You. Your brother and your father are the hope and inspiration for justice in this world.......i wish more people in this earth were courageous like you. You are representing the best of humanity in this difficult time.
This is so true. What an amazing family! Everyone brilliant in their own way, but still carrying the same message of humanity and compassion. Mate family is bringing hope/trust in humans back into my life.
@@taosyoginamaste6278 he left out two amazing family members, the female part of the family that has less media exposure but are both beautiful, genuine, and authentic in that very special Mate way too.
I honestly clicked on this video not knowing who you were but as a Palestinian-American who is a huge Brene Brown fan, I solute you sir for calling her out and using your platform to speak truth to this matter. I hope Brene watches this video and really takes your words in and takes action for the better. On the off chance that you read this comment Brene, I am a Palestinian American educator living in Houston. I’ve read all your books. I sang your praises so much that my school district began sending leadership teams to go see you speak. But this man speaks God’s honest truth. You’ve dismissed the Palestinians and our diaspora and the nearly 80 years of suffering under a brutal, terroristic regime. You have marginalized us in your statement. Of all the people to speak out on this, I think my heart is most broken by you. Please do better and learn more.
Am surprised by your praise for Brene Brown. I just watched her thing on Netflix and she's so superficial, choc a bloc with catch phrases, but a very good communicator.Found her annoying after 15 minutes.
So true, I was really shocked at her naive and yes dangerous stance - I have been previously so impressed by her. Thank you Daniel - a very fair and reasoned breakdown.
Years ago I saw her weigh in on some political issue and I was done with her. She isn’t honest about her participation in war-thinking. She’s not deep enough to self-confront. She postures to protect her comfortable position. I’m not surprised that she took this position.
Just a reminder, they called Geronimo, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Wovoka, Nat Turner, and John Brown, "terrorists" too Any time people fight against the empire for their liberation, they will be called "terrorists"
You cannot “love, life and empathy” your way out of genocide. Not everything requires being “nice” all the time - some things just need to be said. I’m in awe of this, Daniel! And I have learned far more about authenticity and vulnerability from your incredible father’s work 👏
@zovalentine7305 talented for sure. What I find most remarkable about Aaron, Daniel, and Gabor Mate is their epistemic humility and integrity. They do not care what is true they only want to know the truth and operate from a humble understanding that doing otherwise makes them hypocrites and shills for those who want what's least good for humanity.
Thank you for breaking her writing into the facts that a lot of people don't seem to research starting with her! You gave done a Fantastic & profound analysis Thank You Thank You!🙏🙏👍
This is the first time I have listened to you speak. I listen to your father and brother frequently. I'm amazed at how so many people from one family can be so brilliant.
Daniel, thank you so much for your “with all due respect Brené your views on Palestine/Israel are ignorant and privileged” video. I’ve been walking around fuming since I read her post. Hearing you respond to every problematic statement she made (and there were many) was the best therapy I’ve had in a while. And thank you for everything you do to support the Palestinian cause.
I'd never heard of this influencer until listening here to Daniel's full scale dismantling of her emotional--political arguments. But the arguments are bad-faith stances we've all heard from colleagues or neighbors or family members in recent months. It's a pipe-dream to hope this Brené person will ever hear, much less absorb, what Daniel said here. But at least he's modeled for the rest of us, in both argument and demeanor, some helpful ways to respond to the disingenuous Brenés in our own lives. Thanks, Daniel!
I didn't read her piece, but in reading watching you get people still not seeing what's going on. And it's hard to take. I go into a rant, In my head. Hearing shared eye-boggling cognitive dissonance its hard to take. Listening to Daniel's rant is fun and he is a good person to have an outlet. Well-spoken, not spoken in any disrespectful way addressing her blind spots. And found more to learn about.
Whether she deserves it or not, Daniel would demean or dehumanize himself by being disrespectful, whatever the flaws of the "deserving" target of his disrespect.@@lesliemctavish4300
Holy shit! I just finished listening and holy shit, that was brilliant! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall of the matte family since my birthday 1973. You guys are beautiful human beings with Incredible Humanity
Having a Romany grandfather whose family was killed in death camps this excuse has always been hollow, the holocaust has always been heavily politicized, including the erasure of ethnic Poles and Romany. I got laughed at for mentioning the ethnic Poles, they know exactly what their intent is, they really don't care about holocaust history unless they can use it as leverage. Currently people want to erase pacifist Jews as well, pretending these people have any empathy will just ensnare you in their gaslighting.
There is weakness in some of your argument an protestations. The abject violence, especially sexual directed at those in Israel on Oct 7 was not just a 'liberation' strategy. While acknowledging the rightful rage, desparation, and desires of Palestinians for justice and a concern for their suffering in the vengeful reaction of Israel's government, why can't you show outrage over the ideological hate and barbaric actions,rapes, torture, encouraged by Hamas and other groups in their assault on Oct 7? Their actions were not just a spontaneous riot under tension, not just an intifada. You ignore the leadership, planning, intent, intimidation, and religious repression imposed on the Palestinians and also real evidence ( not just IDF propaganda) of using civilian homes, schools, hospitals as cover. Use of fear and suppression of opposition within. Recruiting aid workers for murder. Your outrage in this emotional response has lost my respect or ability to listen. Your disdain and superiority is what Is conveyed without an ability to show compassion to those who 'also' suffered on Oct 7 alongside the Palestinians caught in terror by the failure of their leaders to negotiate or surrender. Several who sit in luxury and have while their people were suffering. Their failure to use more resources to build up, educate, innovate ,rather than entrench and focus on terror. Your brutality comes through in your speech, not any respect or consideration for gray or any position other than what you proclaim. You are indeed coming across misogynist especially by not even acknowledging the terror, rapes , and cheering on of cruelty, not acknowledging the accounts witnessed and documented. It need not be one or the other. The oppression and incursions by Israel need to stop. It's murder campaign is neither just nor perhaps even effective in it's stated purpose. Too much damage covering up years of bad policies and protecting power of a would be dictator too. The provocations by holding power over Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza need to stop for there to be dignity. Yet to not call out the brutality and antisemitism of Hamas and other Islamic jihadists etc shows a willful blindness on YOUR part. Perhaps your own desparation to have a simple good/evil split and side to align with to feel redeemed for your prior zionist upbringing. While i wish for freedom for Palestinian people and walls to come down, in no way as female or Jewish would I want to live under a regime led by Hamas or proxies of Iran, those who have no interest in tolerance. Oh and you overide the desires of millions of Palestinians within Israel who would choose it's (now stressed) democracy over the other, and a more peaceful path to reconciliation and restitution. How about giving and recognizing their voices in this matter too?
Thank you, Mr. Maté. This response is brilliant, and I hope it will be listened to and reflected upon by Brené Brown and (I wish) millions more people around the world.
I watched this twice and took notes. This is an absolute masterclass in dismantling pro-Zionist, racist, bigoted propaganda of all kinds. So much to think about - thank you. 🙏🏻
Brava, Steph. Hope you have also seen the conversation between Daniel, brother Aaron and father Gabor ruclips.net/video/azxtxKyHntA/видео.html - and the panel with Gabor, Naomi Klein and Simone Zimmerman on the film "Israelism" ruclips.net/video/TphWlTQFkWE/видео.html - both of which delve deeply into the psychological aspects behind the propaganda. Simone's personal experience is explored in the film, which can be screened at home via its website. Blessings to you ~ M.
Your unwavering commitment to unmasking the moralists of double standards is a testament to your unshakeable integrity and humanity. With precision and wisdom, you expose the hypocrisy of those who hide behind the facade of neutrality or moral superiority, effectively siding with the tyrant and the real terrorlst. Your words are a balm to the souls of those who can see the sheer level of cruelty and dehumanization of those who have been silenced, dismissed, oppressed and exterminated. Your mental clarity and moral courage are a breath of fresh air, cutting through the toxic fog of propaganda and disinformation. You enlighten us with your coherence, wisdom, and compassion, inspiring us to stand up against injustice and speak truth to power. Thank you for being a luminous voice in these dark times. Your courage is contagious, and your words have the power to awaken the conscience of those who have been lulled into complacency. May your voice continue to ring out loud and clear, guiding us towards a world where justice, empathy, courage and humanity reign supreme. With deepest gratitude and admiration ARH
Cudos to you Daniel for having so much empathy towards the Palestinian people, especially after the trauma that you & your family have suffered. God Speed! 🙏💛🌻
Palestinians didnt do anything, the empathy is for the thousands of people dying, kids being killed by israel. it is called having basic empathy for human suffering for the ones who were merely put on this earth a couple years, a couple days ago.
Any trauma he or his brother have, come from zi0nism and being raised in zi0nist culture. There is a difference between teaching/learning history, and ritualistically re-traumatizing children with it on a daily basis with no end in sight.
Listening to you, your brother and your father gives me goosebumps and always brings tears to my eyes. I hope one day I'll get to thank you 3 in person for the impact of your voices. I'm Lebanese, came as a refugee child to Canada from the Lebanon-Israel 80s war. All that's happening is stirring more emotions than words in my family and myself like way too many of us. Our voices were always deemed biased - we need you more than you know. On behalf of our Palestinian cousins and all of us Arabs, thank you from the bottom of our heart.
I’m so sorry that Israel’s current aggression is stirring up your own trauma. Sending you and your family love from the US, where I’ll keep screaming into the void.
I sure hope Brene listens to you. That was really cathartic for me to listen to. So, just know that if she doesn't hear this, You're still reaching people who need this articulated. For a whole plethora of reasons. My reason is that I'm living thru it and the gas lighting is mind numbing. Also, passive-ism vs pacifism is brilliant.
@danielmatemusic : Daniel, thank you for this video. As a Veteran War Correspondent, who was in Gaza & a White Woman, I've been thinking about how I wanted to address this. I saw her letter for the first time earlier this week. I was deeply offended by it because clearly she's misinformed. I appreciate your words and it will spur to craft a more enriched conversation. You and your Father have shaped some important parts of my thinking and the healing/justice work I do now, post journalism. Thank you again. .
Unfortunately I don’t think she is misinformed. She wants to sell her books. And I think she does more damage than good. She has a lot of followers that don’t use critical thinking when listening to her. And she has influence. I did like her at first until I realized how she manipulates for her own personal gain.
I'm only half way thru this, but I had to stop and say I love this so much. You're analysis and articulation are spot on and needed in these times. Please consider doing more of these vids. Thanks Daniel and to the whole Mate family, shalom.
Thank you - a million times for what you do. I don’t know if you realize how important your words are. Cannot tell you how many times your videos and insta posts have been what made me stop crying or have lifted my heart up a little out of despair. I’m so grateful that we have voices like yours. Your clarity and unapologetic communication is literally therapeutic .
I love this! I'm in Portland, OR where most people seem to hide behind "love and light." I'm first generation American-Hungarian and also a descendant of a Holocaust survivor. Perhaps it's my family history that causes me to feel so deeply for the plight of the Palestinians. I feel so helpless and alone and shocked that nobody I know even wants to hear about the genocide. I wonder what I can do to make even a morsel of a difference? For now I'm just sharing this on my social media.
Don’t feel alone ! They are pretending not to see but be patient , and don’t lose hope ! Palestinians are bearing such a plight, let’s be strong and will-spirited to not give up ! Love from France
I'm with you, most people commenting here feel like you, empathy is precious and even though sometimes we feel alone, know many kind people all over the world think and feel like you ☮️💜
Unfortunately a lot of the „hippie“ and esoteric crowd is like this: hide behind „peace“ phrases until your privilege is at stake. Keep going to protests, don’t shy away from discussing with friends, write journalists and politicians! Every little bit helps
Bravo Daniel, thank you for clarity, humility and calling out what needed to be called out with respect and compassion, but without apology. Speaking out and learning are both scary and often painful, but nonetheless essentials. You just gave a masterclass on legitimate, unapologetic criticism. Thank you! 🙏 ❤
I love it when people who truly understand the power of language to influence take the time to really analyse and deconstruct a communication as Daniel has done here. She is a writer and she is well versed in examining thoughts and emotions. She was deliberately couching and veiling her language to give an Islamophobic message. She has no excuse.
I just wish he had acknowledged that language most certainly is a form of violent control also in personal relationships within the larger power structures he talks about, especially but not only in abusive relationships. This is quite different from accepting the notion that people shouldn't hold each other to account with language that causes discomfort.
Your emotional integrity and scholarly intellect is inspiring. Please post more often Daniel, the world needs more truthspeakers like you! Hoping you will try to set up a convo with our Israeli comrades from the One State Solution podcast you mentioned on Bad Hasbara at some point.
I have never heard of Brene Brown and I’m now quite pleased about that. I also had never heard of you, Daniel Maté and I regret that. You speak with great eloquence and insight. Thank you.
Thank you for this, Daniel! I'm a social worker and I was a fan of Brene's work. I have been very disappointed in her since October, and I agreed with every bit of your critique. I really hope that she will have the courage to deeply listen and to do the research you've called on her to do. I hope we will see a future Brené speaking truth to power on this issue, but I will certainly not hold my breath. 🇵🇸🍉❤️
One thing you have to remember about Brene is she is a Texan, and therefore will usually be behind... but what credit i give her is that she usually will reflect and catch up.
Daniel, you were tough but fair. This is a horrendous situation for the people of Gaza and we don’t need another liberal voice pretending empathy, but utterly missing it for people who have lived under brutal occupation for multiple generations. Slavery in the US was similar in terms of its multi-generational aspects. I keep seeing Hend Rajab‘s face and hearing her little voice - there are others. I knew of your father first, then your brother, now you- you are an exceptional family. I am so glad your dad survived. All I have are tears these days.
I hope Brene watches this and does some research. I guess it’s better that she made her views public. Many people think like this and need to be responded to. Thank you Daniel for your clarity, persistence and patience.
It would be better that she make her views public, IF she were big enough to respond, vulnerably. She could grow. The world could grow. Compare her audience with Daniel's. Unfortunately vulnerability is just a "cash-cow" to Brene!
Thank you for being a voice of reason, genuineness, and courage in this horribly dark time. Your dad and you have given so much hope and light to so many of us.
