When a STUDENT asks about JK ROWLING this happens

#jkrowling #debate
You will see the transformation / epiphany occur in real time.
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[@dryster123]

Unfortunately, social media is telling people what to think, instead of people learning how to think.

[@enterpassword3313]

Lol how ironic, you just randomly said that because you heard other people saying it. You didnt learn a thing from the video

[@dryster123]

You are interpreting what I said the wrong way. That is the consequence of 2D text.

[@enterpassword3313]

@@dryster123 lol no, nice excuse... "2d text"... hilarious

[@enterpassword3313]

@@dryster123 i love how you felt the need to specify 2d text, like maybe 3d text would have been correctly interpreted lmao

[@Atlas718]

@@enterpassword3313 So its ironic because someone found a phrase true and fitting and decided to use it? Would you say that its ironic to say that gravity is real because other people said it aswell? There is a difference between throwing out phrases that have no correlation with the topic. And using your own brain on whether you agree with the phrase or not and using it appropriately. Just because other people have said it, it doesn't make it brainless to use it. It becomes brainless when you use it thoughtlessly.

[@freddieqmercury5961]

This is the kind of teacher we need, one that calmly and respectfully demonstrates how to THINK CRITICALLY.

[@mitchjohnson4714]

It’s been a few decades now. I consider myself a careful and thorough thinker. I still have no idea what “critical thinking” is.

[@formulaic78]

​@@mitchjohnson4714it means not just accepting what you are told or read. Critically analysing instead. Which is the same as being careful and thorough.

[@fookoff9220]

​@@mitchjohnson4714yeah the irony lol

[@mitchjohnson4714]

@@formulaic78 I don't know why we need to call that "critical thinking." It seems very vague.

[@justinshears879]

I would like to click the thumbs up a hundred time for your comment.

[@mikeford1273]

The teacher is 100% correct and sensible so expect him to lose his job any time now!

[@AXE668]

This is the problem: the mere fact he's trying to analyse what's being said and how it's being interpreted would put him as a transphobe.

[@daviru02]

lol probably true!

[@profylr]

@@PoliticalTheatreTV-eu6ttnew to the internet? Unfortunately he is the type of person who gets cancelled. He isn’t “picking a side”.

[@-WiseGuy-]

​@@PoliticalTheatreTV-eu6tt You need to learn how to read more carefully!🤦‍♂️

[@Cal6009]

He's not a teacher, he's a youtube actor this is all fake.

[@globaldesikan]

You saved a life from drowning in blind hatred bro. More power to people like you.

[@mammybelle7302]

"Let's just learn how to critical think" well done Teacher 👏👏💯

[@williamfrench9973]

So critical is okay - as long as its not about race…. Got it

[@James-xu2dc]

@@williamfrench9973 there's no hope for the willfully ignorant. Have a good day fighting straw men William

[@mammybelle7302]

@@williamfrench9973 Your comment does not make any sense at all regarding to critical thinking. Can you elaborate more, please?

[@williamfrench9973]

@@mammybelle7302 I was referencing “critical race theory”, which is cryptonite to conservatives.

[@JH-ci7gu]

@@williamfrench9973not much grey matter there bub

[@jd-putts]

And a student learns what is fact and merely parroting what he thought "everyone" was believing. Definitely worth the price of admission to that class. Kudos to the lecturer!!!

[@pauljackson2409]

Excellent dialogue. The teacher was calm and respectful, but challenged the student, and the student had the maturity to admit that he was wrong.

[@fedm6296]

I'd say 'normal' dialogue and that we have we lowered our expectations quite a bit lately

[@pauljackson2409]

@@fedm6296 Sadly true.

[@WinkLinkletter]

Not to mention that the student had the awareness to ask the question to begin with, even if the sway of 'popular' opinion bias was woven into the asking.

[@areneewhelehan734]

It’s so refreshing to see a teacher actually get students to think for themselves instead of conforming with status quo.

[@rigilchrist]

If only more teachers were like this.

[@gumtreeterry9904]

If only more students were like this young man too, eh?

[@keithwatson4602]

All teachers were like this until the turn of the century when they got pushed out for having their own opinions.

[@amalekedomite]

@@keithwatson4602 Oy vey, stop noticing. Only by not teaching critical thinking can we fully support israel and open borders mass immigration (except, naturally, in isarel)

[@rouninpanda6318]

​@@keithwatson4602 Before the 90's even? I'd say the majority of my teachers and instructors were not like this.

[@megg.6651]

There are - we are just on the DL so we aren't chased down the street with pitchforks.

[@jimh472]

"I'm just going off what a lot of other people have said"...sums things up perfectly.

[@AlisonL520]

See this is what it feels like. I'm trans myself and have looked into it all and you can see a clear path of transphobia. Starting from loose comments, then donating a large amount of money to transphobic TERFs and then justifying herself in in a great big paper that made things worse. I'm not saying everyone should search up everything but should be critical I will say though, I grew up with Harry Potter and I will still consume the media because in my opinion, my joy out ways my little bit does. Though I pirate films and either read old books or pirate those online too. Just cheaper

[@AlisonL520]

@phoebecaulfield4062 It's literally what so many people call them and many of themselves

[@L_Martin]

@@AlisonL520 It's weird that your are replying to a comment about going off of vague character slander with zero facts, and your reply is exactly that: you are making incredibly vague statements and you're even altering your behaviour to steal from JKR by illegally consuming her work for free, based on...what? "a clear path of transphobia" - apparently not clear enough for you to be specific.

[@L_Martin]

@@AlisonL520 In the UK, the belief that men cannot become women and visa versa is a protected belief, as in we are legally allowed to think male and female are real and gender identity does not take precedence over biological reality. If you want to call all women who hold that belief "TERFs" (regardless of if they are even radical feminists), that is the result of your ideology about gender identity theory, an ideology the rest of us are legally allowed to not believe in.

[@AlisonL520]

@@L_Martin I was being vague because I'm not going to cite sources and everything for a simple KZbin comment. I can if you want when I have time. I'm not altering my behaviour, I pirate everything anyway. I'm saying I still consume the media but tend to pirate stuff anyway. In fact, I recently bought some of the audio books to listen to as in work

[@NomoSapienss]

"I feel like an idiot" At least he could admit he was wrong and learned valuable lessons here. Being able to admit when one is wrong or has made a mistake seems like a super power, that is rare nowadays. So many people pretending and just trying to one-up on each other it's sad.

[@zogjones]

It really is a super power. It’s amazing to me how much people do NOT want to acknowledge that they were either fed lies or influenced by other people’s opinions. It will change though. People will grow up. It’s already starting to change a little. The backlash is on the way.

[@jerkchickenblog]

he shouldn't feel like an idiot, at least not alone. they both should feel like idiots because two tweets are hardly the breadth of trouble she starts, all aimed at one particular group. i'm not trans and i'm not an activist on their behalf... but rowling has brought all this on herself and yes, many of her tweets ARE transphobic, which is likely why he found one of the apologies. but there's a lot more to her online activities, and she'd be wise to not have made those comments, attack people or continue it, yet she just will not stop causing trouble. critical thinking yes, but two tweets are from the whole story or even representative of he words and attitudes and repeated unnecessary attacks

[@bulletsix]

very true

[@winstonsmith3690]

What exactly has she said that is so bad?​@@jerkchickenblog

[@zerothefaceless4888]

@@jerkchickenblog Can you give me ONE example of such a tweet? I looked over enough of them to know what her opinions are and I sincerely doubt you'll find one.

[@mikec3749]

"I don't have any real opinion on it, I'm just going by what people said" Social media is ruining generations.

[@artforz]

Social media? Welcome to 1930s Germany.

[@willybadonkatonka8465]

This isn’t anything new.

[@CT99234]

It's not social media. People have always based their opinions on what other people have said, whether that is friends and family or people in the local pub. Social media has just raised the profile of the issue. It would be better for the world if more of us (and I include myself in this) could be more comfortable with saying. "You know what, I don't have an opinion on that issue as I don't know enough about it, but let me go away and think about it".

[@gadpivs]

Ever heard of the Bible?

[@Belmont1714]

​@@gadpivsWhat do you mean by this? Please elaborate.

[@paulbrereton5149]

This is the teacher that every single kid on the planet needs, now!!

[@errorx_x1063]

I can see "those" parents getting offended and pulling the kid out for this type of teacher

[@eccehomer8182]

“I haven’t really thought about it.” No 💩 The whole problem of our society summed up in a few words.

[@slowcatto]

One dumb, naive or unprepared student proves your point, eh?

[@jamessones4044]

All planned that way.

[@helgashouseofpain]

Exacerbated by “I don’t really have an opinion, I’m just going with the herd” (in so many words, mind you I’m paraphrasing)

[@ZiffXGames]

Its insane people can have such a strong hateful opinion toward someone without even knowing why or thinking about it...

[@colupton7415]

Exactly, it's actually really sad and only leading to a negative outcome for society

[@alexandrabauer9180]

Dear lord. This is terrifying how they can't think for themselves.

[@jeeveekaa5880]

That’s the whole problem

[@josephnebeker7976]

It's not that they can't think for themselves. This kid eventually did. It's that they don't want to think for themselves as pointed out when the kid said he didn't have an opinion, he just accepted what the majority stated. This is why a pure democracy is a very, Very Dangerous thing.

[@travisb1757]

They are conditioned NOT to think for themselves. They are easier to control that way. There is a sinister force at work here.

[@Medina-bk2fo]

Oh, this kid is in almost total self-control, compared to what I see online - and he actually went to the prof for help sorting it out. You must not be in this struggle online yet, because this kid is an ANGEL and a genius, compared to the norm - and this exchange gives me great comfort - online you deal with the people who are making up the group think -(the kids this kid was talking about), and THEY are TRULY terrifying.

[@cango5679]

how mind control works. Mass formation. at least he is still malleable...

[@Marshmellow3971]

My favorite part is the teacher never argued in the negative, he wasn’t taking the position that Rowling wasn’t transphobic and debating the student, he was just asking questions and letting the student reach a conclusion using logic. Phenomenal teaching.

[@lefantomer]

@@SoiSomething The kid is obviously struggling to hold on to the woke belief that Rowling is "bigoted" for stating reality. Rowling never needed to apologize. "Transsexualism" is not objectively true and no one has the right to insist that you parrot the notion that it is. People who insist on pretending to be the opposite sex should be tolerated as that is their right, but they have no right to demand that others believe it to be true.

[@ronhoward121]

I disagree; after investigating two tweets, he asked "Now that we found you agree with those two tweets, do you think it is fair that so many people are piling on her?" But it's vitally important to consider that there are many other examples of Rowling being transp hobic. In no way should either he or the student be jumping to conclusions on whether OTHER people are justified in THEIR atta cks on Rowling which may be related, for example, to her misinformed essay against transwomen in womens' spaces. Until that question, the teacher was doing very well; just had to had in a biased jump to conclusions at the very end.

[@ronhoward121]

@@lefantomerThose tweets aren't why she's bigoted, and it's not for saying "sex is real" which is believed by basically all trans people. Nor are people criticizing Rowling "only for" being gender critical; it's because of her support for anti-trans activism, making it harder for trans people to live in society, support for prison policy that, by the numbers, results in more SA (but only for the trans women in men's prisons), her unfounded skepticism gender affirming care. All of these things are positions she's allowed to hold... but they are also transp hobic.

[@lefantomer]

@@ronhoward121 Good for her. What the hell makes you think you have the right to insist that other people "affirm" your "transsexual" nonsense? There is no such thing as changing your sex. Feel lucky that you are tolerated and stop trying to bully others into "affirming" that 2+2=5.

[@AzureTwilight]

This is how REAL teachers teach. Instead of taking a stance and only teaching based on that they teach their students how to think for themselves and define their own values for themselves. He taught only the ability to research so the student could find or not find evidence to support their argument. The students convinced themselves they were wrong in their own eyes. He did not just say "you are wrong". Too many people in the profession now don't understand how to teach like this and even more don't seem to care to.

[@xanx1234]

Full applause to the student who eventually realised and said “I feel like an idiot now!”, excellent teaching method.

[@samhilton4173]

He'll probably still virtue signal and believe whatever source of information he looks to tells him.

[@SneedTechIndustries-gf5hn]

Exactly. People can be wrong or informed or make mistakes. What matters is the openness and willingness to look at themselves or issues critically and assess them logically and move forward if wrong. The biggest problem today is people will 'die on the cross' of being wrong rather than seek the truth.

[@hanssvineklev648]

@xanx1234. But why didn’t he “feel like an idiot” to begin with? “If five people are saying it, it must be true.” Really? REALLY??!? He shouldn’t have needed for someone to show him he was an idiot. It should have been intuitive.

[@south6bt]

@@samhilton4173 Nah, I give credit where credit is due, in the past any push back to these claims being made by the students in colleges and universities were met with contempt and anger, now it's met with a debate which is clearly how it always should have been. Kids these days have been told all this stuff, so they agree with it, but they don't know why they agree with it so they're more likely to ask why it's the case rather than just conforming to it being the case. Well done to this young student for be open to push back.

[@tonyr.3435]

I'd have to disagree and say this student is going to remain as is, be tossed about by the loudest grievance to catch his attention or simply happen to be nearest to for the foreseeable future and most likely the duration of his time above dirt. He couldn't give his own opinion or thought on a single question asked of him. In the end, yes he said he felt like an idiot, but he couldn't even make his own mind up on that either. My analysis: Name: Ken, future cuck, will vote blue no matter who.

[@bavros1998]

Exactly 250 years ago Immanuel Kant tried to teach people to use their own brain without the help of others. And here we are in 2024!

[@noelpucarua2843]

Are you saying Immanuel Kant was a failure?

[@bavros1998]

@@noelpucarua2843 Of course not - it‘s just frustrating how the world is unable to learn.

[@diane4488]

The Socratic Method is being used here. Developed by the Greek philosopher, Socrates, the Socratic Method is a dialogue between teacher and students, instigated by the continual probing questions of the teacher, in a concerted effort to explore the underlying beliefs that shape the students views and opinions. This was taught by Socrates, over 1,620 years ago, as a method to develop critical thinking for oneself. He was put to death for teaching it. Not much has changed in education, it seems.

[@noelpucarua2843]

@@bavros1998 Are you saying Immanuel Kant was successful? If so, what is this stuff about 2024?

[@ernestmoney7800]

How can I use my brain, given that it is part of the phenomenal world and not the noumenal world?

[@noah1502]

ive had this EXACT conversation with friends, peers at work, etc. and they all go through the same stage of "its well known that jkr is transphobic" to "oh well i just heard she was, you can find it online" to "oh yeah i just read what she said and theres nothing wrong with it" to "oh wow people are being attacked by mobs for saying sex is real and it affects our lives, esp women's lives"...

[@jinneasbushindo7554]

They don't realize that the same group of attention seekers are the ones who derailed the equal rights movement in the 60's by stepping on everyone else to try to present themselves at the forefront. Everyone's alt lifestyles were subjugated as a result and THAT'S why the L's & G's disassociated with them for so long. Chappelle's skit about the car with everyone riding in it hating them was on point. The car can't get anywhere if attention getters are constantly stepping outside their lane to make everything about them, instead of taking a backseat and realizing their perspective doesn't represent reality. Categories exist for a reason and not recognizing that medically can have horrific consequences, just like not acknowledging a severe allergy.

[@randytyson7262]

Yep, happens a LOT in conversations about liberalism and conservatism. That's why there's a #WalkAway Campaign.

[@DonnaBrooks]

It's not a conversation about liberalism and conservatism. If you think it is, you are part of the problem. Tribalism is not the goal. Polarization is not the goal. Those things are going to destroy the U.S. The goal is to judge people & policies based on evidence & reason & not engage in groupthink. The group doesn't matter if you can't think critically & with nuance. @@randytyson7262

[@ellexusse]

I am so happy to see a real TEACHER. Not an influencer. Not a propagandist. A teacher to teaches people to critically think. Thank you!!!

[@opinion3742]

No, you are happy to see someone who appears to back your opinions. Did we learn who the woman was that was forced out of her job just for saying sex is real? Was that really all there was to it?

[@Grigeral]

@@opinion3742 he didn't support any theories, he pushed the student to think for themselves, that's it. All he said was "Do 'you' think it's bad?" because he kept reiterating what 'other' people think. And seeing as he's just lost his job because of this, I'd say yes... That 'is' all there is to it. The left are perpetually shown to be hypocritical, self-righteous, bigoted and hatefilled people who do nothing by tear down anything that disagrees with them. They scream oppression while simultaneously 'being' the oppressors on every single platform they have. There are so many examples of this that at this point, the only possible excuse for not knowing this is by actively and intentionally closing your eyes to it.

[@liamn2030]

@@opinion3742 You wayyyy missed the point. And for your information, I'm inclined to believe you can find an example of what you ask for if you look; after all, google is free. But you're not going to. You'd rather assume that none such example exists because that goes along with YOUR opinions. Confirmation bias applies to everyone, even me. In any case, the reason I'm not going out to check is because it doesn't matter. The point was the teacher guiding the student through reevaluating his stances which he discovers he doesn't actually agree with under further inspection. For all it matters J.K. Rowling's tweet was one of opinion and meant in a more symbolic stance. The teacher is not supporting J.K. Rowling in this or saying that what she says is true. He's simply asking the student to look deeper into the stances he thought he held, but on closer inspection doesn't, which is something we all should do. Whether there was more to the tweet or not is a question of hypotheticals and otherwise not relevant to the discussion at hand. You prefer to interpret everything as a political statement, and any doubt of your beliefs is an attack against your identity. Any discussion that might rebuke parts of your ideology is suddenly offensive to you. Please learn to be more empathetic with your fellow man, to consider what others are saying, because we all have reasons for doing what we do and it's important to understand them. I believe in you. You can do better.

[@opinion3742]

@@liamn2030 "Even me" - love it! I am doing better. Context - I absolutely insist. My objection is to people calling this the teaching of critical thinking skills. And I'm asking what kind of critical thinking skills don't include asking the student if he gained his opinion from the tweet alone or within the context of the tweet and any other information he had on the matter? But where does politics come in to any of this? Rowling has made explicitly transphobic comments, and taken explicitly transphobic actions. If I have pointed out that these play into the hands of reactionaries and fascists it is in response to other remarks made to me. But the view that trans people exist is not political. It is a belief I hold. One that I think is based on sound information. And there is good reason to believe that there is more than a simple lesson in how to think going on in this video. And there certainly is among many of the people responding to it here. It could be yourself included. I would have to look back at your other comments. And I have to say that is too much effort at the moment. I could guess, or you could tell me, or you could repeat that it is irrelevant. There is always more going on that is expressed on the surface of words.

[@opinion3742]

@@KingPossum I disagree with you. The lesson the student needed to learn was that he didn't have enough information with the tweet alone to have an opinion on whether or not Rowling was being transphobic. I would like to see the follow up after the kid has done some homework.

[@mrwpg]

"i don't have an opinion, i'm going by what other people think", the biggest problem in the world today...

[@ribbonsofnight]

To be fair we really can't have an opinion on everything. The problem is that he still says "given that she is bigoted". I actually have no objection to "I have heard she is a bigot" from anyone who is willing to do the work if it matters. It's the ones who would never research it that are the problem. It's like "I've heard OJ Simpson was a murderer". Notably words like bigot (and Nazi etc.) get thrown around so much that I'm less likely to believe someone is a bigot than a murderer until it matters enough for me to research it. The other massive problem is that if you try to research it you get hit pieces that weave together a bunch of partial quotes out of context with incorrect paraphrases and the author's incorrect opinion (e.g. the goblin bankers represent Jews).

[@nerdyali4154]

An even bigger problem is that half the sheep think they're wolves. Conspiracy theories predominate and the believers are of the opinion that they've escaped the matrix. Someone like Trump or an RFK can vomit up any amount of lies and filth and all attempts at correction will be ridiculed.

[@james.lambert]

For sure. I suspect he has that attitude because he doesn't want the mob to turn on him.

[@chamuuemura5314]

@user-yn7ll3qz1p This is how students are programmed in college. Sometimes going with the flow goes wrong.

[@channel1_channel]

This applies across political and religious group thinks too. Right and left. All that.

[@NoahStephens]

He slowly made the student realize he had no basis for his opinion. Good job

[@Medina-bk2fo]

I like the way he let it flow and the kid realized it wasn't HIS opinion at all -

[@retsuza]

Almost as if this is an extremely transparent badly acted written sketch. How are the transphobes this unbelievably credulous?

[@1dog2cats5]

@@retsuzaIt must be sad to live such a pathetic life that you call anybody who states a FACT and doesn’t just puppet your talking points (lies) a transphobe.

[@bipple4588]

@@retsuza what are you, a conspiracy theorist?

[@netaverse7694]

@@retsuza I hope you find some help. There are free resources depending on your state

[@alihenderson5910]

Wow, that kid learned more in five minutes than in his whole previous education.

[@stephenmason5682]

Did he learn? Or did he simply lick his wounds and return to being his own self confessed idiot?

[@andrewbevan3933]

Hopefully he came away knowing less...having unlearned much that he thought he knew from his previous "education". And he's all the wiser for it. A lot of highly educated people know a lot of things that are not true.

[@andrewwelsh6638]

Not sure what his previous eduction was if anything.

[@alihenderson5910]

@@PoliticalTheatreTV-eu6tt Way to miss the point, nevermind.

[@imopman]

Shows what can be done if you do not have a woke or woke cowered teacher.

[@grendelbear]

This man is EXACTLY what we should be praying that ALL of our teachers are. The fact that he was fired shows how weak and awful the people are that run the school (and most schools). This is upside down world and it's a tragedy. Shame on them.

[@mads597]

Why pray

[@dcmarcello]

No. This is what we should be praying all artists are. He has made you part of his art, and you don't even know it. If irony were a liquid, everyone in this comment section would have been drowned by now and wouldn't even know why. This is sheer genius.

[@pavanshetty9806]

Left Ideology not school

[@carlynroot8886]

Exactly right! This started in the 70s with Govt schools wanting us think be followers not leaders!

[@geoffneal9146]

"People have been saying..." "I haven't really thought about it" 2 problems with the world right there!

[@smithy2365]

It's all about regurgitating what people have heard, or think they've heard.. Nobody can think for themselves anymore or have personal opinions. It's like everyone's scared to be called out

[@JK-hu4lu]

I disagree there's a problem here given his age and willingness to learn. Maybe the guy doesn't use twitter, maybe he's not that interested in the debate, and has heard a common trope about a very famous author and a very famous set of books. And when the guy has said throw a challenging subject at me, he's automatically used a very worldwide challenging subject. He's young, he's learning, no one knows everything and he's taken it on board. The problem is the people who don't question it when presented with a response. I think good on the student for opening his mind, not getting angry or confrontational, and seeing the other side.

[@Serpenzeye]

@@smithy2365 I agree that I think people are afraid to be called out. If you go against a common thought, whether it is somebody’s personal opinion or regurgitated opinion, these days you can expect to be attacked by a mob mentality. This was a wonderful example of teaching critical thinking, but it is not the easy way to go for sure.

[@Serpenzeye]

@@JK-hu4lu I don’t think age has anything to do with it. Even if they are an older person in their 70s, if they are willing to have an open mind and learn to critically think, it’s a beautiful thing. This guy is young and learning, yes… but anyone can also be old and learning. Never stop learning is the important thing!

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

@@smithy2365 I noticed this years back around 2015 with Some videos where students protested people like Ben Shapiro or Milo Yannopoulis. Students would turn up to protest hate but didn't know anything about the person they were protesting and they couldn't give any examples. Part of it I think is a level of FOMO but its like induced by peer pressure. Making your presence known to the extremists to stay out the spotlight and have an easier time in college

[@milton7763]

Terrific teacher! Not shouting down the opinion. Not being pedantic about the student’s opinion. But 100% focused on helping his student think through his argument, walk through the facts and mor consistently draw conclusions whatever they are

[@LadyGodivaBelgium]

In other words: a true teacher, doing what teachers should be doing. Calmly guiding a youngster through a learning experience. Kudos to him. The student can be very happy to have had this conversation.

[@nowandrew4442]

Just a shame it was scripted and not a real exchange.

[@PablitaPicasita]

How do you know​@@nowandrew4442

[@dacookiemonsta963]

@@nowandrew4442how do you know that?

[@nowandrew4442]

@@dacookiemonsta963 for a fact? No. Then again we don't know for a fact that the President of the USA isn't inhabitated by body-snatching aliens.

[@davidacharles1962]

in less than 5 minutes he forever changed a student's life. well done!

[@risksikrikak903]

ikr.its beautiful and kids need more teachers like this.credit to the teacher.

[@marcelmurgatroyd5272]

Remembering what a real teacher looks like, not an activist indoctrinator.

[@sinenomine2681]

This video is blatantly scripted/staged and if you cannot see that then you need to consult a real educator in an actual place of learning.

[@midiprog2266]

@@sinenomine2681 You like to believe it's staged because you disagree. But even if it is staged, it's still true what's being said. Staged or not, it doesn't change the message.

[@sinenomine2681]

@@midiprog2266 Well, that's a worrying logic there. "Staged or not, it doesn't change the message" - are you willing to commit to that idea? Whether or not a message is based on falsehood, whether or not the vehicle for this message is one steeped in deceit, "it doesn't change the message"? Oh I think it does. If the message is sound, then it has no excuse to be expressed in a manner of lies. I do not "like to believe it's staged because [I] disagree" - I am inclined to believe it is staged because it is obviously staged. If it made the opposite point, one that I agree with, I would still point out that it is staged. The conversation seems inorganic, it is unclear just what this man is a professor of and what class he is teaching, you cannot hear the rest of the class, he refers to "these guys" at the start of the video but it seems that the conversation is played out between "the professor" and the off-camera "student"... None of this is definitive proof but I can say with absolute confidence that the conversation in this video is unlike any conversation I have ever been in or witnessed in the real world - never mind in a school between a student and professor. I have never been alone in a room after class with my professor filming a conversation with them. I do not know how that would come about - I don't know a student or professor who would be willing to or have the time to do any of this and upload it to KZbin, especially talking about this specific (highly controversial) topic. It is incredibly fishy. But what you have expressed is that you do not care whether or not it is staged. You believe the message is true, so it doesn't matter that it's staged. If it turned out that the moon landing footage had been staged (and I obviously don't think it was) and this had been proved with very little room for conceivable doubt, would you be arguing that "well, it doesn't matter, because those astronauts clearly went to the moon!" That is preposterous. "staged or not, it doesn't change the message" - give me a break. Yeah, it doesn't change the message, but it CERTAINLY changes the credibility of it as it is being expressed in this instance, and that of who is expressing it.

[@devilcookie9924]

so this guy was fired for this clip? what a joke. give me a break.

[@smellyfinger684]

They hate her because they're told to. That should alarm you.

[@a1pha_star]

Most people are sheep.

[@arcon97]

Reminds me of 2016-present with Trump.

[@steelblueflame]

It DOES, Greatly...

[@mammybelle7302]

They hate her because she speaks facts and not playing into their ideology illusion. < Fact!

[@RavenMobile]

@@arcon97 In what regard? People being told blindly to hate Trump, but not having any actual examples of him being a sexist racist?

[@DinoAlberini]

Kid: “JK is extremely transphobic” Same kid a minute later: “I don’t really think she’s transphobic”

[@geologick]

That's not a kid, that's a grown woman who's been on testosterone for a year or more

[@sheridan5175]

The exact quote is “she has had a history of being extremely transphobic” which is a totally different statement but go off

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

Transphobic is just another word for based

[@DinoAlberini]

@@sheridan5175 yeah, “totally different” 🤣🤣🤣

[@PH4RX]

@@sheridan5175you forgot the important addendum: "I have heard". So it’s not "this is the truth" but "someone else claimed this to be the truth" which in the further conversation extended to "and I haven’t confirmed but believed it based on a large number of people saying so".

[@somai_1]

This is what should be taught in school. How to look at both sides and think critically. It's a lost art.

[@duncansteward4331]

you dont need to taught how to think; all you need is to put the effort into thinking, its your choice, if you want to be lazy and go along with the mob, then so be it.

[@Nbomber]

it takes a higher IQ than the general population have

[@ilfautdanser9121]

​@@duncansteward4331lol. That's some serious critical thinking

[@BennettMats]

But what if children are thought to think critically and they still believe that JK is a transphobic bigot?

[@AkiraFelix-k2l]

​@@ilfautdanser9121he's using common sense. Yeah, I'll agree that is not very intellectual, but is still better than whatever those college students are saying. I would remind you that those college students DID take critical thinking at university. And they go with the mob.

[@karlayoungblood4355]

My dad was a teacher and he said that during his career, he watched the education system move from focusing on teaching kids how to think to teaching kids how to follow instructions. The dumbing down of America has been quite successful.

[@kitamashi]

the dumbing of the whole world

[@Eohippus100]

Dumbed down people are easier to control

[@janwilson9485]

Learning to be controlled without questioning your controllers - very scary. Education should always be learning how to think rationally.

[@Archpope]

4:20 he's proven he's not an idiot. He learned. An idiot would double-down on the preconceived notion he had in his head.

[@boing615]

Yeah, I respect the kid for admitting they were wrong instead of screaming abuse and stomping out of the room.

[@rosablume4346]

exactly, he sounds very young, and just the fact that he asked his teacher about it is good, he is curious and rather open minded. I bet this dialog will be with him forever, and probably next time, someone tell him about a person "being bad", he will definetely have the details first great handling by the teacher, only questions, no condescending or anything

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Exactly. Making a mistake is not stupid.

[@bluebassboy22]

Helping his student think for himself in real time. Very honorable.

[@ABaumstumpf]

Hopefully the student has learnt that his whole approach to reality is flawed and that it is not just this one scenario.

[@Relativecalm2]

Agreed and well done to the student for being willing to recognise his own folly and own it with humility. 👏🏼

[@jerkchickenblog]

honorable? it's his fucking job

[@HeldIntegral]

Imagine learning basic comprehension skills in your 20s

[@clareblom1]

This is what education should be. Teaching students to think critically. Bravo.

[@noelpucarua2843]

What do you mean by "critically"?

[@furrycow9263]

@johnludwig8291If you could think critically, then you would not present your speculation as fact

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

I lost my job because of that. 😃 It was 2009, I think. I was teaching critical thinking, but then teachers who had formation in certain universities were not allowed to teach anymore, mine included. These schools were based on critical thinking, but teacher from classical teaching schools (obey, comb your hair, don't chew gum) were fine.

[@SecretScholars]

@johnludwig8291 This was not scripted. I assure you. I do make narrative films, but this was just a random conversation I almost didn't post.

[@punchinpupun]

​@johnludwig8291 comments as dumb as yours make me lose faith in humanity 😮

[@joedoe783]

The kid who's speaking off-camera is actually pretty decent. He's just been led up the garden path by progressives.

[@robinblick9375]

I can't see what is 'progressive' about not not thinking for yourself. 'Group' think' occurs right across the political spectrum, from the far left to Trumpistas.

[@tarasubramaniam6191]

You mean retro gressives who have wooly muddled thoughts and follow the mob.. please recall the cunning tag line by Marc Antony; " ....Brutus is a Honirable Man!" which drives the Mob ro kill the srong Cinna Transphobe + Bigotted belong to this tag line!

[@LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

Bro is fighting demons in his head 😭😭😭 get rid of your herd mentality think for yourself and question everything, believing one or the other still make you a sheep.

[@teknix314]

Not really he's just no good at using Google. JK Rowling is an anti-trans bigot and doesn't even try to hide it. She perpetuates a myth that trans women are a danger to women and erodes their rights and doesn't believe they're 'real women'.

[@Gardener7]

The way he started off the interview showed that he had been brainwashed already, which is very sad.

[@rowantree198]

This is how education should be. Teach them how to think, not what to think.

[@elenabob4953]

It seems to be haptin college sothay is a regression considering that in the past that way of thinking was taught since the first years of highschool.

[@satanasteguarda]

Yeah, sadly this is 1 in a million. Most teachers are only content if they can mold the students way of thinking to be exactly the same as theirs

[@Pokingclams]

This is the parents job. Not the school teacher. Teachers will do what the state tells them.

[@metaLungiez]

I graduated college in 2010 so maybe things have changed since then but this is exactly how I was taught to think for myself, I don't know where the notion came from that college programs thought but I suspect it's being promoted by people who have never been to college and didn't value higher learning in the first place.

[@joshs2986]

One problem is teaching them HOW to think is still teaching them what to think. He is telling WHAT to think about thinking. Sounds like semantics. But it isn't.

[@mgkelly3389]

He’s a real educator. We need more like him.

[@spoonerbooner]

There are loads of us

[@psibug565]

@@spoonerboonerWe can always do with more.

[@spoonerbooner]

@@psibug565 I'm trying! 😁

[@ALinn-vr3nl]

​@@spoonerboonerThank you. What grades do you teach, please?

[@spoonerbooner]

@@ALinn-vr3nl post 16, creative practice. Critical thinking being a key part

[@BM-fz9yc]

When this JKR thing blew up I immediately went and looked at her statements to judge for myself and she literally has the most reasonable opinions on the topic. 95% of people accusing her of being a transphobe cannot name one “transphobic” thing she’s said. The outsourcing of opinion in this age is truly scary.

[@dannyt4663]

It really is. It’s crazy to me that there are people calling for her to be violently attacked, murdered, and worse for literally these tweets and yet see themselves as holding the moral high ground. It’s insane and terrifying.

[@ladislasayano9406]

Exactly!!! I am in her boat. I was a HP book fan before. I like her even more because she stands up for Women!!!

[@ladislasayano9406]

Exactly!!! I am in her boat. I was a HP book fan before. I like her even more because she stands up for Women!!!

[@ladislasayano9406]

Exactly!!! I am in her boat. I was a HP book fan before. I like her even more because she stands up for Women!!!

[@ladislasayano9406]

Exactly!!! I am in her boat. I was a HP book fan before. I like her even more because she stands up for Women!!!

[@lorilopez5037]

You were patient and brilliant. They didn’t deserve you.

[@andrewturner6642]

It's a shame all teachers aren't like this. JK Rowling should be lionized for encouraging children to read.

[@AkiraFelix-k2l]

You mean in the way Jeff Bezos became a billionaire by selling books?

[@BennettMats]

Should she be lionized for lying for people that are transphobes, or spreading ideas of trans women being predators or referring to trans women as "men in dresses"?

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

@@AkiraFelix-k2lI know nothing about the man. Which books did he sell?

[@andrewturner6642]

@@AkiraFelix-k2l so are you saying you would rather children remain illiterate?

[@paulneilson4106]

​@@AkiraFelix-k2lhow many books did he right.

[@clairetasker9181]

Hats off to this teacher, helping young people to actually see what is real and how to reason through these minefields. Hats off to JK Rowling for standing up for what she believes in.

[@JohnSmith-kf8mv]

And hats off to the student for his "oops" realisation at the end.

[@mrow7598]

Need more teachers like this. Force kids to explain their positions and not just repeat what other people have said.

[@daved5071]

⁠@@mrow7598need more teachers for adult ‘education’ too, unfortunately

[@lethalsub]

Hats off to the teacher for using the same tactic as Ben Shapiro. Hats off to Rowling for being involved with Helen Joyce, who has said that trans people are a 'huge problem to a sane world'. EDIT: bugger, I forgot the \s.

[@Mistmantle88]

@@lethalsubpretty sure she said trans ACTIVISTS are the problem, not trans people generally.

[@Wolf88888]

This teacher deserves an award for his profound patience in helping this young person navigate a minefield of brainwashing and stupidity.

[@CheatersHaveSmollPP]

i don't look forward to the future where most teachers are the other way and only a small percentage will have someone save them from being ignorant.

[@deadworld953]

@@CheatersHaveSmollPP That's not the future, it's the present.

[@melissagodwin1594]

Seriously. It’s sad that we have to teach people how to think for themselves now. I honestly wish this guy could teach EVERYWHERE.

[@skasteve6528]

@@melissagodwin1594 People have had to be taught to think critically since way before Socrates. It's the education system that is at fault.

[@ALinn-vr3nl]

​@@skasteve6528 And the fault of parents. Mine made sure we knew how to think critically, such as about religions and the bible before kindergarten, so that we knew about how religions use peer pressure and other manipulations to suck people in and sink their claws into them and never let go. They then taught us about all kinds of manipulations used by groups large and small, including using kids at school or in the neighborhood to pressure other kids. We were trained to analyze and think critically about what our teachers taught, and how to stand up for what we believed, out loud, and withstand peer and teacher pressure, all before the onslaught of peer pressure of kindergarten. Young kids can and should be taught all this well before kindergarten. The gender identity gibberish is being inculcated in preschool now. Parents beware and teach your kids early. Parents have a responsibility to protect their kids by debunking that gibberish and teaching preventatively. This, religion, and how cults operate, are perfect topics for teaching how to think critically and be wary and watchful of how groups operate.

[@VivianStorm]

Thank you Warren. I am sorry that sharing this very calm and educated dialogue has come with a cost for you personally. I appreciate your voice.

[@brweeks881]

She's suffered the highest form of character assassination ever.

[@loganblackwood2922]

She was all on board with lunacy and then reaped the rewards of it.

[@georgek2499]

And she can weather it due to her status and ability to communicate. Imagine the average person confronted with this bologna.

[@SvenTviking]

Because a tiny minority seeks to oppose 50% of the World and in seeking their rights, they are destroying the rights of others, and that is not the path of wisdom.

[@contraitaly7800]

@@loganblackwood2922 Exactly

[@PhattyBolger]

More just schoolyard rumour on a massive scale. They 're convinced that she's an evil bigoted person, yet very few of them even know what she said.

[@awf6554]

Rowling was badly beaten by her ex-husband. It's not surprising she's protective of women's spaces.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

She ended up thrown out on the street with a baby. No wonder women don’t want men in their shelters, they need to know they’re safe now.

[@levibull6063]

Didn't know that and honestly very understandable

[@AVMamfortas]

So she says. Have you asked the husband? Did you see it happen?

[@essyc4258]

@@AVMamfortas If you google ''Did Jorge Arantes abuse JK Rowling?'' he's talked about it openly.

[@AVMamfortas]

@@essyc4258 Thank you for that. :)

[@mehitabel325]

I'm so glad I'm not a teacher. Dealing with these dim light bulbs every day would drive me nuts. You have to admire the teacher's patience!

[@zogjones]

Lol! It takes patience! But at the same time, it’s important to give people the space TO think for themselves. Every time we tell them they’re stupid, that just reinforces their perspective as they dig their heels in even more. But if there’s no pressure or “rules” and only an inquiry, the thought experiment can have the space and time it needs to happen. If we want to see this sort of healthy thought process on a mass scale, we’re all going to need to allow others the time and space they need to come to THEIR own conclusions-not everyone or anyone else’s conclusions. We g it’s important to you enough, maybe you can try to inquire calmly like this professor when confronted with someone who you and I likely both agree is an idiot. 😆 But for real, that’s what it will take. Peace begins with me. Peace begins with you.

[@SteelGunner76]

I was struggling listening to this student also. Like explaining to a baby how to use a spoon.

[@jerkchickenblog]

that's not what they are. they are students they are learning. please never have children with this attitude

[@AWT8900]

Patience of a Saint...but doing his job.

[@HeldIntegral]

How do they even get here? I thought universities were supposed to have requirements

[@x-mobius0ne]

These are the types of teachers we desperately need in our schools

[@Chaddlee]

I promise you, schools, college and universities are still full of these kind of people. They are the ones busy actually teaching useful things to young people and don't have the time to push "the agender". They are also to busy teaching what needs to be taught to have these conversations with every single student. This whole video s about not just relying on a vocal minority with an agenda to form your thoughts.

[@mikeross4]

I bet he would not last long in a Texas school under present circumstances.

[@michael1]

Better to put them where people go to learn

[@dillanadams6775]

@@Chaddlee this aged terribly, he got fired!!! for just these type of videos. Teachers with this mindset get shunned or fired

[@sandsmarc]

How can someone say “I’m just going off what other people have said” and not immediately die of embarrassment? What a vacuous confession of intellectual impotence, and yet he just puts it out there like it’s practical and acceptable.

[@envirojim187]

Get a grip, he’s clearly a young person being taught critical thinking skills and even acknowledged his lack of said skill at the end of the video. If anything, kudos to him for the growth he demonstrated. And fuck you for your attitude of smug superiority

[@professorfrog7181]

Almost as much as thinking that this video wasn't staged lol, imagine the embarassement from doing that! The sheer intellectual impotence it would imply... Crazy

[@chrisb9377]

@professorfrog7181 how is this staged?

[@jerkchickenblog]

he's a kid, he's learning cut him some slack. jesus

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

you seem to underestimate that this is not only an accepted, but also encouraged behaviour. Why should he feel embarassed by stating something that he deems totally normal?

[@popcorn3407]

I'm relieved this video went the direction it is. To everyone I spoke to that said JK Rowling is bad, they never even know what she said. People are such virtue signalers I swear.

[@trailertrish2587]

Sad isn't it?

[@caitlin1142]

People are sheep

[@markpostgate2551]

At the top of that propaganda chain someone read it, then decided "I must make sure that none of our believers read this" and then passed the message down the chain: "this is hateful and bigoted, whatever you do, don't read: it will upset and disgust you too much and besides by reading it you are being complicit by giving her a platform in your mind." and that is enough to scare the others off from reading.

[@andrewjoyner4133]

I remember having a back and forth with someone in the comments and I asked them to give an example of when JKR was bigoted. They said 'well they wrote this essay' bla bla. They can't give examples because there aren't any so they make it as vague af. JK did indeed write an essay but there is nothing transphobic there. It is their interpretation.

[@markpostgate2551]

@@andrewjoyner4133 It depends on your definition of "transphobic". The people labelling her as transphobic literally believe it is transphobic to not agree with the statement "transwomen are women". By that definition, most people are transphobic! By that definition "transphobic" just means non-believer. It would be like labelling anyone "Christophobic" who didn't believe the consecrated communion wafer is actually the body of Christ.

[@Lebatron1970]

Right off the bat he demonstrates why we call these people sheep. In the first minute he admits he's just going by what he was told and didn't come to the conclusion himself.

[@ryanweaver3910]

but have you ever changed anyone's mind by calling them a sheep? the teacher didn't call the student a sheep (and judging by the voice, we're talking about a kid here), nor did he deride the student in any way for not thinking critically. Instead, he calmly and respectfully lead the student through a discourse that showed him the errors in his thinking. these people that we call "sheep" (and, trust me, I've been guilty of this far too often as well) are not sheep. they are people. a sheep does not have the ability to learn to think critically, a human does. if we want the "sheep" to learn, we need to treat them with respect and dignity, and help them to see the gaps in their thinking processes, just as this shining example of a teacher did in this video.

[@Strange9952]

@@ryanweaver3910 Yes he's not "literally a sheep" It's drawing a comparison to people who are afraid to think for themselves and just follow the crowd, like a sheep.

[@markpostgate2551]

​​@@nataliavorontsova5174 Cows then? Cows move around in herds just like sheep, but they are frickin frightning when they all move towards you and state threateningly.

[@johnthecloud]

In a lot of cases you're taught to be a sheep, to unquestionably follow authority. That's instilled in you from the moment you start school, and continues throughout employment, and throughout religious observance. They want people who will obey, not people who have critical thinking abilities.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

@@markpostgate2551 Cattle, not just cows. You don’t want to be charged at by a bull.

[@michaelgreig7760]

This is how 99% of students talk....clueless.

[@schnapps2241]

yeah, they're students. they're there to learn.

[@jeremybuckets]

Of course they’re clueless, they’re kids. This is how they learn. The problem is the adults who fire people like this teacher for actually teaching critical thinking skills.

[@tdb517]

Nothing wrong with that. Being patronizing to students and mocking their lack of knowledge on the other hand...

[@tfr2602]

@@tdb517 I guess the whole learning experience would be patronizing to you then, since you obviously know it all.

[@tdb517]

@@tfr2602 Pretty ironic you think i'm the know it all when i'm responding to someone calling 99% of the students clueless (which is what i refered to)

[@federov100]

“She’s really transphobic…I’m just going with what other people are saying…”

[@ScratchySlide]

If only there was such a thing.

[@Lana-ww9qw]

I love! Jk Rowling! For dealing in facts! So even reality! is transphobic! These days..how low have the masses sunk.

[@squatch545]

Just like YOU are going with what other people think (that she's not).

[@mkaz3997]

The cognitive dissonance was excrutiating!

[@michaelfitze7894]

A teacher myself, I found that statement alarming. I thought about what my own boys are like. From the time they could reason, I asked them "what do you mean?" and "how do you know?" I told them that to know the truth, then would need to constantly ask themselves those questions. The idea that one would believe something because others do is sometimes called "bandwagoning." All children should be taught to avoid such fallacious reasoning in school.

[@pg4662]

"I've heard " and "I'm just going with what a lot of people have said" is where the problem lies. I'm astounded that these youngsters, who literally have the means to research things PROPERLY, at their very fingertips, are so ready just to allow themselves to be dragged along by the mysterious 'they', as in 'they' said. But hats off to these too for educating and for listening. That is educated.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

thats the argument for the vast majority of these people 'well thats what everyone is saying' is Chinese whisper lead bullying.

[@markbrown2206]

This is why it's like a witch hunt. Back in the day, when someone was called a witch, if you didn't agree (note not even going as far as disagreeing) it meant you were probably a witch. And if you in any way tried to defend a witch, then this was proof that you were definitely a witch. And the best way to make sure you weren't accused of being a witch was to accuse someone else because a witch wouldn't accuse a fellow witch. Nowadays we have other things to accuse people of, like being a racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic. And while some people are those things, most people aren't. And by saying that I prove (to some people) that I'm all of those things. And there is no evidence I can offer that will prove me not guilty. My only option is to admit to being and to promise to try and do better (by calling someone else a racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic). It's a very basic social lever that's been in use in small groups for thousands of years (think back to high-school). But every once in a while it goes viral, and then humanity spends the next few hundred years pretending that they weren't part of it.

[@zogjones]

I was in 2nd grade when we learned the distinction between fact and opinion. We spent at least a week on that unit. That was around 1983 or 84. It was strange to me at first that other people didn’t understand this, but then I realized that 3 decades have gone by and 20-somethings probably were not taught that. But things will change, they already are. Humans don’t like to be told what to do or how to think and the backlash is already starting in that generation. 🎉❤

[@swagmanandy]

Jk wasn't apologising, she was just reiterating a fact.

[@Christobanistan]

She was being diplomatic.

[@raoulduke344]

Good, she had nothing to apologize for.

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

@@raoulduke344 She has a lot to apologize for, just not in that particular instance. Her years of pandering to these nutjobs with all the suddenly black Hermiones and what not were not helpful, though.

[@chuchu5946]

@@berserkasaurusrex4233I wanna see Malfroy call black Hermione “Mud blood” in the upcoming tv series. That would be wild af.

[@Byorin]

@@berserkasaurusrex4233 JK Rowling created the Harry Potter universe. It’s hers. She just decided to share it with the rest of us. She doesn’t have to apologize ever, when it’s Harry Potter related. She could approve of Hermione being white, black, albino or polka dotted and it would still be within her authority, regardless of what entitled readers think.

[@1312Johnny]

Love how the students whole belief system collapses when asked to find a single piece of evidence. Awesome’penny-drop’ moment.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Penny drop? I'm not familiar with that expression. What does it mean? Do you mean, "You could have heard a PIN drop? Or something else? I've heard the expression, "Waiting for the other shoe to drop."

[@1312Johnny]

@@DonnaBrooks sorry (British term) it’s a moment of realisation “the penny has finally dropped” in reference to an old Victorian carnival game where you would put a penny in a machine. When the penny drops you win…

[@Malky5279]

That student sounds terrified to have a opinion outside the herd.

[@alihenderson5910]

That's the whole point of groupthink.

[@mcihs2]

The vast majority of people don’t like to think…..

[@YautjaPrime-gw1on]

'Groupthink' is definitely up there as a modern day oxymoron!

[@weyoun6535]

None of us are immune, there’s a reason that we are bombarded with propaganda day in day out. Even if you think you are immune some of it will shape your sub conscious opinion. We are communal animals with a need to feel secure in our peer groups, and that is what gets exploited by those that use divide & rule. It’s all about keeping attention away from the real crimes.

[@mtb416]

The left wants people to be fearful and see thinking for themselves as wrong.

[@booker0110]

Full marks to that student who found his critical thinking and admitted his error.

[@thecloudtherapist]

Yes, extremely rare these days, especially on your side of the pond. Things seem sooo polarised now.

[@advancedbasicsAB]

Yes, credit to him. He seems like a good kid

[@hirakaiko5570]

This is exactly what teachers are supposed to be doing. The student isn't stupid for thinking the way that he did, his past teachers had let him down - esp. obvious in this case because the student was clearly eager to learn.

[@bobdarrick2628]

Yeah, but to go a step further it needs to be taught that tr*ns stuff is wrong & that being negative towards it is not a bad thing.

[@duki8616]

not really an error. Just never had the knowledge to make that assertion. An assertion which is true.

[@rogercarlson2319]

This is the kind of critical thinking that should be taught at university. Sadly, the opposite is true. Today, universities teach "think as we tell you to think."

[@Kelsea-im8ob]

It should be taught at home or failing that, primary school.

[@JackHaveman52]

If he said that Rowling was transphobic, to a great many of university teachers, they'd pat him on the head, tell him what a good student he was and give him an A on his next assignment. No one would ever state why they think that because they don't have to. Dogma is to be repeated not to be discussed or induce thought.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Genetic issues cannot be trained better

[@clemdane]

University is pretty late imho

[@heron6462]

The problem is that people don't know how to be friendly other than by agreeing with each other on unexamined and off-the-shelf opinions.

[@EsaúNogueiraAmancio]

We live in a a time where having unbiased basic critical thinking is taken as something incredible. What a shame this time is.

[@Pistonrager]

Being unbiased means you're the enemy of every idealist.

[@jasonwismer2670]

Perfect way to walk through this. You didn't tell him what to think. You taught him to think.

[@calsavestheworld]

But Socratic questioning is a means to covertly manipulate, too.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

Which is what should be the goal of parents and teachers. If you don’t know how to think critically you are easily manipulated and controlled.

[@austenlawson5993]

“Let’s learn how to critically think”. I love this guy

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

None of this is critical thinking. He's just going through one dog whistle filled statement and ignoring all context, intent, current events, subtext, and double speak. This video is a clueless simp proving he doesn't understand what dog whistles are and relies entirely on the pedantic nitpicking dictionary definitions only debate style of Ben Shapiro. At the end of the day, we are all judged by the company we keep. Joanne's stans deserve to be judged just as harshly as the actual nazi propagandists Joanne has spent the last 5 years palling around with.

[@TwinTalon01]

As the teacher, you could not have done this better. Absolutely perfect. You’re a gem💎💎💎💎💎

[@javiersds8081]

This is one of the best teacher - student interactions I've seen in my life. The professor is not trying to put this kid down or patronize him, but help him learn a lesson via his own means. Amazing.

[@minhearg8331]

"Because some people were saying JK Rowling is transphobic then, I thought, it must be true..." That's called 'groupthink'. Groupthink is a phenomenon that occurs when a group of individuals reaches a consensus without critical reasoning or evaluation of the consequences or alternatives. Groupthink is based on a common desire not to upset the balance of a group of people.

[@marquisdemoo1792]

Damn, commented that it was groupthink and then went down the comments to find yours!

[@bluebird3281]

You left out how group think is a tool of Marxism, one of their main ones.

[@stevecarter8810]

And oh boy is twitter upsettable. We networked everyone's hind brains together to create a machine for generating knee-jerk reactions on a global scale.

[@lisacook8235]

A ray of light in the darkness of a world gone mad. This needs to go viral.

[@trailertrish2587]

She has no reason to apologize.

[@gumse666]

When you apologise they smell weakness and attack 10 times harder. With that said she brought this upon herself by years of woke virtue signalling. So the woke crowd saw her as an ally and when she broke ranks they considered her a traitor. So in the end, as so often before: notmyproblem.jpg

[@outsidelookingin4657]

True, when you actually listen to what she wrote in reply to the first comment it was a apology she was just repeating what she said in the first comments in a different way. Love the author.

[@martinborm2871]

Agreed. And she didn't apologise. She just clarified.

[@AkiraFelix-k2l]

​@@martinborm2871she kinda said i'm sorry you feel that way. In a more sophisticated manner.

[@backintimealwyn5736]

and she never did.

[@melonytoni9016]

Is this real? Almost sounds like satire.

[@andrewwallace3047]

Big respect to the student for saying he felt like an idiot. Big respect to the teacher for examining the facts properly.

[@dave93x]

He will still go out there and parrot that she's "transphobic". These types normally just fold in a conversation like this because they can't handle looking like an idiot. They have no backbone and so they will carry on going with what others say. These kinds of conversations don't do anything for my faith anymore. I've seen these types of conversations and then they just carry on as if it didn't happen.

[@yomomma9687]

I've always been transphobic and I think that's fine cos I can't really help it. A phobia is an irrational fear. I'm scared of spiders. Should I be? Probably not, but I still am, cos they creep me out. And I have a phobia about trans people cos they creep me out. Cos it's weird and just looking at them induces a feeling of regurgitation in me. That's why. I can't really help it. There's just something not quite right about it

[@ken90017]

@@yomomma9687Have you met a trans person? Are you *sure* 😂 maybe you just think your phobic if when you actually test it you love them. Like Brussels sprouts. Just messing with your logic. Btw: Jumping spiders don’t act like other spiders, maybe you don’t mind jumping spiders. And pictures aren’t accurate. You might like durian looking at pictures, but irl you might throw up. In terms of people, same.

[@pilferedbrimley657]

@@dave93x she is transphobic

[@shiftylad9938]

This teacher will probably be sacked for actually thinking 💭🤷‍♂️

[@ChuddmasterZero]

What a terrific teacher. Huge kudos for encouraging your student to THINK rather than to recite dogma. "How do you know what you think you know?" is one of my favourite questions, and this exchange exemplified why everyone needs to examine why they hold certain opinions.

[@mitchjohnson4714]

This is why I actually love Wikipedia in an educational context. Kids need to understand that knowledge doesn’t come from on high. It’s a bunch of regular people arguing about something until either (a) one side silences the others, or (b) one side convinces enough people to join it that this side becomes the overwhelming majority. It’s terrifying and beautiful at the same time, and Wikipedia is a microcosm of that. “Wait, any jackass can go contribute?” Yeah. Let that sink in.

[@zoefree3950]

Jk is trying to protect biologically female spaces…that is not transphobic 🤷‍♀️

[@BennettMats]

biological female spaces are not under any threat. This is fear mongering against trans women.

[@lewinwickes9882]

"Biologically female" is redundant.

[@PatrickWhitaker-ls2cs]

​@lewinwickes9882 no, it isn't, it's just an inconvenience to you.

[@CurlyJack22]

​@@lewinwickes9882 not when people can now be seen as female in only a legal sense

[@simon15117]

The gender debate is lunacy

[@helen677]

Why can’t he have just looked at her tweets himself and then thought about what it meant. They’ve all got these devices in their hands.

[@Enhancedlies]

thank you for being the adult that these kids need

[@OutOfElmo]

Won't his mind be blown when he finds out the actual truth about all the crap he's been fed by his peers. None of the stuff they believed was true.

[@jt_climbing]

yeah he totally found the actual truth by reading one tweet. good for him

[@YammoYammamoto]

This is how a conservative anti feminist, anti diversity person is born. :D ...by feeding them truth and teaching them how to think for themselves.

[@RenaldTremblay]

people like him should not be able to vote. he never thought and doesnt have opinions. no intelligence there.

[@dgallagher7029]

More teachers are needed like this to not just help youngsters but to inspire everyone to think for themselves and not to jump on the bandwagon.

[@jaymarie2592]

The kid is too much of a straight man... he sets it up too perfectly. This has a feeling of being staged, even though I ultimately agree, JK Rowling is not a bigot. I would have liked to see a more realistic depiction of what women/girls encounter when we defend JK Rowling, this isn't it.

[@Gamber_G00]

That man did a wonderful job! He didn’t just talk at him, he forced him to take a stance based on personal alignment or misalignment. Well done!

[@nathanb2882]

Both of them are great guys. The other guy was open and willing to learn. He also came to his own conclusion that he had just followed others as part of the cult. So kudos to both of them.

[@vgman94]

Excellent acknowledgement. The student himself had a self honesty that many lack. Both of them did well.

[@yeetproductionsbah3809]

Assuming its a guy???? Wowww

[@booker0110]

@@yeetproductionsbah3809 it’s a reasonable assumption. Just as when a stranger calls you - you tend to know if it’s a male or a female calling.

[@bajskuk]

Willing to learn or super impressionable? Seems like the kind of kid who adopts the opinion of whoever he last spoke to. The next day he may encounter another person saying "no really, JK Rowling IS transphobic" and he'll agree with that too. I'm not so sure as everyone else seems to be that this was the moment the kid learned how to think critically.

[@strawpiglet]

I found this student's initial thought process frightening, and his revelation refreshing. I think all of America desperately needs lessons in critical thinking.

[@noelpucarua2843]

Who do you think should teach the lessons?

[@sanekabc]

@@noelpucarua2843 Someone who understands what critical thinking is. Who do you suggest?

[@noelpucarua2843]

@@sanekabc I didn't suggest, and I still don't. If you bring your thinking to the issue you will see I asked @strawpiglet who he/she thinks should teach the lessons in critical thinking.

[@strawpiglet]

@@noelpucarua2843 Same answer, teachers who know what it is. It's not giving an opinion, it's learning to think objectively. I gather from the comments that this video was make believe, but it did show a critical element, which is researching the root of the claims you have heard.

[@strawpiglet]

Well, now I've read from the poster that this video is a real conversation he had with a student.

[@guyfanno1]

If people would just take a beat and read the whole thing in context do a minimum of research on their own instead of knee jerk emotion driven reaction to what they are told there would be so much less angst in kids.

[@MissAnthropeR6]

Exactly! I was a tertiary education teacher for 22 years myself. I, too, tried to teach students HOW to think. I would often give them activities to practice critical thinking and to question popular opinion. That's the job of a teacher. We are not supposed to be propagandists! Well done to this guy.

[@Art-is-craft]

There is no such thing as critical thinking. There is the use of logic nothing else.

[@randomnumbers84269]

@@Art-is-craft semantics

[@ellensovlange]

⁠@@randomnumbers84269 it’s not semantics. It’s the perspective that shapes your world view: Is a glass half full or is it half empty? Is it critical thinking to use your brain or is it logic to use your brain?

[@DeborahHamilton-q1w]

@@Art-is-craft Here's a question for you. Inductive or deductive logic? It takes critical thinking to decide which is more appropriate to use at any given time. The point is to be able to actually think things through.

[@Art-is-craft]

@@DeborahHamilton-q1w Critical thinking is a wishy washy term that has no real meaning. Critical thinking in academia is the implementation of critical theory but I am almost sure that is not what the original post implied.

[@mpccengineer]

As a college instructor who often fields similar loaded questions, this is the only antidote to group thinking ignorance in the world. Well done, and thank you for representing true educators so well.

[@tabbris]

In your expertise as a college instructor when JK Rowling says "sex is real" what do you think she means by that?

[@DonnaBrooks]

What's hard to understand about, "Sex is real?" You don't have to be a college instructor to understand that. @@tabbris

[@DonnaBrooks]

Are you able to do this with your students?! I'm surprised that anyone teaching in college can challenge the mass delusion in academia today without being reprimanded by the admin & made to go through "re-education" programs & attacked by the student & online mob!

[@wojciechsura]

I actually have full respect to both the teacher and the student. Good job, both of you.

[@coolmacatrain9434]

That student learned ... _Nothing_ !!! zilch!

[@wojciechsura]

@@coolmacatrain9434In the contrary, he has learned that opinion of a group of people and the truth are two different things.

[@coolmacatrain9434]

No, he had _Already_ learned to run with the herd .. which is exactly what he is doing here. I guarantee you that he went straight back to thinking the way he did for the first few minutes of the video the very next day.@@wojciechsura

[@michaelbruvolt4221]

I respect the teacher. The punk asking the questions? No. There is nothing redeeming about him.

[@GhostofFHBradley]

It was like watching a Socratic dialogue. The student learned that he knew less than he thought, and seemed gracious about it.

[@heydonray]

Well for one thing, let’s discuss the definition of “Phobic”.

[@cliff481]

The student's statement that he doesn't think there is a problem, but several people think there is so there must be, is frightening. It reminded me about social experiments of the 60s (?) where 8 people were seated around a table. 7 of them were in on the test and 1 was not. The orator asked each of the 7 informed students what 7 x 8 equaled and one at a time, they all answered incorrectly but consistently, 54. The camera was on the 8th student who originally chuckled at the first person's answer but increasingly showed confusion as each person answered the question with the same wrong number. By the time the question was answered by student 8 he said 54. He knew it was 56 but answered wrongly in order to fit in. An good example of this can be found on YT Social Conformity - Brain Games LIU

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Wow. I would like to think most people would figure it out and be like 'Whats the matter with you people?' If all the guinea pig answered 54, yes it proves the social conformity theory, but its sad that people would want to fit in with a bunch of people who are clearly playing a joke on you.

[@Helmutlozzi]

"I'M GOING WITH WHAT OTHER PEOPLE TELL ME TO THINK" This is horrifying. How is simple thinking so hard for these young people?

[@MattSeven]

Well, when half the country's thinking Hunter Biden's laptop holds magic incantations opening a portal to hell...

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

They live in a world where having the “wrong” opinion can get you socially flogged. It’s horrifying, but not surprising. I wish it wasn’t so, but it is.

[@hillehai]

I think it's the fact that he actually says it outright. I mean, anyone with an IQ above room temperature should be able to realize how ridiculous that sounds before uttering it. He's basically conceding the "debate" by saying that.

[@wge621]

​@@hillehai for real. the sad part is, this is a desirable outcome for those who have a big impact on media and politics. they don't want people to think critically or for themselves. it's much easier if they can get as many people to jump on the bandwagon as possible for fear of social retribution. most people have even been conditioned to think "conspiracy theory" automatically = stupid, ridiculous. which is hilarious because they don't realize why having this knee jerk reaction actually vastly simplifies conspiratorial behavior. it's like saying "anyone who accuses other people of cheating is an idiot!" - well what do you think the end result of that is?

[@woutertron]

He didn't say "what other people tell me to think". It is very normal and to an extent healthy to pay attention to what everyone else around you believes. That's what culture is, that's what a society is. But it's also important to think critically about the beliefs and values of others and yourself.

[@sh0k0nes]

I don’t have an opinion on it…but he had an opinion that’s she’s bigotted…based on what ‘others’ said. This teacher is excellently dismantling the lack of thinking

[@thebarkingyears]

Deprogrammed this kid in real time

[@davidstokes8441]

THank you. JKR never said anything to suggest that she is transphobic. She says live your life as you wish but don't force your choices on to me.

[@stephencollins9062]

Yeah just don't ask normies to accept you when you can't accept yourself for who you are.

[@border304]

She has a problem with trans women being in the female toilets. It is all stalls so what is the issue? People complained about women using public toilets back in the day. And black people. She needs to get with the times.

[@iambob6590]

"Transphobia" as it is commonly used, is a baseless, ephemeral and meaningless word. If we approach the word properly it means "An irrational fear of change" Phobia - Irrational fear Trans - Change

[@border304]

@@iambob6590 And homophobia isn't a fear either. Should be homoism I suppose but that's English for you.

[@bluebird3281]

@@iambob6590Trans original meaning in Latin was "far side of" like Trans-Atlantic. So, to be transsexual means to be the far side of the sex, but it never means a different sex. The same with gender. Trans-Atlantic doesn't mean you are now the Pacific Ocean because you identify that way. You may be at the far side male or female, but you never stop being male or female. They don't know what the words they use mean.

[@albeit1]

JKR doesn’t capitulate to beliefs she disagrees with. That’s why they tell lies about her.

[@Bookhermit]

I'm actually impressed by the student - he was willing to actually change his opinion, rather than just leave or try to shout down words he didn't want to hear. Of course, that's the advantage of one-on-one conversation. Had it been a group situation, it would have been far more challenging.

[@pollyparrot9447]

That's a good point. I doubt that the teacher would have had as successful an outcome if he had tried to reason with the mob that bailed up Riley Gaines at San Francisco State.

[@davidgaskin5417]

Very good point. One on one, you can usually have a decent conversation. On the other hand I have seen plenty of examples of crowds/mobs of people literally screaming and shouting one person down from speaking their mind.

[@siras2]

I'm afraid I wasn't impressed at all. He's reached college/university and this is (apparently) the first time he's ever really thought for himself - and even that revelation has required some serious prompting from his tutor.

[@OfficialRogue]

@@siras2 Yes it's actually alarming how at this level of education, he still needed his so much hand-holding in order to challenge notions that he acquired without ever critically thinking about them... to me his entire tone screams woke zombie / bandwagon type, and he sounds so scared to even have an opinion, so much that he will probably go back to those preconceived notions because it's "safer" for him. But yeah there's worse, he could be stuck and unwilling to partake in discussion (which would be insane in college but is sadly exactly what is happening nowadays)...

[@p.s.shnabel3409]

@@siras2 Kid was probably brainwashed since the day he entered kindergarten. Thus, I disagree: it is quite an achievement to break free of (just about) life-long conditioning with only minimal support from someone else. Most of us never do. We learn something, it fits in with our bias and we will never look back to challenge that. Myself included.

[@maryjo3550]

I love your videos! Your calmness and logic is refreshing! Thank you❤

[@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507]

JK is defending biological women's sports She is a hero calling out outright bs

[@iambob6590]

Don't forget that she (JK) agrees with 99% of the outright BS. All it took was this one disagreement for her to be cast out as a pariah.

[@TheKamperfoelie]

@@iambob6590you mean like magic is real?

[@worldspam5682]

All they need to create a disruption in their cause is to add something that is working against everyone.

[@worldspam5682]

​@@iambob6590idk with what else. I know she's feminist, but I didn't heard something radical nor something gay on the level of "blue short hair fake lenses ze/zir abomination"

[@oACDCo]

@@TheKamperfoelie She always was a hardcore feminist. Conservative people siding with her is so funny to me.

[@dinkmartini3236]

The golden phrase that can save education and by extension--freedom: "I'm not teaching you WHAT to think, I'm teaching you HOW to think." Just to illustrate how deep the sickness runs, I'd bet it all that this individual has been or will be targeted for cancellation.

[@Ogami0Itto]

Critical thinking is clearly critically endangered ...

[@CHILLknowsfootball]

I think that people, who agree completely with one side or another, aren't thinking for themselves.

[@tiramisuvodka8353]

Yeah even the teacher is biased asf, that wasn't a debate it was a 'gotcha moment' with a teacher vs a student...

[@mrbeez8631]

​@@tiramisuvodka8353prove your claim. You have yet to do that here.

[@clem8475]

Seeing someone's prejudice being deconstructed in real time is just beautiful.

[@JahBeatSoundSystem]

Too many kids are so easily lead, and not thinking critically. This was great teaching.

[@EllaSqueaks]

"Education" made them like this. This teacher tho, this is proper education.

[@sam04019491]

They must be pretty heavy if they are made of lead.

[@LarryCurley]

Translation.. "I don't know how to think for myself so therefore I'll let Twitter tell me what my opinion is."

[@PuddilyOops]

But he was able to change his mind. That’s what we want.

[@chrisjenkins9978]

Nothing is “transphobic” or fill-in-the-blank-phobic as a phobia is an irrational fear of something. People may find the trans-ideological-lifestyle repulsive or distasteful but, that reaction is not a phobia. In fact, it’s a normal biological reaction to abnormal behavior.