My descent into America’s neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out | Christian Picciolini
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2018
- At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist -- and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United States. How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out of the movement? In this courageous talk, Picciolini shares the surprising and counterintuitive solution to hate in all forms.
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Next up: “My descent into this video’s comment section, and how I got out”
All race based topic's comment sections...lol.
nice one
They need psychological help, not hugs.
ilaDali You think TED has a mind, and that the cause of racism also makes people become pedophiles? Were you drunkposting?
Black Cat
Whoa there racist. Whoa there.
Accepting the biggest mistakes you committed in front of millions is badass!
For all we know he was controlled opposition.
@@LEO-xo9cz boy did he do a good job if that's the case. Pretending he's a nahtsee for 8 years, tattoing himself, making songs... I really doubt it, don't you too? I think the bad thing was that his hatred was based on emotions though. For example, I still want white countries where whites can live their life peacefully. I don't hate any non-white person who wants the same for his people, to live in a nice ethnic community free of degeneracy and globalism.
@@Leon.Stanic That is fair and well but in this climate of white male bashing people should always question.
Darkages
Sounds a lot like the kinds of things he used to say
No it’s not. He’s literally being paid to do it.
I was a racist too, I also considered myself part of the nationalist socialist party, even though I wasn't registered as such. I wasn't as much into as you were but I still know more than most. I know what it's like to feel racism and hate for no reason, and I know what it's like when you don't feel that anymore. While I'm ashamed of my actions in those teenage years, I am proud to say now that I am completely the opposite and 100 percent support racial, sexual, and religious equality.
Don't be ashamed. Only mistakes have made humankind better 🙂
@casey people shouldn't be racist in the first place yes, but to see the mistakes you've made, admit it and try to encourage others to not do your mistake, is something admirable.
@casey dude your tirades in this comment section are insane
Thank u for being awesome bro
Finally came out did ya'?
Feeling lost at 14 is normal. That’s what’s so scary about this. Who is offering your kids a “lifeline?”
Abolish democracy and bring back natural order. You won't have to deal with lost teens any more.
@@Nyah420 I hesitate to ask, but what is 'natural order' in this context?
If more parents thought about what they were doing before they created a life maybe less teens would be rudderless and lost.
The White Nationalist movement and ISIS are predators for people like this.
Army
"I was afraid of being judged the way I had judged other people"
Benjamin Why should we breed dumb fucktards like you out of the population? Oh, it's because we're judging you.
Benjamin McMahon ok those are different things. You don´t let a heroin addict to babysit your kids, cuz it´s not safe. They can´t babysit, they need help.
You don´t have sexual relationship with someone who has Down syndrome, cuz relationships should be equal, and when one can abuse the other is not good anymore. So it´s not judging. You are confused.
Benjamin McMahon
the point is that the "golden rule" is not a means for anyone to criticize another, but a means for understanding the reason humans are so powerful
tell us more about white privilege
"I was afraid of being judged the way I had judged other people"
That's really a punchline that everybody ought to remember. Wanna know how and why indoctrination (of any kind) works at heart? This senstence contains it. Judging other people unfairly to the point that they will judge you unfairly.
Indoctrination desperately breeds hostility.
Because hostility brings forward isolation.
And isolation brings forward loyalty.
Divide and conquer.
This is something every human should listen to. "Hatred is born of ignorance, Fear is its father and Isolation is its mother." The best treatment is "receiving compassion from the people they least deserved it from, when they least deserved it."
+J.Temple
I once gave compassion to someone that did not deserve it. When he least deserved it.
It made him feel guilty, so he resented me for loving him and would trigger fights, so he didn't have to deal with the complicated unconditional love that wrecked him with guilt for not loving me back.
Those are the kindof people that you shouldn't give the 'treatment' to, you should save yourself and leave.
When someone says 'This is something every human should listen to', it makes me think that the person saying it is the one who isn't listening.
very true mr Silence
The left is highly ignorant and find alternate belief system and right wing beliefs a threat and even tries to kick people with different belief system and views out of schools and the only up side is that white left wingers will be a small minority of whites in a centuries or two.
Hatred comes from observance and life experience, not ignorance. This guy in video was brainwashed, his hate wasnt organic, thats ignorant.
Being able to face one's demons is as much courage as it is humility
Dont be a racist for whole life like normal person is much more.
Something that many antifa members need to do
Translation plz.....
"They became extremists because they wanted to belong... What brought them out was receiving compassion from the people they least deserved it from, when they least deserved it."
Yes but some people never want to change and are dangerous. Believe me, i know!
@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn then move to fucking iceland simp.
@@theNickRYG Aren't you just a big bag of fuzzy warm love?
@@Declan-pg8cg I was replying to a white supremacist who has since deleted their comment.
It's not about belonging to something, it's about not wanting to see your home get turned into Africa 2.0. I'm from Germany, I'm not exactly happy about becoming a minority in my own country by 2050. This is Europa, and my home will remain for Europeans as long as I have breath in my lungs.
War is coming, our society is about to cross the Rubicon; again.
„Hatred is born of ignorance. Fear is its father and isolation is its mother.“
18:15
stellvia hoenheim 😂
If hatred is born of ignorance then why do people who live in close proximity to blacks hate them the most?
Lukas S Sometimes it's not. But it is a choice.
Rofl John V. No you wouldnt expect the very same average for any group of people simply based on the details of the testing, IQ tests are vastly inferior tests, you have yet to provide some plausibility for the divergence though, which you havent. Show at least that people with high IQs have had in previous times more offspring, and explain the flynn effect with that in mind, ok you cant. The rest of your ramblings is just pure idiocy.
