I am so sorry but I had to pause the video for like 2 minutes because I couldn't stop laughing at the WOKE Act. As a German, if history class isn't making you uncomfortable and/or you personally feel attack by true events, you can't be helped.
I live in a very right leaning state, which means everytime I go into the break room at my work, I get greeted with the horrible sound of screaming conservatives on the tv debating over problems that don't actually exist. The remote also never seems to be found so I just sit in agony through my break 🙃
@@twiggledowntown3564 it's pretty shitty ruins your break cause it's almost always being hogged by someone addicted to bad reality shows and right leaning crap
I know your pain. Back before Rush Limbaugh had a national broadcast audience he honed his ad hominem ad infinitum in Sacramento for three years and I sometimes had to work in the area where the boss's radio blasted that bent diatribe over actual loudspeakers. Prior to that, I didn't really align politically, although at that time, I was cultivating my own personal philosophy by reading books and writing, but from hearing Limbaugh lambast liberals constantly, I knew I was more liberal than whatever he was pushing.
I live in a relatively rural area and have family friends who listen to Fox News constantly. I’ve definitely noticed a change in their behavior - they seem angrier, less open minded, and less likely to listen to people with different viewpoints. I grew up in a diverse city and am liberal so it’s been scary to see these changes in people I love and respect.
I understand the feeling. My mom used to stay out of politics, but after moving to take care of our grandma who's a die-hard right winger who's on fox news 24/7 I've noticed a shift in her. She's always in a bad mood and constantly arguing about stupid pointless shit if she stays over at our grandma's house for too long. It's scary and sad. When we had to live at her house and take care of her for multiple months, the news affected me too. I'm queer and trans, and the constant lambasting and hate speech about trans people (and just minorities in general) fucked with my head and gave me some crazy fucking dysphoria and a near-constant headache daily. I literally feel sick whenever I have to stay in her house for more than a few hours.
My mother told me that there is going to be a shift, people are either gonna get on the correct side, or get left behind. It's sad to see our loved ones get swallowed by the evil that comes through the screen.
You are amazing!!!! Thank you for the work you do! It's very needed and grounding to listen to. It helps me on the daily and affirms my experiences, insights, and work. Last night, I was thinking about the lies and the visible (to sum) and invisible strings/pillars of whtie supremacy. It can be very daunting knowing we can and should increase accessibility to save people who are living and improve their health and well-being... these systems take what is the most scared, our very lives!
My parents have been watching a lot more TV news & sketchy internet news (and "news") and I've noticed a very big tonal difference between the local news round their current home and in the region they last lived. I've noticed a change in them, as well. They've definitely been slipping farther right of their liberal-left leanings. It really _is_ easy to influence people and change their opinions that much. All you have to do is to platform people who ought to have no say (like flatearthers & anti-CRT plants - I mean "parents" ↼‸↼) and talk about "people" having "raised concerns" about a topic you just make up (who? People. Where? Idk, name a region you never canvassed, or just y'know, "people"). That "fear of crime" sh¡+ _works_ and it's so frustrating. (See _Some More News,_ "Fear of Crime"[I think "Politics" or "News" but anyway. I can't remember which _Second Thought_ one went into detail on the CNN "officially going centrist" [so said the billionaires who bought it in the TV bundle].) ...And the "native advertising" works on them now, too. P.S. If there's a news segment in which they just talk about an "exciting & innovative new" product or service [or "now affordable"], that's nothing but a paid advert. Full stop. (I think _Last Week Tonight_ covered that one.) So, tl;dr get people off of the CNN if you can. Tell them the truth: that it was bought and most of the "left-leaning" staff fired & replaced with "more centrist & right-leaning people... for 'balance'", which is just gross. Not like it was great to start, but oofers, I was visiting my parents and in the room when they showed the backwards crime graph! It's bad!
I am a trans person, and fox News ruined any chance of me having a relationship with my parents. They’ll never accept me, they’ll never love the real me. They’ve been brainwashed into thinking I’ve been indoctrinated or “groomed” by my high-school. When I’ve been out of highschool for a ages and I am still trans. Once I finally get my own apartment and make sure they don’t have access to any important stuff (like medical and bills) I’m going to start hrt and go low-no contact.
I have a college friend who received a lot of mental health diagnoses, though the depression was very real (even to the point where I recognized some telltale signs of suicidality like giving away or destroying valued possessions), On his own, with a supportive husband, he seems to be doing a lot better. I hope that you find the happiness he has, and the supportive found family that replaced the frustrating and even toxic family where he was born.
That is so rough. Fox news is so destructive. I hope that you can find list of folks who love and support you for who you are. Sometimes love can shine through. A lot of my family in Texas got radicalized. I don't talk to some of them but there are some who still love me. It takes time. Stay safe and take care. It gets better. You know you better than anyone. I am happy you value yourself enough to be genuine to yourself. Keep your hope alive.
It blows my mind that people can be so brainwashed by hateful propaganda that they’d sooner turn on their own children than their confirmation bias. I genuinely cannot understand what is SO WRONG about being gender-non-conforming that it’s worth destroying your relationship with your child over. Like genuinely, what’s so bad about it? It’s not like 90% of our society is “natural” anyways; a hallmark of mankind is rearranging what nature gave us to suit our purposes better. So why is it wrong to do that with our bodies, as well?
(After re-reading my comment, I realize it may come across as me trying to insinuate being trans is “unnatural”. I was intending to use one of the anti-trans arguments that I see a lot, but realize that it may have come off differently. So if it did, I apologize. There’s nothing unnatural about being trans)
As a black woman, I'm dedicated to "Gentle Education ", when I experience microaggression or even overt racism. Sometimes, it's genuine ignorance. Of course, if the person is intent on hurting me, they're worth a small history lesson and no more.
I hope people in your life appreciate your patience. It's important for people to have these conversations, but I also understand people who are tired of saying the same things over and over. We should all try to treat people with grace when possible, but it takes a special disposition to be a dedicated educator.
@Chrispy Chicken I'm aware of that sad fact. The die hard white supremacist are likely stuck in their ways unfortunately. However, I'd like to stop others who simply have white ignorance from becoming white supremacist. I hope that in time, we can work with white people to take care of the real issue....capitalism.
It's great that you're willing to educate people. That must take an extreme amount of patience. I can understand why some people don't want to even bother anymore. It's important for all of us to realize that it's nobody else's job to educate us, and to appreciate people, like you, who are willing to take the time to kindly explain something to us.
I really appreciated this video, I feel like I kind of understand why so much of my family is so spiteful and right leaning. I'm a white girl from a very upper middle class family, and my parents are well into their 70s. My dad over the last 3ish years has gone from never voting or caring about politics to being COMPLETELY radicalized to the right. Almost all of my extended family falls into the white somewhat wealthy upper middle class, and they constantly express anger at immigrants for losing their jobs, affirmative action for their kids being unable to get into schools, loan programs meant for people of color as why interest rates are high, etc. It always felt strange to me because I'm the next generation and I am so vastly improvished compared to them, despite having the highest education in my entire family. Even during family get togethers my cousins literally said "It's so hard to be a white man in this country" I feel like now watching this series I realize why so much of my family is so angry, and hateful even when they are living pretty priviledged lives, and how the right radicallizes these feelings
Maybe it's because almost everyone is getting the boot from capitalism. And the people who can connect that feeling of things getting worse to capitalism are busy talking about privilege, equity, diversity etc. All that right has to do is to give them a scapegoat that they are already biased against. All those things I mentioned, are needed but first, you have to give them a shared struggle. Showing them that solidarity is the only way to achieve it. Now there is a cost to being a bigot. What we do as leftists are appeals to morality. They stop working if others have different moral values than us.
You're a rose growing from the concrete RS. Its very difficult to hold to one's principles in the face of friend and family belonging. Good on you‼️ 👏🏾🧠💯🎯👍🏾
@@kishanrai8622 exactly. Everyone’s at a disadvantage, not just white people. But I think for people of color (correct me if I’m wrong) they’re kind of used to being cheated out of the life promise for them. they are already used to being at a disadvantage. But for white people they’re not at all used to that, so they act irrationally out of anger.
"Why are interests rates higher?" Again you'd have to look at not only statistics and where a individual is located. For example, if I give a black person that has 800 credit a loan. I'd charge less interest because, I know they'll pay it back on time or in a orderly manner via installment plans. A white person with 500 credit score? I'd charge a higher rate because they're at higher risk of not paying the money back. As the feeling of improvised? Everything is more expensive. Shocker. I know. If it's not that, find out why. "So hard to be a white man." Let's just say, if he doesn't want his kids reading a book that describes having sex because the child is six. He's homophobic. If he doesn't want to take his kid out to a 18+ drag queen show. He must be transphobic. If he wants illegal immigrants to legally enter this country. He's xenophobic. Like how people proclaim, "trump isn't above the law." Yes that includes illegal immigrants. They aren't above the law. Saying no to either or means you're having double standards. I'm saying, no matter what he does, he will always be viewed in a negative light. Which makes him frustrated. Angry even.
listening to you speak feels like reading through a research paper ive spent weeks making sound smarter. you are so eloquent and i love learning from you hahahahaha so dorky but
I concur. You are very intelligent and superb at communicating your ideas. So thorough and self aware. We need more thinkers like you. Thank you for sharing your perspectives!
I was with my very conservative family on Thanksgiving, and literally the first thing wake up to in my grandparents house is "FiRsTs It WaS cOlOmBuS dAy NoW tHeRe AfTeR tHaNkSgIvInG" So nice to see conservatives care about the saintity of Thanksgiving by instead of spending time with family, watching a bunch of people victimize themselves. It's a politically charged Thanksgiving Charlie Brown.
I can relate to that. I've heard my mom say things like "what about white owned businesses" in response to things she's heard about Black owned businesses. She also occasionally says the N word (her growing up in a all white town in Southeastern Michigan and being married to my dad who himself is racist aided that but still) as well as both her and my mom hating undocumented immigrants
When Shan is talking about the different uses of the word "love", I am reminded of a series of recent episodes of the Mormon Stories podcast 1712-1714, the first of which is called "Joining the Mormon Church as a Black Teenager - Channel Achenbach". She talks about the teachings of the church and the behavior within it, and how the "curse" of her skin was always mentioned with a quick "but we love you." It made my stomach turn.
Your explanation of true love is so important for us trying to deradicalize those around us. In my experience with conservative family and community members, I’ve noticed that the best way to best de-program them from right wing ideology is to not just focus on their political opinions in the distant way many people do in the internet, but to (in a way that’s safe for you) focus on their whole person and build a close relationship with them. Many times these options are the product of a taught lack of introspection or the desire to introspect. When I’ve encouraged them to be self-critical on all aspects of life (usually through doing so myself) I’ve found they are more likely to begin to become skeptical of their political opinions too. As someone who has lived in these space their whole life, there is a lack of education on how to process information in an empathetic and critical way, so they are easily programmed into reactionary thought (which is built on emotional ignorance.) Reactionary thought is deeply unpleasant to exist in. When these people have the tools to escape it, I find they almost immediately start to pull away from their anger and hatred. We just have a society which is invested in keeping these tools out of reach. Also, if anyone has a similar/ different experience from this I’d love to read it! I can only know so much from my own. Thx to all! 😊💛
wholeheartedly agree. when my approach to deradicalizing family members changed from lecture to nurture it made a world of difference. attacking doesn't change people, outreach does. love IS transformative.
@@mercury4885 eh. Only if the brainwashed people understand what love actually is. If they read/follow the Christian Bible, they'll think cruelty is love. Can't work much with that.
@@pixality7902 i was one of those brainwashed christians once. it is possible to be shown another way. i was shown kindness, patience and love; a way out. and nearly 7 years later i am still discovering the heights of what human existence can be when you are surrounded by people who reject anger as fuel. we as a species are incredibly adaptive and healing is possible- we've just gotta be there for each other
@Lost pelican I feel this comment on a spiritual level. I don't talk to my person that much these days and it makes me sad, they've been my best friend for 15 years and I've known them nearly my whole life. I respect them so I just don't say much and move on. :/
@@tamagothchic I feel like those people are deliberately blocking themselves off of love because they know if they feel it, the guilt on their shoulders will be so large it might crush them. it’s a sad existence
I’ve been thinking about this topic. I live near a really poor town which lost economic stability since it’s railroads became obsolete in the mid 1800s. I always wondered why people were so conservative near me. I guess it makes sense with how they’re being manipulated. Thank you for this video ❤
@@westonmeyer3110 encouraging people to love their fellow men and women and wanting everyone to flourish and have a fair chance just shouldn't be viewed as evil. However, wanting to deprived others of justice, happiness, and equality should definitely be viewed as evil. Life should not be viewed as a zero-sum game. It pits us against each other.
I left my doctors office that played Fox News. How is a place for wellness pushing any type of politics or reminding us the horrible things going on in the world? The last thing any sick person should have to look at before the doctor checks our blood pressure.
Years ago, when I still identified as a man, I was looking for resources for male survivors of abuse and was filtered into MRA TH-cam. Contrapoints saved me.
I'm glad you were able to find different resources and were open to it. Contrapoints rocks. I hope your identity journey is going well and that you find true happiness🙂(from one stranger on the internet to another)
It's horrifying that they target traumatized people knowing that they also use incredibly victim-blaming rhetoric when talking about abuse, both interpersonal and societal. I can also understand how a young trans girl egg might get alienated by cis feminist spaces with a heterosexist and essentialist understanding of gendered violence. Talking about gender without accounting for the experiences of anyone who's not cis or straight, I've known trans women who heard that and said, well, it didn't feel like privilege when I grew up being called f*ggot by my male and female peers. Which is why all feminist analysis needs to be inclusive, not just as a token gesture but as a necessity to paint a complete picture of gendered oppression.
As someone who lives in Aotearoa (New Zealand) this video series is so interesting in the way it applies to conservatism here due to the Americanisation of media (unfortunately that means we have started cosplaying American styles of conservative protest- we had anti-vaxxers living on parliament lawn for a few weeks)
Yeah I saw Shaneel Lal's protests. It is a reminder to other countries that racism isn't uniquely American, because colonization by the Brits, French, Spaniards, etc.
That Limbaugh episode is extremely illuminating to me. It demonstrates perfectly why toxic masculinity is the way it is in the US. Limbaugh did not accept his caller’s fear, or his feeling of inadequacy, or his cry for help. All he accepted was that man’s anger. Men are not supposed to “whine”, to “be scared”, men are ONLY supposed to be mad. And through that framework, men who follow this form of masculinity are easily manipulated through that angers. It’s chilling to see this mechanism so clearly in action in that one exchange.
My father over the past few months has become more into right leaning TH-cam, every time I come into the living room he's consuming some sort of right leaning content. I don't know what to tell him anymore, and I'm also embarrassed to tell anyone around me. The answer you always get from our side is, "just go no contact with them." Which largely I have found to be a damaging thing to resort to in these situations. Most of the time, if it's a friend or someone you're dating, its easy to remove them from your life, but when its my father it's not nearly as easy. My father, the man who loved and provided for me, who took care of my family through severe legal, financial, and emotional troubles. Can I blame him for listening to these men who scream platitudes from the mountain tops? Who tell him "this is the secret! The reason your life is hard is because this country is against you, because the woke media!" It is not enough to be angry at god, at the president, at your father. It is easier to be angry at a concept- like you said. It removes the ability to have any sort of empathy attached to the feeling. And I'm sure at 50 years old, it is eventually exhausting to inspect every feeling you have. I am sure, after 24 years of trying to make ends meet, raising 2 kids, going to college and being in the military, living in a motel and scraping together cash for cup of noodles for your kids- maybe it would be exhausting to try and find out who really did this to you, where the pain comes from. At some point you lay down and decide to rest and let someone else give the answers for a while. Donald Trump came up with good answers that satisfied him and my mother. I don't think I can blame them, I'm not mad anymore. I think I'm just sad- I'm sad because they've run out of gas- I don't think any amount of what I say whether it's correct or not will ever matter. Cutting them off is not an option nor do I feel like I need to because it's not fair for me to be upset at them for being tired. I don't really know why I threw this into your comments- It's not really something I've organized into words before. I'm tearing up just writing about it because I think this video gets down to the part of this whole problem that really matters- people are in pain, and love is political. We're all flopping fish on this deck of life just begging for someone to throw us back into the water and many people don't care who tosses us back in. At this point I think the only thing my parents and some other folks care about is being with the people they love, and being able to take care of the people that they love. Is it wrong to go about that desire in this way? Probably. I don't know. Hopefully I worded this well/correctly. Thanks for always giving me nice videos to ponder on while I go about my day.
i think it's really hard to tell someone that all you can do is continue to love your father (or whomever is at risk of radicalization) and try to be the best example of radical empathy and inclusion that you can. my dad never got into fox news but he used to be rather racist and homophobic and i just...kept being me around him. when he brought up something i disagreed w/, i tried my best to disagree as kindly as i could. when he said something homophobic, i'd tell him about a gay friend of mine that he trusted and ask if he'd say that about them. this is not safe for everyone, and it's not something everyone has emotional energy to do, which is probably why it is so hard to recommend and heard so rarely. i never expected him to change, but over time, he did. i think shanspeare's focus on love is the way to go. just keep showing your father love and compassion and there will be a better likelihood that he realizes one day he's tired of being so angry. i hope you find strength and love and i hope your father does too.
I pray for your parents. That reminds me, the teachings of just "cutting the problematic off" is also a bit harsh when all of this could be prevented. I would know because I was victim of this circumstance, the one cut off for being problematic when it was I who needed the help then most, be it nobody understood me. And that gets me all the time, what could've X person have done to stop this from happening? And the answer is always usually just a simple talk to let your feelings out, even for such people old as they are it still works. For the the amount of shit they've been getting their wholes lives I respect their commitment to still going on and they still have that bit of dignity left within them if they are as is to do follow on the path of those guiding them, hoping for some sort of redemption. This is why it's always helpful to have someone, be it, it's hard with the more set in mind, the older folk. I really do hope that they have treated you to a good life, and hope too that they have a life of peace in mind rather than a neverending flame of unnecessary rage, because nobody deserves that. Old dogs can't learn new tricks but they know how to behave and they know how to listen
There is a channel I have found that does a good job of taking people out the right wing cause it’s a bearded rural white man does the videos. The channel is Beau of the 5th column. Maybe play it around your father and see what happens.
that’s exactly my story. I love my dad, but he’s had a really tough life. his parents were physically abusive, he had to enlist in the military, fight in three separate deployments, and now he feels cheated. He doesn’t care the interest back because the world has told him that his feelings don’t matter time and time again. He’s so full of rage and just wants someone to direct it at, and he decided that the “woke media” was the answer. I still want to try and love him, but he’s so full of rage and he’s given that rage at me. He hasn’t pointed it at me, he loves his children, but he’s passed it down like a family heirloom. What am I supposed to do with all this anger? what am I supposed to do when he blasts propaganda podcasts from the living room? I can’t dismantle systems of oppression or organized protests or even articulate my points correctly, so obviously his worldview must be correct and I am his brainwashed child. what power do I have when he leaves me with none?
@@wren_. you have all the power in the world. You will realize soon that you have more agency in your life than you give credit for- he can't change that feeling in your gut of knowing what's right and what isn't. It's rough but my only advice is to meet it with love, and find things that make sense.
This is only a half-baked thought at the moment, but the concept of conservatives seeing evil as "inherent" or even necessary is so clearly tied to Christianity/Evangelicalism. As someone raised evangelical, I was taught that humans are evil at our core - and I think that belief actually makes it VERY easy to ignore evils like systemic racism and instead to focus on your own individual experience of "being good."
I just found your channel, I immediately subscribed. I'm a white man and I'm angry. I'm angry about the lies I was told in school, im angry about my ancestors, and I'm angry about the way this country treats people of color and the hypocrisy of American 'freedom', keep up your videos, and thank you
I work in a nursing home in a red state, all they watch is Fox News or the occasional sports game 😩 luckily I have some great coworkers but you really see the hate in some of these old folks
I love how eloquently you articulated the difference between fear and anger, and how drastically that can influence people's political leaning! It made so much sense, and you managed to put a thought I've been having into words so perfectly :') I'll definitely be listening to more of the Shansperience podcast heheh
Thank you for your amazing work. Your research, ability to explain hot topics, and empathy for those who have been manipulated are apparent. Know that you are out here being loved. ❤
This is truly a matter of apathy and ignorance in the end, isn't it? People don't like being told they have to fix things, and that because of that they're guilty for upholding a broken system. People prefer ignorance and hatered over guilt even if they know it hurts others.
I am a trans masculine nonbinary person who has a Palestinian mother and a republican father who got more radicalized as I grew up. Fox News was on in the background all of the time in my house and it never felt safe to be there. I’m out now and ready to do anything I can to pull my family away from the echo chamber.
Hi there, I hope you are as well as can be. I know it can be a challenge to keep choosing love and compassion when folks echo hate and misinformation. It has helped me a lot to get in therapy. Learning how to do gentle education and clear communication are a must. I hope you are surrounded by folks who support and love you. I wish you and your family the best. They are blessed to have you. I was the change agent in my family. We are becoming more healthy and functional. It can be done. My core family all accept me for who I am. There are unfortunately family I have lessened or cut contact with because of a usive behavior. Sometimes setting boundaries is the most loving thing you can do.
i truly believe "time will not dismantle oppression, we do that" is one of my new favorite quotes of all-time. i absolutely loved (no pun intended) the third section; i always appreciate how you approach these large topics with such nuance.
8:58 the entire video, i struggled to put myself in the shoes of the people youre talking about. i really dont understand them. but when you said, something like, "say what you cant- and without fear." i suddenly just understood. ive felt like that before, and while im probably not the target audience whatsoever for any of these quotes, nor do I think my experiences truly relate to what you were saying, I know how it feels to be *silent.* i know how it feels to see someone and their voice and realize oh my god people who can do these things *exist* and they speak *loud* and they know what you're thinking too, and what youre thinking isnt dumb or random or irrelevant and that hairstyle really *is* cool. this odd feeling of validation by someone co-opting your opinion-- or someone giving voice to words that your body wont let you say- i can understand *that,* and how liberated you feel once those words hit air, and then to know that those words- *your* words, if you could say them- hit millions of ears -- the sense of vindication would be enough for me to believe anything out of their mouth. its like a veil that drapes over your eyes. i dunno. i still dont understand for the most part, and this probably isnt what youre talking about, but my comments wont get engagement anyway. i dont really feel an obligation to make this make sense anymore.
I totally understand what you mean! I'm a lot better with putting myself in other people's shoes (trauma + autism moment), but knowing that feeling of struggling to express internal emotions in words is a really great way to grasp what these people are dealing with. They have none of the background to understand us marginalized people, hell some of these racists have never met poc or visibly disabled people ever. They were raised from day 1 on Earth to act a certain way, as well being conditioned not to think too hard. Red scare and anti-union propaganda doesn't help either. Our education system teaches people to be great worker bees a lot of the time, unless (like me) you have the privilege of going to private or charter schools. Your point about knowing how great it feels to have someone voice your feelings is a really great one because that is exactly how they get sucked into standing up for awful people being rightfully criticized. I totally get being utterly confused by right wingers, I still am. Although, the more I understand how America really works, the more some of these people make some kind of sad sense to me. Being indoctrinated is hard, it's honestly like escaping a cult.
@@mewmew6158 im so happy that the point of one of my comments was actually conveyed for once!! and i agree! i think people who get knocked down this conservative pipeline have never been forced to see the issues that they're dismissing; poverty or racism has never stared them in the face and snarled like it has for people of color or others who're affected by these issues. and honestly, in that sense i can relate so heavily I'm almost embarrassed; i dont know how it feels to be poor and i dont think ive ever experienced explicit racism, and when someone tells you "america is racist" with that background knowledge, you almost look at them like "huh? really? wow, i never knew." the gravity never strikes you, and you can never think of a situation where you've seen someone being racist; its all because you've never looked for it-- you never even *considered* it, and that was what kept you so blissfully blind. i think my sheer defiance of the notion that im a sheltered rich-kid ((completely inaccurate as far as people have told me)) has made me more "awake" to problems that ive never had. hell- i watch a shit ton of video essays on issues ive never experienced in my life, just because im curious about how the world is for other people. and im happy for that. just my 2 cents. thanks so much for uh... not grilling me, idk. civil internet behavior!! have a good day!
Y'all. I was arguing with some folks about SSI and Medicare cuts the other day, and was telling them about a friend of mine who was born with Cerebral Palsy, and just how badly the cuts to SSI and Medicaid would affect him. One of them actually thought they were making a point when they asked why my friend "needed so much help all the sudden" if he was "getting all that social security and medicade money". 😑 It took quite a bit of good cannabis before I could calm down enough to respond in an appropriate manner.
thank you for the video, I love learning about different perspectives from you♥️🙏 I don't claim to be super educated about this whole topic but this 2 part series really helped a lot!
It’s hard to be super educated on such a large topic! (I’m certainly not lol) We’re all just doing our best, and I hope to hold space for learning opportunities!
When I heard the first line of that poem, i immediately had flashbacks of secondary school. I took 'A Raisin in the Sun' by Lorraine Hansberry (a play based on that poem) for three years as part of our literature outline. Good times🙂
Love you Shan, you're so intelligent and articulate. And thank you for your research. I think especially as a trans person, it's easier for me to see the many ways in which we are all oppressed by the systems of the US and confront some of my own biases. Not to say I'm enlightened or can ever fully understand the oppression poc face in this country or anything like that, but there's solidarity there. I'm so grateful to people such as yourself who make this information and these topics more accessible. I feel that there is so much to be learned from you. "None of us can be free, until everybody is free". ✊️✊️
I've never considered the idea that acknowledging and working to change the problems in society can be a form of love. It's really hard for me to say I love my country sometimes, but this struck a chord with me.
I'm not American and seeing that stack of Twilight books where everything else is red, white and blue just makes me think that Twilight is now a symbol of American nationalism
@@TheModdedwarfare3 potter is more typical of “liberalism” that feels bad for the underclass (muggles) but doesn’t actually do anything but care about “real people” (witchards). Hagrid is basically that “Black friend” - a token minority with a token role. Dobby is the fridged minority. I mean, at least it’s a series that gives women a meaningful role? Oh, wait, maybe, Ginny is just a token love interest, Mrs. Weasley is haustrau, there are some female teachers, etc…
I've definitely noticed a trend of moderates or in some cases even peoole who are fairly liberal becoming more conservative after getting a boo boo when they get called out. The rights strategy is to accept those who have been embarrassed and provide a soft cuddly cushion where they don't have to evaluate their own thoughts or actions.
"he's not angry, he's scared" its both! Anger is a secondary emotion that often covers up fear or sadness. Highly recommend looking into "anger as a secondary emotion"
Shutout to your for your attention to your Production Design and Costume design in EVERY VIDEO. As a film student I understand how long it takes and the amount of thought that goes into it. APPRECIATE YOU❤️
Excited to finish the vid, but your beat up, post noted copy of Twilight SENT me. I too once had a ragged, thoroughly sticky tabbed copy, the one passed around my friend group in middle school... Ahh memories, a simpler time LOL
another amazing video 💖 I love the effort you put into your set designs and costumes. I’d listen to you regardless but they’re fun and I look forward to seeing them.
When Shapiro said about people of colour just 'naturally' dying in childbirth more easily or from illnesses or whatever, like that's just eugenics right? I have diabetes, so my body just 'naturally' cannot process sugar as well as a typical person. I guess in his head that means I should just die as well because that's also 'natural'? Like even if it were true somehow and black people were naturally more likely to die in childbirth because of genetics or whatever, the fact that that isn't accounted for is still a sign that the system is failing.
Ik this is a small change and I'm only just watching from the beginning of this video but thank you Shan for including a visual outline of your arguments! It's nice to have more assistance other than just captions. Thank you! - someone who struggles with audible processing
Love your videos, Shan! It's also exciting to hear Michael Kimmel mentioned, because I'm a sociology major and when I was getting my degree I read a couple of Michael Kimmel's books. At the time I was a right-leaning centrist, and while I didn't fully embrace my transition into leftist radicalism until a couple of years after I had graduated works like Michael Kimmel's (along with other content in my classes) absolutely opened my mind and made me a more conscientious, aware person. I'm literally a poster child for "kid raised in a conservative background becomes a leftist after going to college," lol.
My parents follow the Fox News pipeline and have since a bit before 2016. It has destroyed any possibility of a meaningful conversation with them and has virtually destroyed our bond because they refuse to question their propaganda and in general have a lack of any respect for other viewpoints, to the point of degrading me for having leftist views / opinions / mindset. I'm terrible and an idiot for wanting to increase our social safety net for others... yet my parents live on SSI and are on government funded healthcare - as one example. I can't stand the hypocrisy!!
