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  • The UBC Free Speech Club proudly hosted Contrapoints (Natalie Wynn) and Theryn Meyer
    Contrapoints & Theryn Meyer | Bridging The Divide | Full UBC Talk
    "Bridging The Divide" (Full Talk) took place on January 12th, 2018 on the UBC (University of British Columbia) Campus in Vancouver, BC.
    This was not a debate but a discussion on identity and Politics
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Комментарии • 823

  • @kevingregory-evans6285
    @kevingregory-evans6285 5 лет назад +295

    Great discussion - hopefully the start of a series.

    • @FreeSpeechClub
      @FreeSpeechClub  5 лет назад +13

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @neyo231
      @neyo231 4 года назад +26

      monts after this interview theryn became a co-producer in contrapoints channel. it was a turning point in contrapoints contente. I guess in a way they did start a series

    • @miriamlana833
      @miriamlana833 4 года назад +3

      @@neyo231 Does Theryn have no new own film content in the internet? Would love to see her, she's so cute. :-)

    • @kevingregory-evans6285
      @kevingregory-evans6285 3 года назад +6

      @transwomen are sexist men no matter what you think about the topic or if you think the speakers are right or wrong you have to admit that they have a very thoughtful and logical approach to the subject.

    • @abhishekchaudhry80
      @abhishekchaudhry80 3 года назад

      There are some canards going on the she is re-incarnation of Gandhi. Now I don't know true is that.

  • @jestemreality560
    @jestemreality560 5 лет назад +1660

    It's weird to see Contra not talking with herself.

    • @lambbone8302
      @lambbone8302 5 лет назад +116

      peachie05 No she was a woman at this point

    • @cheryl5667
      @cheryl5667 5 лет назад +6

      himself. Male.

    • @lambbone8302
      @lambbone8302 5 лет назад +93

      I swear she was a woman at this point though

    • @cheryl5667
      @cheryl5667 5 лет назад +5

      @@lambbone8302 you can't change your sex and don't start saying sex has nothing to do with being a woman

    • @cheryl5667
      @cheryl5667 5 лет назад +2

      @@Bryndleson Oh, wow, meaning that women don't have to wear makeup to be women and conform to sexist stereotypes? Sounds like feminism. So then what makes Contra a 'woman'? If I don't wear makeup and high heels does that make me a man?

  • @benjaminds7465
    @benjaminds7465 5 лет назад +949

    ContraPoints is doing so much good for the world. We stan.

    • @LaDyBluE1967
      @LaDyBluE1967 5 лет назад +21

      yes, the queen we deserve

    • @cottage-core_
      @cottage-core_ 4 года назад +1

      +

    • @suides4810
      @suides4810 4 года назад +3

      stop the stans

    • @MrJasonshores364
      @MrJasonshores364 4 года назад +14

      We totally stan.

    • @ashra8281
      @ashra8281 4 года назад +63

      @peloquinful she's actually very good looking. And she is incredibly intelligent.
      You're inability to listen to someone based purely on the fact their trans is nothing short of bigotry.
      Maybe listen and you'd improve

  • @courtneyvaldez7903
    @courtneyvaldez7903 4 года назад +343

    The guy at 59:51 just perfectly encapsulates every philosophy student I've ever interacted with regardless of political leanings. Philosophy folks (undergrads and grads both) spend so much time stuck in black holes of philosophizing it's as if they're ill-equipped to then pull ideas (and perhaps conclusions) out of their texts and use them in real world applications where human beings exist with problems that require objective, tangible solutions. I'm a lit person, so my appreciation for philosophy (and history) runs VERY deep, but philosophy scholars have always tended toward looking at their ideas in a vacuum rather than taking an interdisciplinary approach that would allow them to actually do something with it...at least in my experience.

    • @dorisblok
      @dorisblok 4 года назад +43

      I think the problem with this guy is perfectionism. he doesn't want to cut the knot, because he's afraid details will get lost. I get it, I'm a philosophy student as well. but I think what he needs to do is let the enumeration of details go and dare to ask the question, which will always be imperfect, and which will always make you vulnerable. and I see how his autism might make it an even more difficult thing to do for him.
      Just wanna add that I don't mean he's a victim or anything like that, not at all! I just think he can do better, and if he doesn't want to, then fine

    • @drtg101we7
      @drtg101we7 4 года назад +15

      Good philosophy is always terse and to the point, it also draws from many different disciplines and appeals to every-day experience through examples...this guy is just a moron who loves the sound of his own voice.

    • @maksim_tak
      @maksim_tak 4 года назад +21

      “Philosophers have tried to interpret the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.”
      Quote from our very dear Charles Marx

    • @dararohan1209
      @dararohan1209 3 года назад +7

      I knew someone with a degree in philosophy and they were the most rhetorically terrifying individual I ever met. Even more so than my university lecturers (who were experts in their fields).

    • @olive7831
      @olive7831 3 года назад +9

      Look at the person behind him bored af looking at him lmao

  • @sealogic4552
    @sealogic4552 4 года назад +224

    Hearing the unironic use of the phrase “wonderful red-pilled women” took YEARS off my life

    • @MsClaireEverett
      @MsClaireEverett 3 года назад +21

      That dude derailed the fuck out of that discussion

    • @LarryActionGlass
      @LarryActionGlass 3 года назад +3

      @@MsClaireEverett Not much of a discussion since they didn't even let him finish

    • @estoyakula8525
      @estoyakula8525 3 года назад +29

      Is there any particular reason you have a playlist titled 'anti feminist'?
      I guess this is a mystery that'll never be solved.