RipTheJackR,
Okay, first off, IQ tests are absolutely not "inferior" (compared to what?!). IQ is by far the most established psychometric that exists. In fact IQ is almost perfectly correlated with how much money you will make over your lifetime. Now we all know that correlation does not equal causation but it proves that there is something there.
The onus is actually on YOU to prove that in this one specific case, the only one out of billions of cases of evolutionary theory, that just this once the result was different and that there was no significant change in humans due to selective pressure. YOU are the one making the extraordinary claim.
As for the rest of your argument:
ruclips.net/video/GJ-e5XjlmZA/видео.html
"It is easy to do nothing. It is hard to forgive."
-Aang
"It's not just hard, it's impossible".
-Katara
"It is easier to kill a man than to change his mind.." Mao Tse Tung
"Some people just want to watch the world burn" -Alfred
"It is when we hit our lowest point that we are open to the greatest change."
-Aang
Hobbes Hobbiton yess. pls do an iroh quote next
Hatred is born of ignorance, fear is its father and isolation is its mother. When we don't understand something we tend to be afraid of it.
@@Vincent-zy1pj Thats interesting....Not racism , but culturalism. Which is not race based. Logical.....If you judge people by their actions and not their appearance it confuses our social justice warriors.
@Truth Hurts You are a verified troll...heres your sign.
Literally emotions can't be legislated. Get over your moral superiority.
Hatred has three parents? or a surrogate? If fear and isolation are hatred's parents, but it is ignorance gave birth to it.
@Truth Hurts No one said it was illegal, they just said it was wrong.
Very powerful presentation. Something for all of us to keep in mind when dealing with the divisiveness of the current political climate and also for some of us RUclipsrs who deal with the endless streams of hateful trolls in their comments sections (though most of my viewers are toddlers, so I'm lucky in that sense). I'm going to go respond to a troll with compassion right now and we'll see how it goes. :)
Ha ha, not great. I just got a reply that said "I hate your message." Oh well, at least I tried. But I'm still glad I responded to hate with compassion rather than resorting to a snarky sarcastic (yet still light-hearted) reply, which was my first instinct.
political baby channel
Powerful story to listen to. I am 27 and I left the National Front 8 years ago. Now I proudly confront racism in any way I can. We are all human.
Humans aren't dogs, my dude. Humans haven't been purposefully and aggressively breed for over the course of thousands of years. There's no "human breeding" competitions
Plus there's the saying: there's no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner
That's not the point. Of course humans aren't dogs. But humans are subject to the same forces of DNA and genetics that dogs are, which means human beings are not all the same. There are different races of humans, just as there are different breeds of dogs, and not all races/breeds are the same. The varying races of humans have different mental and physical characteristics, just as the varying breeds of dogs do.
Ya, human race characteristics vary a little. But a Great Dane is ~4x taller than a Chihuahua. Theres nothing like that when it comes to humans. And unlike dog breeds, humans don't have strict lineages with paperwork and generations upon generations of inbreeding to the point where a family could be called a distinct breed. Human races are largely ill defined because we're all mutts. I mean, Africa is one of the genetically and ethnically diverse place on the planet and they're all called "black people" because they have black colored skin. Our "races" are arbitrary divisions determined 100% simply by the color of our skin, as if that's all there is to genetics.
I was saying race was invented by skin color, and all the differences between ethnicities of the same skin color was added in as an afterthought. I just don't believe that human ethnicities vary *that* much. While it's hard to argue that black people dominate sports, I'd argue that a lot of the IQ and dysfunctional government stuff is a lot more more environmental than genetic.
While Europe was in the dark ages, the African and Muslim world were in a golden age of science and technology. The richest man ever (even to this day) was an African King from the 13th century. The guy that literally broke the economies of the cities he visited because he would shower the place in gold. It's my belief that Europeans just had their turn at the top at just the right moment to cripple the rest of the world.
I mean, looking at Congo, 1885-1908 saw literally half of the population executed. Forced labor with economic exploitation being the top priority continued until they finally gained their independence in only 1960. Continued capitalist exploitation. Lots of natural resources (the breeding ground of dictatorships and corruption). A complete lack of infrastructure, resulting in a malnourished and uneducated population (thus lower IQ). And then repeat that for the entire continent. I'd say it's fair to give them a learning curve.
But bringing it back to your original point, assuming these differences exist, how would one "breed" of human be more dangerous to us than others? Taking on your beliefs, I'd say the most dangerous people to be around would be east asians or white people.
Alex Jones the so called islamic golden age or african golden age barely contributed anything to science or technology. Algebra is greek. Every thing islam claimed was stolen off other peoples. Marcus crassus was richer then the guy in timbuktu that used slaves to dig gold out of tbe ground
What a brave guy to tell his life story like that.
Its actually not brave at all, to tell a story that reinforces the mainstream opinion and you know everyone will like and applaud you for.
@Treeforged Try it your self and see how it feels. ;)
Treeforged Yes it is brave. He's exposing himself to potential retaliation from the same group he left.
Treeforged these groups retaliate quite brutally against those who “abandon the cause”. So yes, he is quite brave.
The mainstream opinion here meaning "genocide is bad."
Everyone deserves a second chance. It’s scary what influences can corrupt young men to do incredible evil. Seeing him get out, my faith in humanity is restored.
Having the will to protect your own people is not an „evil influence“. I agree that skinheads are immature punks, they disgrace real Nazis like my ancestors.
I step outside and look around, sometimes it’s hard to imagine that this used to be my home, this used to be Germany. It’s slowly becoming Africa 2.0, you can’t hate a person for wanting to protect his culture, land and people. This is the birthplace of my blood, this is my home. As long as I have breath in my lungs, this will continue to be the home for my people, and my people alone.
Anyone who wants to join a white supremacist group should have to take a DNA test to prove his/her racial purity.
@@PKPK-rr3rs Your ideology is defective. You believe the people around you are victims of indoctrination, but you are the one who has been indoctrinated and hoodwinked into following a dead end ideology. If you want to see where your bullshit leads, please reference Berlin in 1945. That is where your ideas lead, that is what they create.
@@PKPK-rr3rs I think real Nazis we're just as pathetic as them
Except nazis
Love ya man...from a black Bostonian. This is an absolute success story. Thank you.
"I decided I needed to suffer under the weight of my past." That's such a difficult and profound conclusion for him to have come to.
+Pine Tree
And here is someone who is incapable of something that profound.
Such a powerful statement at that point in his story.
Allie I know. I thought the same thing
Pine Tree u think it’s fiction? Why do you believe that
So many worthwhile things you could be doing with your mind and you choose to deny horrifying events
Everyone hating in the comment section seems to not get the point of the video. It's disconnection that cause you to hate someone you didn't even interacted with personally, so please connect with each other.
Psychopaths constitute 1% of the population and are highly overrepresented in hate movements and online. It seems like everyone in the comment section is not getting the point because the psychos like Dave here simply don't have the mental machinery for it.
Dack Hacksaw Respond you fucking coward.
+Mastikator
Namecalling? How refreshing!
+MajkaSrajka Its actually demonstrably true that psychopaths are drawn to hardline ideological stances, often because they seek power through it.
+Dack Hacksaw Well, how would you know? I mean, if you dismiss anyone you disagree as a "leftist" and "apologists," you're probably going to have a hard time connecting, yeah? Doesn't this seem like a self fulfilling prophecy?
Even, well, NAZIS can connect to people, I've connected emotionally with them, before. I'm sure you'll find people who will listen to you.
Woah....dont know how this vid found its way onto my my stream....but man powerful stuff as ive been down that road myself...i started out as a Punk as a young Lad...eventually found a job worked happily for a few year...then lost my job because immigrants were cheaper to employ....i then became a full blown Skinhead with some not very nice tattoos to show my worth....id found rock bottom and was happy to live on the dole.....but that all got to hard..i eventually found work again and 20 years later own my own business with the help of multi cultural-ism....MKR once said Racism is a sickness until death just glad i got out of it
I'm happy for you. You learned that racism is not a disease that comes from inside, it's is a germ that attacks from the outside!
ZZZzzz ZZZzz
You couldn’t just hold the line eh bud?
"In this world, hatred has never been defeated by hatred.
Only love can overcome hatred.
This is an ancient and eternal law."
- Siddhartha Gotama after full and perfect Enlightenment - The Buddha.
matreyia Tell that to liberals.
So what can overcome truth?
Love?
Ideologue kumbaya bs.
Everyone is capable of anything if put in the right/wrong position.
It is philosophy, opportunity and active learning about self, reality and the human condition that makes people do their best
This point is valid even from developmental psychology point of view
Display Name Sounds like you hate liberals. What is your point?
This is why these cults target very young people who feel unwelcome in certain spaces. This is the case with all street gangs. Therapist have to deprogram ex gang members just as they do with cult members because gangs are destructive cults.
It's why Christianity and other religions engage in childhood indoctrination. They're very easily manipulated and controlled.
It's what the alt-right is doing now.
The only difference between a "cult" and a mainstream, "respectable" religion is the number of people that have been brainwashed into believing whatever they're peddling.
Of course, zoom out socially a little further and we can easily see how entire societies do exactly the same thing with their young. Every country has an "indoctrination system" - they call it the Public School System. They get 'em young and pervert them in ways that will produce functioning, taxpaying consumers in harmony with the prevailing socioeconomic philosophies.
The very notion that individual humans could grow up, learning what they want to learn about the world around them, and living their lives and loves to suit themselves, is considered idiotic. It would lead to chaos and a complete collapse of society as we know it. Yup... "as we know it"... it surely would. But it would be interesting to see what the end result would be in some sort of limited experiment.
Lil Ben bro wtf...
rae0521 it actually works out. Check out Somalia for example. Their government toppled over and the land is split between different warlords and tribes, but nowadays life expectancy has gone up and a lot of things have improved 🤷🏾♂️
This is a beautiful message of love over hate, and the amount of hostility in the comments breaks my heart.
And I notice that Jesus was mentioned nowhere. People don't need fabricated gods to live good lives and find purpose and uplift their community.
Obvious liar and manipulator is obvious liar and manipulator
drops a coin in from one hand as he raises the executioners axe in the other.....
Insiainutorr T Are you high?
Before seeing this video I thought I was a flexible person open to any different ideas. I did not have a single clue. After watching this video, I realize what amount of courage is needed to face one's own ugly past and admit one was wrong. 8 years of addiction is a long time, getting out of it takes tremendous amount of braveness, and more courage is required to find his own way.
Im so very proud of this man.
G. Keith Walker me too. Stories like his give me hope.
vivere militare est And what makes the national socialists any better? If the skinheads are the boots, the political wing are the suits. Doesn’t matter, same thing. Still a bunch of entitled assholes who think we’re somehow better off separated than we are together. I can understand the allure of tribal thinking but, having grown up in the USSR, I’ve also seen the pits of depravity that Man can stoop to if he indulges that mindset.
@@overworkedcna412 and I'm sorry but the USSR was the polar opposite of what national socialism is all about.
@@viveremilitareest9281 For someone who holds Europeans to such a high regard, you don't know our history and population very well. Countries go through demographic transition and one of the stages is a decrease in the death rate due to technological advances, but the birth rate stays the same leading to an increase in the overall population. Now when England for example reached this stage, they had colonies to immigrate to and places like Australia to send their prisoners or political enemies. So they had a way to spread their population out. So western nations did flood other nations, just many years ago.
Not to mention the horrible influence of Europe on their colonies and the essential stunting of their growth. There are many factors why refugees migrate to western countries, but it is not because "Europeans are the most unique race". "Blending races" isn't even a thing. Because race is more than just skin color, it's also a social construct and is a multifaceted topic that can't be boiled down to us vs. them.
Thanks for reading
A proud Mexican, German, American, Filipina
@@viveremilitareest9281 globalism is a neoliberal/right-wing enforcement you doofus
This may sound cliché, but these kind of things really make me keep my faith in humanity.
Someone once said "Love me when I deserve it the least, because it will be when I need it the most". Hate and violence are never the answer, only when we learn to listen, accept others, and the hardest part, forgive, there will be peace in this world.
Alaska Woolf aww and make sure black people don’t get reparations too🤣
That's like, super duper cool and all, but there's this small problem that people have with that, which is that, like, these people want us to be either exterminated or cleansed from society in some manner, which makes it really hard for us to be nice to the friendly Nazis that happen to harass us all day! No biggie though, lol haha.
I agree, there's totally no way we can be friendly to a guy who's trying to kill us. I know minorities are always victims of hate in many forms, some people will always try to hurt others with one excuse or another.
I sometimes think, if they believe they're so superior and dislike us so much, they should get all together in a single place of the earth, build a giant wall around themselves and leave the rest of inferior beings alone... But that's not possible and it wouldn't solve the problem.
I have actually no idea how to solve it though, other than helping out the victims and stopping the racists or whatever from hurting others, getting justice for all, but more often than not that doesn't happen because discrimination is institutionalized.
Having said that, while culprits of hate should be punished for their actions accordingly, they should also receive rehabilitation and a real opportunity to rejoin society as an useful person because (and I say this about most criminals), while punishment will make the victims feel better, it will not solve the underlying issue, rehabilitation will and everyone deserves an opportunity to change their ways and make up for their mistakes, if after that they still want to keep being assholes then... That's another business.
I could keep writing about this, make a 50 page essay study about the subject but I don't want to, this is one of the biggest problems for all humanity and there's no easy answer fo it.
Agreed, though just remember where these philosophies come from. We could never be able to emulate that philosophy unless we knew where it came from.
+Alaska
I agree to a certain point with your statement, but it also reminded me of someone toxic that I'm very happy to have let go of.
Loving and accepting people with severe problems and issues or people that turn against you, is important, but as soon as they start damaging you, you drop them.
Ofcourse, it might be different if you're a therapist or a parent...but people that turn their anger towards their loved ones and justify this with; 'I need your support, I'm being like this because I am having a hard time' are scary people.
Especially in a combination with another someone that is forgiving, listens, accepts and keeps on loving, it can be catastrophic. Depending on the behaviour, circumstances and relationships ofcourse.
This guy is awesome. As a Young black man that's all we would like our white brothers and sisters to is to try to understand. We will fall to fear but we can rise with understanding and forgiveness 💖✌
Kevin Martin tell this to the nation of islam memberz
Emperor Trajan i would agree yet none of them go to africa
Emperor Trajan separtion of limbs from bodys lol
This comment section is so Anti-Semitic and just uhhh
You are not my brother.
This needs to be shown at every school in America. Maybe we should try to teach kids how not to fall into cults and gangs and instead help them discover healthy coping skills.
I'm a high school teacher and I show this to all of my classes
Guys, don't sort by newest first, for your own sake. I know what you're thinking, just don't press it.
i did it and now i have cancer...
It’s really great to know that people can make it out of these groups, it seems challenging for anyone steeped in the rhetoric to get out, a great movie similar to this is “American History X”
Great movie and yes was almost a metaphor for anyone trapped in a pattern of hate or violent behavior
His story is as real as that movie
Oh my god that’s one of my favorite movie
I watched one called "This is England" (2006) not too long ago-- absolutely stellar writing and acting with very similar themes. I couldn't believe I hadn't heard of it before then.
Drive was better.
PEOPLE. CAN. CHANGE.
IT. IS. DEEP. BECAUSE. CAPS. LOCK.
cole slaw you just reiterated most of their main points
cole slaw all edge, no point.
LOVE. CAN. BLOOM
LivLyfe when he left the movement he made a mistake
Massive massive respect. A lesson in true humanity. Had he not had the troubles in his life that he did, had he not walked down that path, he would not be so wise. Let us be thankful for the blessings and the challenges life presents us, for we do not know what fruits they will bear.
Incredible courage, compassion, and forgiveness in this story. Thank you for listening to your high school security guard and sharing it with the world.
Faith in humanity was restored, till i read the comments, than it was lost again
That's youtube comments for you. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Hahahahahaha hahahahaha
if it makes you feel better, your wife's son still kind of likes you
Hey, lots of these comments are great.
Remember that lot of the RUclips commenters are angsty teens at 4am pretending they don't have an assignment due tomorrow
17:48 when Chuck Norris tells a white supremacist and a Muslim to get along , you damn well better get along .
jesse chavez hahahahha
I very much doubt that anecdote was even real.
PHeMox Why would Christian lie about that? Why would he need too? What do you think would motivate him to make up that story?
Muslims are the most peaceful people on the planet from the beginning of time till this day! Fact!
yes... its also true that their religous (typo i know) text tells them to kill all non-muslims. Source so you cant just say im lying: www.meforum.org/articles/2013/islam-s-hatred-of-the-non-muslim
Damn. The brutal embarrassing humbling honesty from this man...leaves me speechleess. What amazing personal insight. Hard to believe this is same man in story and pics. what an brave inspirational man.
Glad I happened upon this and watched it. It left me with some hope. Great change really does happen one person at a time. 👏
Actually getting to know the people you've discriminated against really does dissolve hatred. I've seen it in action. It only took one awkward Thanksgiving Dinner where my Islamophobic uncle met and spoke with my Muslim roommate for him to reevaluate his beliefs.
Mandy H rhetoric is poison. Once someone actually experiences what they believe they hate, it is eye opening and humbling
Indeed the way to solve any kind of bigotry is through dialogue, rather than disassociation, shaming and all that. There was a guy (I forget who) that converted many KKK members by doing just that. Sat with each of them for a nice conversation and they quickly realized the flaws in their reasoning.
Umm discrimination is hate. people of all races, genders, ideology or sexual preference are still people. A minority of all of the above are horrible. Vast majority are not. Don't know where your "instinct" came from, I'd call it predjudice.
ABOLISH AUTHORITY, no dictionary in the world would agree that the definition of the word "hate" has _ever_ included telling someone that they have to accept you.
ABOLISH AUTHORITY How does that make any sense at all. That's literally nonsense. Why did you type that.
"Hatred is born of ignorance. Fear is its father and isolation its mother." ~ Christian Picciolini. I feel like that's the type of quote you'll hear in the beginning of a Criminal Minds episode.
Its also wrong and stupid
Fear is everywhere and I guess people feel more isolated than ever. No surprise when ignorance and hatred show up in truckloads!
Written by the same Red Sea pedestrians
Evil is born from ignorance, prejudice and envy.
You are great man.
Teresa Baptista ignorance is the mother of all evil - Swami Vivekananda. At this hour I think we Indians need to preach Swamiji.
What about pattern recognition?
This is a very thought provoking presentation. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Brenda are you a cosplayer?
Uncle Iroh as an Italian-American
but iroh was never evil in the past,more misguided/mafia bad.
I think if I remember the video,I don't really know his back story.
BRUH
the night hAunter war/russian/aidan/doctor/doyle
Well some people think he became more good and wise because his son died
Yeah.....but iroh was never a supremacist/evildoer.
18:30 don’t debate or push away. Draw them in closer.
How?
@@helenomstreken7577
Not acting like Trump! No namecalling. Don't label. Don't be baited. Don't demonize. Don't de-humanize. Hatred will NOT stop hatred. Either debate camly, or walk away. Every jerk shouldn't be given attention they don't deserve. Sniping back becomes a game that diminishes all conversation. And escalates hatred, anger, resentment, fear. Be kind. Listen to then end of his speech again.
Yeah, that made me think of one of my favorite quotes from Ben Franklin: "A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar."
midwestkatie what does trump have to do with this lol
@@SerV689
T generalizes about ppl - citizens! Makes fun of ppl. Says white supremicists are good ppl. Makes negative generalizations about those seeking refuge. (US is directly responsible for many probs in Central America). Calls ppl names - losers, dogs, etc. Disparages all critics, no matter how trivial the rebuke. Supports authoritarians, makes fun of allies. Disparages press/journalists for criticisms, while being devoted to syncophants like Fox. Watching his tweets provides lots of evidence that he incites ppl with false comments.
This man is a prime example of redeeming oneself. God bless him ❤️
@@Jovannnyy reeeeeeeeee
Louis XVII ouch
I hope he hasn't given up on his race, white people deserve rights like anyone else.
TheEverFreeKing whites tend to have more rights than others
@@dilovanser3469 actually it tends to be the opposite.
We are the only ones being displaced in our own country I'm being told that it's a good thing.
We are the only ones not allowed to have in group preference or pride in our history.
The struggle for white rights goes on.
Damn, I cried the whole time... Really happy to have listened to your honest and authentic presentation.
- some humanist dude in Canada
Could have avoided the Nazis if he had just smoked the joint.
LOL
weed does bring ppl together. it brought the jocks and the goths together at my school. it was weird but beautiful
docile
So that is what pot-holes are ...... unfinished joints.
The Inheritance Nope. Met plenty of successful stoners.
I love it! This is the kind of message that should be more out there.
Moral of the story: he should have stayed on the weed man
U cant even be bothered to be racist if ur just ripped chillin, theres no point
true
@@fbgfresh1756 Not even close to true considering who used to carry weed across the border.
it sounds very similar to the way young djihadist are recruited among the desperate youth of Western Europe.
It's pretty common for extremists groups to recruit this way.
It's all the same just for different causes.
that's why he uses similar language, talking about how he became an extremist
This is how Anakin got convinced by Palpatine. He hit him when he was weak and needed someone to listen.
Ah Fei yep, that happened to me. I was young, stupid and full with hatred for the ‘kaffir’ I got out of the hatred just in my senior year, I look back and feel ashamed.
Amazing story, mad props to this guy for getting back on the right path, and helping others to do the same. 772 dislikes are from those who are still in the movement
Michael Cote I hope you find the help you need
Michael Cote what are your potholes?
Michael Cote and whos fault that blacks are in these sitaution *cough* white people*cough*
Michael Cote so I assume the numerous black people and your own fellow white people who have family, friends and/or neighbours killed by white people have the right to resent you and initiate movements that threathen your well being and existence, and those of your children and people you love. It's only fair.
Michael Cote No. Just no. American Black culture and communities are broken through an odd interweaving of media brainwashing of a perpetual victimhood, as well as systemic infrastructure that inherently does not want a middle or working class, but serfs and kings. And yes it hits POC harder despite being a smaller population.
It IS a fair argument to try to get to its root cause, one that many Black people have among their own as to just how stacked the system is due strictly to race.
It is also a discussion that many Anglos shy from such topics because they too suffer from being unable to sort out truth from conjecture and propaganda. Comments like yours validate such.
However, you sir, go even further to justify the very violence this TED Talk speaker seeks to quell. Maybe you might benefit from reaching out to this fella.
I realize the news lies to us all, but it sounds like you are either buying bullshit from the other side of the argument, or you have a link to share about an American Black organization that is armed and ready to go to war with so-called Whitey. If you can't offer such proof, you may be playing victim yourself.
You do know the difference between prejudice and racism, don't you?
Wow, I'm crying... this was so wonderful and inspiring!
Same. I left the hate movement because I received help from people I least deserved it from. Man. That hit close to home.
The moment he said "I'm sorry" I started bawling.
That was beautiful. I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed very much. Great talk :)
yes
+Daniel Gould
amen to that, for so did i...
me too, he is a beautiful person
Dee Fitz Do you actually believe this guy or are you just pretending? Its just hard for me to believe this fooled anyone. To me its completely obvious that he's a terrible actor with a totally scripted story.
Daniel Gould Well he didnt show the vaugest trace of genuine emotion, except for when he could tell people knew he was making all of this up!!
such and engaging speaker! I could watch this man talks forever. Amazing story and an even better message.
Wow! Must be something in my eye. Or maybe I'm just in tears about this guy's transformation and realisation that we usually have more in common than what sets us apart. Powerful story and a really authentic presentation. Thank you.
This story is highly encouraging, some of these comments...not so much...
@TheEndTimes evidence?
@TheEndTimes prove it, not hating or abything I'm just curious now
The comments are real, the wop supremacist not so much
I grew up around skinheads. Most of them ARE human. They've just talked themselves into doing and thinking inhuman things. Don't give up on them! There is always hope for their redemption!
Amen!
But there is none for you
Ahhh sweet, - ur better than them, and ur willing to accept them - WOW - ur jesus like :)
Quite possibly the most mature comment ever made on a video like this.
3rdpapaya never giving up on boys who can and are held accountable under the same value system. Bless them. Change is possible so long as we relatable. There are valuable lessons and insights we can learn from everyone who can be held accountable.
One of the most important things to take away from this is that everyone is capable of change and that someone's past cannot account for who they are now. If someone has proven they have changed their attitudes, that they have learnt from their mistakes and that they are now on a better track, digging up their past is nothing more than a pointless and sadistic act. You throw rocks at a man who's reached the pinnacle and he'll regret a great accomplishment.
Holy crap that last line.
Great message! Hope this way of thinking spreads. Lots of insecurity and ignorance out there. Lots of kids falling through the cracks and feeling hopeless and meaningless... powerless to do anything meaningful with themselves. Hate preys upon this. I hope more kids hear your message of truth... and compassion. 👌👍
Anyone invested in hate is not happy, secure in themselves, in good mental health, on any spiritual path...
If it's difficult for you then don't live at all.
Anyone invested in a failing system of multiculturalism, the supremacy of the blacks and Jews, and postmodernism is blind or lying to themselves
SubversiveStyle you ment anyone who's white and invested in hate...apparently it's nothing wrong with black hate movements or man-hating feminists. As long as you aren't white you can hate as much as you want ;)
@Green Humane Autonomy As soon as we start seeing people or groups of people as the enemy instead of ideologies, the actions of people, and the structures of our society, we have already lost. Hate the oppression. Hate the structures that uphold & create the oppression. Fight against them with all of your being. Fight to stop bad actions. But each individual is a person with inherent & *inalienable* worth & dignity, and deserves (and will stop oppressing with) love. (This is basically what the video is all about.)
not in all cases, in some parts of the the world, hared is holy.
This is amazing. It tells you that even if you make a terrible mistake, you can get back up and change yourself for the better.
As long as you're alive you have a chance for redemption baby
I love this guy, I really feel his sincere spirit.
I’ve tried it with my locals, i owned a restaurant and i gave food to the homeless, only to have them coming back for more. I even gave them shelter because one of the staff quit and the staff quarter is vacant, only to have them overstaying (my neighbours started threatening me about safety issues and police was involved), i even secretly send fruits and vegetables to this local retiree (because he was struggling but is too proud to accept free stuff) only to have the fruits hung there for days and attracted stray animals and flies.
Sometimes i feel like my good deeds only do more harm.
How do i reach out more?
You can find like-minded people to help you. Don't give up either way. Find shelters to donate to and local support centers too. Thank you for your good deeds
Definitely sounds like you have a need to help others around you. It can be so challenging. Its awesome of you to be so vulnerable and self-reflect over the internet. This is related but will seem like tangent - I think about how people want to adopt babies from third world countries... It feels good, warm and fuzzy... but if you asked the parents of the child what they need, I doubt the majority of them would say they need you to adopt their child. They would probably rather a fraction of the money you were going to spend on adopting their child so that they could raise their child connected to its culture and family. Your good deeds actually bring trauma to that child. So, my point is, I think so often, we assume we know what's best for people and try to do it... but we need to practice asking questions and listening. But also... many people just don't know how to be helped yet. Do keep trying though. :) At the very least, it does more good than bad.
If you help someone, you have to understand they may not take the help. If this upsets you, you aren't helping to help, you're helping for your own ego.
@@user-zy4wv7yx1z Honestly when people get angry at me when I try to help them I just feel bad because I'm worried that I hurt them even more
Look at all these snowflakes above...lololol
No one is born hating another person. We learn how to hate. Love is more natural to us. Mandela was right. Thank you for sharing your story and learning from your mistakes.
Mandela, the terrorist?
Joe that's like stay saying America the terrorists if the British.
nah the dude was involved in bombing plots
Patricia A hate is born from experience.
No one is born hating another person? Sure but the second they can walk and talk on their own you watch them and tell me violence isn't natural. The better statement to make is that we should discourage the natural violence in our nature and that a well rounded human being at adulthood should learn to curb and control their natural impulses.
