoritarians we've had enough of their shenanigans

[@Skeptical_Frog]

Liberals: “Republicans literally want the Handmaid’s Tale in real life.” Also liberals: “Women? No. Birthing people.”

[@goofyfoot2001]

OMG you win the Internet today my friend HAHA

[@ntvypr4820]

@Daniel Unless they are a normal biological female hetero then it's "birthing person' The BLM and antifa are the Kommissars of the communist Dims.

[@davidray2682]

Ever notice how liberals always want to quote books they were forced to read in MIDDLE SCHOOL? Literally psuedo intellectuals acting like their ideas are profound.

[@monicaalba1127]

@@davidray2682 😂 This is literally 90% of my English master's class! I'm happy that you don't let them fool you. Education is practically a job without pay: some do their best, most just clock in.

[@mankybrains]

It's not language changing, it's demtards.

[@pcliftonjr]

Language is "violence" and actual violence is "Peacefully protesting". Sounds a lot like doublethink to me.

[@enriquemino9963]

But the people demanding congress do something about elections on Jan 6 is considered insurection and is being persecuted right? no peacefull protesting there.

[@pierrepowers4646]

Mostly peaceful protest is the new word for BLM (burn, loot, murder)

[@jimpeel]

Welcome to 1984.

[@Lightmakerslife]

January riots

[@TheNugler]

Its called Frankfurt School

[@thegoatking9506]

"birthing people" sounds like some type of body horror story about groteqsue flesh monsters

[@KiraSlith]

Sounds like a term referring to sacrificial humans meant for a parasitic monster lording over the human race.

[@KGDHMF]

It sounds like someone made an A.I and the only way that A.I can describe mother's is by calling them " birthing people ", It's fucking, Ironically, Dehumanizing. It's a mother, Not some sort of thing that's a fresh whom that births children, There is more to that.

[@enemyofthesheeple]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Coronado-nz7wu]

“The Brood”, movie.

[@gunterdapenguin5896]

"Birthing people" is so sexist it's not even funny

[@demetter7936]

It's not about the fact words are changing, it's the fact words are changing to become more vague and confusing.

[@evelynellsworth6211]

Exactly. Language change is typically a natural thing that's neither good nor bad... but forced language change that artificially pressures people to change the way they speak, else they be ostracized? no thanks

[@danielkutcher5704]

Everything can now be described by the modern vernacular use of the word "random"...

[@mattdillon4398]

It's so wierd to actually see 1984 come true in real time!

[@echonuim]

I mean look at the word alt-right. It's gone from defining a political stance to a blanket statement for any republican who supported trump.

[@LordsofMedia]

@@echonuim That's what that term always was.

[@tthams73]

“Equity” is intentionally being substituted for EQUALITY to purposely to change the goal of equal opportunity to “equal outcome”. Two very different things with tremendously dangerous consequences.

[@ronmckay9037]

great idea for another reality show tho right! Lowest man in the company becomes CEO for the day!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!

[@rodrigodearaujobarros7353]

Yes thanks for notice that!

[@ntmn8444]

Exactly. Well noted.

[@hydrus77]

Yeah we are fucked, and the people pushing this wont understand what happened until they are older, and then it will be to late.

[@markt2398]

They call words "violence" so they can use actual violence against you when they feel like it.

[@adamgray1753]

These SJW's, their Masters, minions, and allies have acquired the Protected status. If you harm any of them in any sort of way or ways it is you who immeasurably suffers in every way possible they can muster. This includes the cops murdering you in real life to protect these Corrupt abominations.

[@Ocyla]

Right. If your words are violence then they can use physical violence because, according to them, it's the same thing.

[@anthonywilliams7052]

Everything is called "violence" or "harm" as a way of controlling people by claiming victimhood and demanding others be punished.

[@spartan8185]

The crazy thing is that the "Social Justice" elites don't know the meaning of the words "violence" or "harm." Anyone that has seen true violence or harm would not equate simple words as either. The true depth of humans capacity to commit violence or harm to one another is astounding when you see it yourself. Calling a transgender female a male is so far removed from true violence it's absurd.

[@anthonywilliams7052]

@@spartan8185 I'd rather have words than real v__lence any day. The people that complain about r_cism are the most r_cist in my experience.

[@savannah505]

@@anthonywilliams7052 Well...........I'll agree with you somewhat, but I still enjoy seeing antifnuts getting their butts kicked, or hear the anguished cries of a femnazi losing it over words directed at them.

[@arasb3258]

Yup, The Victim Olympics!

[@probuilder961]

I thought the new thing was "Silence is Violence "? Somebody please hand me an eraser. History written in pencil from now on?

[@CaseyBurnsInvesting]

Using flowery words with no meaning based on no empirical evidence while claiming you’re morally superior is highly effective collectivization.

[@chrisweaver5362]

Man you comment on every video I watch lol I recognize your name in every comment section

[@ElainesDomain]

@@chrisweaver5362 Likewise.

[@jayecurry1369]

Maybe it's just me, but I think you're well spoken.

[@MK-vi2cm]

Bars

[@euphoricmonk]

They created their own empirical evidence lol

[@CidPsy]

"Define racism..." Procedes to use racism/racist in the definition. That's when you know, this person might not be able to identify when it happens or why its happening.

[@heartlessbasturd5481]

I'm almost certain he went to public school

[@whizbang7130]

Sad part is all those people in his audience and buying his book believing the big lie.

[@ApricotMallow]

@@heartlessbasturd5481 What's wrong with public schools?

[@majermike]

also took a simple definition and turned it convoluted, this man needs to stop writing books please

[@JM-sm8ir]

@@ApricotMallow indoctrination camps

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

"when I wrote 1984, I meant for it to be a cautionary tale, not a guidebook!" -George Orwell

[@jameslewan7026]

You thought they could write their own guidebook, then they would really be lost!

[@stockyphilb7663]

Getting a professor "cancelled" because you had heart palps during a written interview = Not a bad person ....yeah, this stuff is everywhere.

[@rborecki222]

They're not bad. They're monsters.

[@corruption1724]

It's the classic Boy who cried wolf and the idiots townspeople never catch on.

[@kathyfahey5469]

Heart palps cuz she didnt know the answers. The oh shit moment.

[@mitchells8360]

These students are just looking for reasons to play the victim any way they can.

[@CurlyFries120]

Lol seriously though... Talk about being fragile as fuck... How do these people function day to day 😂

[@arthasmenethil2201]

Steam announced a "Latinx Developers" week here in Latin America. The backlash was so big, they changed it (they cannot lose customers, lol).

[@nickwilson3499]

Hah, hopefully they learned something from it (I doubt it)

[@dpatra7081]

Yeah this is what happens when you try to pander to 4% of people

[@gtdrummerdude]

@@dpatra7081 More like 0.1% of people.

[@liamjohnson8000]

Just don’t listen to them and use the language we’ve always used. If someone gets pissy just ignore and avoid. Let them be mad by themselves.

[@T_bone]

Exactly. Literally refuse to acknowledge or understand the term they are trying to abuse.

[@majermike]

john mcwhorter is right on, we just gotta keep living and let them continue spiraling down their own fantasy

[@mbr5742]

Mocking them is also an option. Occasionaly one flips and gets agressiv...

[@liamjohnson8000]

@@mbr5742 nah, they actually enjoy altercation. They’re hoping you push their buttons. As I said just ignore and avoid. Only way they’ll stfu for good.

[@Madchris8828]

Been doing this for years. I ignore these ignorant children

[@timg2088]

"Social justice is no justice at all." ~John MacArthur

[@finchborat]

I've noticed that many things that contains "social" in it are almost 100% bad. Social justice. Social media. Socialism.

[@majermike]

@@finchborat social engineering

[@deisk2707]

@@majermike social lifestyle?

[@majermike]

@@deisk2707 social experiment?