    • @sealogic4552
      @sealogic4552 3 года назад +26

      @@LarryActionGlass He himself didn’t seem intent on finishing

    • @steviewondek
      @steviewondek 3 года назад +7

      @@sealogic4552 Yup seen this tact before, basically he's having a screech because he thinks it would be more appropriate to address gender dysphoric individuals, those of trans history like Theryn and Natalie by male pronouns.
      Blaire White already covered this with Ben Shapiro, some people just want the right to be a dick to some random, or in the age of easy access to information they can't be bothered to enlighten themselves.

  • @erinbackstitch
    @erinbackstitch 5 лет назад +165

    Natalie inspires me. I don't agree with every single thing she says (considering myself a rational adult that thinks independently), but she has opened my eyes & informed me on many issues that I would not be nearly as aware & consciencous of without the exposure. I appreciate her efforts. 💖

  • @timlampasona6925
    @timlampasona6925 4 года назад +96

    Kinda cool that this debate literally did the thing that usually debates can't do, and changed someone's mind.

    • @MissCracker
      @MissCracker 4 года назад +6

      Leftist have always been good at debating it’s just when you try to debate a moron. Welp

  • @christiandivita6958
    @christiandivita6958 4 года назад +383

    Is it just me or is it impossible to hear Theryn's voice and not hear the word "burrrrrgeoning"

    • @JordanSullivanadventures
      @JordanSullivanadventures 4 года назад +13

      saaaaaammmeee

    • @MissPoplarLeaf
      @MissPoplarLeaf 4 года назад +59

      @@foolforyou69 they're not making fun of Theryn; they're referring to a darkly funny voice-over that she contributed to Contra's video "Gender Critical", where she read a quote written by a TERF describing a trans woman. Theryn did a great job with the voice-over, and placed particular emphasis on the word "BURGEONING", which made the quote so much more ridiculous and funnier than it was originally. Contra also brings back the word "BURGEONING" later in the video, making it one of the more memorable jokes.

    • @emilylerman9028
      @emilylerman9028 4 года назад +13

      OH MY GOSH I THOUGHT HER VOICE SOUNDED FAMILIAR!!!!!!!!!!

    • @Matheus_Braz
      @Matheus_Braz 2 года назад +1

      Yall forget her saying Luxuriansh

  • @danceshimmyshake12
    @danceshimmyshake12 5 лет назад +391

    zooey deschenel and chloe sevginy discuss politics

  • @jeffengel2607
    @jeffengel2607 5 лет назад +343

    A lot of Tabby's appeal is the sheer joy of smashing. There's a whole lot of fear and pain and anger on the left. We're a coalition of everyone on the wrong side of society's boot, and kicking back is a tremendously appealing dream. We may have very reasonable problems with the bat as a political tool - pragmatic ones moral ones - and we should. But whatever those problems, there WILL be that appeal, kicking back isn't necessarily bad all the time, and we're going to love an icon of resistance that way. Siegel and Schuster made Superman as a tough guy for the little guy in the face of fascism and capitalism in the 1930's. In a way, Tabby's queer Supercatgirl now.

    • @schroeder666
      @schroeder666 5 лет назад +26

      I think this is true but also reductive. She's also an icon for polarized thinking, black and white moralistic thinking, which is a meaningful topic with regard to understanding human behavior. The result, from my perspective at least, is that this makes Tabby both an icon of impulsive, direct, honest, expressive anger, as well as that friend who is most likely to commit suicide or be hospitalized, who can't talk things through in a reasonable way, who is always in destructive relationships, etc. I'm glad the channel depicts them as coherent and having innate dignity - even if only because I think that's a beautiful thing to give every person - but in reality Tabby does a lot of damage to herself and her communities.

    • @possumhead2812
      @possumhead2812 5 лет назад +17

      This cat kills fascists

    • @jayy4651
      @jayy4651 4 года назад +13

      "Revenge is sweet for those who have never known anything sweet" - Charles Windsor by McCarthy

    • @pooplenepe59
      @pooplenepe59 4 года назад +2

      I wish they had to sense to stop stomping on each other, though...

    • @joallen5750
      @joallen5750 3 года назад

      @@schroeder666 superman is all about black and white moralistic thinking.

  • @daisywares1
    @daisywares1 4 года назад +337

    Here after the Contrapoints "Shame" video...and this is a little painful.

    • @konway17
      @konway17 4 года назад +4

      Why you say that? Am I missing something

    • @daisywares1
      @daisywares1 4 года назад +74

      @@konway17 Have you seen it? It's basically an Ode toTheryn

    • @konway17
      @konway17 4 года назад +34

      Colleen Wares I didn’t know it was about her!! How did you find out?

    • @daisywares1
      @daisywares1 4 года назад +69

      @@konway17 Just put two and two together.

    • @usernametentwo
      @usernametentwo 4 года назад +6

      Yup :(

  • @maryamkhawar9120
    @maryamkhawar9120 4 года назад +39

    33:14 "I mean the argument would have to be that Ben Shapiro is now more likely to treat trans people better in the future because we said he could treat them badly now".🤭 Damn, that was a great point

    • @ObjectiveEthics
      @ObjectiveEthics 2 года назад

      32:42 "Ben Shapiro's opinions are irrelevant." Hhhmm.... what human being has any opinions that are 'relevant'? Please stop the hate. ALL LIVES MATTER

  • @freyjaharris7297
    @freyjaharris7297 4 года назад +119

    Natalie giving Hunter Schafer's older biological female sister realness.

    • @apricottree.
      @apricottree. 4 года назад

      wait what

    • @femboyrules7594
      @femboyrules7594 4 года назад +3

      Hunter Schafer vibes.

    • @akisok0311
      @akisok0311 4 года назад

      @@apricottree. hunter schafer from the tv show euphoria

    • @rebeccah2662
      @rebeccah2662 3 года назад +5

      Yes exactly! I love them both! And they’re both trans lesbians xx

    • @user-pe2xt7rj9h
      @user-pe2xt7rj9h 3 года назад

      THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

  • @erichnk
    @erichnk 4 года назад +53

    The nuanced and well-reasoned remarks of what academic freedom should include, especially by Natalie made a lot of sense as a guide for public policy right here in Canada. Essentially that "freedom of speech" should never include the right to harm or vilify categories of people who are vulnerable through no conscious fault of their own.

    • @MrAderfs
      @MrAderfs 4 года назад +8

      ""freedom of speech" should never include the right to harm or vilify categories of people who are vulnerable through no conscious fault of their own."
      That... that's actually a really good way of saying and formulating in a simple phrase that can open discussions about the topic, being what constitutes "harm" and "vilify" and what cases people can be considered "vulnerable through no conscious fault of their own", instead of discussing random points about free speech and such, which doesn't lead anywhere.
      Thank you sir for writing this lol

    • @someonesomeone25
      @someonesomeone25 3 года назад +6

      I disagree. Freedom of speech must include the freedom to insult, vilify, critique, and mock anyone and everyone regardless. People shouldn't, morally, bully people, of course, but that is a matter of private conscience not state control. IMHO.

    • @user-wj8rh9dq4u
      @user-wj8rh9dq4u 3 года назад +5

      @@someonesomeone25 This will lead (and has lead) to powerful people shielding themselves from criticism by non-government means, and vulnerable people being fully unprotected from hate. IMHO.

    • @erichnk
      @erichnk 3 года назад +4

      @@user-wj8rh9dq4u My words were carefully chosen. Powerful people are hardly a vulnerable category. They arise out of the history of my country of birth, Germany, which does have such legislation. We recently witnessed an expression of "free speech", US-style, where it includes the "right" to storm legislatures. This is much in the style of the NAZI street"demonstrations" of the `early 1930''s . Fascists will endlessly and cynically exploit freedoms to intimidate communities and crush opponents.

    • @jessebarnes1963
      @jessebarnes1963 2 года назад +1

      @@user-wj8rh9dq4u so are you advocating state regulation of various kinds on speech? That’s what your comment would seems to imply, but I’m eager to try to give you the benefit of the doubt on that.

  • @AlleyArtisticDTW
    @AlleyArtisticDTW 5 лет назад +112

    CONTRA WAS IN VANCOUVER AND I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT IT

    • @KrazyKatPosse
      @KrazyKatPosse 5 лет назад +1

      She’s back in Vancouver!

    • @AlleyArtisticDTW
      @AlleyArtisticDTW 5 лет назад

      W H E R E

    • @KrazyKatPosse
      @KrazyKatPosse 5 лет назад

      AlleyArtisticDTW lol I don’t know, just saw that she’s hanging out with Theryn again

  • @pop2art
    @pop2art 4 года назад +86

    "i don't say like, 'Pull down your pants, everyone, I don't know what pronouns you are'" THAT KILLED ME OH MY GOD HDAHAHA

  • @aureusnovasolis208
    @aureusnovasolis208 4 года назад +86

    ~b u r g e o n i n g~

  • @dillonv5345
    @dillonv5345 5 лет назад +71

    hell yes, really glad to see this - their collab on contra's most recent video was great

  • @kbarteaux9807
    @kbarteaux9807 4 года назад +156

    Natalie Wynn is a national treasure.

    • @marcotedesco8954
      @marcotedesco8954 3 года назад +6

      International!

    • @gracejuice
      @gracejuice 3 года назад +3

      national wynn!

    • @unshackledmind7863
      @unshackledmind7863 3 года назад +2

      He's is lunatic

    • @c.c.7687
      @c.c.7687 3 года назад +10

      @@unshackledmind7863 - Said the idiot who can't even write a three word sentence correctly. 😂

    • @jackunionjack
      @jackunionjack Год назад

      @@gracejuice Wynnternational.

  • @steviewondek
    @steviewondek 3 года назад +29

    Theryn is lovely, such a genuine honest person, she has grown a lot, is not afraid to apologize if she makes a mistake, that takes integrity, humility maturity and empathy, but we've always known she is intelligent, we need more straight talking humans like her and Natalie.

  • @laylette4017
    @laylette4017 4 года назад +136

    I’m here after Natalie came out and they don’t talk anymore. Man...

    • @tinyturtle1898
      @tinyturtle1898 4 года назад +36

      "Shame" video tugged my heartstrings

    • @chasecummings2353
      @chasecummings2353 4 года назад +21

      They don’t talk anymore?! What! I thought theryn was her script supervisor? What happened?

    • @avag8242
      @avag8242 4 года назад +47

      Badin Cummings you should watch Natalia’s last video called “shame”. She refers to unrequited love interest as as “Joana”. It’s pretty obviously about falling in love with and being rejected by Theryn.

    • @flyingskyward2153
      @flyingskyward2153 4 года назад +16

      Theryn and Nat are still very good friends as far as I am aware

    • @ladylizcreates7719
      @ladylizcreates7719 4 года назад +23

      Don't think we can say its theryn

  • @Alsyoutubeaccount
    @Alsyoutubeaccount 4 года назад +77

    I wish Theyrn would go back to making her own videos now that her perspective has shifted so much. I remember when she made Blaire White style conservative takes, and it would be interesting to hear how her perspective has changed as someone who went from pretty conservative to aligning politically with Natalie and working on her videos.

    • @akisok0311
      @akisok0311 4 года назад +5

      i never had the chance to watch her videos 😥

    • @steviewondek
      @steviewondek 3 года назад

      @@akisok0311 Do it now, rouse!!

    • @Billcarsonstobaccobox
      @Billcarsonstobaccobox 3 года назад +1

      @@steviewondek +theryn is not making YT content anymore and she's only Instagram and Facebook.

  • @Woahlookitthemoon
    @Woahlookitthemoon 4 года назад +13

    Wow great discussion and I'm fascinated by the way contra talked about some of the same issues she ended up dealing with on an amped up degree. We do need the room to be wrong, wonderful question. I think its shame that we all have.

  • @Bee-nw6df
    @Bee-nw6df 4 года назад +123

    The start of the most tragic sapphic love story 😭💜

    • @freyabeauchamp2572
      @freyabeauchamp2572 4 года назад +23

      Ikr do u think joanne was theryn

    • @Yayamea613
      @Yayamea613 4 года назад +15

      Omg! I’m glad I’m not the only one who came to this conclusion 😭

    • @anahrsak4793
      @anahrsak4793 4 года назад +2

      @@Yayamea613 nooo omg really??? why do you think that theryn is joanne

    • @petronellataube2986
      @petronellataube2986 3 года назад +36

      Stop it, the name was anonymous for a reason.

    • @melaniewut
      @melaniewut Год назад

      @@freyabeauchamp2572 yes obviously

  • @perritoDeSatanas
    @perritoDeSatanas 5 лет назад +375

    Brace yourselves for the cringiest ride at 59:51

    • @Pickotito
      @Pickotito 5 лет назад +152

      physically painful to watch...

    • @ericcampbell503
      @ericcampbell503 5 лет назад +122

      Oof, you weren't kidding.

    • @kindle9597
      @kindle9597 5 лет назад +158

      Life is complex, you know?

    • @thekween9037
      @thekween9037 5 лет назад +96

      He's full of himself omg

    • @WiCnet
      @WiCnet 5 лет назад +59

      Yeah, what in the world was that? I wouldn't expect someone who thought that way to even show up at this kind of event.

  • @shethewriter
    @shethewriter 4 года назад +36

    It is so bizarre to me that people find Contrapoints right wing or even right leaning.

    • @IronDBZ
      @IronDBZ 4 года назад +2

      Who in the world and where?

    • @delilah3556
      @delilah3556 4 года назад +8

      @@IronDBZ twitter

    • @delilah3556
      @delilah3556 3 года назад

      @Valdis4418 wow harsh. maybe we should take a page out of your book and send them to camps instead?

    • @delilah3556
      @delilah3556 3 года назад

      @Valdis4418 dictators are out there murdering people? shocking

    • @delilah3556
      @delilah3556 3 года назад

      @Valdis4418 A dictator is a dictator because they're a dictator. I could cite 50 right wing dictators without claiming that the right wing is fascist, yet here we are.

  • @Cuappi
    @Cuappi 4 года назад +162

    This light is transphobic

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 4 года назад +22

      Right? Where.Are.The.LOWLIGHTS?!!!

    • @matthewburger798
      @matthewburger798 3 года назад +11

      @transwomen are sexist men I just gotta ask who hurt you? I’m legitimately asking the question.

    • @aarishowton8037
      @aarishowton8037 3 года назад

      @transwomen are sexist men Just clicked on your profile and read some of your other comments. You’re disgusting tbh.

  • @victoriabyte
    @victoriabyte 3 года назад +7

    I saw Theryn Meyer on tvo once and I was really disappointed in almost everything she had to say - particularly how she attacked the "political trans lobby". She clearly tip-toes into it again during this discussion when she states she would apologies to others for "trans activists" despite those activists having very real grievances. It's clear that despite Theryn being trans, she has lived a very privileged life.

  • @TheMoonDejesus
    @TheMoonDejesus 4 года назад +29

    I wish this interview would let contrapoints speak without constantly interrupting her. This is so frustrating. You blew through your points because you cut Natalie off every time she spoke and kept redirecting the conversation before she ever finished her points.

  • @DarkZide8
    @DarkZide8 4 года назад +17

    Natalie is on point, as always!

  • @T61APL89
    @T61APL89 3 года назад +10

    46:02 lower right, DOES NO ONE NOTICE THIS MAN?!
    his hair is phenomenal

  • @yanniklohlein5998
    @yanniklohlein5998 3 года назад +16

    When the questions are this unprecise, yet Natalie still manages to answer bringing the discussion forward, I really see how competent she is lmao
    Also, organic Discussion? Meh

  • @atollking201
    @atollking201 4 года назад +11

    I love how she is excellent expressing her ideas, even in public, it is disgraceful that certain fascist maniacs tried to silence her attempting against her image just because they did not agree with her.

  • @brendanwhiting1235
    @brendanwhiting1235 5 лет назад +70

    The captions for this video seem to be generated by some kind of machine learning that is aware of trending political terms. I saw the words "jihad" and "undocumented" go by even though they didn't say that.

    • @mariahelizabeth_ent
      @mariahelizabeth_ent 4 года назад +1

      Yeah.... We've taught it well😭😭😭😭
      We're all gunna die😩😖

  • @Turalcar
    @Turalcar 3 года назад +37

    1:03:21 Let's say that using correct pronouns is just kindness. Isn't that a reason enough? Why can't kindness be an absolute on at least the same level as free speech?

    • @ArdenJ
      @ArdenJ 3 года назад +12

      He also couldn't ask that question without giving his answer right after.

    • @junkiejackflash
      @junkiejackflash 3 года назад +10

      Thought the same thing. Like, sure, Jord Pete Jr, rationalize it as a kindness if you want, so be kind to people. And dear God, the outfit, scarf, and sunglasses combo.

    • @pitchforkpeasant6219
      @pitchforkpeasant6219 3 года назад +2

      Any idea how many people would let the door slam in my face while on crutches? How many people sneer at me at best while walking down the streets of Seattle? People are cruel and some just want to take their misery out on others. Objects of displacement. The upside is at least its real. I dont want people being nice to me because theyre forced to. Thats fake and i know better. You cant legislate respect. Ive experienced far more hate in liberal cities than anywhere and it got progressively worse when obama brought up the bathroom issue. Sit at a bench in UW village for an hour or two and listen to people talk. Its quite educational

    • @maocharlisme
      @maocharlisme 3 года назад

      @@pitchforkpeasant6219 this is how I've always felt myself aswell. I'd much rather have someone call me a fucking faggot in my face than having to overhear someone call something or someone "gay" as a substitute word for something like "stupid" or "lame" with an intimidating, possible double entendre of still also referring to homophilia, being well aware that I am within hearing distance and abusing that opportunity to for example establish social dominance, to socially exclude or negatively discriminate me (and other gays) or just to hurt my feelings or humiliate me even. And the shitty thing is that it is often a vague difference between people who say that in such context with malignant intent and people who say so with ignorantly innocent intent.

  • @JesseColton
    @JesseColton 4 года назад +8

    That guy near the end who rambled for ten minutes was disgusting. Saying "calling you by your preferred pronouns WAS A KINDNESS that you didn't deserve." Revolting.

  • @leaf2309
    @leaf2309 5 лет назад +54

    love that contrapoints made the video she did after this called transtrenders

    • @roberthunt236
      @roberthunt236 5 лет назад +8

      and she has about six hundred fifty thousand views in three days...quality.

  • @cottage-core_
    @cottage-core_ 4 года назад +58

    Comment section is weird so I'm just here to say I hope everyone's doing well

  • @heathercameron1485
    @heathercameron1485 5 лет назад +70

    I know it's completely irrelevant, but I'm getting Scandinavian vibes off Natalie's look. It suits her.

    • @hopkapi
      @hopkapi 5 лет назад +37

      If only The Golden One could dump that whole fascism thing..

    • @sealogic4552
      @sealogic4552 3 года назад +1

      @@hopkapi Why are the hot ones always evil?

  • @johnpjones182
    @johnpjones182 4 года назад +55

    That fella in the scarf was filibustering.

  • @dotdotdotdot6560
    @dotdotdotdot6560 4 года назад +6

    Huh it’s pretty nice to see Contra talking in an environment like this

  • @fjzucco
    @fjzucco 2 года назад +2

    Well done!!! Thank you for the important work you are doing to advance human understanding and culture.

  • @sansabasongbird5130
    @sansabasongbird5130 4 года назад +32

    The “marketplace of ideas” should not include bad ideas that have already been thoroughly vetted and found to be useless to us, or even dangerous, including ideas like fascism, which were vetted by a world war.

    • @achinthmurali5207
      @achinthmurali5207 3 года назад +6

      By that logic communism shouldn’t be included because of the Cold War. Ideas aren’t good or bad simply by the way they are applied but also by what they say. Fascism is bad, at least in my opinion, because of its beliefs and tenets not because of its pioneers. I think communism is bad for the same reason. Although I don’t have an opinion on which is worse yet.

  • @n-key2171
    @n-key2171 5 лет назад +10

    Theryn! I missed you!!! 5,000 others also!

  • @urbanimage
    @urbanimage 3 года назад +3

    Always interesting to hear what Natalie / ContraPoints has to say.

  • @devs4031
    @devs4031 4 года назад +11

    Contrapoints Is BEAUTY.!!

    • @MissCracker
      @MissCracker 4 года назад +1

      She’s literally so pretty

  • @Tweegrrl
    @Tweegrrl 5 лет назад +10

    16:50 4 months later, Richard Spencer was a commentator on CNN

  • @c.g.6348
    @c.g.6348 5 лет назад +164

    Love seeing Nathalie on different channels. As i started watching a suggestion to watch 'dr Jordan Peterson' popped up. 🤢

    • @carolyntalbot947
      @carolyntalbot947 5 лет назад +7

      Me too. 🤔

    • @rotomblack8389
      @rotomblack8389 5 лет назад +3

      Thanks Theryn....

    • @Drazakhan_Dynasty
      @Drazakhan_Dynasty 5 лет назад +39

      Me: Watches one gamergate video.
      RUclips: would you like to know more about white genocide?

    • @RuminatingRaptor
      @RuminatingRaptor 5 лет назад +3

      Same. Like wtf? No.

    • @KangMinseok
      @KangMinseok 5 лет назад +20

      A suggestion for a video of an actual clinical psychologist pops up on a debate of philosophy students? Proposterous! Reeeeee

  • @btarczy5067
    @btarczy5067 3 года назад +4

    Good Points in here. Don‘t engage the bigots on their terms. Giving vile racists the authority of the stage to have them battle it out in a televised cagefight with ultra-lightweights is not the level of scrutiny they deserve.

  • @youbetcha6880
    @youbetcha6880 3 года назад +6

    Here's free speech: Theryn is a babe!!!!

  • @ace.of.space.
    @ace.of.space. 3 года назад +8

    great talk but the dude in the scarf "asking about pronouns" at the end make me shrivel up

  • @iamjustaguy3379
    @iamjustaguy3379 5 лет назад +25

    Is this video old but uploaded recently or what???

    • @rainbow_mess
      @rainbow_mess 5 лет назад +9

      says it took place january 12 2018 in the description. took a bit for me to find that

  • @woo22322232
    @woo22322232 4 года назад +7

    The guy at the end asking the trans question really thought he did something..... like there was a much better conversation being had that was so much more nuanced and ugly red sweater thought he was the pinnacle of rational thought.

  • @quackgoesthegooose
    @quackgoesthegooose 5 лет назад +14

    25:00 touches on a good point - its important to have knowledge of everyone's perspective regardless of personal opinion.

  • @Trashley652
    @Trashley652 4 года назад +10

    Hi welcome to The Freedom Report.

  • @WASF2024
    @WASF2024 5 лет назад +11

    anyone know what happened to theryn's youtube channel?

  • @SamHarrisonMusic
    @SamHarrisonMusic 3 года назад +5

    The guy with the ridiculously long question... jeeez man. Seriously cringey. Sometimes it's embarrassing to be male. He's like Tabby chan's opposite version...

  • @bitehunter122
    @bitehunter122 4 года назад +5

    Great presentation!

  • @mythacat1
    @mythacat1 3 года назад +5

    I really wish that Blair White would have been able to join this discussion.

  • @Teopengy96
    @Teopengy96 5 лет назад +28

    9:35 That’s like going up to someone, punching them in the face, and saying “well you need to suck it up and accept that you’re gonna get punched in the face sometimes”

    • @bigfan1041
      @bigfan1041 5 лет назад +11

      No, people having opinions you find hurtful and being mean to you isn't the same as physical assault.

    • @Teopengy96
      @Teopengy96 5 лет назад +16

      JxJxJxJx It’s an analogy, I’m not equating the two

    • @bigfan1041
      @bigfan1041 5 лет назад +6

      @@Teopengy96I'm just pointing out that they're fundamentally different. There's really no comparison.

    • @noahreisner5199
      @noahreisner5199 5 лет назад +14

      @@bigfan1041 No that seems pretty analogous. Physical assault doesn't often lead to the end of times for a person, neither does someone being mean to you. But having it happen over and over again can make someone uncomfortable and ruin things for them. At the end of the day, if there is group of people treating gay people like crap, gay people won't want to be around them, and if trans people are in a classroom setting where their fellow students are constantly treating them like crap why would they stay in that class, and if that continues to happen trans people are just stuck. This is why we can't allow it in the first place. It's one thing to say hurtful things online where it's optional as to whether or not you have to deal with it, but another entirely to hinder someones education, or job status because you wanna be an asshole on the basis of something they have no control over, like being trans or gay.

    • @bigfan1041
      @bigfan1041 5 лет назад +4

      @@noahreisner5199 There's nothing analogous of physically assaulting someone and saying something that hurts someone's feelings.

  • @highclass_lady
    @highclass_lady 2 года назад +1

    I would've loved to have met Natalie in person at an event like that (it doesn't seem like she does in-person appearances anymore, or at least not often) but we can still ask her questions on Patreon which she'll answer on live stream!

  • @twattyplaps
    @twattyplaps 5 лет назад +8

    Theryn unfortunately does not know how to articulate serious ideas, Natalie is throughout quite gracious while Theryn brings up very boring 'controversial' points. Pity as it's good to see Natalie in conversation

  • @collinlafleur5145
    @collinlafleur5145 3 года назад +8

    lmao the guy with the who dressed up to complain about pronouns

  • @LeonieZurakowsky
    @LeonieZurakowsky 5 лет назад +7

    When did this actually take place? Why didn't we know about it beforehand? I would have loved to be there.

    • @turingttested
      @turingttested 5 лет назад +2

      Leo Angelovitzka january 12 2018 :)

  • @Anonymous-sb9rr
    @Anonymous-sb9rr 3 года назад +4

    The conversation between Blair White and Ben Shapiro actually convinced me that Shapiro was being irrational about transgender topics. Pulling something like that off against Ben Shapiro is not an easy feat, so props to Blair White.

    • @ainnochaim9450
      @ainnochaim9450 3 года назад

      Which is why Blair White exists. To sell trans to right wing people. Aaaaaaaanndd... it worked.

  • @Multifixated
    @Multifixated 4 года назад +7

    Jesus Red-Pilled Tom Baker is insufferable

  • @dogsofalvsbacka
    @dogsofalvsbacka 3 года назад +4

    Theryn Meyer Briggs

  • @Kojirakage
    @Kojirakage 5 лет назад +29

    Theryn looks so cute

  • @raffa4456
    @raffa4456 3 года назад +2

    With the bullshit Theryn posted not that long ago, it's surprising Natalie became friends with her at all. And Theryn also doesn't add much to this conversations, so yeah, weird.
    Love Natalie tho. Amazing debate, what an intellect.

  • @oliviamaynard9372
    @oliviamaynard9372 5 лет назад +7

    What divide is trying to be bridged? It was an interesting discussion.

    • @dylankennedy4539
      @dylankennedy4539 5 лет назад

      Centrist vs communist?

    • @oliviamaynard9372
      @oliviamaynard9372 5 лет назад +4

      @@dylankennedy4539 Those words don't deal with the same concept I would think

    • @pinkabstractions1752
      @pinkabstractions1752 5 лет назад +12

      @@dylankennedy4539 ehm, Natalie isn't communist?

    • @oliviamaynard9372
      @oliviamaynard9372 5 лет назад +3

      @@pinkabstractions1752 She isn't . She is capitalist.

    • @pinkabstractions1752
      @pinkabstractions1752 5 лет назад +16

      @@oliviamaynard9372 yep I know, I find it funny that Americans call everything left of centre-right "communist"

  • @hexeddecimals
    @hexeddecimals 5 лет назад +2

    The first few minutes of the video was a fucking prophecy

  • @CocoaHerBeansness
    @CocoaHerBeansness 3 года назад +6

    On the point about people pretending bigotry is just trolling or a joke : if you can laugh about something thats hurting someone, it shows you don't care about that person's wellbeing,that you don't value their rights.

  • @River10081
    @River10081 3 месяца назад

    Criticism of people who are pro-woman and children, and therefore accused of being anti-trans, might equally be applied to those who are pro-trans, and therefore accused of being anti-women and children. Both pro- voices should be heard on campus in a respectful debate. They are different in what they feel they need to speak out about.
    Pro-trans students can be at least as aggressive and bullying to people who disagree at all with them - therefore pro-trans people also threaten the safety of other students. Transpeople are vulnerable. So too are women who are bullied by big, angry transwomen.
    The best answer to free speech that you find harmful is more free speech opposing it in an honest rational debate.

  • @n-key2171
    @n-key2171 5 лет назад +10

    I have no idea on the campus speaker issues. But twitter is designed as an internet gossip channel not the attempt of the modern agora that people have been trying to use it fot. It has to be replaced with something that does not empower or allow anonymity or 'retweeting', as well as including algorithms that do fallacy-spotting, fact-checking, & source footnoting. Know anyone that can program and/or host?

    • @hiscores9282
      @hiscores9282 5 лет назад

      Agora?

    • @n-key2171
      @n-key2171 5 лет назад

      @@hiscores9282 "Agora" = in Ancient Greece, a wide-open public space in which popular assemblies, scheduled public speaking, and impromptu marketplaces were supported and allowed to be.

    • @hiscores9282
      @hiscores9282 5 лет назад

      Oh i see, its easier to say that twitter like every other social media platform is a time sink n meaningless entertainment. And thats all it needs to be really it doesnt need to change imo

    • @n-key2171
      @n-key2171 5 лет назад +1

      @@hiscores9282 It probably doesn't need to change, but people need to stop treating it as a serious way to have discussions.

    • @hiscores9282
      @hiscores9282 5 лет назад

      Yeah like your post says, im just not sure meaningful open discussion can be had across the internet in any format. Actually even watching professors who know thier stuff debate each other in person can be a snoozefest because even they devolve to personal atks or intellectual showmanship for audience. My 2 cents anyway

  • @blacksteedofdeath5808
    @blacksteedofdeath5808 3 года назад +1

    have tried unsuccessfully to find a theryn meyer channel on youtube or an inst acct etc, if anyone can link any of those

  • @ObjectiveEthics
    @ObjectiveEthics 2 года назад

    Hey family I really appreciate that you support free speech. Much ❤

  • @aurelijs8891
    @aurelijs8891 4 года назад +12

    Nathalie looked so done the whole interview, I wonder if she was just tired, or uncomfortable or what was going on?

    • @mizjulio
      @mizjulio 4 года назад +18

      i feel like she is just more reserved live

    • @milicadamnjanovic1490
      @milicadamnjanovic1490 4 года назад +4

      miss julio I got the same impression. Same with her “debate” with Blair White.

    • @lukaspasten
      @lukaspasten 3 года назад +3

      idk a lot of the questions asked were stupid and so unnecessarily long. Shit crowd.

    • @rebeccasheng620
      @rebeccasheng620 Год назад +1

      @@mizjulio she’s very much shy in live conversation, if anyone interrupts her points she’s just like ok I’m done you go on 😅 very relatable though

  • @alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689
    @alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689 5 лет назад +4

    I really enjoyed this 👍👍

  • @samramdani258
    @samramdani258 3 года назад

    This is so interesting. I would have thought I’d have immediate objections to their points of view, but so far (an 8th of the way through) I think they’re both very rational. Will update if a hardcore disagreement comes up.

  • @TheDionysianFields
    @TheDionysianFields 4 года назад +1

    The speech club should have come before the free speech club.

  • @SpecialBlanket
    @SpecialBlanket 4 года назад +2

    Can someone explain to me (not joking or being rhetorical) why people are talking into their phones?

    • @XDCherylLi
      @XDCherylLi 4 года назад

      They're voice recording from their phones.

    • @Breerox108
      @Breerox108 4 года назад +1

      Voice recording so the audio could be added to this video

    • @d0nj03
      @d0nj03 3 года назад +1

      Wooow, just voice recording. Here I was running scenarios like "they provided a Bluetooth speaker close to the main mic at the front and had everyone pair to that BT speaker to get heard well when asking their question, but without having to pass a regular microphone around" or "they had one phone at the front feeding a signal getting mixed with the main mic and everyone was really sending voice chats through WhatsApp or something to that phone at the front". :) Or some other cockamamie live solution.

    • @sealogic4552
      @sealogic4552 3 года назад

      @@d0nj03 Ah, the joys of live sound

  • @thepleb729
    @thepleb729 3 года назад

    Name a more iconic duo, I'll wait

  • @melaniewut
    @melaniewut Год назад +1

    Contra is so in love with Theryn

  • @DarthGohma
    @DarthGohma 4 года назад +2

    Is this sped up?

  • @Davidlee37101
    @Davidlee37101 3 года назад +2

    why should identity be on the free marketplace of ideas? Why can't people define themselves?

  • @lotter4390
    @lotter4390 3 года назад +2

    Me:
    1) Applied to UBC
    2) Watches ContraPoints
    RUclips:
    Here is this video of Contrapoints at UBC
    God, Google knows too much about me.

  • @ladylizcreates7719
    @ladylizcreates7719 4 года назад +4

    Is theryn meyer south african?

  • @matthewwalker3131
    @matthewwalker3131 4 года назад +5

    1:07:00 is that a pizza john shirt?

  • @jennariseley3161
    @jennariseley3161 11 месяцев назад +2

    anyone else here to hate on Theryn for breaking Natalie's heart

    • @christinahan7018
      @christinahan7018 4 месяца назад

      we thought she was a cat girl but actually shes a fuck boy

  • @peterkropotkin9955
    @peterkropotkin9955 4 года назад +24

    Joanne!

    • @clsisman
      @clsisman 4 года назад +3

      Stop it. If she wanted to publicise it she would’ve

    • @junkiejackflash
      @junkiejackflash 3 года назад

      @@clsisman I mean, when you're a public figure, you know that people are gonna draw conclusions. If she absolutely had to keep it anonymous, she could've done a bit more. I think the main reason of the name change in the video was to kinda cover herself, in a legal-ish/morally kind of way. That said, people are always going to talk and assume. I dont always agree with it and don't really engage in it myself, but as long as people aren't like showing up to dig through her trash looking for gossip material, not much you can do. Ya can't expect 100% perfect ideal fans out of the millions that there are

    • @clsisman
      @clsisman 3 года назад +1

      @@junkiejackflash Sure, but there's no need to publicise it.

    • @petronellataube2986
      @petronellataube2986 3 года назад +2

      You should seriously delete this thread. Why would you throw that suggestion around when Natalie clearly wanted it to be anonymous? It's frankly a bit creepy.

  • @bascal133
    @bascal133 3 года назад

    Very true the irony is testing the waters with things they are mentally considering.

  • @pmatheson6345
    @pmatheson6345 4 года назад +3

    is this really only a year old?? time is weird.

    • @matthiasr5254
      @matthiasr5254 4 года назад +2

      i was so confused as well but apparently it's a newer upload - according to the description the talk took place in January 2018

  • @milo9185
    @milo9185 3 года назад +4

    omg it's joanne 🤩🤩🤩 /jk

  • @foolforyou69
    @foolforyou69 4 года назад +4

    Poor shy Contra she's so fucking CUTE

  • @pedrolg1857
    @pedrolg1857 4 года назад +1

    This interviewer feels the need to relate everything to herself and struggles in her execution

  • @foxgloved8922
    @foxgloved8922 5 лет назад +27

    fyi- Vaush is great at making reactionaries look stupid on livestream :)

    • @suresh0t478
      @suresh0t478 5 лет назад +10

      @@sailor5359 Sounds like a similar 0-60 thing Natalie is talking about in the beginning. 0 nuance and the verdict is cancelled forever. Fuck off.

  • @FernandoTorrera
    @FernandoTorrera 5 лет назад +8

    People like rIchard spencer should never be able to give speeches BUT he should only be allowed in a debate setting so he can be thrashed in public with facts. The reason the alt right is gaining traction is because people think there are no good arguments against them

  • @paxinviscis8245
    @paxinviscis8245 3 года назад +1

    I never turned on Contra and I turn on everybody.

  • @TheKiddy3
    @TheKiddy3 3 года назад +2

    Huge girl crush on Theryn

  • @dinospumoni5611
    @dinospumoni5611 4 года назад +5

    Natalie Parrott? Is her name not Natalie Wynn?

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 4 года назад

      Wynn=Joy

    • @13ciaran13000
      @13ciaran13000 3 года назад

      I know "Parrott" was her natal surnane. (In fact if you see older references to her, she's usually called "[deadname] Parrot"). She later changed her name to "Natalie Wynn", but I wouldn't be surprised if the "Wynn" part is just a stage name. A lot of RUclipsrs don't use their real last names. "Thorn", "Sanjati", and "Dawson" for instance are all stage names.

    • @13ciaran13000
      @13ciaran13000 3 года назад

      (then again, Abigail did seem to imply that the name "Thorn" is her on her documents now. But at the very least, it used to be a stage name).