Konstantin, you disagree with some of Sam's views, but you RESPECT him and value his perspective. A huge percentage of the problems we experience on social media would disappear if more people had your "balance". There are some things that I disagree with you on, but because I know you are speaking from your heart and what you understand to be true, I don't "throw the baby out with the bath water". If I unsubscribed from you because I disagreed with your belief on something, that would be a great loss for ME. Thanks for leading by example. Love, one of your most loyal bigots! P.S. Say hello to that goofy sidekick of yours (and Anton)! You guys make a great team.
I just listened to Monica's interview with Benjamin Klutsey. Very impressive. From a stodgy old white guy that loves freedom, individuality and conservative values - I wish you luck and will give you support whenever I can. Much love.
Another great interview! I've been enjoying going back through this series. Nice to see Kissin on there. Looking forward to more good stuff in the coming year. Best Wishes for Christmas and New Year.
Freedom Of Speech by its very nature requires a willingness to be offended and perhaps made angry. Sadly today, claiming to be offended and hurt by words and ideas has become an excuse to limit varying views of others to placate the large crop of misfits attempting to change the world,
Thank you!!! It is these conversations that help us all to fight back. One of the most harmful things I hear being pushed on kids, is equating free speech with hate speech. Nothing could be further from the truth. Also have to mention what a huge fan I am of Triggernometry. From the first time I watched, I was hooked! Going on 3 years now. A great example of Konstantin's comedic genius is this bit at Comedy Unleashed, ruclips.net/video/HthF7dsRufU/видео.html. Absolutely priceless 😅
When the actual "real world" (rather than the fantasy world between your own ears) somehow "triggers" you - and when "other people's opinions" that dare "differ" from your own opinions also - "trigger" you - well, you're clearly in for a rather long bumpy ride through life.
He is so right about Ukraine and the tendency of one party just to be against the other party. The issue is the parties lost their heart and soul, their values, their beliefs. So it just becomes a power struggle. That being sad, there is just one party at the moment that loves USA, and one that absolutely hates it. And you know which is which.
Scotland is a sort of separate state from England and the their parliament is currently (TODAY) tying themselves in knots over woke trans laws, I suspect it is the ruling party trying to virtue signal rather than Scots being particularly in favour of trans-rights more than the English - although, I think there is a swerve towards voicing woke tendencies in Scotland outside parliament just to appear anti-English.
Sadly many people in Scotland motivated by historical hate ….their ignorance in not being able to let go of things that happen to other people in the past, means they build up grudges and end up harming themselves and if in power, many more.
Another reason there's been pushback against gender ideology in the UK is the ability to debate, share info & organize on Mumsnet, one of the very few social media platforms in the world that is primarily used by women, many of them mothers. Also, under Theresa May, the Tory Party proposed going to a system where people could change their legal sex just by self-ID, & in 2018 there was a public consultation on the proposal. A huge number of people, largely women, responded to the consultation, pointing out all the harms self ID would bring. The Tories then shelved the proposal.
So Singapore adopted and kept the penal code of the UK since its voluntary withdrawal from Malaya in 1957. Being raised in the UK I was not aware people could report me for insulting them? Perhaps the UK's penal law has progressed since then? Singapore, not so much?
Don't know about isolationism. I live in NZ and it's full on woke here......... "transwomen are women". Our official community sports body has just ruled that transwomen can participate in female sports
I think it's to do with Constitutional Monarchies. It's a means a retaining the aristocracy in place as a cultural force. There's a deep ingrained cynicism of the political.
I'm in Canada and there has been a LOT of comparisons made between Trudeau and Arden. They really are two pea's in a pod. We have a sporting body, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, that fully supports tans-women competing against women. And their funding comes from the gov't of course. We also have very similar restrictions being made against our farmers, which will result in farms being sold off to corporations. Along with very similar covid restrictions and mandates. We really feel your pain.
Late to the party, but slight pushback: I don't believe Trump would have been as hard on the vaccine and mask mandates. He would have encouraged people to wear them, but not as hard as democrats who insisted on children too while the science didn't support it.
16:50 "clear and present danger" From Wikipedia: "Clear and present danger was a doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States to determine under what circumstances limits can be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, or assembly. The test was replaced in 1969 with Brandenburg v. Ohio's "imminent lawless action" test."
Don’t think we brits use the C word quite as readily as KK suggests, just in case visitors feel they have carte blanche to lob it into conversations. 😱
I never heard anyone in U.K. use the ‘C’ word and people not being very shocked and I was born in the U.K. and am older than KK ..it clearly depends on the circles you mix in.🤭
KK, 'Terrible' as in Ivan, doesn't mean terrible as in bad at things .... it does mean 'fearsome' as you say they say in Russia. As an Englishman I do read Terrible actually quite a bit like 'Ivan the Terrorist'. I suspect the meaning of the word 'terrible' has been downgraded from 'terrorist' to 'crap' over the last 300 years..... Apart from in Ivan's nickname.