What a touching story. I have to say that it was 20 minutes well spent! The best thing about it (other than the fact that you were able to change your life for the better) is that you gave the crowd some excellent advice that could facilitate that same kind of change in the life of someone else. I am liking this, sharing this and commend you on your courage to get your life back on track and for your choice to help others to do so!
I'm so very proud of him...
It takes gutts to get out, and talk about it..
So very happy he changed proves people can change
For me the question is: why do we have hate in our instinctual equipment? I mean : we find it across our way rather naturally , aren't we? If hate was completely wrong why would it be part our natural reactions ? If this was completely out of place, it wouldn't have survived, isn't it? So, what is the part of truth in hate? This is a true question. Your answers matter- at least to me.
Hate is not the evolutionary tool that got us this far - you're conflating it with fear imo. Hate is born from fear and while they are very closely related, hate serves pretty much only destruction, while fear at its most basic and honest level is a tool that can keep you alive. It keeps you from poking that bear, eating that mushroom, or maybe trusting too quickly that person you don't know. Fear is the evolutionary tool, while hate is a perversion of that instinct that is not necessary - we as humans can evolve socially as well, and there are always better solutions to hateful ways if morals or ethics are to be considered. It's like declaring war on a rival group to remove the threat of their existance, vs finding a diplomatic solution. Both achieve the same goal if done well. The truth is in fear - it's the motivator, while hate is something born from it. But we can choose to let it go.
@@jaxx1258 Thank you for this elaborate response. Hate is the scariest demon and we always fear to awake him - for a reason: due to mimetism, hate contaminates almost everybody in very little time. I think your answer participates from this fear of awakening the demon.
Thanks for sharing your story. I hope more and more people will follow your path in order to create a world free from judgments, accepting each other in peace.
'Hatred is born of ignorance. Fear is its father and isolation is its mother. When we don't understand something, we tend to be afraid of it, and if we keep ourselves from it, that fear grows and sometimes, it turns into hatred' This is a wonderful lesson and Ted Talk. thank you.
Wow, very powerful story. Listening, forgiveness, mercy, and love is a powerful thing.
That's what really rids society of racism and hate...
Chuck Norris!
Lol, no, it's our similarities.
...and Chuck Norris
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing! There is hope!
Spelling is the first to go; then the grammar ... I wish you could get help for your low self-esteem.
Don't be fooled this guy is a well-known liar private agent. The fact that TED talks had him on is proof of the mafia game we are living in.
^^^^This guy, and MANY others have commented the exact same thing on ALL of this man's videos... Hello SAYANIM! ;)
Suaria When you have one group having 5 children a couple and infinitely immigrating into a country where couples have 1 or 2 or none the local population is going to die out to the invasive species I didn't think you had to be that smart to figure this out but apparently I was wrong. I care about my people and will oppose any enemies to the death.
Are you plan on marrying a black woman and fathering black children who will most likely join a anti-white hate gang?
THIS is why you don't just shout down people who have different ideas than you and just try to scream at them and force them to the margin. That only reinforces their thoughts and prejudices. Talk to them like humans. Have a conversation, try to have them get to know you. That's how you get rid of racism. Not by screaming.
SHUUUUUUUT UUUUUUP ,,, GRRRRRRRR , lol : )
motokrack lol.
Those aren't ideas, it's oppression.
That's it is it? Why didn't we think of that when the Nazis were fucking murdering everyone? Damn!
Lionhearted626 if only those millions of jewish people stepped up their debating skills
It's ordinary conversations, not violence or arguments which change people's minds. For something to be resolved, it has to be talked about and people have to feel like they are able to talk about it without fear of being ostracised from society. That's partly up to us to be less judgemental and just listen to people and say you hear them when they speak their truth. peace x
this is so true, I also keep moving love along as I can, the kids needs good moral teachers
I love his last message about compassion, it's a hard one to put into practice sometimes.
He should have some compassion for the little girls he was spying on.
every radicalization is done the same way in all parts of the world in all kinds of cults
Divya Sasidharan I think this is the inherent tribalistic nature in humans that led us to survive as a species. It’s a mixed blessing these days I suppose.
Even in baited TED talks
Yup
metube oon
You're correct, Typhoon. It is ALL tribalism. Africans were/are racist against other Africans for decades. Nigeria, Nairobi, Kenya...America. This was never a discussion about racial superiority. It was about being a part of a so-called "family." A trust. Fueled by fear. Being indoctrinated (whether passively or aggressively), strives for the same end-game. It's almost like having a mental disorder. Most of us have the power to reconsider our sources, do our own research, and develop our own opinions. Some are forced, and therefore have no choice. But make no mistake...this is tribalism at its heart. It's not the whole story, but it is the main link that connects all forms of racism.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering
A story of a hero's journey: recognizing a new path is needed requires courage and honesty to face it and then integrity and persistence to carry it through. And at the heart of the matter is always love.
Ok, first, if you happen to come by Europe please visit, my brother needs to remember where he put his brains and heart at. Tried talking, empathy, everything ...
Second, I keep telling people that arguments and logic won't change the world, that empathy will, and they keep looking at me as if I speak Chinese.
The world really needs more people like you, great job!
FaithLehane
The world needs more people like you! 👍
I know how you feel, been there many times and knocked my head and heart bloody on these brickwalls. Sometimes you just have accept it, step back and let time do the rest , even though it's sooo hard. Just keep on believing in yourself and hang on tight to that good heart of yours! 💜👍
Actually, that's exactly what it will do.
I personally see someone trying to empathize with me without giving me any solid facts to base their hypothesis on as naive and easily influenced by swings of of emotions or propaganda pieces that play to the recievers morals.
And no, articles from "reputable" news sources or others don't count as solid facts. I mean statistics, studies, and logical reasoning to a useful level of detail.
But, if I have to empathize, maybe your brother sees you and your attempts at "empathy" as nothing more then shallow, subconscious attemps to get him to embrace your morals, which exists only in the ecosystem of media and your own bias, while he sees the world through an utilitarian lense without concern for "getting along" or "unifying the people" or "caring for the disadvantaged"? Also, and that goes without saying, his own biases?
Empathy won’t stop these death merchants rooting deeper and deeper into our power structures. Empathy won’t stop Kalergi’s 100 year old plan.
Wondering wether arguments or empathy will change the world is as retarded and random as wondering wether bottled water or disco lights will change the world.
"The world" is *literally* bigger and more complex than that. Also, others might not like what you want the world to change into, so you will never convince them, neither are you entitled to archieve that.
For me the important question is how people of different persuasions can live together peacefully, and rational analysis is the only viable approach when strategising for that. You might identify "empathy" as a mean to an end along the way. But it is always secondary if civilzation is supposed to have a chance.
If you want to archieve something you are talking about *function*. Function is mastered with a technical approach. Even or rather especially with emotional matters.
Honestly? I really needed this. I've been a victim of these groups, the most hurtful was the one with my ex-friend. And this? This gave me the cry I needed. Thank you, Christian.
Brave man, well done to get out, and even better to reach out to others to pull them out of the pit of darkness that is hate
Challenge accepted. I so need this today. Thanks for your share
the hug from the security guard when he said he was sorry got me. wonderful talk and video
Kindness is so simple but so incredibly powerful. I love this tedtalk.
Random act of kindness. Please be so kind and send me $500. I will gladly appreciate it.
This guy is absolutely right. I’m learning through my own journey in politics and teaching others to navigate those we disagree with with compassion no matter how hateful the ideology may be. These people are scared of the world changing too fast, but they can’t stop it, and they’re aware of that. Their reaction is to close off and build walls because it slows the progress within those borders to a more comfortable speed for them. Experience is what kills their ideology, and when they have a positive experience with those who are different, every bit of science shows that they shift and change to view those different groups as more similar. The problem is that their walls and borders don’t last long. Progress is the only constant in our universe, and it’s the whole reason we are here today. We move forward, we destroy outdated power structures, and we strive to self govern as much as large society permits us.
Beautiful message! Thanks for putting this up! :)
God Bless this man
I'm sorry, but are you referring to the same god who told people to smash babies against rocks if the babies are Babylonian? Sorry to say it, but that book you love is the reason so many people are racist.
"God" didnt tell the Israelites to smash babies on the rocks. Read that verse again- it speaks of when the Babylonians would smash Hebrew babies when they conquered the Land of Israel.
Nope, God damn this man. You don't get to be a violent thug for decades and then just say "sorry guys".
Dalton Ascone, Ronald Dunne
Psalm 137:8-9 "Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks."
It's not taken out of context, and it's not about what the Babylonians would do to the Israelites.
Ryan Davis A simple Google search reveals:
"God bless
phrase of God
1.
an expression of good wishes on parting"
A person can feel the poster may have meant the Roman Catholic or Eastern Othodox "God" in the post or a person can have a bit of knowledge about the language they speak/write. The knowledge should help one understand that certain phrases may have backgrounds that stem from certain things but not all phrases are literal or have the exact same meaning over time. Perhaps he/she should have said, "LUCK TO YOUR HOUSE!" Since figures of speach are hard to understand or maybe that one is a little advanced.
This was published on Hitler’s birthday.
What a nice birthday present.
I was too busy getting "docile" to notice...
Perhaps that was intended; a guy who was all about it and subsequently got out of it telling a message that this is all wrong. Quite a good F-You to the one whose birthday was that day.
Thomas McGill alerted to what my guy? he said something you don't agree with so now he must be jailed?
true
Oooft, what a damn talk. Amazed he managed to keep himself from getting too emotional. I wish this was less relevant today than it is. So much blind hate for the other.
My respect for you brother, indeed you are working to make the world a better place. 👍🤗
I regret delving into the comments section...
Yeah, that dude is really strong, and has a powerful message.
But this is youtube, ofc the comment section is filled with hatred.
I know, lots of brainwashed people still think there's something wrong with racism. It's the current year and we are still trying to explain biology and human psychology to Whitey that's been brainwashed by Jews. :S smh
@@Nyah420 god i hope this some kind of joke. 😔
Huh...????
JuanDoesNotSimply, Me too, why can't I stop reading? It's like a train wreck; you don't want to see it, but you can't look away!
Why are people downvoting this?
Jordan Etherington many believes this guy is a liar
Jordan Etherington
Because the current trend today is to be anti white and anti male. So basically behind this political correctness cheesy stuff there is anti white male propaganda. It’s like they’re saying don’t hate black men or jews, just hate white men and you’ll be fine.
It’s still racist AND sexist by the way.
Jay Double Gee No, the current trend is not being racist. If you can't handle not being racist, I can see how you confuse anti-white with anti-racist.
Jay Double Gee im asian, and nobody from my country hates white men. exept some of us that are increadibly radical
Jay Double Gee
I see. So one cannot be against racism, because being against racism is racism. Yes, yes that makes perfect sense, thank you for the explanation.
two things: good and evil exist in all of us all the time...
the generosity of spirit of the guy from the speaker’s old school is one of the defining qualities of people from minorities. treat us decently and we will treat you with love and compassion.
Thank you, Christian. Your insights are quite profound and worth hearing.
just wow! what an articulate speaker and what a compelling story
Thank you for the honest and touching presentation.
Amazing speech. So heartfelt. Thank you.
Well done. Interaction opens eyes, doesn't it 😊🌸