Classic Stossel: The Birth of Cancel Culture

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • America is the first country to say to its people: all of you have a right to speak. But today speech is under siege.
    The former CEO of Mozilla Brendan Eich, Pax Dickinson of Business Insider, Paula Deen of the Food Network, and real estate entrepreneurs David and Jason Benham all lost jobs because of something they said.
    A Classic Stossel from 2015
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  • @francisjo3
    @francisjo3 Před 2 lety +511

    Stossel is a treasure. He aggressively challenges his guests, then stays quiet and lets them defend thenselves and clarify their positions. We need more journalism like that.

    • @tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916
      @tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916 Před 2 lety +7

      Exactly.
      I don't vote because I usually don't align with any specific party, but conservatives and leftists (or are they communists now) want the media to tell them what they want to hear.
      I want to hear facts and not opinions, it's hilarious hearing the people say they're the resistance to the establishment, while voting for the Amazon, Google, and Microsoft owned politicians.

    • @nonmagicmike723
      @nonmagicmike723 Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah, I like how he goes, "But you're a stupid fuck and a mean homophobe" to his face, or whatever it is the other side would say of him, and then lets the guy answer that.

    • @vernpierce8836
      @vernpierce8836 Před 2 lety +4

      James O'Keefe and project veritas the best journalist PERIOD!!

    • @rcyalater...2305
      @rcyalater...2305 Před 2 lety +5

      Stossel: Classic journalism at it's finest!

    • @OneWildTurkey
      @OneWildTurkey Před 2 lety

      The other stuff isn't actually journalism.
      The producers of that other stuff just get away with it, for now.

  • @senseofmindshow
    @senseofmindshow Před 2 lety +484

    “They couldn’t find anybody to say I was sexist, personally” That is the problem in a nutshell. Most of the time, it’s a witch hunt.

    • @mustang607
      @mustang607 Před 2 lety +16

      We are starting to learn that it wasn't "witches" the people should've been scared of.

    • @junior.von.claire
      @junior.von.claire Před 2 lety +16

      Indeed, intolerance in the name of tolerance is pure hypocrisy. Defamation for behavior is used as a tool to defame over something else. Allowing people the right to disagree is imperative, as it’s inevitable and frequent.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett Před 2 lety +5

      @@junior.von.claire Eloquent and succinctly stated

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Před 2 lety

      It doesn’t matter. We know he’s sexist because of what he wrote🙄

    • @moonpie2637
      @moonpie2637 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Lapusso650 So words over rule actual actions and behavior? That has to be the most back assward thinking I think I have ever heard?

  • @MiddleOutdoorsman
    @MiddleOutdoorsman Před 2 lety +873

    Never apologize, ever. Two reasons: One, it's an admission or acceptance of guilt. Two, it won't do any good anyway, they'll still come after you no matter what.

    • @serious_nigga
      @serious_nigga Před 2 lety +20

      Word! "NEVER APOLOGIZE, EVER"

    • @LeeroyPorkins
      @LeeroyPorkins Před 2 lety +59

      He who bends his knee must also spread his cheeks. - Sun Tzu

    • @jeffdo9195
      @jeffdo9195 Před 2 lety +10

      You can't offend anyone. they allow them selves get offended you can't control someone else's emotions. You can't be held accountable for THERE emotions for which THEY control there own. By allowing THEM SELVES to get offended. You can't make someone mad. They get mad on there own. You don't control someone's else's emotions so by punishing you is crazy for how they ALLOW them selves to feel you have no control over that

    • @LeeroyPorkins
      @LeeroyPorkins Před 2 lety +5

      @@jeffdo9195 The Snowflake Inquisition?

    • @LeeroyPorkins
      @LeeroyPorkins Před 2 lety

      @Fremen Thought it up with the whole Rogengate thing.

  • @jontolar6838
    @jontolar6838 Před 2 lety +496

    Nothing says ‘love and tolerance’ like completely ruining your oppositions life financially.

    • @Fun_Dips
      @Fun_Dips Před 2 lety +18

      I disagree. The left doesn't identify with word's standard definitions. They called the 2020 Seattle blm riots, that killed multiple people and left much of their city in a looted state of anarchy for months, "the summer of love".
      Pretty much, just assume whatever the far left says in a PR context that they mean the opposite of that.
      Tolerance = vehement intolerance
      Justice = kangaroo court
      No inflation = the highest inflation you've seen in 40 years
      Etc.

    • @bludeuce3855
      @bludeuce3855 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Fun_Dips more like Justice means Show trial

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Před 2 lety

      It's called Karma

    • @YT-User1013
      @YT-User1013 Před 2 lety +5

      Democrats promoting their peace, love and equality with violence, vandalism and rage.

    • @moonpie2637
      @moonpie2637 Před 2 lety +1

      Unless you are in the cult or give the cult relevance they can't cancel you. If you aren't in a cult you can't be kicked out of the cult. It's not until recently I think some on the left have started realizing that. Cancel culture isn't for those on the right. It's designed to remove the unfaithful on the left.

  • @jamesdrake2378
    @jamesdrake2378 Před 2 lety +103

    The cancel folks don't seem to understand that at some point they will be cancelled as well. No one is immune.

    • @matityaloran9157
      @matityaloran9157 Před 2 lety +4

      @James Drake, Contrapoints ran into that eventually. (Sidney Roc made a video about it.)

    • @biscoito1r
      @biscoito1r Před 2 lety +4

      It actually happaned to this lady who tried to cancel ThunderF00t. It would've been nice if John had covered it.

    • @matityaloran9157
      @matityaloran9157 Před 2 lety +6

      @@biscoito1r Neil Young told Spotify they could either keep him or Joe Rogan and Spotify chose Rogan

    • @Redmenace96
      @Redmenace96 Před 2 lety +1

      It is part of history. Not just railing on communists! The Bolshevik Party was small in revolutionary Russia. They kept accusing their moderate adversaries of not being 'revolutionary' enough. They fed off of other revolutionaries. They cancelled others in the Bolshevik party. It worked!
      They cancelled the more popular and more powerful, and drove society into chaos and the least common denominator.
      They couldn't win with numbers, so they figured out a way to reduce the numbers until they were equal to other parties.
      Then The Boys went to work....
      Stalin killed more Communist Party members than non-Communist Party members.
      We've seen this before, right?

    • @Ggdivhjkjl
      @Ggdivhjkjl Před 2 lety

      That's why they say, the left eats its own.

  • @IHateThisHandleSystem
    @IHateThisHandleSystem Před 2 lety +444

    Apologizing when you did nothing wrong is allowing yourself to be a victim of coercion. Never ever give in to compelled speech.

    • @keithsj10
      @keithsj10 Před 2 lety +5

      These people apologize because they don't want to lose their jobs and/or their status.
      They're in a tough spot. Those twins were fine with it. They got paid well for 6 weeks of work, they're good. They haven't been corrupted by greed. That's admirable 👍

    • @IHateThisHandleSystem
      @IHateThisHandleSystem Před 2 lety +13

      @@keithsj10 "These people apologize because they don't want to lose their jobs and/or their status. They're in a tough spot."... that is literally the definition of coersion. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

    • @tightbootyhole707
      @tightbootyhole707 Před 2 lety +8

      Yeah and ive learned that the hard way; if are in a hard situation NEVER EVER show any kind of weakness with yout co-workers, because they may look worried at you but oohhh man trust me whenever they have the opportunity to destroy you, they are not going to think it twice...

    • @IHateThisHandleSystem
      @IHateThisHandleSystem Před 2 lety +2

      @@tightbootyhole707 Yeah, it's best to keep your personal life completely separate from your work life.

    • @keithsj10
      @keithsj10 Před 2 lety

      @@IHateThisHandleSystem really?
      Ok, let me hold your hand like a little girl and explain it in simple terms 🙄
      Most people don't want to give up easy money and fame over having to apologize for saying something "insensitive". It's easier to say sorry than lose that big, easy money.
      Other, fewer people who actually have high standards, refuse to apologize for their beliefs and are fine with losing that "big easy money" if that's what it comes down to.
      It *is* coercion by the ones offering the easy money, but it doesn't always work with people who hold high standards.
      This is a simple concept, I don't think I can explain it more simply.
      Good luck with your comprehension of the English language.

  • @netposerx
    @netposerx Před 2 lety +123

    NEVER APOLOGIZE to the woke mob, they don't want your apology, they want you canceled.