That spraybottle zoom-in with spongebob reaction really got me for some reason 😂😂 Good balance of heavy topics and eduction with fun emotional release! Well done. Awesome Channel & Great Video.
"Even BS agrees that there will always be inequality and discrimination within society, that the promise of Utopia is an empty one. And in that vein, *conservatives feel justified in denying change* " I think I'm going to get that tattooed
First timer. You were suggested to me by FDS. Really well done video. Informational, entertaining and valuable. Thank you kindly. You definitely earned the sub! (My socks are another story!)😊
i was driving while listening to the end of this video, and the closing bit about the transformative power of love was so impactful to me that i spent the 45 minutes driving aimlessly to think, to process. what a beautiful sentiment, what a wonderful way to approach change. i believed it before, but here it was put in such a deeply touching way that i felt myself change too, fundamentally. i mean this from the bottom of my heart: i will never be the same after watching this. thank you so much.
Even in the small clips of fox you include, it's interesting how its almost entirely meaningless verbal diarrhea. It's so jargon heavy that I don't even know what it's talking about. Thanks for explaining why that is.
though unfortunately i doubt it will, i truly believe this video series needs more reach as it is so important. i haven't seen someone tackle the flaws of the far-right ideologies on such a deep level as you have. it's truly so dangerous that information like this stays hidden while more and more people start to subscribe to that way of thinking.
I agree. I literally just came from a rightist video of white people complaining about their "voices being taken" and complaining about racism to them. The plot twist is, the video was made by an Asian man.
@@westonmeyer3110 dont make me laugh, tucker carlson could tell yall to jump off a cliff to “go against the woke mob” and you all would do it no questions asked. you call everyone else a hive mind but yall r the biggest hivemind in america
The video editing here is awesome. It's amazing she is able to make content this good this consistently. I'm stoked if I can get a few spellchecked emails off a week and she is out here making great content constantly and presenting it so beautifully.
loved this so much, from the crowder set to the spraying. i’ve been doing a lot of reading on baldwin, mlk, and just in general how white supremacy is so reliant on silence and denial and this is was fun to listen to while i made dinner. the radical king is a book that gives a great framework of mlk’s idea of radical love
When you pulled up the baseball equality and equity diagrams i laughed so hard cause ive been seeing those since middle school. So funny that shapiro talks nonsensical lies about concepts i could grasp at 13
This was great. Not sure why I've never seen this channel before. It makes me angry, but I have no scapegoat except for the youtube algorithm. My rage is impotent and directionless and therefore easily exploitable.
This was such a great video. The only Bell Hooks book I've read was "The Will to Change" and it was life changing for me. I really need to read "All About Love." Bell Hooks was such an exceptional scholar and she will forever be missed.
Great video and love the bit about love! I can also relate about the infatuation with conflict and assuming the worse with some people. I like to think I'm good at sniffing out dog whistles, but I forget to check my ego a lot of the times. Gotta work on that. I would also add something my fav history teacher would say: there is a difference between ignorance & stupidity, ignorance can be changed, stupidity is everlasting.
I remember that whole "Left doesn't do a good job at reaching disaffected dudes" "debate" That's the main reason I unsubscribed from Vaush, because he did the whole "that's why the left loses...because they don't coddle bigoted/racist minded people" argument.
REAL! It's not people's job to entertain bullshit, especially POC. I notice how far POC have to go when having to explain EVERYTHING to someone when I don't have to. It hit me like a truck when I realized I needed to stop always 'demanding' answers from my POC friends when I need to actually do work myself.
I think, this really harkened me back to when I moved left, it was out of want to love over everything else. To appreciate people as they are, a need to change and not change others
@@crayonburry Because you have been brainwashed by endless far left propaganda. There is absolutely no “love” coming from the video creator or any left wing commentator. This video is laced with hate and ignorance and you interpreted it as love because you think hate is love. The left seeks to change and ultimately destroy the world because it truly hates it.
@@westonmeyer3110 what’s changed? Because the love I wanted to give and receive while on the right is the same I feel on the left. My definition nor feeling of it never changed.
I am fascinated with the study of epistemic justice, as well as corpus linguistics, which has inspired my own investigation into the childhood indoctrination of the various popular Christian denominations of the United States that have distorted the definitions of various words such as "know", "love", "belief", "understand", "live". My hypothesis is this childhood indoctrination trains nearly ½ of Americans to hold cynical solipsistic epistemologies that care only about what's convenient, not what's true.
Regarding the horrifying maternal death rates affecting African Americans, I have seen data that identified the majority of the effect of this inhumanity with the worst 2 state healthcare systems in the United States, Louisiana and Mississippi, which both have an apartheid split between the urban areas and rural counties.
Men are a lot easier to "suggest" into anger even when they weren't feeling it initially, because anger under the masculinity of at least the generation before mine (and at least my portion of the Millennial generation) is one of the only negative emotions boys and men aren't punished for expressing. Men are taught to be ashamed of their fear, and ashamed of their shame. So offering "why not just get angry?" is an easy way out. I don't necessarily believe that every instance of anger is just hidden fear or shame, but it's a lot easier to manipulate someone to cover up anything with anger if they're ashamed of all other negative feelings. And they push all the other negative emotions on to conservatives, too, and then convert it into anger.
another one where you break big, involved social ideas down in ways that feel really accessible and easy to understand. you always hit it out of the park!
These videos are excellent. I watch all of your content and love the lighter stuff, but these are just excellent. Thoughtful, intriguing, and sensitive. So important.
I feel heard and seen truly. It is disheartening most of the discourse surrounding actual human beings. We are treating each other so poorly and nothing/no one can grow like that. I cannot stand JayZ but that man was onto something when he said “Nobody wins when the family feuds” ( forget the other parts of the song rn) that is so true, men, women, young, old, black, white. We all on this Earth together y’all and we will burn up together if the Earth decides to kill us to save herself. We need each other and I so agree 🫶🏽🙌🏽 LOVE is the only way y’all. We can do this 🤗
this was a really interesting and informative video. i feel like it (and the first part as well) gave me some insight into not just the people around me, but also into myself, and some of my past behaviors that i try not to fall into anymore. thank you for making it and sharing it with us all!
I remember this tweet "fox channel did to our parents what they thought video games would do to us"
That's so true tbh
This is so true it's scary
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HAH SO TRUE /nm
i laughed for like 1 second n then just started being sad
Shanspeare's Cosplay as a conservative podcaster and his set is immaculate
I wholeheartedly agree!
@@whackttheheckt they use they/them pronouns btw ! whole heartedly support ur idea if it's safe haha
@@whackttheheckt omg yes! Bonus fun: ask your dad if you can borrow one of his ties for your costume. ("Can't tell you. It's a surprise." ↼_,↼)
"warning does not play well with liberals" made me laugh out loud
@@arieslofi did they make a video about that or something?
I am so sorry but I had to pause the video for like 2 minutes because I couldn't stop laughing at the WOKE Act. As a German, if history class isn't making you uncomfortable and/or you personally feel attack by true events, you can't be helped.
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Seriously amen
Exactly! History is deeply uncomfortable. I hate my country (USA)
Funny how it is always white people who need to be made uncomfortable.
And this is why I respect Germans yes they have a dark history and instead of running from it they learned from it
I live in a very right leaning state, which means everytime I go into the break room at my work, I get greeted with the horrible sound of screaming conservatives on the tv debating over problems that don't actually exist. The remote also never seems to be found so I just sit in agony through my break 🙃
I’ve heard there are dead end aux things that stop stuff from playing
You could do a little trolling
What's that like having a TV in a break room. I had one at my old job, but it was only used for training.
@@twiggledowntown3564 it's pretty shitty
ruins your break cause it's almost always being hogged by someone addicted to bad reality shows and right leaning crap
Noise. Cancelling. Headphones.
Though, that might draw the ire from your coworkers for contributing to cancel culture.
I know your pain. Back before Rush Limbaugh had a national broadcast audience he honed his ad hominem ad infinitum in Sacramento for three years and I sometimes had to work in the area where the boss's radio blasted that bent diatribe over actual loudspeakers. Prior to that, I didn't really align politically, although at that time, I was cultivating my own personal philosophy by reading books and writing, but from hearing Limbaugh lambast liberals constantly, I knew I was more liberal than whatever he was pushing.
I live in a relatively rural area and have family friends who listen to Fox News constantly. I’ve definitely noticed a change in their behavior - they seem angrier, less open minded, and less likely to listen to people with different viewpoints. I grew up in a diverse city and am liberal so it’s been scary to see these changes in people I love and respect.
Not only scary but honestly just sad
I understand the feeling. My mom used to stay out of politics, but after moving to take care of our grandma who's a die-hard right winger who's on fox news 24/7 I've noticed a shift in her. She's always in a bad mood and constantly arguing about stupid pointless shit if she stays over at our grandma's house for too long. It's scary and sad.
When we had to live at her house and take care of her for multiple months, the news affected me too. I'm queer and trans, and the constant lambasting and hate speech about trans people (and just minorities in general) fucked with my head and gave me some crazy fucking dysphoria and a near-constant headache daily. I literally feel sick whenever I have to stay in her house for more than a few hours.
My mother told me that there is going to be a shift, people are either gonna get on the correct side, or get left behind. It's sad to see our loved ones get swallowed by the evil that comes through the screen.
You are amazing!!!! Thank you for the work you do! It's very needed and grounding to listen to. It helps me on the daily and affirms my experiences, insights, and work. Last night, I was thinking about the lies and the visible (to sum) and invisible strings/pillars of whtie supremacy. It can be very daunting knowing we can and should increase accessibility to save people who are living and improve their health and well-being... these systems take what is the most scared, our very lives!
My parents have been watching a lot more TV news & sketchy internet news (and "news") and I've noticed a very big tonal difference between the local news round their current home and in the region they last lived. I've noticed a change in them, as well. They've definitely been slipping farther right of their liberal-left leanings. It really _is_ easy to influence people and change their opinions that much. All you have to do is to platform people who ought to have no say (like flatearthers & anti-CRT plants - I mean "parents" ↼‸↼) and talk about "people" having "raised concerns" about a topic you just make up (who? People. Where? Idk, name a region you never canvassed, or just y'know, "people").
That "fear of crime" sh¡+ _works_ and it's so frustrating. (See _Some More News,_ "Fear of Crime"[I think "Politics" or "News" but anyway. I can't remember which _Second Thought_ one went into detail on the CNN "officially going centrist" [so said the billionaires who bought it in the TV bundle].) ...And the "native advertising" works on them now, too. P.S. If there's a news segment in which they just talk about an "exciting & innovative new" product or service [or "now affordable"], that's nothing but a paid advert. Full stop. (I think _Last Week Tonight_ covered that one.)
So, tl;dr get people off of the CNN if you can. Tell them the truth: that it was bought and most of the "left-leaning" staff fired & replaced with "more centrist & right-leaning people... for 'balance'", which is just gross. Not like it was great to start, but oofers, I was visiting my parents and in the room when they showed the backwards crime graph! It's bad!
I am a trans person, and fox News ruined any chance of me having a relationship with my parents. They’ll never accept me, they’ll never love the real me. They’ve been brainwashed into thinking I’ve been indoctrinated or “groomed” by my high-school. When I’ve been out of highschool for a ages and I am still trans. Once I finally get my own apartment and make sure they don’t have access to any important stuff (like medical and bills) I’m going to start hrt and go low-no contact.
I have a college friend who received a lot of mental health diagnoses, though the depression was very real (even to the point where I recognized some telltale signs of suicidality like giving away or destroying valued possessions),
On his own, with a supportive husband, he seems to be doing a lot better.
I hope that you find the happiness he has, and the supportive found family that replaced the frustrating and even toxic family where he was born.
That is so rough. Fox news is so destructive. I hope that you can find list of folks who love and support you for who you are. Sometimes love can shine through. A lot of my family in Texas got radicalized. I don't talk to some of them but there are some who still love me. It takes time. Stay safe and take care. It gets better. You know you better than anyone. I am happy you value yourself enough to be genuine to yourself. Keep your hope alive.
At this point, your survival is a radical rebellion. Please resist and make it out of there safe and sound.
It blows my mind that people can be so brainwashed by hateful propaganda that they’d sooner turn on their own children than their confirmation bias. I genuinely cannot understand what is SO WRONG about being gender-non-conforming that it’s worth destroying your relationship with your child over. Like genuinely, what’s so bad about it? It’s not like 90% of our society is “natural” anyways; a hallmark of mankind is rearranging what nature gave us to suit our purposes better. So why is it wrong to do that with our bodies, as well?
(After re-reading my comment, I realize it may come across as me trying to insinuate being trans is “unnatural”. I was intending to use one of the anti-trans arguments that I see a lot, but realize that it may have come off differently. So if it did, I apologize. There’s nothing unnatural about being trans)
As a black woman, I'm dedicated to "Gentle Education ", when I experience microaggression or even overt racism. Sometimes, it's genuine ignorance. Of course, if the person is intent on hurting me, they're worth a small history lesson and no more.
I hope people in your life appreciate your patience. It's important for people to have these conversations, but I also understand people who are tired of saying the same things over and over. We should all try to treat people with grace when possible, but it takes a special disposition to be a dedicated educator.
The dogwhistles blow hard and you can’t always tell the morons from the white supremacists.
@Chrispy Chicken I'm aware of that sad fact. The die hard white supremacist are likely stuck in their ways unfortunately. However, I'd like to stop others who simply have white ignorance from becoming white supremacist. I hope that in time, we can work with white people to take care of the real issue....capitalism.
It's great that you're willing to educate people. That must take an extreme amount of patience. I can understand why some people don't want to even bother anymore. It's important for all of us to realize that it's nobody else's job to educate us, and to appreciate people, like you, who are willing to take the time to kindly explain something to us.
You're a saint, but don't turn into a mental punching bag. Stay strong.
I really appreciated this video, I feel like I kind of understand why so much of my family is so spiteful and right leaning. I'm a white girl from a very upper middle class family, and my parents are well into their 70s. My dad over the last 3ish years has gone from never voting or caring about politics to being COMPLETELY radicalized to the right. Almost all of my extended family falls into the white somewhat wealthy upper middle class, and they constantly express anger at immigrants for losing their jobs, affirmative action for their kids being unable to get into schools, loan programs meant for people of color as why interest rates are high, etc. It always felt strange to me because I'm the next generation and I am so vastly improvished compared to them, despite having the highest education in my entire family. Even during family get togethers my cousins literally said "It's so hard to be a white man in this country" I feel like now watching this series I realize why so much of my family is so angry, and hateful even when they are living pretty priviledged lives, and how the right radicallizes these feelings
Maybe it's because almost everyone is getting the boot from capitalism. And the people who can connect that feeling of things getting worse to capitalism are busy talking about privilege, equity, diversity etc. All that right has to do is to give them a scapegoat that they are already biased against.
All those things I mentioned, are needed but first, you have to give them a shared struggle. Showing them that solidarity is the only way to achieve it. Now there is a cost to being a bigot. What we do as leftists are appeals to morality. They stop working if others have different moral values than us.
You're a rose growing from the concrete RS.
Its very difficult to hold to one's principles in the face of friend and family belonging.
Good on you‼️
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@@kishanrai8622 exactly. Everyone’s at a disadvantage, not just white people. But I think for people of color (correct me if I’m wrong) they’re kind of used to being cheated out of the life promise for them. they are already used to being at a disadvantage. But for white people they’re not at all used to that, so they act irrationally out of anger.
"Why are interests rates higher?"
Again you'd have to look at not only statistics and where a individual is located. For example, if I give a black person that has 800 credit a loan. I'd charge less interest because, I know they'll pay it back on time or in a orderly manner via installment plans.
A white person with 500 credit score? I'd charge a higher rate because they're at higher risk of not paying the money back.
As the feeling of improvised? Everything is more expensive. Shocker. I know. If it's not that, find out why.
"So hard to be a white man."
Let's just say, if he doesn't want his kids reading a book that describes having sex because the child is six. He's homophobic.
If he doesn't want to take his kid out to a 18+ drag queen show. He must be transphobic.
If he wants illegal immigrants to legally enter this country. He's xenophobic.
Like how people proclaim, "trump isn't above the law."
Yes that includes illegal immigrants. They aren't above the law. Saying no to either or means you're having double standards.
I'm saying, no matter what he does, he will always be viewed in a negative light. Which makes him frustrated. Angry even.
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Your old conservative white man cosplay in this video is the EXACT outfit my conservative dad wears to go golfing with his buddies 😭😭 TOO REAL
Thats a wild way to say that your father and his friends are bigots
I feel sorry for you😭
listening to you speak feels like reading through a research paper ive spent weeks making sound smarter. you are so eloquent and i love learning from you hahahahaha so dorky but
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you are so unbelievably smart. literally one of my favourite channels
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@@Shanspeare omgg you replied thank u😭
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No she isn’t.
I concur. You are very intelligent and superb at communicating your ideas. So thorough and self aware. We need more thinkers like you. Thank you for sharing your perspectives!
Shan, if you keep upping the bar we're gonna be out of a job
Heyyy I love your videos!
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At 6:00 you literally spilled omg. No one is going to find a place that is saying that they might be wrong, that’s why the far right is so appealing.
I was with my very conservative family on Thanksgiving, and literally the first thing wake up to in my grandparents house is "FiRsTs It WaS cOlOmBuS dAy NoW tHeRe AfTeR tHaNkSgIvInG"
So nice to see conservatives care about the saintity of Thanksgiving by instead of spending time with family, watching a bunch of people victimize themselves. It's a politically charged Thanksgiving Charlie Brown.
I can relate to that. I've heard my mom say things like "what about white owned businesses" in response to things she's heard about Black owned businesses. She also occasionally says the N word (her growing up in a all white town in Southeastern Michigan and being married to my dad who himself is racist aided that but still) as well as both her and my mom hating undocumented immigrants
Meh maybe when we all stop celebrating Christmas. You'll be asking why and I'd give you a shrug.
"You gave them an inch, now they took a mile."
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When Shan is talking about the different uses of the word "love", I am reminded of a series of recent episodes of the Mormon Stories podcast 1712-1714, the first of which is called "Joining the Mormon Church as a Black Teenager - Channel Achenbach". She talks about the teachings of the church and the behavior within it, and how the "curse" of her skin was always mentioned with a quick "but we love you." It made my stomach turn.
Shout out to Mormon Stories!
this is 100% how my parents treat people, especially if theyre gay. my dad is a fking bishop in the church.
Your explanation of true love is so important for us trying to deradicalize those around us. In my experience with conservative family and community members, I’ve noticed that the best way to best de-program them from right wing ideology is to not just focus on their political opinions in the distant way many people do in the internet, but to (in a way that’s safe for you) focus on their whole person and build a close relationship with them. Many times these options are the product of a taught lack of introspection or the desire to introspect. When I’ve encouraged them to be self-critical on all aspects of life (usually through doing so myself) I’ve found they are more likely to begin to become skeptical of their political opinions too. As someone who has lived in these space their whole life, there is a lack of education on how to process information in an empathetic and critical way, so they are easily programmed into reactionary thought (which is built on emotional ignorance.) Reactionary thought is deeply unpleasant to exist in. When these people have the tools to escape it, I find they almost immediately start to pull away from their anger and hatred. We just have a society which is invested in keeping these tools out of reach.