[@joshuafletcher598]

@@finchboratsocial studies lol

[@TheRennDawg]

They say that birthing parent is more inclusive however, it excludes foster mothers, stepmothers and adoptive mothers.

[@capricioushorse]

It was made up to make transgenders feel better.

[@triclopsgamer5934]

Calling someone a "birthing person" is like calling them a tool demeaning and disrespectful. Imagine a kid coming home and saying "hi birthing person". A mother not a tool for making babies.

[@ZM7241994]

It also excludes people who identify as animals AKA Furries. Give it ten years and the new hip term will be birthing entity.

[@kathyfahey5469]

Birthing PARENT my arse! The day a man can push something the size of a bowling ball out of a somewhat expandable straw for 12 hours or so, w/o drugs mind u, that will be when he gets that title.

[@FloridaGirl-]

@@capricioushorse exactly

[@sagara5293]

Remind me of George Carlin stand up comedy on soft language.

[@AdamB12]

He said that political correctness is fascism disguising as manners. If only he knew how true that would be after he died.

[@Frog_Puppet]

I'll have an involuntary personal protein spill!

[@Notfound-pz2xu]

@@Frog_Puppet 🤣🤣

[@anthonygreenfield123]

Love george carlin

[@Kennedy1op]

Carlin would be so fed up with this crap

[@Drako9823]

"Birthing people" is just another term used to elevate trans people, but just like some other parts of trans identity, the phrase is ironically very sexist against women, considering it reduces an individual to a descriptor of their bodily function.

[@sarahl.7277]

Ironically it is also trans phobic. A born female trans might highly dislike being reminded how they started out as well as a born male trans will be reminded that they are never going to be a REAL women. You can have all the cosmetic operations you like, but you will never be a women in the way it truly counts.😁

[@vanillamarshmallow]

soooooo much of trans language is misogynistic tbh

[@jeremchapman732]

@@sarahl.7277 calling someone a birthing person incites violence on woman

[@RoyalFizzbin]

I am just here to say that an insult is not “violence”. It’s an insult. A punch to the nose is violence.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

If diversity is a strength, why do you need affirmative action

[@Henry1965ism]

And if it was so great for a workplace or for society then they wouldn't need to ram it down our throats.

[@Redmanticore]

so your colleges wont be filled with asians

[@michaelblakemore3712]

@@Redmanticore dude, what is your problem?

[@_khaine]

@@Redmanticore asians and whites*

[@nghtwtchmn129]

Diversity is important because the LESS Americans have in common, the MORE united we will be. (Sarcasm.)

[@556deltawolf]

Kinda reminds me of the incident where JK Rowling's own people turned on her simply because she pointed out that "people who menstruate" are called women.

[@TheKelsey]

Nice strawman argument! Thats not how it went. She repeatedly supported a woman whos contract wasn't renewed from her job because she kept making threatening and rude claims about trans people repeatedly after coworkers found her disturbing. And that's just the start of it. She started promoting an anti trans merchandise store. Strawmanned the trans community by claiming they thought biological sex wasn't real, then wrote a fear mongery article of misinformation. Sure I dont think she deserved to be cancelled, cancel culture isn't my thing, but you can't pretend she did nothing.

[@kurvitaschthedictator]

@@TheKelsey based JK Rowling

[@kevinflaherty1]

@@TheKelsey So JK Rowling is much better than I thought? Good to know

[@TheKelsey]

@@kurvitaschthedictator Harassing people and being a nuisance in the workplace shouldn't be applauded regardless of whether you like the minority group she targeted or not. You're on the wrong side of history

[@shaun2823]

@@TheKelsey Could you use the term "strawperson" please? I find the term strawman extraordinarily offensive and sexist.

[@jlueb]

Imagine being able to give someone a heart attack by showing them a word

[@ss_whole]

That's a "X-Files" episode, it's called "Pusher"

[@debblez]

The story about the law professor is actually heartbreaking. I can’t not think about that poor professor going home to their family and telling them the news. Truly despicable people that signed that petition.

[@btbb3726]

“The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.” George Orwell, 1984

[@mommakimmins5554]

Double plus good doublethink going on here

[@johnnyedge9594]

EXACTLY RIGHT ON......!!!!!!!! 21st century utopia, lol.....!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Lightmakerslife]

Right . Silence,,, and Please all day long

[@TheNancypoo]

How the woke assholes don't see this happening day by day boggles my mind!

[@jimmbbo]

“The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.” ― George Orwell, 1984 The Demmunists use Orwell's novel as their Operations Manual

[@darthvader4720]

Useful idiots never survive the communist revolutions

[@lavieenrose7925]

More accurately, they use Rules for Radicals as their playbook.

[@bryanp.1327]

"Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent a kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it" --George Carlin

[@deisk2707]

I think im going to speak British now, or other english speaking countries.

[@shoopinc]

"Speechless: controlling words controlling minds" a book by Michael Knowles

[@UltraInstinctGoku69]

And republicans keep on cavin on these issues.

[@ThePoliticalOrangeAngler]

@@UltraInstinctGoku69 Except for the America 1st republicans. It's the RINOs that cave.

[@UltraInstinctGoku69]

@@ThePoliticalOrangeAngler exactly we need more america 1st candidates

[@josh6706]

Man how did Knowles get his fans to promote his book everywhere?

[@anthonywilliams7052]

They use "v__lence" and "harm" as a way to control others.

[@kinjunranger140]

"college educated" = "indoctrinated" There's a new translation for you John.

[@cato451]

Ha. Seems to be the case

[@Docchucklilchuck]

My children are not allowed to go to college unless they need that degree for what they choose to do. Sounds like common sense doesn’t it? I was foolish when I went to school. I just went to college because everyone else is going. I’m glad I figured out what I wanted to do in life.

[@harrysachs2274]

Every single college "educated" person I know thinks exactly the same, says the same exact things, think they are all superior. Funny, everyone who didn't realizes they are useful idiots.

[@faithreturns333]

Dude that isn't new we've been using that since the 1990s. All of this stuff has been exposed after Bill Clinton was in office but only limited people were talking about it. Usually the people who left California or New York for a conservative state. All of this is done on purpose and is being done by people to destroy America. To divide us therefore we are no longer a nation under God indivisible because they divided us into groups and taught the kids to hate

[@faithlessberserker5921]

@@harrysachs2274 what collage did you go to lol. When I went from 2018 to 2020 people of all kinds of ideology went there.

[@mikexxxmilly]

Imagine being “injured” by a word. Why is weakness an admirable trait now? It’s like we’re living in upside down world

[@wstavis3135]

"They don't do it because they are bad people...". Yes, yes they do.

[@m.chumakov1033]

No, they don't. They are bad and very stupid people. The ignorance of SJW's is astonishing.

[@triclopsgamer5934]

Calling your own mother a "birthing person" has to be one of the coldest and most disrespectful things you can say to her.

[@Redmanticore]

why? mr. gamer593?

[@triclopsgamer5934]

@@Redmanticore The effort a mother put into caring, feeding, encouraging, teaching and raising a child cant just be narrowed down to a demeaning lable like "birthing person". A mom isn't a robot or a baby factory. She is a human being that sacrifices a lot into raising a person. That should be respected.

[@Necrosphereical]

@@triclopsgamer5934 That would imply these people had or have mothers. Many of them don't, didn't or are so cold and callous that they see them as nothing but.

[@triclopsgamer5934]

@@Necrosphereical This makes me sad.

[@TheKelsey]

It's not calling your own mother that, that term is just used when talking about all birth givers as a whole. I disagree with forcing language, but inclusivity towards trans people is good.

[@lcruz2783]

A mother is one of the most precious terms on his planet.

[@tommybrackett5519]

" To argue with someone who has renounced all reason, is like administering medicine to the dead"

[@billparker244]

I fear that this is just a different version of what all societies and cultures have cycled through in history. When a people get too prosperous, they become lazy and stupid, then slowly devolve into something unsustainable that either gets conquered or destroyed. Then the cycle starts all over again.

[@deisk2707]

And what i think about the Dystopian world, they wont last long. Considering they erased history, now they cannot find how to prevent the same mistakes.

[@mypetcrow9873]

Thankfully Extinction will wipe us out in a few years. THANK YOU MOTHER, NOT FUCKING BIRTHING PEOPLE- EARTH! THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WILL REJOICE!

[@sjm2is4ra6el]

I don't care to keep up. I prefer to use words that the majority of the world understands.

[@russellbranham4868]

NOT EVEN ONE of my Hispanic friends/family refer to themselves as "latinx". In fact, some of them have openly expressed their disdain of that terminology.

[@bostonphotographer20]

Less than 3% of Latinos use it. More than 87% have never even heard of it.

[@roberto4350]

Yeah we hate that word, the Spanish language is full of gender based nouns.

[@darylgonzalez646]

Yes, don’t call me Latinx. It’s annoying lol

[@volkswagenk7017]

it's the equivalent of the word "sudaca"

[@jamesengland7461]

@@roberto4350 exactly! It's the whole structure of Latin- based languages.

[@neonsashimidream1075]

John Stossel, thank you for existing. I was starting to think I must be losing my mind since it couldn't possibly be everyone else. But, apparently it is (almost) everyone else. What a relief to hear a person speaking reasonably about these issues without playing to either of the exaggerated self-parodies that are the "sides" of the "culture wars."

[@billybenson3834]

Giving birth is far different than being a mother. We need less birthing people and more mothers.

[@suleskos.2743]

Amen to that! There's a reason why it's said that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world"!

[@josueveguilla9069]

"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." - Frédéric Bastiat

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

government for me is now the anti culture/progress apparatus. we're at a point where people must be made to forget their cultural origins or else they are not "inclusive" enough

[@ramjamflimflam]

Mic drop….

[@danielkutcher5704]

💣💥

[@user-jq5jx8nn5h]

When you can't win on merit and truth, change the definition and then violently attack those who are quilty of wrong think.

[@AntonioEligius]

"They're not bad people." No, stop dancing around it, you're not helping them or us, they ARE bad people.

[@covahredro8370]

Delusional and vile they are.

[@whizbang7130]

Looking for a solution to no problem.

[@ErikaLaGrande]

True, when we all realize that there are just BAD people out there, it will change the playing field. Don’t assume that all, or even most, people are good. We good people tend to project our goodness onto others. It’s a mistake to do that. Also, don’t let your compassion be used against you.

[@sarahl.7277]

Albert Einstein “Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution.” That sums the woke crowd up nicely, I´d say.

[@AntonioEligius]

@@ErikaLaGrande I'm certain that the vast majority of people are evil, just in different ways.

[@izekealtopanga8513]

"If people can’t control their own emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people’s behavior.’ And when you’re around super-sensitive people, you cannot relax and be spontaneous because you have no idea what’s going to upset them next,” says Cleese.

[@_HellYeah]

The reality is that these people who think this way are stuck in childish mentality. They never grew up and do not know how the world really works. The big problem is these people are coming into positions of power. Thank you John for this report. People really need to start seeing these types of reports.

[@hrunchtayt1587]

The government is crazy, no matter what side you’re on.

[@RezaQin]

I'd rather be right wing than these insanos on the left.

[@skywalker3760]

Big Government is Crazy, which ever wants that is an ignorant sheep

[@pauljamilkowski3672]

This is fucking different. I'm a libertarian. I have problems with Republicans, but they aren't pushing this crazy bull shit. They aren't the same.

[@cryptosig283]

It’s pretty obviously tilted toward one side of crazy

[@Jorvaskrr]

@@RezaQin Please, dude. It's insanx not insano. That's very offensive.