    • @superandroid1675
      @superandroid1675 Před 2 lety +4

      Or dead

    • @davekent20
      @davekent20 Před 2 lety +1

      F them all

    • @nicolasdemers8074
      @nicolasdemers8074 Před 2 lety +1

      Never apologize to a mob. Full stop.

    • @animebrat76
      @animebrat76 Před 2 lety

      Actually they just want your money

    • @user-pv9ev3nu6s
      @user-pv9ev3nu6s Před 9 měsíci

      Just curious, is trying to cancel 81 million voters an example of cancel culture to you, or does your outrage only extend to some vague notion of "wokeness"?

  • @TheAlphapuck5280
    @TheAlphapuck5280 Před 2 lety +173

    When you apologize for something that isnt wrong, you are telling others that their feelings determine what is right and wrong.

    • @AJ-HawksToxicFinger
      @AJ-HawksToxicFinger Před 2 lety +4

      Exactly!

    • @mbdg6810
      @mbdg6810 Před 2 lety

      or apologize to something that doesn't care if you do

    • @cortneyrens
      @cortneyrens Před 2 lety +2

      Well said!! I’ve always said (when I see another cancel culture victim on the news or wherever) that the WORST thing they can do is apologize for their actions/words… one: it’s fake and makes the cancellers “win”
      Two: it doesn’t do anything to make people like them more, people just say/think “ok look at them, they have to eat their words now, haha! “
      As this piece pointed out, the best thing to do is never apologize, acknowledge you have different beliefs, and show through actions how decent and successful of a person you are

    • @probuilder961
      @probuilder961 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes! Mario Lopez shouldn't have apologized after correctly assessing that a 9 yr old shouldn't be deciding their own gender. There are so many examples.

    • @user-pv9ev3nu6s
      @user-pv9ev3nu6s Před 9 měsíci

      Just curious, is a former president trying to cancel 81 million voters an example of cancel culture to you?

  • @vyktorehon5995
    @vyktorehon5995 Před 2 lety +286

    I think everyone should have the ability to spend their income no matter how they want and say what they want without issue.

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse Před 2 lety +2

      Libertarian spotted

    • @vyktorehon5995
      @vyktorehon5995 Před 2 lety

      @@MausOfTheHouse nah

    • @LOOKINVERTED
      @LOOKINVERTED Před 2 lety +9

      Given what you've said there Vyktore, granted it's in Canada where I presume they've no free speech amendment like the US has but imagine how those Canadian truckers are feeling right now with their bank accounts suspended, assets potentially frozen and some are even in jail without charge or bail - and our authorities in our supposed enlightened western societies are saying next to nothing. What on earth is the world coming to!?!

    • @vyktorehon5995
      @vyktorehon5995 Před 2 lety

      @@LOOKINVERTED what's your point?

    • @LOOKINVERTED
      @LOOKINVERTED Před 2 lety +4

      @@vyktorehon5995 Perhaps I didn't really have one other than trying to reinforce your sentiment.

  • @jb8408
    @jb8408 Před 2 lety +237

    The owner of Chik Fil A is a religious person, I don’t care care about their view of gay marriage, I still enjoy their chicken sandwiches because the food quality is good and customer service is excellent.

    • @drok7461
      @drok7461 Před 2 lety +16

      A certain segment of the perpetually offended calls them, " hate sandwiches " 🤣😂😅

    • @Stolat79
      @Stolat79 Před 2 lety +36

      I’m gay, I made a point to go to Chik-Fil-A to see what hating gays tastes like…turns out… delicious. 🤣👍🏻

    • @RichardRennes
      @RichardRennes Před 2 lety +14

      @@Stolat79 That was funny. I actually chuckled a little.😀😄👍

    • @Stolat79
      @Stolat79 Před 2 lety +7

      @@RichardRennes I try man! People need to lighten up 😆

    • @junior.von.claire
      @junior.von.claire Před 2 lety +3

      Disagreement over homosexuality isn’t cause for hatred, even though they sometimes coincide. Those who believe it’s sin have their own sins with which to contend and should know better than to cast stones.
      My belief doesn’t prevent others from behaving as they will. The persecution of belief, from either side, is a social inquisition.