Also, if anyone has a similar/ different experience from this I’d love to read it! I can only know so much from my own. Thx to all! 😊💛
wholeheartedly agree. when my approach to deradicalizing family members changed from lecture to nurture it made a world of difference. attacking doesn't change people, outreach does. love IS transformative.
@@mercury4885 eh. Only if the brainwashed people understand what love actually is. If they read/follow the Christian Bible, they'll think cruelty is love. Can't work much with that.
@@pixality7902 i was one of those brainwashed christians once. it is possible to be shown another way. i was shown kindness, patience and love; a way out. and nearly 7 years later i am still discovering the heights of what human existence can be when you are surrounded by people who reject anger as fuel. we as a species are incredibly adaptive and healing is possible- we've just gotta be there for each other
@Lost pelican I feel this comment on a spiritual level. I don't talk to my person that much these days and it makes me sad, they've been my best friend for 15 years and I've known them nearly my whole life. I respect them so I just don't say much and move on. :/
@@tamagothchic I feel like those people are deliberately blocking themselves off of love because they know if they feel it, the guilt on their shoulders will be so large it might crush them. it’s a sad existence
I’ve been thinking about this topic. I live near a really poor town which lost economic stability since it’s railroads became obsolete in the mid 1800s. I always wondered why people were so conservative near me. I guess it makes sense with how they’re being manipulated. Thank you for this video ❤
They aren’t being manipulated, they pick the lesser of two evils.
@@westonmeyer3110 encouraging people to love their fellow men and women and wanting everyone to flourish and have a fair chance just shouldn't be viewed as evil. However, wanting to deprived others of justice, happiness, and equality should definitely be viewed as evil. Life should not be viewed as a zero-sum game. It pits us against each other.
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The left doesn’t love anyone or anything.
They literally laugh at the downtrodden killing themselves.
“Fair” is completely subjective.
@@westonmeyer3110 so the lesser of 2 evils being white supremacy racism! Otherwise, why vote against your own interests?
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My doctors office keeps it on fox news 🥴 it makes me think my problems won't be taken very seriously
I left my doctors office that played Fox News. How is a place for wellness pushing any type of politics or reminding us the horrible things going on in the world? The last thing any sick person should have to look at before the doctor checks our blood pressure.
@@selwatchesyt “Next up at 11 why American healthcare needs to be MORE privatized. The answer may surprise you.”
“Aight imma head out doc.”
Years ago, when I still identified as a man, I was looking for resources for male survivors of abuse and was filtered into MRA TH-cam. Contrapoints saved me.
I'm glad you were able to find different resources and were open to it. Contrapoints rocks. I hope your identity journey is going well and that you find true happiness🙂(from one stranger on the internet to another)
It's horrifying that they target traumatized people knowing that they also use incredibly victim-blaming rhetoric when talking about abuse, both interpersonal and societal.
I can also understand how a young trans girl egg might get alienated by cis feminist spaces with a heterosexist and essentialist understanding of gendered violence. Talking about gender without accounting for the experiences of anyone who's not cis or straight, I've known trans women who heard that and said, well, it didn't feel like privilege when I grew up being called f*ggot by my male and female peers. Which is why all feminist analysis needs to be inclusive, not just as a token gesture but as a necessity to paint a complete picture of gendered oppression.
@@bubblespopping2193 thanks, it's going as well as can be expected at my age.
Hell yeah that rocks.
As someone who lives in Aotearoa (New Zealand) this video series is so interesting in the way it applies to conservatism here due to the Americanisation of media (unfortunately that means we have started cosplaying American styles of conservative protest- we had anti-vaxxers living on parliament lawn for a few weeks)
Yeah I saw Shaneel Lal's protests. It is a reminder to other countries that racism isn't uniquely American, because colonization by the Brits, French, Spaniards, etc.
That Limbaugh episode is extremely illuminating to me. It demonstrates perfectly why toxic masculinity is the way it is in the US. Limbaugh did not accept his caller’s fear, or his feeling of inadequacy, or his cry for help. All he accepted was that man’s anger. Men are not supposed to “whine”, to “be scared”, men are ONLY supposed to be mad. And through that framework, men who follow this form of masculinity are easily manipulated through that angers. It’s chilling to see this mechanism so clearly in action in that one exchange.
Toxic masculinity doesn't exist lol
@@sekaiyoru01 true bait or true mental retardation, calling it.
@@sekaiyoru01 Yes, it does.
My father over the past few months has become more into right leaning TH-cam, every time I come into the living room he's consuming some sort of right leaning content. I don't know what to tell him anymore, and I'm also embarrassed to tell anyone around me. The answer you always get from our side is, "just go no contact with them." Which largely I have found to be a damaging thing to resort to in these situations. Most of the time, if it's a friend or someone you're dating, its easy to remove them from your life, but when its my father it's not nearly as easy. My father, the man who loved and provided for me, who took care of my family through severe legal, financial, and emotional troubles. Can I blame him for listening to these men who scream platitudes from the mountain tops? Who tell him "this is the secret! The reason your life is hard is because this country is against you, because the woke media!"
It is not enough to be angry at god, at the president, at your father. It is easier to be angry at a concept- like you said. It removes the ability to have any sort of empathy attached to the feeling. And I'm sure at 50 years old, it is eventually exhausting to inspect every feeling you have. I am sure, after 24 years of trying to make ends meet, raising 2 kids, going to college and being in the military, living in a motel and scraping together cash for cup of noodles for your kids- maybe it would be exhausting to try and find out who really did this to you, where the pain comes from. At some point you lay down and decide to rest and let someone else give the answers for a while. Donald Trump came up with good answers that satisfied him and my mother. I don't think I can blame them, I'm not mad anymore. I think I'm just sad- I'm sad because they've run out of gas- I don't think any amount of what I say whether it's correct or not will ever matter. Cutting them off is not an option nor do I feel like I need to because it's not fair for me to be upset at them for being tired.
I don't really know why I threw this into your comments- It's not really something I've organized into words before. I'm tearing up just writing about it because I think this video gets down to the part of this whole problem that really matters- people are in pain, and love is political. We're all flopping fish on this deck of life just begging for someone to throw us back into the water and many people don't care who tosses us back in. At this point I think the only thing my parents and some other folks care about is being with the people they love, and being able to take care of the people that they love. Is it wrong to go about that desire in this way? Probably. I don't know.
Hopefully I worded this well/correctly. Thanks for always giving me nice videos to ponder on while I go about my day.
i think it's really hard to tell someone that all you can do is continue to love your father (or whomever is at risk of radicalization) and try to be the best example of radical empathy and inclusion that you can. my dad never got into fox news but he used to be rather racist and homophobic and i just...kept being me around him. when he brought up something i disagreed w/, i tried my best to disagree as kindly as i could. when he said something homophobic, i'd tell him about a gay friend of mine that he trusted and ask if he'd say that about them. this is not safe for everyone, and it's not something everyone has emotional energy to do, which is probably why it is so hard to recommend and heard so rarely. i never expected him to change, but over time, he did. i think shanspeare's focus on love is the way to go. just keep showing your father love and compassion and there will be a better likelihood that he realizes one day he's tired of being so angry.
i hope you find strength and love and i hope your father does too.
I pray for your parents.
That reminds me, the teachings of just "cutting the problematic off" is also a bit harsh when all of this could be prevented. I would know because I was victim of this circumstance, the one cut off for being problematic when it was I who needed the help then most, be it nobody understood me.
And that gets me all the time, what could've X person have done to stop this from happening? And the answer is always usually just a simple talk to let your feelings out, even for such people old as they are it still works.
For the the amount of shit they've been getting their wholes lives I respect their commitment to still going on and they still have that bit of dignity left within them if they are as is to do follow on the path of those guiding them, hoping for some sort of redemption.
This is why it's always helpful to have someone, be it, it's hard with the more set in mind, the older folk. I really do hope that they have treated you to a good life, and hope too that they have a life of peace in mind rather than a neverending flame of unnecessary rage, because nobody deserves that.
Old dogs can't learn new tricks but they know how to behave and they know how to listen
There is a channel I have found that does a good job of taking people out the right wing cause it’s a bearded rural white man does the videos. The channel is Beau of the 5th column. Maybe play it around your father and see what happens.
that’s exactly my story. I love my dad, but he’s had a really tough life. his parents were physically abusive, he had to enlist in the military, fight in three separate deployments, and now he feels cheated. He doesn’t care the interest back because the world has told him that his feelings don’t matter time and time again. He’s so full of rage and just wants someone to direct it at, and he decided that the “woke media” was the answer.
I still want to try and love him, but he’s so full of rage and he’s given that rage at me. He hasn’t pointed it at me, he loves his children, but he’s passed it down like a family heirloom.
What am I supposed to do with all this anger? what am I supposed to do when he blasts propaganda podcasts from the living room? I can’t dismantle systems of oppression or organized protests or even articulate my points correctly, so obviously his worldview must be correct and I am his brainwashed child. what power do I have when he leaves me with none?
@@wren_. you have all the power in the world. You will realize soon that you have more agency in your life than you give credit for- he can't change that feeling in your gut of knowing what's right and what isn't. It's rough but my only advice is to meet it with love, and find things that make sense.
It’s both amazing and a bit worrying that you got both videos out within a week of each other. Rest well and pls don’t overwork yourself!
Fascinating insight into Fox News! Great work Shanspeare!
the music blends so seamlessly with the poetry in the intro it gave me chills
This is only a half-baked thought at the moment, but the concept of conservatives seeing evil as "inherent" or even necessary is so clearly tied to Christianity/Evangelicalism. As someone raised evangelical, I was taught that humans are evil at our core - and I think that belief actually makes it VERY easy to ignore evils like systemic racism and instead to focus on your own individual experience of "being good."
I just found your channel, I immediately subscribed. I'm a white man and I'm angry. I'm angry about the lies I was told in school, im angry about my ancestors, and I'm angry about the way this country treats people of color and the hypocrisy of American 'freedom', keep up your videos, and thank you
You are a fool
@@westonmeyer3110 and you're a tool
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A tool for who?
You hate yourself because racist cowards told you to. You are the tool as well.
@@westonmeyer3110 I mean tool as in your not any fun at parties and people find you tedious and unlikeable
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Parties suck but people don’t find me unlikable at all in other environments.
Wouldn't be a Shanspear video essay without being moved to tears 💓
I work in a nursing home in a red state, all they watch is Fox News or the occasional sports game 😩 luckily I have some great coworkers but you really see the hate in some of these old folks
"If It Ain't Woke, Don't Fix It" is the cheesiest thing I've ever seen in my life 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love how eloquently you articulated the difference between fear and anger, and how drastically that can influence people's political leaning! It made so much sense, and you managed to put a thought I've been having into words so perfectly :') I'll definitely be listening to more of the Shansperience podcast heheh
I should be studying for exams rn, but wooo new Shanspeare content!!
omg please study lol
@@Shanspeare eh, my next exam is in a subject that comes fairly easy to me, I can afford to take a lil 50 minute break haha
I should be studying too lol
Same 😂😂😂😂
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Thank you for your amazing work. Your research, ability to explain hot topics, and empathy for those who have been manipulated are apparent. Know that you are out here being loved. ❤
This is truly a matter of apathy and ignorance in the end, isn't it?
People don't like being told they have to fix things, and that because of that they're guilty for upholding a broken system.
People prefer ignorance and hatered over guilt even if they know it hurts others.
I am a trans masculine nonbinary person who has a Palestinian mother and a republican father who got more radicalized as I grew up. Fox News was on in the background all of the time in my house and it never felt safe to be there. I’m out now and ready to do anything I can to pull my family away from the echo chamber.
Hi there, I hope you are as well as can be. I know it can be a challenge to keep choosing love and compassion when folks echo hate and misinformation. It has helped me a lot to get in therapy. Learning how to do gentle education and clear communication are a must. I hope you are surrounded by folks who support and love you. I wish you and your family the best. They are blessed to have you. I was the change agent in my family. We are becoming more healthy and functional. It can be done. My core family all accept me for who I am. There are unfortunately family I have lessened or cut contact with because of a usive behavior. Sometimes setting boundaries is the most loving thing you can do.
@@sarahthesarah2850 ty for this response I really appreciate it 💕💕
@@sarahthesarah2850kindness only made my family believe they could be transphobic with me. They lost that privileged
Stay strong 💪❤️
i truly believe "time will not dismantle oppression, we do that" is one of my new favorite quotes of all-time. i absolutely loved (no pun intended) the third section; i always appreciate how you approach these large topics with such nuance.
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the entire video, i struggled to put myself in the shoes of the people youre talking about. i really dont understand them.
but when you said, something like, "say what you cant- and without fear." i suddenly just understood. ive felt like that before, and while im probably not the target audience whatsoever for any of these quotes, nor do I think my experiences truly relate to what you were saying, I know how it feels to be *silent.*
i know how it feels to see someone and their voice and realize oh my god people who can do these things *exist* and they speak *loud* and they know what you're thinking too, and what youre thinking isnt dumb or random or irrelevant and that hairstyle really *is* cool.
this odd feeling of validation by someone co-opting your opinion-- or someone giving voice to words that your body wont let you say- i can understand *that,* and how liberated you feel once those words hit air, and then to know that those words- *your* words, if you could say them- hit millions of ears -- the sense of vindication would be enough for me to believe anything out of their mouth. its like a veil that drapes over your eyes. i dunno.
i still dont understand for the most part, and this probably isnt what youre talking about, but my comments wont get engagement anyway.
i dont really feel an obligation to make this make sense anymore.
I totally understand what you mean! I'm a lot better with putting myself in other people's shoes (trauma + autism moment), but knowing that feeling of struggling to express internal emotions in words is a really great way to grasp what these people are dealing with. They have none of the background to understand us marginalized people, hell some of these racists have never met poc or visibly disabled people ever. They were raised from day 1 on Earth to act a certain way, as well being conditioned not to think too hard. Red scare and anti-union propaganda doesn't help either. Our education system teaches people to be great worker bees a lot of the time, unless (like me) you have the privilege of going to private or charter schools. Your point about knowing how great it feels to have someone voice your feelings is a really great one because that is exactly how they get sucked into standing up for awful people being rightfully criticized. I totally get being utterly confused by right wingers, I still am. Although, the more I understand how America really works, the more some of these people make some kind of sad sense to me. Being indoctrinated is hard, it's honestly like escaping a cult.
@@mewmew6158 im so happy that the point of one of my comments was actually conveyed for once!!
and i agree! i think people who get knocked down this conservative pipeline have never been forced to see the issues that they're dismissing; poverty or racism has never stared them in the face and snarled like it has for people of color or others who're affected by these issues. and honestly, in that sense i can relate so heavily I'm almost embarrassed; i dont know how it feels to be poor and i dont think ive ever experienced explicit racism, and when someone tells you "america is racist" with that background knowledge, you almost look at them like "huh? really? wow, i never knew." the gravity never strikes you, and you can never think of a situation where you've seen someone being racist; its all because you've never looked for it-- you never even *considered* it, and that was what kept you so blissfully blind.
i think my sheer defiance of the notion that im a sheltered rich-kid ((completely inaccurate as far as people have told me)) has made me more "awake" to problems that ive never had. hell- i watch a shit ton of video essays on issues ive never experienced in my life, just because im curious about how the world is for other people. and im happy for that.
just my 2 cents. thanks so much for uh... not grilling me, idk. civil internet behavior!! have a good day!
Y'all.
I was arguing with some folks about SSI and Medicare cuts the other day, and was telling them about a friend of mine who was born with Cerebral Palsy, and just how badly the cuts to SSI and Medicaid would affect him.
One of them actually thought they were making a point when they asked why my friend "needed so much help all the sudden" if he was "getting all that social security and medicade money".
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It took quite a bit of good cannabis before I could calm down enough to respond in an appropriate manner.
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thank you for the video, I love learning about different perspectives from you♥️🙏 I don't claim to be super educated about this whole topic but this 2 part series really helped a lot!
It’s hard to be super educated on such a large topic! (I’m certainly not lol) We’re all just doing our best, and I hope to hold space for learning opportunities!
You're so right! It's so complicated but it's still so so important to be informed even on a base level!
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I love all the casual literature references in your videos 🤌🏽
When I heard the first line of that poem, i immediately had flashbacks of secondary school. I took 'A Raisin in the Sun' by Lorraine Hansberry (a play based on that poem) for three years as part of our literature outline. Good times🙂
Love you Shan, you're so intelligent and articulate. And thank you for your research. I think especially as a trans person, it's easier for me to see the many ways in which we are all oppressed by the systems of the US and confront some of my own biases. Not to say I'm enlightened or can ever fully understand the oppression poc face in this country or anything like that, but there's solidarity there. I'm so grateful to people such as yourself who make this information and these topics more accessible. I feel that there is so much to be learned from you. "None of us can be free, until everybody is free". ✊️✊️
7 minutes in and Shan is already bringing up that vid put out by Kidology. This one is gonna be a good one
I’m not, just Twitter. This was a very popular conversation across media I guess 😅 I actually haven’t watched that video yet!
Great set, Shan. Giggled at the Ford neon and liberal warning
I've never considered the idea that acknowledging and working to change the problems in society can be a form of love. It's really hard for me to say I love my country sometimes, but this struck a chord with me.
I'm not American and seeing that stack of Twilight books where everything else is red, white and blue just makes me think that Twilight is now a symbol of American nationalism
Harry Potter is getting close because of the author
@@TheModdedwarfare3 to american nationalism ?
@@TheModdedwarfare3 JK Rowling is British. She can't possibly represent America.
@@TheModdedwarfare3 potter is more typical of “liberalism” that feels bad for the underclass (muggles) but doesn’t actually do anything but care about “real people” (witchards).
Hagrid is basically that “Black friend” - a token minority with a token role. Dobby is the fridged minority.
I mean, at least it’s a series that gives women a meaningful role? Oh, wait, maybe, Ginny is just a token love interest, Mrs. Weasley is haustrau, there are some female teachers, etc…
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I've definitely noticed a trend of moderates or in some cases even peoole who are fairly liberal becoming more conservative after getting a boo boo when they get called out. The rights strategy is to accept those who have been embarrassed and provide a soft cuddly cushion where they don't have to evaluate their own thoughts or actions.
THE FINGER ON THE SPRAY BOTTLE IS GONNA SEND ME TO AN EARLY GRAVE LMAOOOOOO great vid as always, Shan!
A Dream Deferred was one of my favorite poems we read in school!
"he's not angry, he's scared" its both! Anger is a secondary emotion that often covers up fear or sadness. Highly recommend looking into "anger as a secondary emotion"
I saw a post calling Fox News "Cocomelon for racists" and like ....yeah
Fox News is literally called racist because they don’t hate white people. Got to love it.
I aspire to have the same level of confidence and eloquence as shanspeare always has
Shutout to your for your attention to your Production Design and Costume design in EVERY VIDEO. As a film student I understand how long it takes and the amount of thought that goes into it. APPRECIATE YOU❤️
I turned 16 on January 19th 2023 and I just want to say that I love your videos!
Happy late birthday! I hope you’re doing well❤
Excited to finish the vid, but your beat up, post noted copy of Twilight SENT me. I too once had a ragged, thoroughly sticky tabbed copy, the one passed around my friend group in middle school... Ahh memories, a simpler time LOL
another amazing video 💖 I love the effort you put into your set designs and costumes. I’d listen to you regardless but they’re fun and I look forward to seeing them.