Reactionary is a good term. However there are reactionarys who will go too far and people who are just tired of constantly being nudged in one direction. We have a politicstest here in switzerland and i also thoght i was a reactonary right winger until i discovered that im just a conservativ being tired of left liberal and right to constantly demand change
The Arab Spring did happen. If McCain in or Hillary had been President instead of Obama, we may have taking steps to exploit it which was part of Bush's strategy along.
No they don’t, and I don’t agree with him that it is an acceptable word in the UK. Some comedians in the UK use it now, but for most people it is a taboo word, and only used in extremis. I personally find it jarring when I hear it, and never use it.
@@Hesthedaddy Thank you. At the risk of being called a prude, I have discomfort with the breakdown of our language. On the other hand my belief in the importance of free speech forces me to accept what I consider inappropriate language. It would be interesting to look at the pros and cons of this specific component of free speech. I am an atheist so it has nothing to do with God.
I have just had two English English words removed by the same American filter that Konstantin is talking about, one a food-product and the other a cigarette.
So psyched to see Konstantin interacting with FAIR. He's exactly the kind of person we want supporting us.
Konstantin, you disagree with some of Sam's views, but you RESPECT him and value his perspective. A huge percentage of the problems we experience on social media would disappear if more people had your "balance". There are some things that I disagree with you on, but because I know you are speaking from your heart and what you understand to be true, I don't "throw the baby out with the bath water". If I unsubscribed from you because I disagreed with your belief on something, that would be a great loss for ME. Thanks for leading by example. Love, one of your most loyal bigots! P.S. Say hello to that goofy sidekick of yours (and Anton)! You guys make a great team.
I appreciated the mature conversation regarding free speech absolutism.
Konstantin awayes frames his arguments or statements in such an intelligent way. I wish I had that ability.
first timer on here, really enjoyed the conversation.
Don’t forget to subscribe! Check out our past episodes, if you like Konstantin you’ll probably like a lot of our other guests too!
Me too
Great conversation, thank you!
I just listened to Monica's interview with Benjamin Klutsey. Very impressive. From a stodgy old white guy that loves freedom, individuality and conservative values - I wish you luck and will give you support whenever I can. Much love.
An excellent discussion - thank you❣
Another great interview! I've been enjoying going back through this series. Nice to see Kissin on there. Looking forward to more good stuff in the coming year. Best Wishes for Christmas and New Year.
Great show. Loved it. KK is a great guy. 🙏🏽💕🐘
Love this so much! Wilfred and KK? Wow!
Freedom Of Speech by its very nature requires a willingness to be offended and perhaps made angry. Sadly today, claiming to be offended and hurt by words and ideas has become an excuse to limit varying views of others to placate the large crop of misfits attempting to change the world,
First time watching. Subscribed 👍🏻
Thank you!!! It is these conversations that help us all to fight back. One of the most harmful things I hear being pushed on kids, is equating free speech with hate speech. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Also have to mention what a huge fan I am of Triggernometry. From the first time I watched, I was hooked! Going on 3 years now. A great example of Konstantin's comedic genius is this bit at Comedy Unleashed, ruclips.net/video/HthF7dsRufU/видео.html. Absolutely priceless 😅
When the actual "real world" (rather than the fantasy world between your own ears) somehow "triggers" you - and when "other people's opinions" that dare "differ" from your own opinions also - "trigger" you - well, you're clearly in for a rather long bumpy ride through life.
He is so right about Ukraine and the tendency of one party just to be against the other party.
The issue is the parties lost their heart and soul, their values, their beliefs.
So it just becomes a power struggle.
That being sad, there is just one party at the moment that loves USA, and one that absolutely hates it.
And you know which is which.
Wilfred is excellent
Scotland is a sort of separate state from England and the their parliament is currently (TODAY) tying themselves in knots over woke trans laws, I suspect it is the ruling party trying to virtue signal rather than Scots being particularly in favour of trans-rights more than the English - although, I think there is a swerve towards voicing woke tendencies in Scotland outside parliament just to appear anti-English.
Sadly many people in Scotland motivated by historical hate ….their ignorance in not being able to let go of things that happen to other people in the past, means they build up grudges and end up harming themselves and if in power, many more.
Good show mates
Another reason there's been pushback against gender ideology in the UK is the ability to debate, share info & organize on Mumsnet, one of the very few social media platforms in the world that is primarily used by women, many of them mothers. Also, under Theresa May, the Tory Party proposed going to a system where people could change their legal sex just by self-ID, & in 2018 there was a public consultation on the proposal. A huge number of people, largely women, responded to the consultation, pointing out all the harms self ID would bring. The Tories then shelved the proposal.
Isn't British law against calling names a recent deformity?