[@Anonymous99997]

“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”

[@my3dviews]

That is really offensive. LOL

[@Lightmakerslife]

You SIR ARE ABSOLUTELY 💯 CORRECT WITH THIS VIDEO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@roywane354]

"Birthing people" sounds like a title for a Roger Corman horror movie!

[@charlien6123]

Why the word woman is bad

[@HiroNguy]

David Cronenberg can write scenes based around these terms.

[@paulantonio740]

So true but the left lacks the humor of Corman's classic B movies.

[@j.g.mcbell9494]

These people have been so coddled they have no idea what real violence is.

[@tomasgomez9925]

As someone from a developing nation, you are 100% correct. They have no idea how good they have it…

[@kathyfahey5469]

Yet somehow, antifa knows what it is.

[@Z-ujlauuk8ob]

This is absolutely terrifying. Wow.

[@kingofthorns203]

Stossel is my favorite cranky uncle. And John McWhorter will be a central part of saving our civilization.

[@yapandasoftware]

Name a time in history where a faction that does book burning, controlling speech, destroying historical monuments, defines word meanings were the good guys.

[@francisjo3]

Stossel, keep up the good work. One of America's greatest living journalists.

[@MrTheclevercat]

My favorite is 'denying their lived experiences' or 'denying their lived reality' as a reframing of the word 'disagreement.'

[@ericsimonson8540]

The interviewee was spot on for his definition of social justice

[@Lue1337]

These racists calling other people racists is the weirdest thing I've seen, they wanted slaves all along and they are actually conquering them somehow.

[@blkshp25]

Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

[@bikersoncall]

How on earth is calling Parents, 'Birthing Partners', 'Inclusive' , this is complete nonsense, it's not even double speak, its just nonsense.

[@gaillewis5472]

A birthing partner sounds like the obstetrician's assistant.

[@BustedJunkStudio]

The Tower of Babel. Remember how that story played out?

[@adamgray1753]

"Replay of The Tower of Babel has been enabled. Would you like to know more?"

[@karaokehammick5215]

Mr. Stossel, thank you for sticking to your values throughout the culture shift. You could have done what most journalists had done but you chose to not flip.

[@Mapdotnowhere]

Let’s all live in Stossel’s America 🇺🇸

[@josh6706]

Throw a few bucks to his non-profit if you can and be the change you want to see in the world

[@jcmick8430]

Who's John galt?

[@SoulMann76]

This sums up social justice so succinctly IMO Allie Beth Stuckey: When you elevate victimhood as virtue, you will create a culture in which people are tripping over themselves to be oppressed

[@Jacob_64]

Once you control the speech, you will control the mind.

[@libertyprime619]

Both sides are trying to, both have different approach though. I hate both parties with a passion and consider this whole government crazy

[@workisfun...2438]

Amen

[@euphoricmonk]

@@libertyprime619 There is only one (side) that is trying to silence and cancel people.

[@libertyprime619]

@@euphoricmonk mmmm not really

[@euphoricmonk]

@@libertyprime619 mhh yeah really

[@SJGINC]

That businesses and organizations bend to the whim of a few, is very dangerous.

[@markevans2047]

Excellent John Stossel !!! "An ever changing subjective list of made up words & phrases" ~Jordon Peterson

[@samhouston5217]

"equity" is definitely NOT Equality! Equity is nasty word.

[@a54109]

Equality is also an evil concept.

[@TuhljinTampergauge]

​@@a54109 No, it depends on context. Born with equal human rights =/= equal outcome.

[@stevedziadus1787]

This is what you get when everybody gets a trophy

[@jennyk9748]

If you're experiencing heart palpitationsfrom reading blanked out words on a test, then maybe you shouldn't be a lawyer.

[@keumkusou248]

John Stossel... the voice of reason in this crazy world.

[@31tmdavies]

"Buy a man eat fish, he day, teach fish man, to a lifetime." J Biden

[@kimutaironoh243]

😂

[@iamtheahlenius]

lololol

[@eldermillennial8330]

“Don’t but all your baskets in one chicken!”

[@MoonlightXYZ]

Sandy Cheeks: He has such a way with words! :D

[@M0rshu64]

Go home you're drunk.

[@shaundiltz5821]

Orwell you genius

[@paulcooper8818]

John Stossel, bringing the MOST important stooge issues to the forefront. Your lives will be so much better now that you have this to occupy your time.

[@somelikeithot38]

Anytime you put a word in front of Justice, only means justice loses its meaning. Which is what they truly want.

[@edwardedward842]

"Isn't because they are bad people..." Nah they are. Even if its because of ignorance they are bad people.

[@jeremygibbs7342]

Then we are all bad people.

[@edwardedward842]

@@jeremygibbs7342 Yes when you act ignorantly you are a bad person albeit intentional or not. The difference is realizing that ignorance and correcting it. Alot of these people have been that way for years and are still bad people for it. Its willfully ignorant behavior when all it would take a few rational conversations to end it.

[@Boristien405]

Doing bad things does not make you a bad person

[@themightiness]

No, no... they ARE bad people and that's why they are doing it. Acting like a spoiled child for attention as an adult is a trait of a bad person. Let's not be soft here.

[@Jimraynor45]

I think that is both wrong and counterproductive. You have no idea who they are or their mindset, to dismiss them as "bad" or evil is very misguided. And if you were actually trying to convince someone, how far do you think your going to get if you _begin_ with the premise they are bad? Your poisoning the well. Stick with facts and use reason as your tools.

[@themightiness]

@@Jimraynor45 I do use reason as my tools. I'm not required to have my brief opinion accompanied by a myriad of facts, though. If somebody wants to have a conversation, that's fine. But we need to stop pretending this behavior is anything but narcissistic.

[@Jimraynor45]

@@themightiness Well, the problem is your assuming your correct. If it really is the case that they are just "bad" or now "narcissistic" as you say, that would be useful to know, but what I would say is, in order to really tackle any problem, you must get at the root of it. Would you say the root of this issue is that they are bad or narcissistic? Is it merely as simple as a two year old throwing a tantrum? No, I think the issue is far more complex than that. The thing is, there is a reason they are being "bad" and "narcissistic." That is just a sympton, not the root cause. We must dig deeper and get at the root and find out why or how this happened.

[@themightiness]

@@Jimraynor45 like I said, I’m not unwilling to acknowledge all the reasoning behind it but a book’s worth of background isn’t really necessary for me to make a short KZbin comment. Obviously there are societal factors that drive people to be like this, and I’m totally willing to have that conversation.

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

@@Jimraynor45 Can we just drop this little act? You and some others (a close friend of mine included) pull this little moral high-ground charade wherein we have to withstand the miles long lists of vile abuse hurled at us, yet even implying the left might just have bad people in it is somehow morally wrong. It's simply not true. There are a large portion of bad people on the left that aren't ever reprimanded simply because they're left wing. Lets not act like it doesn't happen, or we just gonna pretend that the left-wing terrorist that shot that guy for a MAGA hat wasn't a bad person? Yeah, thought so.

[@tazzinnc]

Hands down, the best actual reporter left in this country.

[@gordonshumway9675]

I have the bell icon selected for all uploads and was never notified of this video. KZbin trying to be sneaky.

[@art6268]

It has finally become clear to me: The politically correct movement was a way to introduce us to to language control, in a way the seemed geared to avoid being offensive. It was packaged under the guise of "being respectful to others" and being "compassionate". When now they try to equate failure to use a pronoun to harassment, an offense that carries legal implications, not excluding jail time, it is clear to me that their intention since the beginning is to curtail our freedom of speech, and I will not stand by that.

[@saitamad.anarchist9527]

As a Latino, I really get offended of the term “Latinx”! It is ruining our language and culture!

[@daviddechamplain5718]

They don't seem to care how the Spanish language works. Weirdly, it's not the same as English

[@saitamad.anarchist9527]

@@daviddechamplain5718 You’re right! In Spanish, almost everything is either masculine or feminine. Those people claim others are ignorant but they themselves are ignorant.