What an honour and blessing it would be to be seated at the dinner table with your family, Daniel, steeping in the wisdom, intellect and emotional intelligence that abounds. I unlearn and relearn every time I tune in to listen to Maté content. Thank you. Please keep the conversations going. Voices like yours are so needed to refute the disinformation that is being perpetuated so shamelessly.
Thank you for this, Daniel. Total sense, total humanity - I breathe a deep sigh of relief whenever I listen to or read you or your Dad. Faith in humanity restored.
Nice job at proofreading an American professor who writes to appease one group and please the other. Mr. Mate you analyzed her material with perfection and found her gut feelings covered with bias. For all the sadness we all around the world feel, it's people like you who give us a window to see clearly through people like her. Thankyou!
I just want to say bravo for calling out the BS. It reminds me when I listened first to one of your videos, in the days after October 7th, you were walking outside and talking about the perspective of a rave - a peace concert- mere miles from a concentration camp, where the prisoners can hear the music but may not participate in the peace dance. Peace for who? It was like a massive boulder was removed from my chest and I could breathe. Same thing in this video. Not a war. This isn’t equal. This ain’t equivalent. It’s a massacre.
76 years ago, Truman & Congress violated Magna Carta principles. They unilaterally removed Americans' inalienable fundamental right to freedom from religion. Read it on Wikipedia and replace the characters with the current actors. King = Truman French guy = South Africa Rebels =Palestinians America was created post Magna Carta and multiple holy wars in mankind's rear view mirror. 1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, Was to protect us from this because in order to have a free society, one must first have freedom from religion. The second sentence is freedom of religion. Justified by the Christian writers' belief, one had to accept Christ.
@@dafnacohen9735 here is the definition from Merriam-Webster dictionary that I’m following when I use the term concentration camp: « a place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard. » What definition are you using?
Glad I found you Daniel. Like many Canadians, I've followed the work of your brother and father and was unaware there was even more Mate awesomeness. Your family has done more for authentic, positive discourse in Canada and around the world than any of our elected public officials. Keep shining that light in dark corners brother. Easy sub.
THANK YOU for showing me a great example of how to step through things like this. “You’ve been triggered. The trigger is the smallest part of a gun” will be in my ears forever! And your closing resonates as well: “You have my compassion; but you do not have my sympathy.” Wonderful boundary statement.
This response is everything! Intellectual, with emotional integrity and unapologetic. Thank you Daniel, this was so thoughtful and satisfying to listen to ❤❤❤❤
Thank you Daniel. Really admire you for this intelligent response to Brene Brown. It's obvious she has no real understanding of the situation and should have remained quiet.
This was a really eloquent, educated response to the bs we find plastered all over the place by people who prefer "riteousness" to what is right. ❤🇱🇧🇵🇸
What a fantastic response! I am so grateful to what your family has done in making this world a better place on so many levels. Fantastic, empathetic, open minded, critical thinking parents make fantastic children! Keep the posts coming, everyone needs to hear this. You speak at such a high level of intellect and logic and I know that there is hope for humanity as long as there are great thinkers like you around who continue to share with the rest of the world.
I know your father is brilliant, but little did I know that his son is no less. This was my first time listening to you and I feel nothing but respect for you. Thank you! Hope you continue on this path... your voice is powerful and needed for good.
Wow! As a fan of Brene Brown's books, (that's why I clicked on this video). I would like to say thank you to Daniel for this enlightening commentary. This isn't a for or against either of you, but I realized while watching this how screwed up our thinking is, which probably applies to almost everything we think we know. We have been molded by so many nefarious institutions and groups, (that influence what we call our culture) it behooves us to be very alert and relentlessly skeptical to our conditioning and biases that we use to spin our reality. So glad I watched this. I've subscribed!
As a former staunch NPR liberal I stopped following Brene when it became obvious that somehow the 2016 Trump election broke her brain. ( Btw: I never voted for Trump or Biden ) Her work with shame and vulnerability is a good stepping stone on the way to self awareness. It's too bad Brene has exposed herself as someone with a deep lack of self awareness that she has built a multi million dollar living teaching.
Yes! I also think that a classical education in which a very high standard of language is developed and logic/critical thinking is a main part is lacking for most of us today. Not to forget studying and discussing the Great Books.
Thank you Daniel for laying out the truth clearly and giving this tough topic, fraught with emotion and complexity, the proper treatment and explanation that it deserves. We need intellectuals such as yourself who lay out the facts like this to expose and disable popular ‘ fence- sitting cowards who want to be seen as good Samaritans, but who are fully consumed with their own “good” image and the protection of their money and connections and Israeli mates”. Thank you Susan from NSW Australia
Thank you for really unpacking this statement. I was clear after her first paragraph that she knew very little about what's happened in Palestine. Ultimately, she would done more for herself by simply writing CEASE-FIRE NOW! And leaving it at that. But many are being "canceled" and/or fired for saying or writing just that. Her statement was a huge disappointment and while she talks of "Daring to lead" and "leading with courage," and fitting vs belonging and changing who we are to fit in, she choose to do that--fit in, rather than do the work and make up her own mind.
Thank you, Daniel! You and your blazing, righteous fury and profound love are precious beyond words, lighting up even this seemingly impenetrably dark political night. May the seeds of justice you plant in those of us who get to hear you, come to fruition in awesome ways! I hope Brene Brown and others seduced by the racist, genocidal status quo, will dare to really listen to you.
I really appreciate the way you repeated that she was failing, because that calls her to do better, and even implies that you believe she can. That's what makes the difference, it's an adult critique aimed at an adult with an understanding of her intelligence and desire to understand and the hope that she will now see her own bias and delve more deeply. Keep it up.
You’re a brilliant, amazing man Daniel. If only more people, esp Americans saw your message and understood it. I agree with you 100%. Israel will never admit their horrific actions nor will Israel stop until they have everything they want. 🙏❤️🇵🇸🇺🇸
I see more people wake up and learning about the reality. I am feeling more and more confident that things will change to the better. Also, as an Arab this makes me reflect on which side would I stand on if the roles were reversed and I always ask god to show me the truth and help me stand on the side of the oppressed.
Duly needed schooling here for those who claim compassion and understanding regarding Israel and Gaza. Thank you immensely for taking the time to post this criticism for the world to review.
You are doing GODS WORK. may God Bless you. you soothe our hearts with your words. I love Brent, but she could not come out of her bubble on this topic. I cried listening to this. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Daniel. Thank you. I am sitting today with thoughts of how some people have to pick up and shoulder so much more than their share, because others choose to remain comfortable. And make others of their tribe comfy. I am in grief over this, because I watched Aaron Bushnell's livestream. Deep inside, I feel like his response was a 'healthier' one that Brene's to the sickness we are living in. His humanity remained intact until his final breath. She, and all of us, need truth to be spoken. Thank you for speaking it the day you took the time to do this.
Also btw, Brene released this statement as she's relaunching her brand after a hiatus.This was totally financially motivated, undermining her entire body of work.
I read your comment then looked over to the right of the screen to see a suggested video of Brené Brown on "Surrounding Yourself With People Who Take Pleasure in Your Joy" on The Ellen Show, another white woman in the comfortable liberal pajamas who has been exposed for being cruel and unfeeling
I am a Brene Brown "fan" ( but not anymore.. celebrities disappointed me so much because of the genocide in gaza) but you sir made perfect sense. Thank you for pointing and calling her out. We need more of you sir
Our media has not shown an objective coverage of the Palestinian/Israel conflict for many decades which is why so many have the pro-Zionist feelings that they do. They simply don't know the facts and thus their feelings are formed as a result.
And so should you. This felt more like a triggered tirade than a considered response, and ignores lots of facts. Besides shows a lack of empathy for the victims of Oct 7 and also many Israeli's who work for peace and seek justice, just because the government is indeed oppressive. Regardless of the atrocities of a right wing and violent fundamentalistic government, do the people deserve to be targeted? If so then you have just strenthened Israel's justification for the attacks in Gaza. ( which I do not agree with or support)
@amonly this didn’t sound like a triggered tirade at all and you don’t know what you’re talking about, sweetie. Your view is heavily determined by your ego rather than he facts of the matter.
Hi Daniel! THANK YOU SO MUCH for speaking up, i know how much courage it takes to stand for justice from where you are. People like you will always blow my mind. Thanks to you my faith in humanity is restored. THANK YOU! ❤
re: Palestinians peacefully protesting- I remember a while back when they were trying to take Israel to court, Israel got the west to call them “judicial terrorists”
This was the ultimate rebuttal. A true pleasure to hear you voice so very eloquently all my thoughts and frustrations against all those civilised moderate westerners sitting on the fence where this attack on Palestinians is concerned.
The concept of using Human Shields is only ever a "useful" concept if your enemy respects the civilian population you intend to use in that way. Given Israel has been shown not to respect Palestinian civilians, using them as shields has been rendered completely pointless and ineffective. This has been evident for 75 years and therefore the Israeli allegation of Hamas using human shields is a moot point.
I would say in addition, that in the case of Gaza, Israel has packed it so tightly with those displaced during the Nakba (I think 70% of the population are descendants of refugees), that it is they and not Hamas who is creating human shields out of Palestinian civilians. I don’t know how anyone expects any resistance movement to prosecute a guerilla campaign entirely away from civilian infrastructure in the most densely populated strip of land on the planet. As people under occupation and invasion, they are not the ones who choose the terrain of combat.
Brilliant critique. Disappointing to see how some of the top psychology experts, like Brene Brown, Peterson show up when the genocide is unfolding. As a psychologist I am also sad to see how many of those, who supposedly care about people's suffering, remain silent. All my respect to Mate family, for your wisdom, clarity and heart ❤
I agree ... it's been shattering seeing the position of people I truly admired with respect to the genocide going on - people from whom I heard an unequivocal message of courage before, have behaved so cowardly. A true awakening for me, and probably many others. Thank God for the truly courageous people like Dr. Gabor Mate and his sons! They are a light to the world!
@@penyarol83 Alice Miller never had the emotional courage to admit just how much and how badly her father failed her. I don't hold it against her but it's important not to idealize anyone.
i love how thoughtful you are in rebuttal. It's a masterclass of a lesson in how to disagree with someone and do it with dignity, honesty and clarity. Thank you.
This is so on point Daniel!! Brene needs to do her DD…. Properly. As a ‘researcher’ Brene must do her research!! Thank you please keep speaking .. your videos educate!
I watched a democracy now episode today where the Palestinian journalist is describing the insanity people are feeling in Rafah now. It reminded me of the book I read many years ago, called man’s search for meaning by Victor Frankel. It’s the same goddamn insanity that the people in the concentration camps are experiencing.
I am an Atheist Palestinian and I support all forms of resistance against occupation. I will however condemn the IOF, the government or Israel and settlers who terrorize civilians. I hope she listens to your words.
You. Your brother and your father are the hope and inspiration for justice in this world.......i wish more people in this earth were courageous like you. You are representing the best of humanity in this difficult time.
This is so true. What an amazing family! Everyone brilliant in their own way, but still carrying the same message of humanity and compassion. Mate family is bringing hope/trust in humans back into my life.
You left out a member of the Mate family that is amazing
Oddly, or maybe not, they are from the far left, that *DOES NOT* mean liberal!
@@taosyoginamaste6278 he left out two amazing family members, the female part of the family that has less media exposure but are both beautiful, genuine, and authentic in that very special Mate way too.
I’ve always been a fan of Aaron and Gabor. So happy to have found Danial a few weeks ago.
I honestly clicked on this video not knowing who you were but as a Palestinian-American who is a huge Brene Brown fan, I solute you sir for calling her out and using your platform to speak truth to this matter. I hope Brene watches this video and really takes your words in and takes action for the better. On the off chance that you read this comment Brene, I am a Palestinian American educator living in Houston. I’ve read all your books. I sang your praises so much that my school district began sending leadership teams to go see you speak.
But this man speaks God’s honest truth. You’ve dismissed the Palestinians and our diaspora and the nearly 80 years of suffering under a brutal, terroristic regime. You have marginalized us in your statement. Of all the people to speak out on this, I think my heart is most broken by you. Please do better and learn more.
i totally feel the same. Thank you for posting!
Am surprised by your praise for Brene Brown. I just watched her thing on Netflix and she's so superficial, choc a bloc with catch phrases, but a very good communicator.Found her annoying after 15 minutes.
So true, I was really shocked at her naive and yes dangerous stance - I have been previously so impressed by her. Thank you Daniel - a very fair and reasoned breakdown.
I may be wrong, but I think this is the son of the amazing Gabor Maté?
Years ago I saw her weigh in on some political issue and I was done with her. She isn’t honest about her participation in war-thinking. She’s not deep enough to self-confront. She postures to protect her comfortable position. I’m not surprised that she took this position.
Just a reminder, they called Geronimo, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Wovoka, Nat Turner, and John Brown, "terrorists" too
Any time people fight against the empire for their liberation, they will be called "terrorists"
Don't forget Nelson Mandela was on terrorist watch lists too.
@@eyedownload Hell, they imprisoned him for 27 years as a "terrorist"!
Thanks for reminding me!
@@eyedownload we (U:S) had him officially labeled one up until *~2008~…yes, as in over a decade *post** Nobel Peace prize. It’s farcical.
...and that the CIA helped apartheid SA arrest him.@@eyedownload
It is such a pity you only add to the violent hatred we see growing on both sides.
You cannot “love, life and empathy” your way out of genocide. Not everything requires being “nice” all the time - some things just need to be said. I’m in awe of this, Daniel! And I have learned far more about authenticity and vulnerability from your incredible father’s work 👏
Thank you Daniel, you possess a formidable intellect. Like father like son.
The entire Mate family.... so talented
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@zovalentine7305 talented for sure. What I find most remarkable about Aaron, Daniel, and Gabor Mate is their epistemic humility and integrity. They do not care what is true they only want to know the truth and operate from a humble understanding that doing otherwise makes them hypocrites and shills for those who want what's least good for humanity.
Thank you for breaking her writing into the facts that a lot of people don't seem to research starting with her! You gave done a Fantastic & profound analysis Thank You Thank You!🙏🙏👍
Excelent commentary!!!
Great stuff Mate!!!
Praying that Brenè watches this and learns a thing or two. This is a must watch for everyone. Thank you Daniel!
This is the first time I have listened to you speak. I listen to your father and brother frequently. I'm amazed at how so many people from one family can be so brilliant.
This is a masterclass in self-awareness. I thought I was self-aware but I have a lot to learn. I'm saving this to revisit regularly. Thank you Daniel.
Daniel, thank you so much for your “with all due respect Brené your views on Palestine/Israel are ignorant and privileged” video. I’ve been walking around fuming since I read her post. Hearing you respond to every problematic statement she made (and there were many) was the best therapy I’ve had in a while. And thank you for everything you do to support the Palestinian cause.
I can’t stop commenting on her website! This was therapeutic for me too.
I'd never heard of this influencer until listening here to Daniel's full scale dismantling of her emotional--political arguments. But the arguments are bad-faith stances we've all heard from colleagues or neighbors or family members in recent months. It's a pipe-dream to hope this Brené person will ever hear, much less absorb, what Daniel said here. But at least he's modeled for the rest of us, in both argument and demeanor, some helpful ways to respond to the disingenuous Brenés in our own lives. Thanks, Daniel!
I didn't read her piece, but in reading watching you get people still not seeing what's going on. And it's hard to take. I go into a rant, In my head. Hearing shared eye-boggling cognitive dissonance its hard to take. Listening to Daniel's rant is fun and he is a good person to have an outlet. Well-spoken, not spoken in any disrespectful way addressing her blind spots. And found more to learn about.
I think in this situation, Brene Broen doesn't deserve respect . She only deserves to be addressed as human.
Whether she deserves it or not, Daniel would demean or dehumanize himself by being disrespectful, whatever the flaws of the "deserving" target of his disrespect.@@lesliemctavish4300
Holy shit! I just finished listening and holy shit, that was brilliant! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall of the matte family since my birthday 1973. You guys are beautiful human beings with Incredible Humanity
“You cannot continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once-there has to be a limit.” Dr. Edward Said
Having a Romany grandfather whose family was killed in death camps this excuse has always been hollow, the holocaust has always been heavily politicized, including the erasure of ethnic Poles and Romany. I got laughed at for mentioning the ethnic Poles, they know exactly what their intent is, they really don't care about holocaust history unless they can use it as leverage. Currently people want to erase pacifist Jews as well, pretending these people have any empathy will just ensnare you in their gaslighting.
Said is a bullshit orientalist. Jews are fighting Jihad, not overcompensating for the Holocaust. Watch your mouth homie.
I bet Said would think babbling about “white manhood” is brain dead.
Agreed! The "victim" storyline is now shopworn.
There is weakness in some of your argument an protestations. The abject violence, especially sexual directed at those in Israel on Oct 7 was not just a 'liberation' strategy. While acknowledging the rightful rage, desparation, and desires of Palestinians for justice and a concern for their suffering in the vengeful reaction of Israel's government, why can't you show outrage over the ideological hate and barbaric actions,rapes, torture, encouraged by Hamas and other groups in their assault on Oct 7? Their actions were not just a spontaneous riot under tension, not just an intifada. You ignore the leadership, planning, intent, intimidation, and religious repression imposed on the Palestinians and also real evidence ( not just IDF propaganda) of using civilian homes, schools, hospitals as cover. Use of fear and suppression of opposition within. Recruiting aid workers for murder. Your outrage in this emotional response has lost my respect or ability to listen. Your disdain and superiority is what Is conveyed without an ability to show compassion to those who 'also' suffered on Oct 7 alongside the Palestinians caught in terror by the failure of their leaders to negotiate or surrender. Several who sit in luxury and have while their people were suffering. Their failure to use more resources to build up, educate, innovate
,rather than entrench and focus on terror. Your brutality comes through in your speech, not any respect or consideration for gray or any position other than what you proclaim. You are indeed coming across misogynist especially by not even acknowledging the terror, rapes , and cheering on of cruelty, not acknowledging the accounts witnessed and documented. It need not be one or the other. The oppression and incursions by Israel need to stop. It's murder campaign is neither just nor perhaps even effective in it's stated purpose. Too much damage covering up years of bad policies and protecting power of a would be dictator too. The provocations by holding power over Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza need to stop for there to be dignity. Yet to not call out the brutality and antisemitism of Hamas and other Islamic jihadists etc shows a willful blindness on YOUR part. Perhaps your own desparation to have a simple good/evil split and side to align with to feel redeemed for your prior zionist upbringing. While i wish for freedom for Palestinian people and walls to come down, in no way as female or Jewish would I want to live under a regime led by Hamas or proxies of Iran, those who have no interest in tolerance. Oh and you overide the desires of millions of Palestinians within Israel who would choose it's (now stressed) democracy over the other, and a more peaceful path to reconciliation and restitution. How about giving and recognizing their voices in this matter too?
Thank you, Mr. Maté. This response is brilliant, and I hope it will be listened to and reflected upon by Brené Brown and (I wish) millions more people around the world.
I watched this twice and took notes. This is an absolute masterclass in dismantling pro-Zionist, racist, bigoted propaganda of all kinds. So much to think about - thank you. 🙏🏻
Brava, Steph. Hope you have also seen the conversation between Daniel, brother Aaron and father Gabor ruclips.net/video/azxtxKyHntA/видео.html - and the panel with Gabor, Naomi Klein and Simone Zimmerman on the film "Israelism" ruclips.net/video/TphWlTQFkWE/видео.html - both of which delve deeply into the psychological aspects behind the propaganda. Simone's personal experience is explored in the film, which can be screened at home via its website. Blessings to you ~ M.
The solution is to end the illegal occupation. l@randomletter-5i4
You ♡
@randomletter-5i4 end the occupation, for starters.
I feel exactly the same.
Your unwavering commitment to unmasking the moralists of double standards is a testament to your unshakeable integrity and humanity. With precision and wisdom, you expose the hypocrisy of those who hide behind the facade of neutrality or moral superiority, effectively siding with the tyrant and the real terrorlst. Your words are a balm to the souls of those who can see the sheer level of cruelty and dehumanization of those who have been silenced, dismissed, oppressed and exterminated.
Your mental clarity and moral courage are a breath of fresh air, cutting through the toxic fog of propaganda and disinformation. You enlighten us with your coherence, wisdom, and compassion, inspiring us to stand up against injustice and speak truth to power.
Thank you for being a luminous voice in these dark times. Your courage is contagious, and your words have the power to awaken the conscience of those who have been lulled into complacency.
May your voice continue to ring out loud and clear, guiding us towards a world where justice, empathy, courage and humanity reign supreme.
With deepest gratitude and admiration
ARH
Cudos to you Daniel for having so much empathy towards the Palestinian people, especially after the trauma that you & your family have suffered. God Speed! 🙏💛🌻
Why would he have any beef with the palestinians?
Palestinians didnt do anything, the empathy is for the thousands of people dying, kids being killed by israel. it is called having basic empathy for human suffering for the ones who were merely put on this earth a couple years, a couple days ago.
Any trauma he or his brother have, come from zi0nism and being raised in zi0nist culture.
There is a difference between teaching/learning history, and ritualistically re-traumatizing children with it on a daily basis with no end in sight.
@@mariGentle I had the same question.
Islam created hamas
It's so important to have these kinds of statements taken apart like this. Bless you
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Listening to you, your brother and your father gives me goosebumps and always brings tears to my eyes. I hope one day I'll get to thank you 3 in person for the impact of your voices. I'm Lebanese, came as a refugee child to Canada from the Lebanon-Israel 80s war. All that's happening is stirring more emotions than words in my family and myself like way too many of us. Our voices were always deemed biased - we need you more than you know. On behalf of our Palestinian cousins and all of us Arabs, thank you from the bottom of our heart.
On behalf of all the decent people, thank you from the bottom of our heart.
I’m so sorry for the trauma this ruthless attack on Gaza brings back for you. This Californian is on your side. I wish I could give you a hug. 🙏❤️
I’m so sorry that Israel’s current aggression is stirring up your own trauma. Sending you and your family love from the US, where I’ll keep screaming into the void.
Never heard of this man before. Exceptional analysis and critique. I am going to have my students watch this. Thank you! ✊🏽
I sure hope Brene listens to you. That was really cathartic for me to listen to. So, just know that if she doesn't hear this, You're still reaching people who need this articulated. For a whole plethora of reasons. My reason is that I'm living thru it and the gas lighting is mind numbing. Also, passive-ism vs pacifism is brilliant.
best thing I've listened to on RUclips this year! well done Daniel. continue to call out the ignorance of ppl like BB! bravo ✌️🇨🇦🙋🏽♀️
@danielmatemusic : Daniel, thank you for this video. As a Veteran War Correspondent, who was in Gaza & a White Woman, I've been thinking about how I wanted to address this. I saw her letter for the first time earlier this week. I was deeply offended by it because clearly she's misinformed. I appreciate your words and it will spur to craft a more enriched conversation. You and your Father have shaped some important parts of my thinking and the healing/justice work I do now, post journalism. Thank you again. .
Unfortunately I don’t think she is misinformed. She wants to sell her books. And I think she does more damage than good. She has a lot of followers that don’t use critical thinking when listening to her. And she has influence. I did like her at first until I realized how she manipulates for her own personal gain.
I'm only half way thru this, but I had to stop and say I love this so much. You're analysis and articulation are spot on and needed in these times. Please consider doing more of these vids. Thanks Daniel and to the whole Mate family, shalom.
Thank you - a million times for what you do. I don’t know if you realize how important your words are. Cannot tell you how many times your videos and insta posts have been what made me stop crying or have lifted my heart up a little out of despair. I’m so grateful that we have voices like yours. Your clarity and unapologetic communication is literally therapeutic .
I love this! I'm in Portland, OR where most people seem to hide behind "love and light." I'm first generation American-Hungarian and also a descendant of a Holocaust survivor. Perhaps it's my family history that causes me to feel so deeply for the plight of the Palestinians. I feel so helpless and alone and shocked that nobody I know even wants to hear about the genocide. I wonder what I can do to make even a morsel of a difference? For now I'm just sharing this on my social media.
Don’t feel alone ! They are pretending not to see but be patient , and don’t lose hope ! Palestinians are bearing such a plight, let’s be strong and will-spirited to not give up ! Love from France
I'm with you, most people commenting here feel like you, empathy is precious and even though sometimes we feel alone, know many kind people all over the world think and feel like you ☮️💜
I’m just south of Portland & know many who feel like you, as I do also. God bless you ❤️🙏🏼
Unfortunately a lot of the „hippie“ and esoteric crowd is like this: hide behind „peace“ phrases until your privilege is at stake. Keep going to protests, don’t shy away from discussing with friends, write journalists and politicians! Every little bit helps
Long Story Short: you can not „both sides“ a Gen0$ide - that’s called gaslighting
Bravo Daniel, thank you for clarity, humility and calling out what needed to be called out with respect and compassion, but without apology. Speaking out and learning are both scary and often painful, but nonetheless essentials. You just gave a masterclass on legitimate, unapologetic criticism. Thank you!
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Daniel, this response merits all admiration. Knowledge, clarity, and articulation. This is worthy of being a speech!
I'm so jealous of how organized and to the point your thoughts and words are. You sir are gentlemen and a scholar
I love it when people who truly understand the power of language to influence take the time to really analyse and deconstruct a communication as Daniel has done here. She is a writer and she is well versed in examining thoughts and emotions. She was deliberately couching and veiling her language to give an Islamophobic message. She has no excuse.
This! If there is one more point to add to the video this would be it.
I just wish he had acknowledged that language most certainly is a form of violent control also in personal relationships within the larger power structures he talks about, especially but not only in abusive relationships. This is quite different from accepting the notion that people shouldn't hold each other to account with language that causes discomfort.
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you, Daniel. I hope you continue, forever, to say it as it is.
Your emotional integrity and scholarly intellect is inspiring. Please post more often Daniel, the world needs more truthspeakers like you! Hoping you will try to set up a convo with our Israeli comrades from the One State Solution podcast you mentioned on Bad Hasbara at some point.
Amen!!!
@@SD62534 If I were religious, I'd say that too.
I have to add my voice here. Please speak more about this and anything important to you. Subscribed in case you're inclined to do so in future.
I have never heard of Brene Brown and I’m now quite pleased about that. I also had never heard of you, Daniel Maté and I regret that. You speak with great eloquence and insight. Thank you.
Thank you for this, Daniel! I'm a social worker and I was a fan of Brene's work. I have been very disappointed in her since October, and I agreed with every bit of your critique. I really hope that she will have the courage to deeply listen and to do the research you've called on her to do. I hope we will see a future Brené speaking truth to power on this issue, but I will certainly not hold my breath. 🇵🇸🍉❤️
Was Getting Sick of her beforehand. Mature white woman here.
One thing you have to remember about Brene is she is a Texan, and therefore will usually be behind... but what credit i give her is that she usually will reflect and catch up.
What an intelligent, articulate analysis. Thank you Daniel Matè - from the U.K. 🇬🇧
Daniel, you were tough but fair. This is a horrendous situation for the people of Gaza and we don’t need another liberal voice pretending empathy, but utterly missing it for people who have lived under brutal occupation for multiple generations. Slavery in the US was similar in terms of its multi-generational aspects.
I keep seeing Hend Rajab‘s face and hearing her little voice - there are others.
I knew of your father first, then your brother, now you- you are an exceptional family. I am so glad your dad survived. All I have are tears these days.
I hope Brene watches this and does some research. I guess it’s better that she made her views public. Many people think like this and need to be responded to. Thank you Daniel for your clarity, persistence and patience.
100%
It would be better that she make her views public, IF she were big enough to respond, vulnerably. She could grow. The world could grow.
Compare her audience with Daniel's.
Unfortunately vulnerability is just a "cash-cow" to Brene!
Possibly the most truthful and eloquent take down I've ever seen. Bravo.
There are some flaws in his logic but mostly well done
Thank you for being a voice of reason, genuineness, and courage in this horribly dark time. Your dad and you have given so much hope and light to so many of us.
I appreciate your deep sense of justice and humanity.
What an honour and blessing it would be to be seated at the dinner table with your family, Daniel, steeping in the wisdom, intellect and emotional intelligence that abounds. I unlearn and relearn every time I tune in to listen to Maté content. Thank you. Please keep the conversations going. Voices like yours are so needed to refute the disinformation that is being perpetuated so shamelessly.
This was amazing, honest, and courageous!
Thank you for this, Daniel. Total sense, total humanity - I breathe a deep sigh of relief whenever I listen to or read you or your Dad. Faith in humanity restored.
Thank you, and also your father and brother, for speaking out on behalf of the oppressed people of Palestine. You are an inspiration
This video is a Masterclass. Thank you so much for your work, Daniel.
Nice job at proofreading an American professor who writes to appease one group and please the other. Mr. Mate you analyzed her material with perfection and found her gut feelings covered with bias. For all the sadness we all around the world feel, it's people like you who give us a window to see clearly through people like her. Thankyou!
I just want to say bravo for calling out the BS.
It reminds me when I listened first to one of your videos, in the days after October 7th, you were walking outside and talking about the perspective of a rave - a peace concert- mere miles from a concentration camp, where the prisoners can hear the music but may not participate in the peace dance. Peace for who?
It was like a massive boulder was removed from my chest and I could breathe.
Same thing in this video.
Not a war. This isn’t equal. This ain’t equivalent. It’s a massacre.
76 years ago, Truman & Congress violated Magna Carta principles. They unilaterally removed Americans' inalienable fundamental right to freedom from religion. Read it on Wikipedia and replace the characters with the current actors. King = Truman
French guy = South Africa
Rebels =Palestinians
America was created post Magna Carta and multiple holy wars in mankind's rear view mirror.
1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
Was to protect us from this because in order to have a free society, one must first have freedom from religion.
The second sentence is freedom of religion. Justified by the Christian writers' belief, one had to accept Christ.
Cause it’s not a concentration camp so that blows your bs out of the water
@@dafnacohen9735 can you tell me what you think it is? Describe the life of a typical gazan, just so I can understand where you’re coming from.
@dafnacohen9735 what is Gaza? I see Warsaw add Dresden
@@dafnacohen9735 here is the definition from Merriam-Webster dictionary that I’m following when I use the term concentration camp:
« a place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard. »
What definition are you using?
Glad I found you Daniel. Like many Canadians, I've followed the work of your brother and father and was unaware there was even more Mate awesomeness. Your family has done more for authentic, positive discourse in Canada and around the world than any of our elected public officials. Keep shining that light in dark corners brother. Easy sub.
THANK YOU for showing me a great example of how to step through things like this. “You’ve been triggered. The trigger is the smallest part of a gun” will be in my ears forever! And your closing resonates as well: “You have my compassion; but you do not have my sympathy.” Wonderful boundary statement.
Thank you for your humanity, honesty, fairness, and common sense , Daniel!!
Fairness and righteousness in an unethical world are as rare as Red diamonds:so is the rarity of the matés
Oh so well put. Thank you.
Nice!! ❤️🙏🏾
This response is everything! Intellectual, with emotional integrity and unapologetic. Thank you Daniel, this was so thoughtful and satisfying to listen to ❤❤❤❤
Much Love to you and your family, Daniel. You continue to inspire. Stay courageous and strong. We need you!❤
Thank you for speaking truth so boldly…..you are a good man.
Thank you Daniel...Your criticism was fair, and I hope Brene Brown will contact you for guidance...And I hope others will follow...
Thank you Daniel. Really admire you for this intelligent response to Brene Brown. It's obvious she has no real understanding of the situation and should have remained quiet.
This was a really eloquent, educated response to the bs we find plastered all over the place by people who prefer "riteousness" to what is right. ❤🇱🇧🇵🇸
Thanks for this fantastic critique, Daniel & also for putting it together as one video for YT.
What a fantastic response! I am so grateful to what your family has done in making this world a better place on so many levels. Fantastic, empathetic, open minded, critical thinking parents make fantastic children! Keep the posts coming, everyone needs to hear this. You speak at such a high level of intellect and logic and I know that there is hope for humanity as long as there are great thinkers like you around who continue to share with the rest of the world.
Siding with Israel is not a a sign of courage but a sign of cowardice and moral bankruptcy. Thank you Daniel, God bless you.
I know your father is brilliant, but little did I know that his son is no less. This was my first time listening to you and I feel nothing but respect for you. Thank you! Hope you continue on this path... your voice is powerful and needed for good.
Wow! As a fan of Brene Brown's books, (that's why I clicked on this video). I would like to say thank you to Daniel for this enlightening commentary. This isn't a for or against either of you, but I realized while watching this how screwed up our thinking is, which probably applies to almost everything we think we know. We have been molded by so many nefarious institutions and groups, (that influence what we call our culture) it behooves us to be very alert and relentlessly skeptical to our conditioning and biases that we use to spin our reality. So glad I watched this. I've subscribed!
very well said!
Exactly what I was thinking as I was listening to this
As a former staunch NPR liberal I stopped following Brene when it became obvious that somehow the 2016 Trump election broke her brain. ( Btw: I never voted for Trump or Biden )
Her work with shame and vulnerability is a good stepping stone on the way to self awareness.
It's too bad Brene has exposed herself as someone with a deep lack of self awareness that she has built a multi million dollar living teaching.
Yes! I also think that a classical education in which a very high standard of language is developed and logic/critical thinking is a main part is lacking for most of us today. Not to forget studying and discussing the Great Books.
Thank you Daniel for laying out the truth clearly and giving this tough topic, fraught with emotion and complexity, the proper treatment and explanation that it deserves. We need intellectuals such as yourself who lay out the facts like this to expose and disable popular ‘ fence- sitting cowards who want to be seen as good Samaritans, but who are fully consumed with their own “good” image and the protection of their money and connections and Israeli mates”. Thank you Susan from NSW Australia
Thank you for really unpacking this statement.
I was clear after her first paragraph that she knew very little about what's happened in Palestine. Ultimately, she would done more for herself by simply writing CEASE-FIRE NOW! And leaving it at that. But many are being "canceled" and/or fired for saying or writing just that.
Her statement was a huge disappointment and while she talks of "Daring to lead" and "leading with courage," and fitting vs belonging and changing who we are to fit in, she choose to do that--fit in, rather than do the work and make up her own mind.
Because she understands where her money comes from
Well said.
Thank you, Daniel! You and your blazing, righteous fury and profound love are precious beyond words, lighting up even this seemingly impenetrably dark political night. May the seeds of justice you plant in those of us who get to hear you, come to fruition in awesome ways! I hope Brene Brown and others seduced by the racist, genocidal status quo, will dare to really listen to you.
I really appreciate the way you repeated that she was failing, because that calls her to do better, and even implies that you believe she can. That's what makes the difference, it's an adult critique aimed at an adult with an understanding of her intelligence and desire to understand and the hope that she will now see her own bias and delve more deeply. Keep it up.
Thank you for expressing so clearly what is going on…
Brillant. Thank you for your courage, Daniel. Mad respect ❤
OUTSTANDING analysis, Daniel! 💯 ON POINT! Hope Brene sees this video and has the guts to watch it all the way through to the end.
Brilliant. Thank you!
You’re a brilliant, amazing man Daniel. If only more people, esp Americans saw your message and understood it. I agree with you 100%. Israel will never admit their horrific actions nor will Israel stop until they have everything they want. 🙏❤️🇵🇸🇺🇸
I see more people wake up and learning about the reality. I am feeling more and more confident that things will change to the better.
Also, as an Arab this makes me reflect on which side would I stand on if the roles were reversed and I always ask god to show me the truth and help me stand on the side of the oppressed.
@@Wise__guy Well said my friend. Blessings from Los Angeles 🙏❣️
Duly needed schooling here for those who claim compassion and understanding regarding Israel and Gaza. Thank you immensely for taking the time to post this criticism for the world to review.
Thank you Daniel.
You are doing GODS WORK. may God Bless you. you soothe our hearts with your words. I love Brent, but she could not come out of her bubble on this topic. I cried listening to this. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Thank you Daniel… you really are your fathers son and more..
please please keep speaking out and highlighting the real truth ❤
always so thoughtful, patient and compassionate, thank you Daniel Maté
Wow, that was brilliantly ruthless....and truthful
Brutally fair indeed.
Daniel. Thank you. I am sitting today with thoughts of how some people have to pick up and shoulder so much more than their share, because others choose to remain comfortable. And make others of their tribe comfy. I am in grief over this, because I watched Aaron Bushnell's livestream. Deep inside, I feel like his response was a 'healthier' one that Brene's to the sickness we are living in. His humanity remained intact until his final breath.
She, and all of us, need truth to be spoken. Thank you for speaking it the day you took the time to do this.
Also btw, Brene released this statement as she's relaunching her brand after a hiatus.This was totally financially motivated, undermining her entire body of work.
I read your comment then looked over to the right of the screen to see a suggested video of Brené Brown on "Surrounding Yourself With People Who Take Pleasure in Your Joy" on The Ellen Show, another white woman in the comfortable liberal pajamas who has been exposed for being cruel and unfeeling
cancel her and don't buy her stuff!
DO not support her ever - signed Indigenous Genocide Survivor
Sounds to me like her body of work has rigamortis.
I am a Brene Brown "fan" ( but not anymore.. celebrities disappointed me so much because of the genocide in gaza) but you sir made perfect sense. Thank you for pointing and calling her out. We need more of you sir
Feelings are not Facts, Brene should know this.
Our media has not shown an objective coverage of the Palestinian/Israel conflict for many decades which is why so many have the pro-Zionist feelings that they do. They simply don't know the facts and thus their feelings are formed as a result.
She knows exactly what she's doing. Follow the money...
And so should you. This felt more like a triggered tirade than a considered response, and ignores lots of facts. Besides shows a lack of empathy for the victims of Oct 7 and also many Israeli's who work for peace and seek justice, just because the government is indeed oppressive. Regardless of the atrocities of a right wing and violent fundamentalistic government, do the people deserve to be targeted? If so then you have just strenthened Israel's justification for the attacks in Gaza. ( which I do not agree with or support)
@amonly this didn’t sound like a triggered tirade at all and you don’t know what you’re talking about, sweetie. Your view is heavily determined by your ego rather than he facts of the matter.
There do seem to be some facts you missed yourself, however, kinda loved that you took on a sacred cow. Laughed out loud a few times.
You, your Dad & your brother have all my respect! Your voice mean so much, & weigh a ton!!
Hi Daniel! THANK YOU SO MUCH for speaking up, i know how much courage it takes to stand for justice from where you are. People like you will always blow my mind. Thanks to you my faith in humanity is restored. THANK YOU! ❤
Thank you for this❤️so eloquent and structured
Mate family man... thank you God for these humans.
Your stark honesty and deep wisdom and compassion gives me a glimmer of hope for humanity. Thank you.💕
re: Palestinians peacefully protesting- I remember a while back when they were trying to take Israel to court, Israel got the west to call them “judicial terrorists”
This was the ultimate rebuttal. A true pleasure to hear you voice so very eloquently all my thoughts and frustrations against all those civilised moderate westerners sitting on the fence where this attack on Palestinians is concerned.
The concept of using Human Shields is only ever a "useful" concept if your enemy respects the civilian population you intend to use in that way. Given Israel has been shown not to respect Palestinian civilians, using them as shields has been rendered completely pointless and ineffective. This has been evident for 75 years and therefore the Israeli allegation of Hamas using human shields is a moot point.
I would say in addition, that in the case of Gaza, Israel has packed it so tightly with those displaced during the Nakba (I think 70% of the population are descendants of refugees), that it is they and not Hamas who is creating human shields out of Palestinian civilians. I don’t know how anyone expects any resistance movement to prosecute a guerilla campaign entirely away from civilian infrastructure in the most densely populated strip of land on the planet. As people under occupation and invasion, they are not the ones who choose the terrain of combat.
Just when someone starts to lose hope in humanity and people,coming across great people like you and your father is such a nice breath of fresh air !
Absolutely brilliant analysis!
Brilliant response 👏👏👏
Brilliant critique. Disappointing to see how some of the top psychology experts, like Brene Brown, Peterson show up when the genocide is unfolding. As a psychologist I am also sad to see how many of those, who supposedly care about people's suffering, remain silent.
All my respect to Mate family, for your wisdom, clarity and heart ❤
Ooh I wouldn’t go so far as to call them top psychology experts 😬
I agree ... it's been shattering seeing the position of people I truly admired with respect to the genocide going on - people from whom I heard an unequivocal message of courage before, have behaved so cowardly. A true awakening for me, and probably many others. Thank God for the truly courageous people like Dr. Gabor Mate and his sons! They are a light to the world!
Yikes Peterson is just clickbait he's not much of a thinker - hardly surprising. Bit of a sad old creep tbh. I agree Daniel nailed it!
@@YuyiLeal just a note: Dr. Gabor is *almost* truly courageous. If you want to see truly courageous, see Alice Miller.
@@penyarol83 Alice Miller never had the emotional courage to admit just how much and how badly her father failed her. I don't hold it against her but it's important not to idealize anyone.
Thank you Daniel much respect to you and your family
i love how thoughtful you are in rebuttal. It's a masterclass of a lesson in how to disagree with someone and do it with dignity, honesty and clarity. Thank you.
This is so on point Daniel!! Brene needs to do her DD…. Properly. As a ‘researcher’ Brene must do her research!! Thank you please keep speaking .. your videos educate!
I watched a democracy now episode today where the Palestinian journalist is describing the insanity people are feeling in Rafah now. It reminded me of the book I read many years ago, called man’s search for meaning by Victor Frankel. It’s the same goddamn insanity that the people in the concentration camps are experiencing.
Such an excellent & thoughtful line by line dissection of Brown’s statement. I need to watch again and jot notes. Thank you.
I am an Atheist Palestinian and I support all forms of resistance against occupation. I will however condemn the IOF, the government or Israel and settlers who terrorize civilians. I hope she listens to your words.
Thank you Daniel. Keep fighting ignorance. We love you and your beautiful family ❤
Thank you Daniel for being the voice of sanity
Thank you, Daniel , for saying what needs to be said.
Thank God there are people like you in this world.