Yep. Seems Singapore has failed to update it's penal code in the intervening 85years.
So what happened on Timcast a few days ago?
So Singapore adopted and kept the penal code of the UK since its voluntary withdrawal from Malaya in 1957.
Being raised in the UK I was not aware people could report me for insulting them?
Perhaps the UK's penal law has progressed since then?
Singapore, not so much?
Don't know about isolationism. I live in NZ and it's full on woke here......... "transwomen are women". Our official community sports body has just ruled that transwomen can participate in female sports
I think it's to do with Constitutional Monarchies. It's a means a retaining the aristocracy in place as a cultural force. There's a deep ingrained cynicism of the political.
I'm in Canada and there has been a LOT of comparisons made between Trudeau and Arden. They really are two pea's in a pod. We have a sporting body, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, that fully supports tans-women competing against women. And their funding comes from the gov't of course.
We also have very similar restrictions being made against our farmers, which will result in farms being sold off to corporations. Along with very similar covid restrictions and mandates.
We really feel your pain.
What incident with timcast was he referring to?
Late to the party, but slight pushback: I don't believe Trump would have been as hard on the vaccine and mask mandates. He would have encouraged people to wear them, but not as hard as democrats who insisted on children too while the science didn't support it.
16:50 "clear and present danger"
From Wikipedia: "Clear and present danger was a doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States to determine under what circumstances limits can be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, or assembly. The test was replaced in 1969 with Brandenburg v. Ohio's "imminent lawless action" test."
Don’t think we brits use the C word quite as readily as KK suggests, just in case visitors feel they have carte blanche to lob it into conversations. 😱
I second that.
I've never heard the C bomb used colloquially in England without it taking all of the air out of the room
Very popular in Glasgow!
I never heard anyone in U.K. use the ‘C’ word and people not being very shocked and I was born in the U.K. and am older than KK ..it clearly depends on the circles you mix in.🤭
Thanks for this.
I strongly approve of the bottle of Johnny Walker Double Black in Melissa's office.
English whiskey.
It's already an ideology Konstantin! The whole thing is driven by ideology.
Free speech is rhetoric and rhetoric triggers.
Only in very specific circles in the UK is the word Cunt used a lot. Mostly it isn't. You need to go to Australia for that.
Sam did it to himself. He showed us the truth about his thinking. The end justifies the means for him. He gets to play judge and jury.
KK, 'Terrible' as in Ivan, doesn't mean terrible as in bad at things .... it does mean 'fearsome' as you say they say in Russia. As an Englishman I do read Terrible actually quite a bit like 'Ivan the Terrorist'. I suspect the meaning of the word 'terrible' has been downgraded from 'terrorist' to 'crap' over the last 300 years..... Apart from in Ivan's nickname.
1:05:15 comedy in Canada right now is horrible. All of it is woke based.
Reactionary is a good term. However there are reactionarys who will go too far and people who are just tired of constantly being nudged in one direction. We have a politicstest here in switzerland and i also thoght i was a reactonary right winger until i discovered that im just a conservativ being tired of left liberal and right to constantly demand change
Sam Harris is a big baby girl
I've often thought that..... it should be so easy to believe in God, and just go home and have a glass of wine and not angst about anything......
But if the belief is blind belief…as it always is…then it actually doesn’t work ..as we can see.
The Arab Spring did happen. If McCain in or Hillary had been President instead of Obama, we may have taking steps to exploit it which was part of Bush's strategy along.
We call that colonialism.
Do five years olds in the UK use the C word, Konstantin?
No they don’t, and I don’t agree with him that it is an acceptable word in the UK. Some comedians in the UK use it now, but for most people it is a taboo word, and only used in extremis. I personally find it jarring when I hear it, and never use it.
@@Hesthedaddy Thank you. At the risk of being called a prude, I have discomfort with the breakdown of our language. On the other hand my belief in the importance of free speech forces me to accept what I consider inappropriate language. It would be interesting to look at the pros and cons of this specific component of free speech. I am an atheist so it has nothing to do with God.
They use it in Scotland far more casually! And Since KK went to University in Scotland, it may have seemed that way! Remember, he is an immigrant!
Whoops, Konstantin just defunded this video. What a silly bunt.
Here’s a thought: shut Twitter down. What’s the worst thing that could happen?
Starting in 28:03...this is wild speculation. What is the point? And why laugh as if it is somehow proven? Very disappointing...
A good talk but Constantine you're drugged up Shirley
Leave Shirley out of this.
Don't call me Shirley...
I have just had two English English words removed by the same American filter that Konstantin is talking about, one a food-product and the other a cigarette.
Lol I'm not sure I agree about a leader being intelligent, we I Australia have a pretty dumb prime minister
Melissa: What’s that book that has had its spine turned around to face the wall? I enjoy Johnnie Double Black too.
Here you go Melissa: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize