The Straight White Man's Guide to Feminism and Social Justice

[@mortuos557]

You are not the only one who has been triggered by a movie. Ten years ago I was a Firefighter and we were extinguishing a burning malt silo, when it exploded and buried me and my comrades. We lost a friend that day. I was in the hospital for 4 months, and I was fine mentally. One evening I watched a movie about a firefighter that broke through a roof of a burning building while saving people. Even though it was a Hollywood movie that man died in the end, and I completely broke down.

[@mortuos557]

@@sapnupua5 I'm okay by now, I just remembered... Thank you

[@danielbenner7583]

Thank you for sharing your story. That puts triggers, PTSD, and mental health in general in context. I hope you find a way to cope with that tragedy.

[@justinjustin7224]

Since we’re sharing our trigger experiences here: Any depiction of asphyxiation has a good chance of putting tears in my eyes and leaving me feeling like there is an all too familiar pressure on my throat.

[@jamesscannell4660]

Moritz Nesbigall thanks for sharing man

[@rulerofmonkeys1547]

You're a real hero

[@jessicawood2972]

My ex used to send me to pay for his stuff at auto zone because of my veteran status, and about 90% of the time the cashier would ask if I had "my husband's military ID" lmao

[@Forgeries]

Man that must have infuriating.

[@Virjunior01]

Lol, how shitty

[@racewiththefalcons1]

Wow...just wow. I would ask for the manager, and if it was the manager, report them to corporate.

[@shavingryansprivates4332]

@@racewiththefalcons1 chill down man. They probably didn't mean it in a bad way.

[@firstnamenonapplicable5138]

Which branch were you in

[@Boltgunmetal94]

As a fellow veteran I appreciate the way you've adjusted after service. Most combat arms guys subscribe to some extremist beliefs, it's nice to see some vets trying to understand and join society instead of waiting for it to adapt to them.

[@venicec3310]

Fr same with cops its like they all come from the same factory lol

[@bmk9844]

I definitely appreciate it too.

[@GenesisTheKitty]

​@@venicec3310at least vets had to physically push themselves and be in good shape, cops are overwhelmingly thumb shaped gluttons.

[@PoopaChallupa]

Feminism is an extremist group.

[@robertjosephkleist3761]

My thoughts exactly! 🤗

[@DarthBorehd]

What opened my eyes is when I had a boss, about 20 years ago, who blatantly said that he hated women, would never hire women, that men were almost always more reliable, had better skills, and created a more "harmonious" work environment. He said that pretty much just like that. I mean pure, open, unabashed misogyny. That's not all. A whole room full of educated professionals all agreed with him. When I spoke up against, I was chastised and threatened with disciplinary action. That's when I realized that what I thought was something that ended in the 60s and 70s was very much alive and still affecting people today. Oh and another thing. That roomful of professionals weren't all men. That's when I also realized it's mostly, but not completely, just men vs women on this.

[@Blox117]

so he was just an honest guy who didnt want to deal with BS

[@alexboccaccio5431]

I still have a boss like that. The company hasn't hired a black guy (much less a woman) in 50 years of operation.

[@UncleKunkle]

@@Blox117 An honest misogynist

[@tunguska2370]

​@colingeiger2004 would he still a misogynist when even women agreeing with him?

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

​@@tunguska2370, internalized misogyny is a thing. You can google it.

[@Torguish]

My puppy has that same collar. This kinda of makes me uneasy.

[@EcoFreak13M]

I think that seeing someone we respect in a kinda-freaky outfit was part of the point. We can practice seeing past the colorful costume. How many SJWs does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, if the lightbulb wants to change, or: "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!!"

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

i see no problem in your doggy to make youtube vids.

[@Hvision0000]

@@EcoFreak13Mjoe many liberals does it take to change a lightbulb?1!1?1!?1 none, they too busy 😂😂😂 they gender1!!1!1

[@Soliloquy084]

You dyed your hair blue, you're officially a big KZbinr now (this is definitely how it works).

[@qwertyTRiG]

We'd never know what colour your hair is, though!

[@j-money2337]

The math checks out

[@Soliloquy084]

@@qwertyTRiG ... well there was that one time at next up camp. Looking back that video should have gone on my channel.

[@ibrahimtabbara6661]

He looks like an anime character instead of an SJW

[@AbMaSync]

I though it was red.

[@machaiarcanum]

It’s great to see a mixture of ‘I totally agree!’ and ‘I disagree but respect your logical and polite way of discussing it’ in the comments.

[@prestonhall5171]

Probably the most constructive a comment section on the topic will ever get lol

[@fds7476]

With those largely unhelpful "response" videos from other KZbinrs notwithstanding.

[@satanichiamcdowell6298]

wanna sort by new?

[@JamieJRJames]

@@satanichiamcdowell6298 DONT DO IT. IT IS SUCH A DUMPSTER FIRE OH MY GOD THERE ARE LITERALLY NAZIS SAYING THAT WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD RULE EVERYTHING AND OTHER RACES ARE INFERIOR. DO NIT SORT BY NEW!!,

[@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698]

Its good to see Mature people agreeing and disagreeing without calling each other Facist or Socialist

[@heylookitscesco8698]

I really appreciate how open and vulnerable you were about your own change of thought over the years in this video. It's really valuable for other people who are on that journey, thanks so much for sharing

[@jeffmbellucci]

Will you consider doing a "Guide to PTSD”? I spent the majority of my working life as a Paramedic/first responder and climbing out of the "PTSD hole" was one of the most challenging things I've ever faced. Before I recognized what was going on with me, one of my partners didn't survive her struggle with PTSD. Her suicide scared the shit out of me and made me realize how all consuming PTSD could be, especially when it's acute. It's hard for me admit that losing a friend to PTSD/depression was what lit a fire under me to face it, especially since she and I worked as EMTs together, then went through Paramedic school together, and lastly, worked together as ambulance Paramedics in the 911 system. We went to a lot of the same calls, so I know that whatever was traumatic for her, likely was for me as well, despite my attempts to deny that I could be developing a similar problem. If it could happen to a tough, young lady with near identical experiences as mine, that meant it could happen to me. I didn't want to end up in the same place, so I did everything I could to take care of my mental health. I don't think PTSD ever goes away completely. I just got to a point where it became muted, and I could sleep normally again, the bad dreams mostly stopped, and I was much less anxious overall. However, it took years of hard work to get to that point where it would stay in the background. I'm also surprised how much of the average population still doesn't understand PTSD at all, or what can cause it. People tend to be blissfully unaware of the horrors that regularly occur anywhere in their cities or towns because EMS does such good job of handling emergencies, and hiding death and/or grievous accidents from the public eye. Injury and death surrounds us all, but most people don't think about how common those events are, because we were always there to manage those situations and mitigate them as quickly as possible. I've seen what's behind the curtain, and once you have, you can never unsee it. These days, it does appear that PTSD among first responders is slowly starting to get some the public recognition it deserves. I know your type of service is different from mine (thank you from the bottom of my heart), but I believe there is probably plenty of overlap. I imagine there are sounds, smells, and sights we both wish we could forget… I think your logical approach to difficult subjects could help a lot of people with PTSD and encourage more people to consider and recognize the possibility it might be affecting them or someone they care about.

[@SoYFooD2]

PTSD is e excellent topic and i think a vid can do a lot of good. if seen it and i know a lot of people don't understand and or get it.

[@artosbear]

Thanks for even asking and talking about it. PTSD can be so subtle..people think you have to go through some massively violent event to "contract" it, but it occurs in people who go through long periods of low level stress, or even in one subtle external event that internally processes much more stressfully. My partner of 14 years had two friends as a teenager, at different times, that suicided. About 5 years ago his younger brother (at age 20) committed suicide, and since then it's been a long struggle with PTSD..like the full list. Irritability, some self harm (hitting himself under extreme stress), anxiety and panic attacks, mood swings, depression, difficulty experiencing intimacy, difficulty being touched, difficulty performing sexually, anhedonia, inability or difficulty trusting others, sensory flashbacks where he's not here but experiencing again events where he feels he failed with his brother or his friends. Etc. *Now* he is mostly ok after a lot of intense work over years but it's probably gonna be a thing for a long time. And he is a licensed therapist/addiction specialist with 15 years of licensure (he somehow managed to keep effectively working as one) so it's not like he didn't know full well the irrationality of a lot of his behavior over that time.

[@artosbear]

We do like to forget all the blood that runs futile over the Earth, don't we?

[@dambigfoot6844]

I will never forget that adrenaline rush feeling when saving my brother from drowning. It was a very minor incident in comparison to what military and paramedics go through but it will stick with you forever.

[@josh_3465]

Yes! Yes!

[@markwuahlbuargg4780]

Between this and the Dante's inferno video.... Admit it, you just like dressing up!

[@haykkhulyan6201]

He's slowly turning into Contrapoints and I love it

[@DanyIsDeadChannel313]

And philosophy tube. They should all make a collaboration.

[@agustin20091]

He said that costumes was something he would like to implement in his videos.

[@M-CH_]

I can see just one explanation: budget.

[@creshiell]

Everyone loves to dress up

[@keturahspencer]

"Privilege isn't an extra that you've earned." This is part of the problem with using the term privilege instead of advantage. Many people of my generation had the term privilege drilled into us as something that must be eanred and can be taken away, like a driver's license. Also, thank you for the white sounding name mention.

[@nicky923nk]

I really like the idea of using "advantage" instead of "privilege". Not sure if it would change too many people's minds on the idea but it might help people not get instantly defensive when the topic is brought up.

[@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty]

Also having a driver's license IS an advantage, it's harder to do literally everything if you can't drive. It's an advantage that's both given and taken regularly.

[@skeliskull]

Idk the people don’t like the term “privilege” also tend to argue that they didn’t have an advantage in life. They understand the term perfectly they just disagree with it because they feel like a victim and are just ignorant

[@keturahspencer]

@@skeliskull there are many variables depending on the conversation and who you're dealing with. Some people are simply defensive, and some people don't explain "priveledge" very well. I personally find that the internet isn't the best place for these conversations, and that people are generally more willing to listen when they feel heard.

[@joyitadarling5815]

@OWL exactly. It's not the word that makes the difference. It's the intentionally ignorant mindset and general entitledness of these people. I don't even bother to explain, if they wanted to know they would've surely noticed the injustice at this point

[@Sembazuru]

I remember when I was in college in the early '90s there was an organization called the "Queer Nation" who, among other things, were trying to take back and own the term Queer from the people using it derogatorily. It seems that they were at least partially successful based on your definition of the term.

[@bettievw]

They certainly have been! I'm queer myself, and use that term to identify myself, but I would like to warn you against using the term too liberally. A lot of people, including myself, have had the term used as a slur against them. Most of these people don't like to be called queer at all, especially the older folks. I like using it in a reclaimed way, but be aware of how you use it and with whom, not everyone agrees on the term! Hope I helped, I love that people are becoming more aware about LGBTQ issues :) Ps. love the hat!

[@scolipede9995]

As time goes on the difference seems to be using it as a noun (TW Slur: "that queer over there") Vs. using it as an adjectives. "She is a queer athlete"

[@juiceecads3894]

as someone who personally identifies as queer, i've always viewed it through the framing of reclamation. as in, staring someone who just called me a slur in the eyes and saying "yeah, i'm one of those. what are *you* gonna do about it?" not to mention, it's a lot easier to say "i'm queer" than to get into the specifics of my identity with someone who may not have a damn clue what the jargon i'm using means (an issue that even arises in the in-group when it comes to generational gaps)

[@KidTheFail]

That movement absolutely were successful! Allt of us, especially those of us who are several parts of the community, for example I'm both bisexual and non binary, saying just.. queer is alot easier lol

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

​@@KidTheFail, exactly! Queer is hella shorter than agender, demi- and panromantic, omnisexual, and ambiamorous.

[@fordsonisht7479]

I have to say, thank you for doing this. I'm a straight white male and I'm pretty conservative. I disagreed with most things that you said in this video. But you presented it from a clear, logical, fact-based, and understanding perspective, and you managed to convince me in some cases. Of course I'm not some radical feminist now, and most of my views remain the same, but I want to congratulate you on convincing me to watch a 40 minute video when in most cases I would have clicked away in the first 30 seconds.

[@TrueFlameslinger]

Same here! I'm glad he presented it in such a manner, since it helps me personally understand more of the terms and reasoning/rational for these things. Definitely a great video by my standards

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

That pretty much describes me when I watched a couple of his videos recently.

[@autonomas8083]

I don't belive that there is "radical feminism". Feminism doesn't just have female supporters. There are supporters of womenism but most feminists decide to not include those types of people

[@superbeltman6197]

I glad there are people who can disagree but still respect each other

[@prospero4183]

Everyone has privilege and its meaningless term. U don't know what someones life is like, I'm sure there are many person "type a" would have made it big if they had been person " type b".

[@SLACKLINEDUDE]

You willingly made this video on this despite the potential subscriber lost. Never change.

[@LimewaterMusic]

S Abhishek Hey we found the white straight male. How’s that privilege taste bud?

[@bobobov7650]

@@LimewaterMusic a bit sour

[@lcs.1094]

Matthew Mara Anything related to politics, or even thoughts, are propaganda. No one can get away with that.

[@deagle2898]

@@sabhishek9289 wau salty

[@LimewaterMusic]

The Pigman Did someone hurt you in your privilege? Go ahead and keep trying to enlighten commenters. Maybe you can be the next huge media influencer but with KZbin comments!

[@matttomlin4331]

What an intelligent article. I find myself becoming increasingly ‘conservative’ as I get older, but media like this keeps me challenged. You present things clearly and In an unpretentious way. Thank you.

[@mrbadguy5040]

That’s actually a good thing, because soon enough, you would be less one sided than somebody else

[@fightfannerd2078]

challenged??? no way

[@andrewcamden]

Seriously?! I'm a liberal and his dismissal of the concerns of female athletes who want to be able to compete against people with the same body type with a derisive South Park clip made me lose all respect for this guy. Why should PHYSICAL athletic competitions be based on GENDER, which he himself called a "social construct," rather than SEX which is a PHYSICAL trait? Why shouldn't there be special athletic events for people with the female body type? We already have special athletic events for people with other physical disadvantages so why should the 50% of humans who have compared to males, less muscle mass, lung capacity, bone density AND widely spaced hips (necessary for giving birth to large-brained human infants but significantly less efficient for running) have no athletic events for their own body type? His dismissal of the concerns of women who don't want safe spaces like bathrooms to be open to any male who CLAIMS to be trans are in the same vein. There is a man in prison in America for disguising himself as a woman for the purpose of entering women's bathrooms to take pictures of underage girls. There is a man in prison in England who changed his gender identity to "female" AFTER being convicted of MULTIPLE assaults against women as a result of which he was transferred to a women's prison where he himself confessed to sexually assaulting the female inmates. As this guy himself pointed out in his video on MRAs, males are FAR more likely to commit sexual violence than females and even if there were evidence that being trans magically made males no more violent than females, that wouldn't change the fact that male predators have already shown that they can and will abuse whatever systems they can to gain access to female victims.

[@andrewcamden]

@DANIEL BIN OMAR - Huh? I don't understand.

[@julianbello8376]

@@andrewcamden Ew, terf

[@Novaius]

Hey, can I say... Your transformation to social awakening mirrors mine and it feels so good to see a fellow veteran trying to be a better person to others.

[@Grace-fm9cv]

You made a video about feminism and despite anyone’s opinions, they’ve remained civil in the comment section. I’m very impressed

[@GuardianWithAGu]

Grace I’m a conservative, but I like to challenge my opinions, I am also happy that the comments are civil.

[@RaylaEclipse]

What comments are you looking st

[@elgatochurro]

Feminists made ANTIFA, communists, and BLM... who is civil again?

[@Grace-fm9cv]

elgatochurro literally my whole point was that the comments section was civil, why did you have to ruin my nice non-divisive comment

[@Grace-fm9cv]

elgatochurro some feminists ARE crazy and deserve ridicule. He actually made that point in the video my guy

[@batshineman174]

While I still disagree with you on some of the issues you brought up you did give me a FAR better understanding of many people's mindset on these issues and for that I thank you. Keep up the good work my friend.

[@thnkng]

Thank you lord Jeebus for gracing us with this absoloutely amazing comment.

[@theshamanite]

@Universe in a Nutshell In school, we were given papers on that subject and told to form an opinion from the material. I did think that the differences in pay negotiation were of issue in it, but now I see that is no excuse when you can just sharing your earnings with your coworkers and know that you need to be paid more. There is a social element to it, as the sharing practice above is deemed unprofessional in the US. We need to be vocal to get any change in the status quo, or people go unnoticed.

[@EcoFreak13M]

The differences between first wave, second wave, and radical millennial feminism are pretty important & I feel he introduced that context very well.

[@tokagefumei6656]

@Universe in a Nutshell At the risk of sounding like one of the many, many people I'm sure your friend has encountered who have tried to discount her work, I have to wonder, of the traits you listed as examples of bio differences, what amount of each one can also be explained via social conditioning. It wouldn't shock me if there was a genetic predisposition to higher competitiveness and greater risk-taking in men at all; that said, I wonder how much the exhibition of these traits are amplified by the way boys are raised versus girls. (I know personally that I feel markedly more comfortable speaking out in groups of all women, because in more mixed groups I feel like what I have to say won't be regarded as seriously or with as much respect (even among friends, who I still love dearly) as what the other men in the group have to say. It was subconscious until I started to study feminist theory, at which point I had to ask myself why I behaved differently in such groups. I think bio differences are a factor, but I don't think they're grand enough to rule out the influence of social training just yet. That said, I'm also not someone who has spent years studying the impact of biology, so...well, I only have so much ground! :)

[@brianphillips604]

I see the soy is strong in this one.

[@Alexander-hi8bo]

I got a prageru add in the middle of this video

[@elliot6166]

Alexander Gehn What did the ad talk about?

[@matsmith6018]

Ironic

[@jackodonnell3463]

uBlock Origin if you're on chrome

[@emceehawaii7542]

I got both a prageru and a feminist ad.

[@abandonedchannel72929]

@@emceehawaii7542 "I play both sides so I always come out on top"

[@XerxesTexasToast]

I respect the commitment of going all in on the stereotypical SJW costume.

[@XyntXII]

gillette was not trying to make us better men, but to sell product. Advertisement stays advertisement

[@tsenmyata1593]

Well... yes, but it wasn't trying to take your masculinity away either.

[@MrSpiritchild]

@@tsenmyata1593 Agreed, telling someone that masculinity is bad is different then trying to take masculinity away. But either way, they did a bad bad thing. In fact, it may even be worse as the people that get the message are children, men and women. A world that believes masculinity is bad is a world that will ultimately destroy itself. Real masculinity protects us from toxic people, so if it goes bye bye because the world starts believing it is bad, toxic people become the norm and not the exception.

[@inclinevids]

@@tsenmyata1593 The message was that masculinity is bad for the most part. And the purpose of the message is to change masculinity. If you change someone's masculinity you take it away from them in it's current form. Or do you not agree that there was an anti-masculinity message in the advert?

[@tsenmyata1593]

​@@inclinevids I disagree that there was an anti-masculinity message in the advert. If you think a guy stepping in and stopping another guy harassing a girl is anti-masculine we have different definitions of that word.

[@inclinevids]

​@@tsenmyata1593 This is the transcript of the first 10 seconds of the video: TV: "Bullying... MeToo sexual harassment... *masculinity* ..." Narrator: "Is this the best a man can get?" So it definitely implies that there is a problem with masculinity in the first 5 seconds. It says so. I'm just wondering, what did you think the message of the advert was? If I'm being generous I would say that the message was that these male stereotypes we mentioned are bad. So is it OK for me to make an advert saying "come on black people, why don't you stop commiting so much crime?". Would you honestly say that that is not an anti-black advert?

[@zipp-ny2rn]

Lmao this is the highest rate of dislikes to likes ratio that ive seen on one of your videos. Lets make a an even bigger ratio, make a video on Israel and Palestine

[@mylesj4380]

What was that first country? Sounds pretty fake ngl

[@jamieschechner7954]

@@mylesj4380 dude wut

[@m_uz1244]

make a video on who and palestine?

[@oumardiop1]

@@m_uz1244 idk he just said some random word. maybe its a different language? probably made up

[@-xphobia]

@@jamieschechner7954 Supremacists like making jokes on Israel erasure because they're butt hurt Donald Trump gave them a wall and not America.

[@iammrbeat]

You're the first person to easily explain what Third Wave feminism actually is.

[@treymagathan847]

Mr. Beat ......in 40 minutes.

[@pepcozz8519]

and it only proves that it fixes problems that are irrelevant(for non-liberals)/needing complete change in society/rooted deeply in biology.

[@danielbenner7583]

I appreciate the appreciation from Mr. Beat.

[@coryandrum]

You always find the best channels you never herd of before in the comments of another channels video.

[@truedarklander]

@@pepcozz8519 "racial, gendered, classist inequality is irrelevant" 10/10 take IGN

[@Mari-pq4zy]

I am a woman who is currently a secondary social science educator; I love watching your videos and content! While you were right, this video wasn’t for me, I enjoyed it so greatly. I cannot stress enough how much I appreciated the way you illustrated how you’ve challenged and changed your own bias. That is monumental, and something a woman cannot do to help other men understand our side. This is a fantastic video. Thank you so much for your efforts in putting it together.

[@dreyri2736]

If only you could do the same to your bias :/

[@stinkytoy]

​@@dreyri2736why are you just going from comment to comment, being shitty to every single person here? What a sad life.

[@EverDee]

@@dreyri2736 When she said, "this video wasn’t for me" She was referring to the fact that he said that this video is for strait white men.

[@dreyri2736]

@@EverDee who are you talking about?

[@EverDee]

@@dreyri2736 I thought your comment "If only you could do the same to your bias :/" was a misunderstanding about what she meant by the line "this video wasn't for me". I guess I misunderstood a misunderstanding.

[@kingmelanin7468]

I literally applied to 188 jobs. My buddy applied to 3. We left active duty one month apart, my buddy first but I had double the amount of service. Moved to the same state. People call him the war hero. People call me the new guy.

[@nyalan8385]

That’s genuinely tragic man I’m sorry, hopefully things are better now 4 years later

[@iammrbeat]

Possible alternate title for this video: And now you know Knowing Better, better.

[@PatriotMapper]

*When you realize nobody replied to a Mr. Beat comment*

[@lucimicle5657]

@@PatriotMapper I just noticed it now.

[@zainmudassir2964]

Hi Mr Beat

[@ashwilliams1725]

I keep seeing you mentioned everywherrrre

[@letmelickbud]

Or . dimwit virtue signalling

[@technobabble7702]

The two A's at the end stand for Anti-Aliasing duh.

[@ajferraro320]

@@creativeusername6453 actually they're organizing to improve it. TXAA FOR ALL🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@quinnodonnell3906]

Thought it meant alcoholics anonymous

[@gigigigiotto1673]

@@ajferraro320 what about dlss uh?

[@truedarklander]

@@gigigigiotto1673 that's classist. You need an rtx for that

[@parkedvanproductions8059]

As an LGBT gamer I approve this message!

[@LakeGameCreepr]

seeing roe v wade mentioned hurts so much knowing what happened to it

[@GeographyPal]

This fr.

[@aphemorpha]

@@tyrian_baal 👎

[@marblecar1162]

​@@alandashcar1453 and now its ended everything bad ever!!! ...oh. women just have less rights now.

[@marblecar1162]

@@alandashcar1453 they arent alive, and its not murder. lets look at the definitions of both. the oxford definition of murder is "the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another." the killing of a human, by a human. now, lets see what a human is. "a man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance." lets see... can an unborn fetus think? no. does it have better mental capabilities to other animals? no. can it articulate speech? no. does it have an upright stance? no. what are you so pissed about?

[@aphemorpha]

@@alandashcar1453 Ooooh I love killing children I love it so much I love murdering babies

[@MartinaG]

21:47 What's gonna happen at that time of the month? She is 62 for the Christ sake.

[@MephLeo]

Which makes the commentary even more sexist. Everyone knows she doesn't get periods anymore, but some people still want to focus on it and make a problem out of something that isn't. I mean, even if she was young and had periods... what of it? Do theyask the female doc who's treating them if she's on here period? They might try asking a female cop that is giving them a ticket if it's because of her period. I would love to see the result.

[@cancermonkey7334]

Edit: she is 71 years old now and would’ve been in her late 60’s at the time she was running for president (when people would’ve been talking about it). Not sure where your 62 came from.

[@troubledsole9104]

Leo I never looked at Clinton as the “female” candidate. It is unfortunate that she did. The best example that is not quite close but hopefully you get the idea: When Kennedy ran for president he was asked if his religion (Catholicism) would influence his policy decisions. He basically said “I am not running as the Catholic presidential candidate, I am the presidential candidate who happens to be Catholic.”

[@MephLeo]

@@troubledsole9104 Catholicism comes with a bunch of notions, with a worldview, with dogmas and values that are inherent to the Catholic identity. This shouldn't justify prejudice against a Catholic person, but might rise concern on a Protestant majority deeply entrenched on her own dogmas. His response was adequate. What concerns do periods rise? What worldview it comes with? What values are inherent to the condition of being a women? I do not like Hilary Clinton and, was I American, I would not vote for her, even in opposition to Trump, whom I also dislike. But her gender is not the reason for it. Yes, she played the gender card whenever she could, and we both know that she did it for tactical reasons most of the time, but that isn't to say there was no genuine prejudice against her, and it also shouldn't excuse such prejudice. In fact, it only served to feed her claims and, remember, she won the popular vote.

[@vlogo4371]

Listen, the obvious answer is women of a certain age develop lycanthropy. The mistake is that the werewolf part is just at the start (50ish-55ish), after that you just default to some sort of witch or something. Comprehensive sex education can fix this common misunderstanding of menopause

[@connornichols2187]

I'm glad to see a lot of comments saying that, while the commenter might disagree with the views, they still were engaged and willing to listen; something that can often feel like a thing of the past nowadays. To everyone that's coming into these kinds of discussions with an open attitude and putting in effort to at least understand, thank you. Edit: spelling 🙃

[@darkstar453]

even for people like me who disagree with most of the points in this video it's still useful for us to understand where the other side is coming from.

[@rutessian]

Yeah, it was a grueling 40 minutes of mostly crap, but i made through.

[@radlad6435]

>Looks at title >Looks at like/dislike ratio >Looks down at comments Oh boy

[@ceelar]

it's not that bad lol

[@onalos1271]

A lot of people get triggered by the title, dislike and then write a negative comment without even watching the video.

[@ktg619]

Had this video been made before 2016, the dislikes would be A LOT worse

[@Lilliathi]

@@ceelar Pretty sure he's deleting comments.

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

I used to be very "anti-SJW" and anti-feminist during my early 20s, which admittedly was not my best moment. The reason why I felt this way was because of the animosity I felt towards society that disregarded me as an idividual and as a disabled neurodivergent man. I did not feel I have the same "privilege" that other white men have, and it felt unjustified that people were making value judgements against me based on the color of my skin, despite hardly feeling like the quintessential "white male". Now I understand that I was looking at it the wrong way, and understand that the issues I was having is because we live in an ableist society, and that toxic masculinity and neuronormativity feed into this mentality. I do not have as many advantages as most men and women in general, I have a neurological disability that makes it difficult to navigate social circles, get certification (trades and school), and hold down a job... I'm also 5.5 feet tall. The only thing keeping me off the streets is that I have some level of financial security thanks to a wellfare program that exists exclusivly in the province I live in. Despite that, I also recognize that there are assumptions that give me privilage over women, marginalized people, and other non-white/non-male disabled people. I think its worth highlighting that not adressing issues disenfranchised disabled men are expirencing only creates avinues for radicalization that further enables the level of online bullying and harrassment we saw during the early 2010s. I often find that problems involving ableism are often left out when discussing equity, which admittedly seems to be getting better in recent years as more and more disabled people start speaking up for themselves online.

[@dreyri2736]

"I went from being resentful of society and blaming it for my unhappiness while having a poor understanding of the word "privilege" to being resentful of society and blaming it for my unhappiness while having a poor understanding of the word "privilege."" Someone is doing donuts on the road to Damascus.

[@Dayglodaydreams]

@@dreyri2736 you don't think ableism exists? I also find it irritating when discussions of ableism are sidelined.

[@dreyri2736]

@@Dayglodaydreams I'm on the nebulous spectrum. I think some people consider "discrimination" against autists as ableism (which implies autism is a disability). I however don't go around telling people to treat me like a child deserving of extra consideration and understanding (which, in the end, will never be genuine). I do however think that the progressive use of the term "privilege" is 100% contrived.

[@me_official228]

Well said. I applaud you for recognizing the flawed thinking you had in the past and the self-awareness you display now. Mostly, I applaud you bringing attention to a demographic that a lot of people forget, myself included, and I work with disabled people... it's just like you said, it is often left out of the talks regarding equality. Keep bringing attention to it... American's attention spans are getting worse.

[@anarchostatist191]

Yeah, people used to not like you because you're neurodivergent. Now you can be politically aligned with people who do the exact same to us, but they'll never talk about it because they're too busy hating you for being a man and "contributing to patriarchy" by being alive. Now instead of being talked over, you can be directly told to "shut the fuck up" by progressives. Now instead of thinking you were being treated like an animal, you can actually read gender studies textbooks that exclusively compare you to them (Except trans men. They are separate for some reason.)

[@03clarkkent03]

I look forward to these videos not because I agree with all of them, but, because they encourage me to think about my positions and other people's side of the discussion. Truly well reasoned video.

[@connorapurcell]

hahahahahaha

[@johndee2990]

@@connorapurcell If you never allow your beliefs to be challenged your ability to Bantz will atrophy to a point where all you can do to express opposition is write two letter responses and "Bitch Lasagna" level insults.. I don't agree with most shit KB has on his channel but I back up my resistance with adequate facts, Counterpoints and Sometimes an even Broader Scope. KB kinda plays things down or essentially Whitewashes a lot of things, though sometimes it's just for time because finer details take time to explain. Those instances I can understand and add more context, Other times Someone else already has. Now, you can express your viewpoint on the situation, It looks like you could even make it humorous. Or you can still decide between looking like an idiot or opening your mouth and removing all doubt. -Ps, I Bantz on /Pol/ Regularly.. Change my Mind ;P

[@johndee2990]

@@aranso Or the Gaggle of Horny men they try to threaten other men with for various reason, all of them self-serving

[@connorapurcell]

@@johndee2990 thing is, this video is so riddled with absurdly incorrect falsehoods presented as substantial, factual information... not deserving of the time it would take me to explain its multitude of blatant lies and twisted misinformation, so I respond to your praise in the simplest way possible, so you can reconsider your position and perhaps realize how ridiculous it is for you to support this trash.

[@johndee2990]

@@connorapurcell Who said I support it? Look through my comments, I've been sowing discord and hurt feelz all around.. this divisive ground is where I chose to stomp today

[@trpl7]

HE HIT YOU WITH THE BRAND DEAL SO QUICK YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT COMIN

[@aawagga7099]

anyone gonna talk about how being gay was considered a sickness in Sweden so people called in too gay for work? Edit: maybe it was a different country

[@thehydrogenattheendoftheun2703]

Pretty sure it was Sweden

[@MarthaRoseMoore415]

I've called in alcoholic a couple of times.

[@ZekeMan62]

I've called in with a bad case of "fragility" on several occasions.

[@oumardiop1]

had to tell my boss i feeling especially african american today he let me off

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

I only get let off when I'm too sick or injured to walk, partially because only then would I even try to not work, and partially because I'm very valuable in the family buisness. What ya'll have mentioned is an actual privelage.

[@abraxasjinx5207]

It is hard to admit when you've been wrong. Good on you for recognizing your past short-sightedness, and this is a great breakdown for beginners on the fence of being a decent person. We can always be better.

[@ZachValkyrie]

Still waiting on that nuclear power video.

[@johndee2990]

If it doesn't have a section on the Liquid Salt Thorium Reactor I'm Unsubbing

[@DriveCarToBar]

@@johndee2990 Solar thorium roadways?

[@johndee2990]

@@DriveCarToBar Fuck that I live north of 40, Ice builds up to a foot on roads up here

[@MrCordycep]

@@DriveCarToBar Hyper Thorium Roadways that turn air into water and free energy!!!

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@MrCordycep Look up Thunderf00t's exposes of tech bs I think he did that.

[@Xidnaf]

my heart is full of the "you know what this is? growth" gif

[@GR-uh7me]

oh hey Xidnaf o/

[@kevinbaugh4147]

Oh snap it's Xidnaf! Every time I see your name the intro song gets stuck in my head for a good day or two.

[@garrusn7702]

Love your channel, man. Your videos about the history of Semitic languages in the Near East were super enjoyable and informative for me.

[@realGBx64]

o hey pls upload videos.

[@d3monix444]

You aren't dead! Any videos in the works?

[@appa609]

At least when I was growing up I never thought of tomboys as some sort of intermediate between "full" women and "full" men. They were girls who happen to have interests that are more common in guys but that had zero effect in making them not a woman. It was more of a subculture like goth or preppy or nerd than anything else.

[@tonieastcoast9579]

Bill Kong, that’s you assuming it’s a choice. I grew up hating dolls, makeup, and Barbies and loving cars, action figures, and performing stunts. The “girly” stuff was still forced on me until my 10th birthday when my mom finally broke down and bought me a toy car. (She let me finally cut off my long - down to my knees - hair also. Mostly because I made the argument that if she wanted it, she had to take care off it. I was a very logical kid.) She has pictures of me driving that sturdy black fiero around the damned apartment looking like I just won the lottery. I never thought of it the way this articulate man stated. But, yeah. It rings true. I always stumbled out that I’m a gay man trapped in a woman’s body. It is still true. But, more importantly, why does it bother so many people that I prefer typically “male assigned tasks and roles”?

[@bjordsvennson2726]

@@tonieastcoast9579 why does preferring "typically male assigned tasks and roles" make you a man? Why do women have to like long hair and dolls to be a woman?

[@tonieastcoast9579]

Bjord Svennson, that’s the question so many people are offended by. I do know what the big deal is. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t feel the need to go around saying “I’m a woman”. But, growing up, I had a lot of cruel and stupid people say horrifying stories me and act in ways they should be ashamed of because of my hair, clothes, and personal choice of toys and hobbies. I didn’t understand why anyone would care then. I don’t understand why anyone would care now. They should worry more about the problems they have in their own lives and stop trying to micromanage other people’s lives.

[@bjordsvennson2726]

@@tonieastcoast9579 I think you're missing my point. What makes you think you're a man and not simply a woman who likes male things? When you say you feel like a man what do you mean? If we agree that these preferences don't define your gender, then why do you use them as reasons to believe you must be a "man trapped in a women's body"?

[@RequisiteZero]

@@tonieastcoast9579 You're literally the only one talking about it, psycho.

[@J_to_the_F]

I am at a political protest camp for climate justice some times and one night a woman came by. She litterally teared up due to the effort we put in for our vision of a better world. She started telling of her self (in perfect German wich is the country this was) and it was clear that she was done with the world. She wasn´t just a woman, she was also half black, had a non european sounding name, and was kicked out by her family because she had a relationship with a woman. She told us she lived near the German Austrian border a while and worked on the other side. Both these countrys are in the "Schengenraum" wich means people can cross borders freely work and live in any of these countrys as they like... She was stopped multiple times per week by the police when crossing the border. Even when she showed them her ID of a German citizen coming back to Germany she sometimes got asked why she came to Germany. She said that the land of her ancestors from Africa is still in the hands of big companies that helped collonialize Africa. Thair products can be bought in every second shop in this city. The famous historical author who had a whole week dedicaded to him in this city and was cherished by almost everybody had bin a antisemit and a racist, only nobody liked to talked about this. She couldn´t visite family members in Africa because she´d be enprisioned for her sexuality there... She talked a lot and when I got to bed that night I found what a privilege it is for me to not be crushed psychologicaly by this sick world. That privilege is the normality I wake up to every morning.

[@energeticstunts993]

same here, but the story is different (I assume you're from Germany). For a long time, I used to be conservative and live in my made-up equal world. I, an immigrant from South Asia actually experienced racism countless times but I'd dismiss them every time because I was under the impression that equality was already reached. Well what ended up happening was that the same jokes about my ethnicity started getting boring and I'd find myself constantly getting annoyed, moreover it was clear that much of my classmates didn't take me seriously because I was the tech support Indian guy (even though I'm not Indian) and this created a lot of suppressed feelings that I'd just hide. After a few years I was absolutely depressed but never understood why, I got to the point where I'd barely eat and I'd drink everyday. Looking back on it, while my suppressed feelings weren't the ONLY reason, it did contribute greatly to my self hatred and self harm habits. Now, I fully understand systematic racism and issues in our society. To this day, for simply pointing out systematic issues in Germany, I'm faced with the same "if you don't like it here, go back" arguments. I started independently researching studies and yes, they confirm so many issues with biases deeply routed in the West and much of the world. It's sad that after all the things that need fixing, AFD and the far right people have started gaining yet more political power and ignorance is a powerful political tool. I've done a 180 on my world view and I'm glad I have because I understand the difficulties of my life and other people's lives much more.

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

I'm proud of you and anyone who can admit this, and even me, a trans lesbian had been caught up in this kinda thinking, even though I knew I was trans.

[@jingles123456789ify]

And then everyone clapped

[@swayback7375]

She’s a baddie… it’s crushing and I’m a cis white guy I thinking giving up on the world is a fair response at a certain point, her story alone made me think “I hate people” and obviously you can’t sum up a life in a paragraph

[@ThaZapa]

You really shouldn't put text in the lower right of the thumbnail. It gets covered up by the time.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

It says moderates guide

[@bruhdabones]

Numbzie nice

[@Rowan_A_Boat]

@@fisharepeopletoo9653 hopefully it's sarcasm

[@sakhaswain]

When he mentioned about his name... I just realised I have watched him for so long and never wondered what his name is...

[@julianbello8376]

Bruh his name is Knowing Better

[@oumardiop1]

@@julianbello8376 its even on his army fatigues

[@rogerpenroset.blaine4233]

His name is Knowing Better, Always Knowing Better. Never ever question that again

[@elliotmoose1234]

"You think researchers have never considered confounding variables before?" -- that's some funny shit

[@plebkingx551]

Most people who hear that disingenuous fact dont even know about the other variables. It's not a problem with the researchers, it's a problem with misinformation being spread through mainstream media

[@H4PPYx337]

@@plebkingx551 did you even watch the video?

[@YogGroove]

The 6.6 pay gap is the gap you see when accounting for career choice. It does not account for overtime worked, hours worked, or any of the other factors that take the gap to zero or in favor of women. When feminists say that they aren't relying on the obviously dishonest 77 cent figure, they will include 1 or 2 other factors, but they never include all of them because if they did, there's no pay gap. This is still dishonest. It's just more sneaky. Why would any sane person trust a movement that repeatedly displays this kind of dishonesty and lack of intellectual rigor?

[@cfv7461]

i was going to like this but had 69 likes and i don't want to ruin it

[@PraveenKumar-bo7fw]

@@YogGroove Nope the study cited by PragerU, the one by AAUw concludes that there is still around 7 % gap after accounting for after accounting for college major, occupation, economic sector, hours worked, months unemployed since graduation, GPA, type of undergraduate institution, institution selectivity, age, geographical region, and marital status. You can just look it up.

[@jimmyjuice697]

I think this was one of the first videos that got me out of the anti-SJW rabbit hole. It's a great video.

[@unclejoeoakland]

I just keep reminding myself that where sjw are tedious, the opposition is downright malicious.

[@midoriasakusa]

same here, kb definitely helped me out

[@TheLincolnrailsplitt]

No. Being anti-SJW is logical.

[@TheLincolnrailsplitt]

@@stereomachine Such as? Redefining reality? Undermining private property? Promoting anti-white racism?

[@Lilhajxjk274]

@@TheLincolnrailsplitt No it isn't. It's irrational and childish

[@juicebox9465]

It's the reason we don't say retard anymore. Gamers: Allow us the introduce ourselves

[@travispepe553]

kerbal2006 that’s another big problem tbh most of the teens gaming won’t say those words in real life to other people

[@juicebox9465]

@@travispepe553 True, people tend to say rude stuff over the internet because they don't see the other person's face and don't make eye contact or hear their tone, so they say stuff they are less likely to say in person.

[@travispepe553]

kerbal2006 yes especially from my experience in adming csgo servers

[@notverysur3rightnow145]

pepe the frog you ever been to my high school

[@rico_1617]

eternal fire13 or mine lol

[@djlombano]

What part of Europe is the name 'knowing better' from?

[@aniinnrchoque1861]

"knowing" may very well be Indian derived in this composition? Like.. Indian people add -ing to everything for some reason xD I'm pretty sure it used to be "to know" instead

[@braincoolo9399]

I dont want to get whooshed but I'm sacrificing myself Knowing better is the guy's online alias

[@aniinnrchoque1861]

@@braincoolo9399 no worries ^^ I wanted to be a smartass on purpose

[@rupeoverlay3153]

England

[@nay697]

england

[@SirPhysics]

To all of the people commenting "I don't agree with everything you said but..." please be specific about your disagreements. That is how dialogue happens.

[@BARelement]

wildlifeguy since no one answered your questions and were “cowards” I have above^. Giving people a chance of understanding is all I can do, and that’s my shot. I forgot to add the black infant mortality rates are higher than the white ones despite blacks being less populated in the US than whites, there are racist hospital books taught in the schools for nursing, and such. There are many unfair “hidden laws” or blank spaces where blacks and others are done unfairly. I by no means hate whites I just want all of it to change period. It is truly sick.

[@pitpride1220]

@wildlifeguy The conversation you're trying to have about let's say black people, requires that you start at the beginning. The negative treatment of black people in America has been accumulative. I can show you evidence of white male privelege today, while giving real context for your example of affirmative action. This conversation requires honesty. Are you willing to have it?

[@poctordepper4469]

DejaVoodooDoll affirmative action is discrimination, there's no getting around that. The question is: are you willing to justify discrimination against people based on arbitrary, and mostly meaningless, identifying factors (like race) in sacrifice of a person's individual qualities (which are arguably more valuable) all because there are statistics that *on the surface* vaguely suggest injustice ?

[@RollingBobbyJones]

@wildlifeguy I guess you aren't "knowing better"

[@DarthObscurity]

I did this several times. My comments keep getting deleted.

[@jaydendominic9338]

I know this is late, but insane respect for admitting your mistakes, that takes massive courage, especially as an influencer saying you voted against marriage equality. Love your content

[@jammievuong9667]

The thing he might agree with, in terms of authority being automatic, is how people in the US tend to take the word of a veteran over a civilian, regardless on the topic. I have a vet friend who i argue with constantly. As soon as he starts to get called out, he has to shove in the fact he was deployed to Iraq for 13 months as a mechanic, and then some people become hesitant to disagree with him because somehow his vet status suddenly might make him right on something totally not military related.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

As a vet myself, this kind of attitude makes me sad.

[@SheevPalpatine66420]

Tbh I don't hate veterans as a monolith but there is a large minority of asshole vets that take their own titles and make themselves sound smarter and better than other people. It's like having a degree. Just because you have some kind of experience doesn't mean you know everything about everything.

[@shaft9000]

well then, every time he does that - tell him it is a non-sequitur that does nothing to advance his argument.

[@moosesandmeese969]

Likely comes from America's obsession with patriotism, though it's also likely that this kind of veteran you describe is in the minority (Tbh he probably didn't even join the military for the purpose of "serving" but instead for praise). In my experience, it's more often people who are not veterans who say things like "support the troops" than actual veterans.

[@claudespeed4403]

He shouldn't use his military lifestyle as an exuse to argue with other's, that's an insult to us veterans

[@juliocastellanos9887]

Lmfaoooo his choker is a ferret collar!

[@LexYeen]

Cheaper than buying a custom leather collar just for one video.

[@radioman9900]

@@LexYeen chokers cost literally half a dollar, bit I do suppose you are right

[@halyjeane]

@@radioman9900 lol, but $0.50 is still more than free

[@douglasdea637]

I think he owns a couple ferrets, so it will see some use in the future.

[@giygas7392]

Dog collar. A ferret collar would be way too small :)

[@gotisc]

As a Christian I've often said that you can't judge an entire group based on the actions of a vocal minority in said group. The past few years I realize that I've been doing that to feminism.

[@nr0802]

You also might wanna realise those "vocal" are usually _a_ person under great pressure/frustration and might have been caught in the worst moment, to be made a meme. (Unlike religious radical groups that resort to violence.) The thing is, there's a lot of vocal feminists that are not given proper attention online (rl is somewhat different, academics don't tend to dismiss feminist theory and corporate world sometimes isn't biased that much to overlook benefits from better climate, and better use of different perspectives) The cry/rage of a hurting person (activist) should not make us _not_ take them seriously. Quite the contrary, I'd argue, from my (atheist) secular humanist ethics. Cudos to you for catching that similarity, and hopefully you'll listen and learn more.

[@ez9805]

I’d like to congratulate you on being able to spot your flaws. There are many people who can’t do that, so I’m glad to see that you are

[@12halo3]

too bad they cause the most damage

[@nr0802]

@@12halo3 no _they_ don't. Those who make memes and push them as representative are the ones who deliberately do the damage. But those who uncritically buy and then spread that narrative are also culpable.

[@daltongrowley5280]

Its hard being a left leaning Christian these days.

[@littelcreatchure506]

i really appreciate that you took the effort to explain different identities! i see a lot of people mock the reactionaries who make fun of these "new" labels, but no one ever actually explains it to them, which probably reinforces the idea that sjws are pretentious and condescending

[@LouAlvis]

our mighty Poster, is sooo good at that. I often think i know,,, till i Know better!

[@vinnyoh4274]

3:42 yeah Better, Knowing is definitely a white sounding name, sure

[@HaganeNoGijutsushi]

I think the problem with the use of "privilege" is that in common parlance a privilege is _exactly_ an unearned extra. If a bully picks on one kid in the class and punches him, it's not that the other kids have a not-being-bullied privilege, it's that the bully is infringing on the right not to be punched which is, indeed, the baseline. Every single observation about what happens to people who are not straight white males can be true and the word can still be a bad choice because in terms of communication it sounds to people like you're saying "hah! You think you had it bad? WE had it bad! You had it good! If the world was fair, you wouldn't have it as good!". Because usually when one thinks of "privileged" people (like, for example, noblemen in aristocracies), we think it's absolutely fair to remove those privileges, and that's how justice is restored. Regardless of what you say afterwards to explain that it's not what you mean, the first impression given by the word is what ends up sticking. A lot of modern communication in social justice issue is built on this idea of being provocative for the sake of shaking people out of complacency, but it ends up going overboard and straight up misrepresenting the issues, or using words that have a common meaning, use them in a different meaning, then complain that people are ignorant and should educate themselves if they misunderstand. No, when communicating, obfuscating your message by giving new meanings to words just adds noise and confusion. Messages and slogans should be as clear as possible in common spoken language, not borrowed academic jargon.

[@derkanal1908]

thats a great point. I'm gonna use this

[@PacoCotero1221]

absolutely

[@danielbishop1863]

I agree. It would make far more sense to refer to "minority disadvantage" than to "white privilege".

[@WayanMajere]

That would be a good point, if "white males" weren't a minority. They make up 31% of the US population and are privileged to the other 69%.

[@derkanal1908]

@@WayanMajere How is your comment *at all* related to the Comment above?

[@brody3166]

Huh. I didn't think I'd agree with many of the points made, but when you actually addressed the instinctual reactions I had it really helped me think about the concept in a more objective manner. Thank you. I love your videos and I hope this message reaches it's intended audience, like it did for me.

[@brody3166]

Update to this, I've come a long way towards accepting and advocating for everyone. I agree with this video far more now than I did when I originally watched it and wrote the comment. A lot can change in five years. Thanks again Knowing Better for helping me, uh, know better.

[@THTB_lol]

@@brody3166 well no shit, you have an enby as your pfp

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

I've always been fairly respectful of people's identities, but I've also been fairly clueless on various social issues up until fairly recently. I honestly think that videos from people like you, who where at one point less socially liberal that I was even starting out but have since passed even where I am to day, are the best at helping my own improvement. It's really great to see this social stuff first hand from minorities, because that gives the most accurate picture, but it's very helpful to have someone with the outward appearance of the people on the conservative side of these sorts of issues making well reasoned arguments for change, both because your arguments start from an understanding of the more negative views, and because you are able to share the line of reasoning that got you from point A to B, helping to reinforce my own good conclusions, and helping it to gradually become second nature to consider these things rather than an afterthought that needs to be remembered.

[@isyaboi7818]

This is the most unexpected nontoxic comments section i've ever read on a video about such a polarizing topic, truly shows you just how much work he put into this, mad respect KB keep it up!

[@rutessian]

What do you mean by "nontoxic"?

[@kevinbaugh4147]

@@aphid2722 Dear God, I just did... "I mean, these are too....oh....oh no...."

[@seanmatthewking]

@@aphid2722 You can always find the toxic at "newest first"

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

Where the fuck do you think you are that you expected these comments to me toxic

[@PitLord777]

The night is young, my sweet summer child.

[@ianstephens641]

Several of those 72 options are synonyms too. For example, cis-male, cis-man, non-trans male.

[@TheRadPlayer]

Why not just have a field where you can write it down yourself? Seems like it would be an easier solution than a continually growing drop-down list.

[@quantumintelligence907]

@@TheRadPlayer - And how do you propose any method of admin when each could potentially be unique? I personally think that 72 options alone is ridiculous especially considering that many are redundant or entirely semantic differences, it would be utter hell to manage if instead of laying out 72 genders for sorting you'd have to deal with potential thousands or more.

[@f_f_f_8142]

@@quantumintelligence907 The question is, is there any feature which uses the gender? If not and all facebook does is display it, 'write it down yourself' works completely fine.

[@quantumintelligence907]

@@f_f_f_8142 - I suppose that's fair enough, however i personally no longer use facebook and i don't rememeber whether sorting by gender is an option.

[@orppranator5230]

TheRadPlayer An even easier solution is to tell the children to stop whining and grow up, keeping it at either male or female.

[@jan-willemvandijk3850]

That clip of your livestream brought a tear to my eye. You often hear of people growing like that but seeing it in real time is awesome.

[@DocAcher]

Watching this as a woman was so healing: it's just really good to see how much you've worked to, well, know better and it gives me a lot of hope.

[@explosivebro3126]

That's a rough like/dislike ratio

[@thevenator3955]

Welcome to the channel :-)

[@stoneythagod7374]

Explosivebro312 yeah, 14K likes and 4K dislike is pretty rough

[@AntiFaGoat]

It could have been SO much worse.

[@ezioaugustus2621]

lots of triggered trump incels on here

[@bayern1445]

@@ezioaugustus2621 ad hominem much?

[@My.Name.Is.Chris.]

I feel like the people that get the most attention are the extremists and thats what ruins it for others.

[@nadinefeiler9204]

please then show me a feminist you would see as "not extremist" ?

[@petrfedor1851]

As one smart guy said: "Group is always represent by dumber people in it."

[@therainenetwork3510]

When the majority chooses to stay silent then they let the radical minority speak for them. The Germans were mostly peaceful people and yet Hitler and the Nazis took power and plunged the world into a world war.

[@dr3armer]

@@nadinefeiler9204 look at the channel the factual feminist. To say every feminist is extreme is pretty ignorant

[@JorgeFabrizio]

@@nadinefeiler9204 Leanna K.

[@zacharymohammadi]

Nice vid, but when are we getting a moderate’s guide to the galaxy?

[@rparl]

Don't Quite Panic.

[@hogue3666]

This is not moderate.

[@o0Noctuabundus0o]

do we still need a towel?

[@ttubebaby]

@@rparl Well, on one hand, some people say, "Don't Panic," but on the other hand some people are panicking. There are opinions on both sides.

[@MLBlue30]

42 may or may not be the answer to everything.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Huh, I guess HRT really did cure my dysphoria. I hadn't really thought about it at all, and it was long-enough ago that the diagnosis was actually "gender identity disorder", but... yeah there's been no distress or impairment since then. I barely think about my body and when I do it's related to my physical disability. Every day before I was able to transition felt like an eternity of torture, but afterward went by really quickly because of how that all just went away. And I think that's a problem a lot of conservatives have, with the detransition narrative they try to paint it like a false revelation that fades away like people got from LSD in the 60s. But it's been over a decade for me and by now some people have been on hormones since the 70s. That's not just a temporary fix! By the way, besides the glasses I genuinely think the look you adopted for this video looked great on you lmao. Is that one of those wash-out colours, or did you actually go to the effort to properly dye it? I notice you've got a nice little fade to turquoise for the tips which kinda suggests proper dye! Although the position of your fake nose ring isn't quite authentic ;) it goes through a bit more cartilage than most do.

[@cottontaelle]

this comment warms my heart. so much of what people talk about regarding being trans is the pain; the dysphoria, the bigotry, all of that. but there is so much joy, relief, community, and love in the experience of being trans. any time i see anyone talking about it i get so happy. despite the dysphoria, the way i have to bristle whenever anyone says "gender" in class, the way i have to balance either being misgendered or being seen as angry and demanding for correcting people on my pronouns, i love being trans so much

[@gitghetto]

The left has a branding problem is something I've been saying for yeeeaaaars, I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice!

[@nadinefeiler9204]

No it also has a stupidity problem and i say h that as someone who normally leans left. if you are trying to make the generic masculine, cultural appropriation, gender pronouns and stare rape, a thing while people struggle to provide for themselves and their families you are stupid and you deserve to lose any general election that comes up.

[@joshhorley2116]

@@nadinefeiler9204 and if you're trying to claim people who struggle to keep the lights on have any right to complain when there are people in Africa who ridden with malaria and on the verge of death because of the extermeity of their diarrhea then... you're making two equally valid points about distinct issues. Your argument about the left is essentially deflection and playing at the oppression Olympics on other people's behalf and I think you would honestly struggle to find anyone over 16 who cares more about pronouns than the devastating effects of capitalism

[@nadinefeiler9204]

@@joshhorley2116 no sorry you must know that your comparison is not a good one . Everyone is allowed to complain. The question is should this person be taken seriously,. For me and other women who fit into the demographics of lower middle class to upper class women in the first world., we are the most entitled, most pampered, most free human beings who ever walked this earth. want some examples ? Breast cancer affects women about as often and heavily as prostate cancer effects men. Yet breast cancer research is much much better funded then prostate cancer research. Women get 40 to 60 % shorter prison sentences then men for the same crime. 95% of all workplace death are men, because they take the dangerous jobs we need to keep our civilization running. So our society pays with the life of men for me so i can take gender-studies as major where i am told how oppressed i am by society ! For me to seriously complain about how bad this society treats me would make me nothing but a spoiled, whiny bitch. I am not playing the game of oppression Olympics. BTW look into the Canadian law Bill C-16, 2016 or the attempts of German cities, universities and public services of gender-mainstreaming and you will see that your statement about pronounce is plain wrong. Please do some research before making this kind of statements.

[@nadinefeiler9204]

@R. V. Datmir Which would make the assumption that the SJW's and Feminists are right in the first place. The whole video only looks at one side . I can make a very goods case for almost everything if only the pro side gets a chance to speak

[@nadinefeiler9204]

@R. V. Datmir I think you are forgetting the people like me who think that the moral theories of Feminists and SJWs are BS. I am not enamoured with the status quo . I think we are actually destroying our societies and we are destroying our environment. For anyone who is not completely blind it is clear that or actual system in the west does not create long term stable society. You just have to look at birthrates in the last decades. They are so low that we have to import people by the millions who come from cultures that do absolutely not subscribe to our values, just to battle the problems that come with an aging society. We are also doing everything we can to destroy the environment. Our economic system is based on debts which will hit us badly somewhere down the line. So as far as i am concerned we are driving full speed towards a concrete wall.

[@pengfeidong5268]

“I was alive in 1993” Zoomers: ok boomer

[@Fordring1776]

Forced Meme

[@legoobi-wankenobi3080]

ok zoomer

[@potatopants4691]

Man, zoomers has taken on such a new meaning with online learning....zoomer

[@loo6357]

Peng Fei Dong sis you’re a millennial and us gen z hate your generation

[@pengfeidong5268]

lo_siento_luis can’t tell if sarcasm or severe neurological impairment

[@mg222.]

Don't agree with everything, but your arguments are incredibly well spelled out. Thank you for explaining what all those terms actually mean!

[@zk2611]

"I don't agree with what you're saying, but I will defend with my life your right to say it." That's the real problem with sjw's, they so often try to achieve their goals by curtailing free speech. I welcome anyone's dissenting views, unless they want to silence mine.

[@jadefalcon001]

@MG222 - too many of our cultural disagreements are people talking past each other because they don't understand the others' vocabulary and why it's used. That's one of the reasons as a flaming liberal I insist that any of my friends that have strong opinions about guns come to the shooting range with me at least once. Understanding what they're talking about as a physical reality is, in my mind, a prerequisite to having strongly held convictions about it. The same applies to feminism and its kin. People who are violently opposed too often don't actually understand what it is they're reacting to. Thanks for watching quality explainer content. I think our public discourse would be wildly improved if more of our fellow citizens were invested in doing likewise.

[@lilwiz70]

Zachary Sprunger no no no your making excuses. Admit you’re a sexist and change if you want to make sure you’re on the right side of history. Has a conservative social opinion ever been normalized?

[@skanecmt]

@@zk2611 Can you give an example of sjw attempts at limiting free speech? I am not trying to be glib or a troll. As a sjw I have no desire or intent to stomp on anyone's right to free speech so I am thinking that our two perceptions are so different that I might not be able to see your view unless you explain it in more detail.

[@kevinbaugh4147]

@@zk2611 Any time I see an opinion attributed to an entire group of people, I get a little hesitant to take the rest of the point seriously. Where is your free speech getting curtailed? ☝️beat me to it.

[@themaninblack7503]

My wife is the Air Force veteran, but people tend to think I am the veteran.

[@Strikefence]

Good video, I learned a lot. I don't necessarily agree with everything you've said, but I think a lot of the critiques you make of anti-SJW commentators is spot on

[@VoIcanoman]

Excellent comment. I couldn't have said it better myself. On several occasions, I recommended this channel to friends of mine, saying that while I don't always agree with KB, he tends to bring a lot of nuance to complex topics, and therefore makes me think about my own positions.

[@jayphailey]

Age is also an issue. After I turned 45, the interviews I was invited to declined drastically.

[@francoisrd]

Jay Hailey yup. Straight white male is not the peak social class. Really, it's straight white able-bodied, young, attractive, cis, wealthy male. And I'm probably even leaving some stuff out. Anyways, that's what intersectionality is all about. It recognizes that just because you have some advantages, doesn't mean you have them all, and that some combinations of traits give more or less privilege than others. And no, privilege doesn't mean your life isn't rough. It means your life could be rougher. (It's a lack of a negative in the alternative, which is sort of like a positive)

[@alyailithyia]

@@seanking1775 Sad truth. Tons of hypocrites out there

[@johndee2990]

@@francoisrd Tell that to Antifa who put some Mixed Natives in the Hospital for not taking the mantle of "Victim" (Something Many First Nations are too proud to see themselves as) My Elders always taught me that when I meet another (as in human) that I recognize that I will NEVER go through the same struggles they did, and not to judge them for WHAT HAPPENED in their lives.. but HOW they HANDLED it.. I'll admit that you seem to be the most open and accepting example of anyone under the Inter-sectional Banner, but that means your the OUTLIER in my experiences both online and IRL. Most who make use of Inter-sectional Ideology are doing so under a Malevolent pretense. Divorce Inter-sectional Advocacy from Authoritarianism and the reception will be tenfold better.. Until then, you are going to have to keep really trying to SELL that idea to others whom have had far more negative "Run-ins" (Read Targeted) with the SJW ilk.. I know you wouldn't consider yourself an "Apologist" but look at how you structured your comment, then look up examples of Apologist Statements. You're probably a decent human just by the tone of discourse, but you're subconsciously playing defense to save face for what others have done. At this point when I get called an "Alt-Right Huwight ShupreemaCIS Nazi" I just pull a "Tyrion Lannister" I own it and wear it like armour so they can't use it to hurt me (however unfounded they're accusations may be) I used to consider myself a Crust-Punk but ever since the Toxic PC Punks took over I'm done with people in general. At this point when I see the "Blue Hair Squad" walking towards me I get myself mentally prepared to get physically attacked because I don't agree with them.. That's how the "Normal" Germans felt about the Brown-Shirts and Nazis.. - If I get attacked again I'm Stabbing Indiscriminately and Scalping the fallen.

[@JohnDaker_singer]

I wouldn't believe you, but my 48 year old Latina wife is having a hell of a time getting a job. All the employers are looking for a perky young girl.

[@zeefaaldown3231]

@@seanking1775 Women having complaints don't equate to the loss of attraction. For example you may not feminists but you still may find women attractive.

[@anthonycolvard239]

This might not mean much to you, but I really appreciate you making this content. I feel lucky that I had a supervisor who worked me through these topics and helped me grow as a person. I'm sure you are providing that same guidance for so many people who come across your videos. Thank you.

[@thejollysloth5743]

What you mean is "I got brainwashed at work".

[@bathombre9739]

Jolly sloth lol we call it baptism of the brain

[@unclejoeoakland]

@@thejollysloth5743 dude just fucking cool it. Try running a company. Nevermind all the lies about how you get sued for everything- you don't- it just vets tiresome having people say goofy crap about gays and women and minorities, right there, while you're paying them and they're supposed to be working. FOR THAT ALONE it's worth developing a bit of workplace decorum. So maybe don't go shitting on people for becoming a wee bit more tolerant?

[@stripeytawney822]

@@unclejoeoakland yep. We had a clown who got fired for repeated use of the 'N' word. He sounded just like jolly boy in trying to defend his actions.

[@samingram4608]

Thank you, thank so much for the segment on the trans community I am crying rn cuz It makes me feel seen to have term and consepts explained and talked about simply and effectively. Hearing you, a vet and a middle aged man say "trans people have aways existed, and aren't mentally ill for being this way". It give me hope for people like my Father (though he is a 60 year old marine Sargent) . I may self am ftm and I can't thank you enough for what your doing here.

[@MooncricketsInc]

Nah, your father is right.

[@pinetreesquad2375]

@@PoopaChallupa COPE BTCH LMAOOO

[@pinetreesquad2375]

@@MooncricketsInc COPE

[@MooncricketsInc]

@pinetreesquad2375 Great reply troon boy. Thanks for stopping by, now go back and play in heavy traffic.

[@samingram4608]

@@MooncricketsInc welp I resently became a marien my self and he said and I quote "you have taken more step tward becoming a man then most "boys" ever do" you do you bud but I am happy as hell.

[@TommahG]

I honestly was so ready to hate this video, and after watching it i’m kind of ashamed that i had such a negative reaction before even seeing the whole thing. Great work, you really made me look at my current beliefs and think

[@user-hh3wr8wh9x]

You should try some videos on socialism

[@gabemarshall9699]

@@akka5249 socialism is great

[@gabemarshall9699]

@@sabhishek9289 what country?

[@gabemarshall9699]

@@sabhishek9289 it seemed socialism did fine in India until a global recession fucked it and they started privatisation to attract foreign investors, radical socialists were the first to call for independence from Britain and I'm sure you'd agree that was a good thing

[@gabemarshall9699]

@@sabhishek9289 radical socialists were some of the first to call for independence doesn't mean they weren't freedom fighters people can fit multiple tags, also socialism isn't why Venezuela is fucked

[@l.a.wright6912]

I would disagree on the the reasons Clinton lost Mainly that I think that she lost due to more poor strategy and the loss of the center rather than her gender. If anything the closest I could see is that she came across as that she was relying on that. Which combined with the highly visible controversy surrounding her party's action made her have a harder time in general. To be honest though I thought both candidates were terrible.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

He's explaining more on how the campaign tried to promote her as the first female president and what not. Which did happen. And the whole debates are basically either Hillary accusing Trump on his sexual misconducts and comments as well as Trump attacking Hillary on the whole female issue. But you're right. Hillary did have a lot of other problems that made people liked Trump more than her. The only reason she got majority vote is because Trump is just as repulsive as her, though she lost the electoral college.

[@jeffslote9671]

She ran a campaign assuming she had already won. Her compliance lost it for her

[@KayleeCee]

She also kind of seemed to dismiss the whole electoral college system and didn't spend enough time and money campaigning in swing states.

[@umbles7007]

@@maffia2ftw I can't stand Trump, but name calling really makes it hard to take you seriously. I'm glad I pressed on after your first sentence, but in the future if you have actual valid arguments (the rest of your paragraph) please just stick with those if you want to be taken seriously. (edit) Btw Please don't take that as an attack, I am genuinely trying to help any future points you want to make. I know I'm not alone when I say if I see someone name call I automatically start tuning them out. As my experience has shown me that name calling is used by those whose points don't stand on their own.

[@davidjulien1474]

@@sabhishek9289 the Poe's Law is strong in this one.

[@Jakedynamite8]

While I still consider myself an egalitarian rather than a feminist, and there are some points that I lean towards disagreeing with, this video has helped me revisualize feminism and social justice in a different light and created a new respect for that. What I'm saying is that your video worked.

[@uvbe]

If you want more information on these kind of stuff, I recommend you the channel Contrapoints.

[@chrisl0081234]

Novel what does Natalie(Contrapoints) not understand?

[@uvbe]

I don't know, I think that a trans woman that studied philosophy in university knows a thing or two about feminism and pretty much every topic she covers.

[@vladimirvendeyes6325]

Egalitarianism can't work. People inherently aren't equal. You aren't even equal in your own family how can it be among an entire nation, let alone any group of people. This is all an agenda towards communism

[@jadefalcon001]

@@vladimirvendeyes6325 I suggest you re-watch the video. You're having far too many leaps of hasty generalization, among other things. I'm also getting the sense based on your other comments that you're just a troll.

[@izzyhawkins3631]

I've avoided this video ever since I started watching your channel... something about the thumbnail + title gave me off vibes? I think they were unwarranted, though. You tackle such a broad range of deep topics and manage to cover them all so clearly and simply that it's just fucking impressive. Kudos.

[@jamesstuart3536]

Ooohh...The comments gonna be juicy

[@chuck2469]

They don't need to watch it dumbass

[@lopez.jacinto.6726]

And so it begins...

[@jamesstuart3536]

@@toriantojohnson2113 thats the risk if you want to know better. You need to challange your perspective.

[@JaMeshuggah]

@@bleachedbeast5384 agree, especially when the knee-jerk baiting subject was already a trite talking point over 5+ years ago. Straight white men aren't gonna care or watch but maybe he can scoop some crumbs from Contrapoints' table.

[@TealMjM]

@@JaMeshuggah You'd be surprised at who watches and agrees.

[@afeastforsquires3610]

Your outfits keep getting better. 10/10 👌🏾

[@alexandryte3310]

38:02 "Nobody is faking trans to win medals" Russian state government: Hold my beer...

[@cinnamon1871]

Alex Martin hold my vodka or hold my kvass

[@Off-Brand_Devin]

@@cinnamon1871 Kvass. Blech.

[@RB-qq4hx]

@@roywiseman the joke is you. A man who is not an athlete obsessing over who gets first place in a sport you never would even compete in as a male. You're the opposite of what sports is about.

[@perkeles23dobre59]

@ruthgraham and what do you know about sport when you think it is acceptabel to make somone with decades worth of extra testosteron, thicker bones (density) , srronger tendons, and all that compete with people who have far lesser physcial strengh ? ? To me that seems riddiculos and extremely unfair to those women who actualy fough hard to get to the top of the sport. I mean if when i compete i face somone who has been taking testosterone injections (steroids) daily for 30 plus years, i would defentivly be angry about the fairness in that. This whole thing about "Transathelets" ? is like Chernobyl, just Madness

[@perkeles23dobre59]

@LingEarth Are you suggesting that a human body is that easy to manipulative, that none of the LIFElong advantages (fysikly) the male body gets is there after the hormon treatment ? thay you reduce your tendon strengh, bone density and hip (dont know the word for it in english but heres my word for it "Höftmekanik") and all other things that xy kromosoms do diffrently to a male ? Thats like Comrade Djatlov in the new Chernobyl series from HBO; utterly insane

[@pasacaradenegra700]

I'm a female chef and before this career I was a female locksmith technician. Both male dominated fields. I gave up locksmithing because it became too dangerous because I'm a woman. I'm a professional chef now and for the past 3 years never got promoted from a cook to chef because I get my period therefore I'm not reliable enough and able bodied enough during those times. It took another executive female chef to promote me from cook to her sous. Its bullshit man. I find it hilarious when some say women should only be in the kitchen and making babies... but shun us when we are working in a professional kitchen and not making babies. Heaven forbid you're in any position of a professional kitchen as a woman and are pregnant... that's when you're told to get off the hotline and go make pastries where you're safe Bullshit.

[@eanna3781]

Sorry to ping you on an old comment, But I SOOOOO want to hear how being a locksmithing technician was dangerous! Care to share?

[@WTFpearlsofwisdom]

Did you consider the possibility you weren’t getting the promotion you wanted might have been a result of others around you performing better than you were?

[@miguelmackay4851]

The thing with “conservative” and right wing logic is that it’s illogical, so dont be surprised when their logic contradicts itself

[@Scar-jg4bn]

Then don't get pregnant. Employers hire and promote those that work more, work harder, and advocate for themselves. I'm a nurse and me and my male coworkers typically choose to work more than our female coworkers. As men we're pressured and expected to work more, whereas women typically work the minimum so they can have more family time and they are able to rely on their husbands for income.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

​@Halfdan , if nobody gets pregnant (or few enough do), who will be there to wipe our a$$es when we are too old, disabled and/or too ill to do it ourselves? Asks a retired nurse from Finland

[@vinfacts11]

LMFAO. One guy thinks you look Latino, not realizing that Latinos can be white too.

[@joe42m13]

That's an interesting topic. I have brown skin and black hair but because my indigenous ancestry is from south of the border, i'm not considered native American. For demographic purposes, i'm white/Latino.

[@VentraleStar]

@@DizietSma69 Bingo. It's race is a mess of stupidity. Ethnicity is too but at least as a genetic perspective that sometimes doesn't seem as arbitrary.

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

South american countries in most cases are "whiter" than the u.s.

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

Alot of this pertains to hatred of anglo germanic assumed people because the far left are deeply ignorant of the many ethnicities of european people. I would go so far as to say deeply racist.

[@JaxTheCartographer]

@@nayrtnartsipacify well Argentina and Uruguay are. The rest are majority mixed race. Except Bolivia witch is majority native.

[@isotera_]

OK, two things id like to mention: 1) this video is phenomenal 2) the phrase "mental disorder" is preferred over "mental illness", because calling depression, manic depressive disorder or gender dysphoria an illness carries the implication that it can be cured. Like PTSD, you can only really treat and cope with it to the best of your ability. The connotation that you can cure it is one of the most damaging things you can suggest to someone that needs to learn to live with it, since at best it means their peers don't support them on an extremely difficult journey and make their recovery even harder because of the trauma that kind of abandonment and rejection can inflict, and at worst it leads them on a wild goose chase of repression and compensation. Also it is actually a disorder. Nobody should be denying that.

[@ntigdona7487]

yes... because obviously every ilness and disorder can be cured... medecine is magic after all!

[@isotera_]

@@ntigdona7487 If I say "there's no cure for this illness", what comes to mind? And what about "there's no cure for this disorder"?

[@isotera_]

Also, if you say anything other than "you're going to die from it" and "you're going to need to learn to live with it", English probably isn't your first language.

[@ntigdona7487]

" if i say, "there is no cure for this ilness"; what comes to mind?:you probably will have to live with it but that says nohing about haw bad it will be to live with it! my point is that calling something a disorder or ilness does not mean that it can be cured because not every disorder or ilness can be cured. how did you miss that, is english a second language for you?

[@isotera_]

@@ntigdona7487 The issue comes from people that think you can cure disorders like depression, and that taking medicine will somehow fix you the same way you can fix a car. Illness has that connotation - something that you go to the hospital to get fixed. It has very little to do with whether there are incurable diseases, because the expectation is that an incurable disease is the exception, not the rule. Disorder has the implication more along the lines of a "factory defect". This leads to more proper treatment both from doctors and from society. A disorder being incurable is perceived as the rule, so people with a disorder diagnosis start more quickly down the acceptance route. The reason I suggested English might be your second language is because neglecting connotations is the kind of mistake someone makes if they have a limited vocabulary and can't use verbal precision.

[@diablominero]

I'd like to add that there's another type of toxic masculinity that I don't think you mentioned explicitly: the expectations of men that are directly harmful to anyone who tries to fulfil them. So basically all that "showing weakness is un-masculine" stuff.

[@blackanimecat2]

And that attitude of "hes mean to you because he likes you". That form of toxic masculinity that excuses and purpetuates hurting the people you care about instead of being vulnerable with them.

[@benjaminpark5460]

DiabloMinero that’s literally part of the definition of toxic masculinity.

[@diablominero]

@@benjaminpark5460 Maybe I suck at hearing words today, since I didn't sleep enough last night, but I didn't hear that be directly addressed.

[@drtaverner]

I've been dealing with severe PTSD over the last few years. I'm so sorry to hear that you also suffer. My concern about trigger warnings are 1) the warning can cause more stress than an actual trigger, and 2) you really cannot anticipate a person's triggers. Certain words and images will see me scream and immediately roll into a ball. I've known people to be triggered by sounds, smells, phrases, images, etc... I hope you do have help and safe spaces to explore and integrate those experiences. Cheers!

[@pepelopez6930]

Trigger warnings only serve to chronify PTSD. Trauma should be treated with exposure therapy such as EMDR. It is the only way to reduce the symptoms of remembering the traumatic event. The opposite is an overprotection that only makes you weaker and weaker, and that ends up spreading to all aspects of life. It is like rehabilitating a leg that has become atrophied, at first it is painful, but the opposite is to remain locked in a wheelchair when with effort you could walk and even run. I know what I am talking about from experience. This overprotective movement is creating adults who can only be classified as such by chronological age. Worse yet, it is not only weakening them, it is creating narcissists in industrial quantities.

[@drtaverner]

@@pepelopez6930 EMDR is not exposure therapy. Exposure therapy badly exacerbateds my PTSD symptoms. EMDR is reprocessing and entirely different.

[@murraypearson2359]

@@drtaverner I recognise your trauma, and I empathise with your plight. However, I think more efforts need to be made to speak to those like me whose PTSD (or CPTSD, in my case) are not connected in any way with military service (as opposed to the host's, and perhaps yours). Yes, battle is traumatic, I don't dispute that for a second; but many, many people are deeply traumatised without ever having approached any formally defined battlefield. EMDR has been greatly helpful for me, too.

[@drtaverner]

@@murraypearson2359 I don't think I mentioned military service.

[@donvanduzen8944]

Once again your insights into the subtle nuances of this issue are enlightening. "It's more about the things that don't happen to you".

[@Miranox2]

That's one point is fine, but he does not address much criticism against social justice and the little he does address he usually brushes off with "just take my word for it". This is probably the worst video he's ever made because of how badly argued it is.

[@peeenk]

Bad actions done with good intentions can be catastrophic. Just because someone has "good intentions" it doesn't make there ideas any less stupid or bigoted

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

True. I do believe that many anti-feminists are genuinely concerned about some perceived excesses in the feminist movement that led to men felt attacked. But countering hate with hate, well, we know how that always ends.

[@SumDumGai5]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 We tried doing things the nice way. All we got was clowned, disrespected, and rejected by society. Our side isn't taken seriously at all. Those days are over.

[@HonestHappyHater]

@@SumDumGai5 It has been taken seriously multiple times. It still is by many people. The reason you are ridiculed is because you stopped "being nice" and became what you innitialy opposed

[@orionmartoridouriet6834]

Ah, yes, the famous catastrophe of "using other pronouns", or the apocalyptic idea of "female Ghostbusters"

[@peeenk]

@@orionmartoridouriet6834 more like bill c-16. It's also illegal for doctors in some countries to even question their patients gender identity if the patients identify as transgender. The list goes on. Sounds pretty bad imo

[@annf1801]

just wanted to say that, as a queer person, I (and many other queer people) have no problem with the shorter “LGBTQ” label. The myth that we’re going to attack you if you get a letter wrong is just that, a myth. The first few letters in the alphabet soup are really umbrella terms that cover the rest of the community, even if they don’t have their own letter in the acronym LG- people who like the same gender B- people who like two (or more!) genders T- people who don’t conform to the gender they were assigned at birth, be it binary trans people or non-binary people. Q (queer) can be the catch all for everything else. Lastly, just wanted to say that (at least personally) intent matters a lot. If you trip up and say something wrong, but you are genuinely trying to be an ally, I’m more than happy to help educate you. If the fear of offending someone is what’s preventing you from being an ally, that’s a pretty terrible reason.

[@heretichazel]

@@thedamntrain holy shit did you not watch the video lmao

[@mattblandin7648]

Thank you for the willingness to educate. I've been on the opposite side of that, with someone telling me that educating me is not their job, which of course is true. There is no societal or moral obligation. However, from my perspective, it was hard to be told I was wrong about something but not be told why, nor given the opportunity to learn more. Some of the most eye-opening experiences I've had in my life with LGTQ people have been with those who have recognized my ignorance and then guided me towards a better understanding. So again, thank you for being willing to help educate someone who simply might not know any better or is ignorant of what they're doing wrong. It isn't your job to do that but please know that IF that person is coming from a genuine place, like you say, they usually very much appreciate it. I have come such a long way from where I started in terms of understanding and acceptance (with always more to learn), and I would have NEVER gotten here without the help given to me by a key number of people.

[@zem1ya]

@@thedamntrain Two thing I have to say to this: Firstly, what about Intersex people, where do they fit into your view of gender? And what about individuals with Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy (where a person has an abnormal amount of sex chromosomes.) Secondly, could you, more in detail, explain how biological sex strongly defines cultural views of gender? Simply saying that "that's the way it is," isn't a very convincing argument.

[@zem1ya]

@@thedamntrain When you're walking down the street, and you see a person, how do you determine whether they're a man or woman?

[@seventeenseventythirteen7465]

@@thedamntrain Well, maybe, you could just ask them what they identify as? And if you can't do that, even though it takes very very little effort, you could always refer to them as what gender you think they go by. If you're wrong, just apologize and go by what pronouns they go by, very very simple. The idea that it's some grueling task that they're forcing everyone to do for them is so silly. It's like, a tiny conversation of "Hey dude." "I actually identify as a woman so I go by she/her pronouns" "Oh alright, my bad." there. But people would rather drone on about how they're trying to censor everyone's speech and change what words mean. When it's so fucking simple and easy a fix.

[@CynicalHistorian]

An interesting note on the definition of feminism: depending on one's take, mine is that it requires participation and not merely belief in its core values. The main reason I don't consider myself a feminist [historian] is that I think it requires participation. If I was writing on feminist topics or being an activist, then I would say so, but my scholarly focus is elsewhere. If i were to turn to physical science and no longer do anything on history, then i could no longer call myself a historian - same with feminism. Note that there are feminist historians, but I'm not one. I'm a historian of American violence. These things have overlap, but without participation, they hold separate meaning, in the history profession at least and among some women's studies departments.

[@ruedelta]

But what does it mean to participate? My mother is not a feminist by creed, but her being a first generation minority female immigrant with SES (super-GS) certification means a lot to raising or breaking the glass ceiling. If she isn't a feminist but does feminist things, then what is the point of being a feminist anyways? It's good to encourage one's self to do more, but I think the label is pinned on beliefs for this very reason - doing feminism is not really related to the label.

[@zero132132]

*Reads title* Well, the comments section on this is definitely going to be just lovely, surely.

[@floormatt3]

It's cancer I love it

[@jeffslote9671]

Considering he's full of bs it well deserved.

[@williamdritt281]

Jeff Slote what do you mean

[@Aztlan632]

@@jeffslote9671 There is actually still a gender pay gap if you remove those factors.

[@jeffslote9671]

@@Aztlan632 I also forgot to mention that women even in the same professional career choose to a lower paying speciality. Pediatrics over cardiology for example.

[@samuraijack5919]

Sees the title Doc Oc Voice: *Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seat belts*

[@trevorrogers95]

Pizza time.

[@nekozombie]

PENDULUM

[@MajorZH]

I love how open you were with how your opinions grew and changed. Amazing video.

[@Se7enChk]

You are not a moderate. It's okay, just don't lie to people. Own your bias.

[@loltom3703]

Ikr

[@21greendayrocks]

There's a difference between a moderate and a centrist. He's said before he is a moderate liberal so i don't see how he's wrong here.

[@Se7enChk]

@@21greendayrocks "Left of centers guide to far left ideas" - good strategy

[@21greendayrocks]

@@Se7enChk which ideas did you find to be far left?

[@errolreeves5296]

I'm glad I watched this even though I disagree with a lot of it. I listen to you because you make the best case for things I disagree with. Even though I still don't agree with you, you have cleared some things up about this topic and connected some things that I hadn't thought about.

[@Felishamois]

oooh, can I debate with you, please please please What are the major things you disagree about?

[@Civilized-Joke]

Yeah, debate him... I think I'll go get some popcorn! As for me I'll just say there were things I was in agreement about and things I was not in agreement with.

[@errolreeves5296]

@@Felishamois the thing I most disagreed about was affirmative action. I don't think it is good for qualified minorities to be able to be dismissed as "diversity hires". It also isn't fair on an individual level to discriminate on any other merit than competence.

[@Hankyman583]

@@errolreeves5296 the biggest issue is that in the USA, black people make up a greater degree of poverty statistics than white people. In capitalism, meritocracy is a myth, since the richer tend to be better educated and therefore are able to become more qualified than those from a poorer background.

[@ace448]

Yeah that 6.6% thing is within the margin of error as a college grad he should know that. His representation of that is dishonest. 2nd feminism was HIGHLY involved with prohibition and just glosses over that. 3rd he fiats his framework and definition of feminism. I don’t buy his framework, period. Feminism is not about equality it is about power. Just because two groups have disparate power and one group is advocating for the group of lesser power does not mean that the groups goal is equality. That could be and outcome or by product of the movement but that doesn’t mean the movement stop once “equality” has been reached. I put equality in quotes because that’s my main argument, feminism never defines what equality means. It constantly moves the goal posts back more and more as it achieves power. That is because equality is its moral justification for what it does. It is the grand lie at its core. In reality it’s goal at best is parity and at worst is dominance. You can see this in his video. First he can’t actually set a definition for feminism. The author states there are various forms and detentions for feminism. This is because feminism uses this to obfuscate and hide what it is and it’s goal. If you try and pin feminists down they use this to kick out or deny arguments. It denies the evidence of its blatant power grabs, rather the defending them because to do so exposes the truth. The author did it with Prohibition in this segment. They wage gap issue is another issue. While 7% is on the high side most studies have a 5-7% margin of error. I do think there is some wage discrimination which is pushing that number towards the errors high side. However to state the number the way he does is once again dishonest and is showing the truth of feminisms goal. I’ll also say most feminists even deny the work of Goldin and others annnnnnd way over sell the 77% number. Which is also telling, if you over correct by 23% who has the most power? 3rd look at the language dichotomy used my feminism . The female is always good the masculine is always bad. This moral dichotomy sets up the male as some immoral to be destroyed. You don’t do this if your about equality. This is no different then declaring heretics. I understand what the video author is doing. I dont disagree with the premise that women face unique challenges and discrimination. If you do your ignorant. I disagree with the framework that feminism is a good solution or at its core a social justice movement. I think that social justice is like splitting the atom. On one side you heat nuclear power, on the other the nuclear bomb. Feminism is the Manhattan project pretending to be a peaceful power program and nothing the video presented is persuasive in that direction. Like most feminists videos it fiats its framework. The fiat is neither right nor good.

[@lucaslonchampt613]

31:43 Well weirdly enough while we're on the topic, many people in France call black people "black", not as in "noir", they say directly "black"

[@lucaslonchampt613]

@TheDiabeticGameMaster I honestly don't know. If I had to guess, it's because in France, we often use words that come from English and this one sounded alright to say. I don't have a clear answer for it. Maybe I'll have to look this up.

[@lucaslonchampt613]

@Chance Je n'ai pas dit que ça l'était

[@SocialistFinn1]

so you use the English word "black"? That's pretty weird.

[@lucaslonchampt613]

@Chance no what he meant was that his thought was fucked up, not that French people using "Black" to refer to black people is fucked uo

[@lucaslonchampt613]

@@SocialistFinn1 I've done it from time to time, but others do that much more often than me

[@sallylee4924]

Difference between traditionally male house chores and traditionally female house chores: Needs to be done daily/ weekly -> female Needs to be once in a while -> male

[@samueltukua3061]

I am so worried whenever I start one of your more political videos. But I always leave feeling like I just spent my time hearing something that accounts for all arguments and actually makes sense.

[@JerseySlayer]

It doesn't, educate yourself

[@crypticcorgi8280]

I like your tesseract profile pic.

[@JerseySlayer]

ThatTotallyNonBoringCommentor not even a little bit. The sources he picked as counter arguments are not strong, he doesn’t talk about postmodernism, he doesn’t describe intersectionality as what it is: identitarian. The inverse of white supremacy is not a defensible position. You have reading to do friend. The other perspective is out there, and you need to hear it.

[@squarerootof2]

Let any white male apply for a job at Google and he won't even get the chance to be "James Damored" any more. Let any white male apply to Harvard or any major US college and he his chances to get admitted before any other "minority" are slim. Most homeless people are straight white males who continually get ignored as opposed to women or gay/trans people. In fact, where I live, I've NEVER seen a homeless woman ,as they get free housing the moment they get into financial problems,(unlike the expendable white male). No women die on the job because they mostly just want cushy jobs where they can sit all day as opposed construction work or similar. Yes, it's time for REAL equality and stop the pampering of the whining, ungrateful f* eminist b*itches and put them to do REAL work. The white male is the most underprivileged minority and the only minority openly attacked and vilified by the media just for the colour of his skin. This guy not only doesn't know better, he knows nothing. He's just the typical leftist moron indoctrinated with white-guilt and self-hate. He can be debunked by a five year old white kid (a would-be rapist, we're told), on every point. Hate promoted and rammed down our throats every minute of the day by the legacy media, puppets controlled by the divisive, globalist elites.

[@JerseySlayer]

SquareRootOf2 I was starting to feel like I was in a zombie apocalypse. I’ve found you, friend. It’s gonna be okay now.

[@philipjohansson3949]

I hope you read this comment. The part about the Gilette ad really resonated with me. I did things towards women I am not proud of, and some of my friends still do. At the time, I thought I was doing something not only acceptable, but expected. I want to be better now, and I hope I am, but that's not for me to decide. I do hope I can help my friends better themselves as well, but coming to a point where you change your behaviour is hard, and I don't think I alone can trigger that realisation. Thank you for making this video. I would really have needed this a couple of years back, and I'm certain you will change some young mans life with this. Feminism needs more apt communicators like you.

[@lemon274]

wow you needed an ad to change ur ways. Jesus christ your cancer.

[@raymondgalvan459]

@@lemon274 you're

[@G5rry]

​@@lemon274 Denigrating someone for growing... point that judgement at yourself, please.

[@NicitoStaAna]

Philip Do you think the part where being docile men is encouraged is a good thing?

[@philipjohansson3949]

That ad is obvousily garbage. Some board decided that what they needed to do to appeal to the millenial demo was to make a "socially coincious" ad. The people who had to deliver on this are actors, whose personal politics meant nothing, they were poor enough to do ads instead of whatever they really want to do. Nobody cared. What resonated with me was mr. Better's take on it. In regards to docility, in my experience, it is in everyone's interest to be docile to those they consider friends, and hostile to those they consider enemies. I have enemies. I know who they are, and they are not all LGBTQ+ people. They are a well-defined, and I am not docile towards them.

[@Rainkit]

Ironically most cultures see farming and yardwork as women roles. Seeing it as a male role is uniquely European.

[@onesarcasticboi8760]

And where do you live ve in Europe?

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

AKArainkit Probably because most men back in the day, especially in less advanced civilizations, would be out on campaign. That's why slaves were common. Even Rome had this sort of issue, I'd wager.

[@onesarcasticboi8760]

@@MacCoalieCoalson So less advanced you mean like celtic people who farmed there own food and also fought on campaings in peace time almost every one farmed and when they got slaves they just used them like everyone would do you have a farm you work your ass of and then hire some people and they work their ass of and you chill out a bit and if they quit you just get New one or work by yourself again

[@truedarklander]

@@onesarcasticboi8760 please, use punctuation

[@vladimirvendeyes6325]

European farming functioned on a larger scale so it demanded more energy, endurance and simply more muscular might. European farming essentially saved Africa

[@yeowch1073]

Also one of the reasons Gender dysphoria is still classified as a mental disorder is because for some reason, trans people often need to “prove” how trans they are in order to get treatment (surgery, hormones) or even change legal documentation, and the way this is done is through a diagnosis with this “disorder.” Also you can say queer (in the academic sense), but be careful not to call a specific person queer unless they personally identify as such, because a lot of people either don’t identify with the term or even still consider it a slur. Basically just don’t call people something they don’t want to be called.

[@brandondavidson4085]

Fantastic choker, you look cute, bro. Keep it up! EDIT: Since this blew up let me just say that per what KB said several times in this video, the modern feminists need to be better at their branding, like KB is!

[@Long-wd4ee]

Brandon Davidson this is legit a dog leash

[@VBYTP]

He looks gay; probably why he made this video to promote the gay agenda

[@thecynth3820]

VB YTP - ? This is for feminism, so wrong agenda. Also, how does a person (who isn't very "camp") look gay lol.