When Shapiro said about people of colour just 'naturally' dying in childbirth more easily or from illnesses or whatever, like that's just eugenics right? I have diabetes, so my body just 'naturally' cannot process sugar as well as a typical person. I guess in his head that means I should just die as well because that's also 'natural'?
Like even if it were true somehow and black people were naturally more likely to die in childbirth because of genetics or whatever, the fact that that isn't accounted for is still a sign that the system is failing.
sending this to my uncle
Oh god 💀
Ik this is a small change and I'm only just watching from the beginning of this video but thank you Shan for including a visual outline of your arguments! It's nice to have more assistance other than just captions. Thank you! - someone who struggles with audible processing
The bit about love really made me think about and look at life a little differently. So thanks for that
Love your videos, Shan! It's also exciting to hear Michael Kimmel mentioned, because I'm a sociology major and when I was getting my degree I read a couple of Michael Kimmel's books. At the time I was a right-leaning centrist, and while I didn't fully embrace my transition into leftist radicalism until a couple of years after I had graduated works like Michael Kimmel's (along with other content in my classes) absolutely opened my mind and made me a more conscientious, aware person. I'm literally a poster child for "kid raised in a conservative background becomes a leftist after going to college," lol.
My parents follow the Fox News pipeline and have since a bit before 2016. It has destroyed any possibility of a meaningful conversation with them and has virtually destroyed our bond because they refuse to question their propaganda and in general have a lack of any respect for other viewpoints, to the point of degrading me for having leftist views / opinions / mindset.
I'm terrible and an idiot for wanting to increase our social safety net for others... yet my parents live on SSI and are on government funded healthcare - as one example. I can't stand the hypocrisy!!
This was incredible. I'm not sure how I missed this channel, but I'm glad to have found it.
Girlie! I always love how much work and effort you put into your videos! I just want to say thank you!❤️
i loved this so much. the end was extremely profound
Ooooooof!!! You went to love as political and I am INNNNNN
That spraybottle zoom-in with spongebob reaction really got me for some reason 😂😂
Good balance of heavy topics and eduction with fun emotional release!
Well done. Awesome Channel & Great Video.
"Even BS agrees that there will always be inequality and discrimination within society, that the promise of Utopia is an empty one. And in that vein, *conservatives feel justified in denying change* " I think I'm going to get that tattooed
you're so eloquent and easy to listen too, especially on such a rough topic. Thank you for helping people understand such nuances in American politics
First timer. You were suggested to me by FDS.
Really well done video. Informational, entertaining and valuable.
Thank you kindly. You definitely earned the sub!
(My socks are another story!)😊
A violent title, but the message itself is so gentle and inspiring. Great video!
i was driving while listening to the end of this video, and the closing bit about the transformative power of love was so impactful to me that i spent the 45 minutes driving aimlessly to think, to process. what a beautiful sentiment, what a wonderful way to approach change. i believed it before, but here it was put in such a deeply touching way that i felt myself change too, fundamentally. i mean this from the bottom of my heart: i will never be the same after watching this. thank you so much.
Even in the small clips of fox you include, it's interesting how its almost entirely meaningless verbal diarrhea. It's so jargon heavy that I don't even know what it's talking about. Thanks for explaining why that is.
This entire video is verbal diarrhea.
@@westonmeyer3110 Just say you don't have a large enough vocab to understand it dude.
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though unfortunately i doubt it will, i truly believe this video series needs more reach as it is so important. i haven't seen someone tackle the flaws of the far-right ideologies on such a deep level as you have. it's truly so dangerous that information like this stays hidden while more and more people start to subscribe to that way of thinking.
I agree. I literally just came from a rightist video of white people complaining about their "voices being taken" and complaining about racism to them. The plot twist is, the video was made by an Asian man.
@@westonmeyer3110 dont make me laugh, tucker carlson could tell yall to jump off a cliff to “go against the woke mob” and you all would do it no questions asked. you call everyone else a hive mind but yall r the biggest hivemind in america
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Tucker isn’t even close to far right.
The video editing here is awesome. It's amazing she is able to make content this good this consistently. I'm stoked if I can get a few spellchecked emails off a week and she is out here making great content constantly and presenting it so beautifully.
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loved this so much, from the crowder set to the spraying. i’ve been doing a lot of reading on baldwin, mlk, and just in general how white supremacy is so reliant on silence and denial and this is was fun to listen to while i made dinner. the radical king is a book that gives a great framework of mlk’s idea of radical love
Shanspeare: including your socks
Me [knitting socks]: *clutches nearly completed sock*
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Love is an act of courage.
Thank you for doing this.
When you pulled up the baseball equality and equity diagrams i laughed so hard cause ive been seeing those since middle school. So funny that shapiro talks nonsensical lies about concepts i could grasp at 13
You don’t even understand the concept now.
This was great. Not sure why I've never seen this channel before. It makes me angry, but I have no scapegoat except for the youtube algorithm. My rage is impotent and directionless and therefore easily exploitable.
This was such a great video. The only Bell Hooks book I've read was "The Will to Change" and it was life changing for me. I really need to read "All About Love." Bell Hooks was such an exceptional scholar and she will forever be missed.
Great video and love the bit about love! I can also relate about the infatuation with conflict and assuming the worse with some people. I like to think I'm good at sniffing out dog whistles, but I forget to check my ego a lot of the times. Gotta work on that. I would also add something my fav history teacher would say: there is a difference between ignorance & stupidity, ignorance can be changed, stupidity is everlasting.
I remember that whole "Left doesn't do a good job at reaching disaffected dudes" "debate"
That's the main reason I unsubscribed from Vaush, because he did the whole "that's why the left loses...because they don't coddle bigoted/racist minded people" argument.
REAL! It's not people's job to entertain bullshit, especially POC. I notice how far POC have to go when having to explain EVERYTHING to someone when I don't have to. It hit me like a truck when I realized I needed to stop always 'demanding' answers from my POC friends when I need to actually do work myself.
I think, this really harkened me back to when I moved left, it was out of want to love over everything else. To appreciate people as they are, a need to change and not change others
Leftists don’t love anything
@@westonmeyer3110 then why do I feel I can love the world and others a lot easier now than when I was right wing?
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Because you have been brainwashed by endless far left propaganda.
There is absolutely no “love” coming from the video creator or any left wing commentator.
This video is laced with hate and ignorance and you interpreted it as love because you think hate is love.
The left seeks to change and ultimately destroy the world because it truly hates it.
@@westonmeyer3110 what’s changed?
Because the love I wanted to give and receive while on the right is the same I feel on the left. My definition nor feeling of it never changed.
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I'm saving this for the morning for when i have the brainpower to focus on what you say. I love your content so much! Have a lovely year!
I am fascinated with the study of epistemic justice, as well as corpus linguistics, which has inspired my own investigation into the childhood indoctrination of the various popular Christian denominations of the United States that have distorted the definitions of various words such as "know", "love", "belief", "understand", "live". My hypothesis is this childhood indoctrination trains nearly ½ of Americans to hold cynical solipsistic epistemologies that care only about what's convenient, not what's true.
Just found your content, and I love it!! LET THE BINGING BEGIN 😊!!
Honestly the power of love in community is far stronger than you give it credit for.
Shanspeares work is just gold. the nuance and empathy i get from the points of view, the sources, the sets and cosplay… just.. such good work omg
"The right is more welcoming."*
*Terms and conditions apply. Results may vary.
Regarding the horrifying maternal death rates affecting African Americans, I have seen data that identified the majority of the effect of this inhumanity with the worst 2 state healthcare systems in the United States, Louisiana and Mississippi, which both have an apartheid split between the urban areas and rural counties.
Men are a lot easier to "suggest" into anger even when they weren't feeling it initially, because anger under the masculinity of at least the generation before mine (and at least my portion of the Millennial generation) is one of the only negative emotions boys and men aren't punished for expressing.
Men are taught to be ashamed of their fear, and ashamed of their shame. So offering "why not just get angry?" is an easy way out.
I don't necessarily believe that every instance of anger is just hidden fear or shame, but it's a lot easier to manipulate someone to cover up anything with anger if they're ashamed of all other negative feelings.
And they push all the other negative emotions on to conservatives, too, and then convert it into anger.
Just have to keep bending on that moral arc of the universe.
It’s not going to bend itself.
Great commentary on love and growth at the end.
another one where you break big, involved social ideas down in ways that feel really accessible and easy to understand. you always hit it out of the park!
She simply strawmans
Genuinely, what an incredible video. Beautiful, thought-provoking, and sincere, thank you!
These videos are excellent. I watch all of your content and love the lighter stuff, but these are just excellent. Thoughtful, intriguing, and sensitive. So important.
I feel heard and seen truly. It is disheartening most of the discourse surrounding actual human beings. We are treating each other so poorly and nothing/no one can grow like that. I cannot stand JayZ but that man was onto something when he said “Nobody wins when the family feuds” ( forget the other parts of the song rn) that is so true, men, women, young, old, black, white. We all on this Earth together y’all and we will burn up together if the Earth decides to kill us to save herself. We need each other and I so agree 🫶🏽🙌🏽 LOVE is the only way y’all. We can do this 🤗
You really know how to break down information in an intelligent and engaging way. It's always such a pleasure watching your videos! 💖
Love the way you described how powerful language is when it comes to political motivation
this was a really interesting and informative video. i feel like it (and the first part as well) gave me some insight into not just the people around me, but also into myself, and some of my past behaviors that i try not to fall into anymore. thank you for making it and sharing it with us all!
This video came at the perfect time for me. I have all about love on the shelf and have considering community and compassion quite a bit lately.
This is such a great video! I really appreciate how you explain things in depth and with compassion for everyone.