[@FirebirdFreak87]

I think they use these "words" as a means of control due to an obsession with power and although they know this, they deny it and attempt to justify their lust for power and control in the name of "diversity", "inclusion", and "equity". If one is free and independent, they can't be controlled. If one is dependent on these power-hungry narcissists, then you get the idea.

[@my3dviews]

@@saitamad.anarchist9527 They are running out of English words to ruin, so now they are trying to ruin Spanish as well.

[@allogregamingpanzermensch6081]

Stossel teaching more than our public education system.

[@davidjolley9271]

The problem with growing a backbone is the lack of support when pushing back. I lost my ability to get a Masers degree because of pushing back in a social justice class that promoted hatred and anger at the University of Arizona. Politicians do not care and neither do media outlets. It is quite depressing.

[@stevegoldson67]

Violence -noun- behavior involving PHYSICAL force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

[@marty5300]

what's crazy is people will get canceled and charged with hate speech CRIMES for "violent language" but actual crime committing felons who kill, steal and do all kinds of other things are allowed to walk free.

[@kensurrency2564]

Not any more. They’re redefining language at an exponential rate. This is bad. Orwell nailed it. Better hold on to your old dictionaries!

[@libertyprime619]

@@kensurrency2564 I blame conservatives 100%

[@stevegoldson67]

@@libertyprime619 why?

[@libertyprime619]

@@stevegoldson67 them not doing anything and trying to get rid of section 230

[@octosax1515]

I hope John covers the following: Being conservative in the entertainment industry Who displays more brainwashed and cult like behavior: the left or the right? What to do about the current CRT situation

[@edk412]

Getting ride of the word “mother” is ridiculous. In most countries, the word “mother” conjures up emotions that would even make a giant man and warrior like Goliath choke up in tears. In South Korean culture for instance, the word “mother” is such a powerful respect filled word for the woman who gave birth to you and presumably raised you...so much so people cry whenever they talk about their “mom”.

[@TheRisky9]

@C De It's like "A Brave New World" where terms like "mother" are practically extinct. Everyone lives to serve a state.

[@deisk2707]

In the future, you dont have a mother. You are an artificial

[@adude8424]

We are living in between A Brave New World and 1984 .

[@Woke_Fascism]

They are devolving . 🤫

[@31tmdavies]

Florida state should change their name from the Seminoles to the Semicolons. Their mascot could be the fighting independent clauses!😆

[@soronir3526]

Savage

[@reidmartin6209]

Clever

[@RezaQin]

Only English majors will get this, haha.

[@31tmdavies]

I shouldn't share my jokes. People always steal my best lines

[@azmike3572]

But some clauses are weaker and more dependent upon others.

[@lisaroper421]

I love the responses to the hard hitting questions that Stossel pushes people with.

[@Greg18m7]

I look forward to these videos every week

[@troyh3628]

"I had to seek counsel immediately." Holy f_ck Batman! Put these people on a battle field now, because they have zero perspective from being lied to and never having anything real to face. They'll all shut up quick as soon as they have to fight an actual fight for their survival, or they'll die. Either way it's a win for the rest of us.

[@ntvypr4820]

That's what I was thinking. Give them some REAL adversity or hardships to deal with. Put all that need for 'safe space' and 'language as violence' when they encounter REAL violence.

[@dumbass3770]

Social media gave all the crazies a megaphone and want everyone to follow them on the crazy train

[@libertyprime619]

Not even that, both sides of government are trying to turn this nation authoritarian

[@grekygrek]

I love seeing new Stossel vids. You are legitimately a legend John.

[@tannertucker22]

You are a good guy John. Thank you.

[@captainsponge7825]

"birthing people" jeez.... like in some kind of insane fantasy-horror movie

[@mojoschmee9320]

Newspeak... I'm going to continue building my underground bunker now. Good luck, everyone!

[@ilovemythreeredheads]

This is an important video for people to watch. Who controls language controls the people.

[@shackman9566]

Thank you again John.