  • @fcold9402
    @fcold9402 Před 2 lety +326

    The physicist should never have apologized. He did nothing wrong, the apology was taken as an admission of guilt for something.
    Also, why are democratic politicians and other leftist not held to the same standards.

    • @Drako9823
      @Drako9823 Před 2 lety +23

      The shirt was also made for him by a female friend.

    • @tracybarhite1764
      @tracybarhite1764 Před 2 lety +5

      Democrats and leftists are part of the elite establishment club. Their actions are excused because of their perceived remorse and guilt over previous actions.

    • @wendygodin2716
      @wendygodin2716 Před 2 lety +5

      They are. Remember Al Franken? They are eating their own. Not real smart.

    • @fcold9402
      @fcold9402 Před 2 lety +12

      @@wendygodin2716 A few sacrificial lambs here and there. You know Biden has used the "n word" I bet every older member of congress has in the past (even the non white ones). I bet every older male member of congress has said some not too PC things about women and gays (probably Pelosi and the other old women participated in the gay thing). Certainly they have all said non PC things about the people they consider serfs that should be following their decrees.
      Hollywood is also full of pretentious hypocrites that have said or done worse things than that physicists or chick fil a owners. Watch and see the difference between what happens to Goldberg and the other ladies on the view when they say something "offensive" vs other conservative women actors. It is clearly not equal treatment. Just mind your standing with the "church". Franklin was such a sbag and a percieved "white guy" that there was no point in trying to protect him (unlike Biden) so under the bus he goes.

    • @rjrnj1
      @rjrnj1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@fcold9402 Very well said.

  • @nathanielbellmore
    @nathanielbellmore Před 2 lety +240

    Dont let someone guilt you for their perception of your intentions, and absolutely never apologize in that situation.

    • @bludeuce3855
      @bludeuce3855 Před 2 lety +2

      never apologie for something you didnt do thats what Jordan Peterson once said on twitter

    • @majermike
      @majermike Před 2 lety +1

      apologizing might seem like the best way out of losing your job, but what if everyone caved to twitter pressure? is that the kind of world we would want to live in?

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney Před 2 lety

      You go on the offensive and get really mad and offended that they would try to twist things to hurt you with malevolence.

    • @majermike
      @majermike Před 2 lety

      @@jasondashney hello bot

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney Před 2 lety

      @@majermike That was my nickname in robot school. Were we classmates?

  • @realdonaldtrump4610
    @realdonaldtrump4610 Před 2 lety +75

    Never apologize. Never back down. Do not comply

    • @mustang607
      @mustang607 Před 2 lety +4

      ... and resistance is not futile.

    • @billybassman21
      @billybassman21 Před 2 lety

      Sometimes it can be useful to apologize, but it has to be right away and directly to who you offended. Any public apologies are a waste and make it worst.

    • @realdonaldtrump4610
      @realdonaldtrump4610 Před 2 lety

      @@billybassman21 NEVER APOLOGIZE. NEVER BACK DOWN. ALWAYS DOUBLE DOWN.

  • @cmndrkool321
    @cmndrkool321 Před 2 lety +77

    What ever happened to if you don’t like a person, don’t listen to them or buy their endorsed products? Today, nobody is happy until whatever they hate is burned to the ground; and nobody can enjoy it.

    • @goldengriffon
      @goldengriffon Před 2 lety +4

      I think it's because these people see any disagreement as a personal attack, and they're too immature to live with that. They're anxious to utterly destroy any opposition, lest their self-doubt consume them.

    • @alchobum
      @alchobum Před 2 lety +2

      @@goldengriffon Perhaps its the result of helicopter parenting. And being inculcated into victim culture in school.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney Před 2 lety

      "Today, nobody is happy until whatever they hate is burned to the ground;"
      You sure? I don't see even 10% of the cancelling coming from the right side of the spectrum. They are much more likely to give you the 'ol "I disagree but I'll fight to the death...".

  • @Betterhose
    @Betterhose Před 2 lety +48

    Liberty goes in both directions.
    It means you can love whomever you want but it also means you can criticize others.

  • @jblasutavario9549
    @jblasutavario9549 Před 2 lety +55

    The irony in the case of the physicist's shirt is the fact that it was specially made for him by a very artistic and talented friend of his...a woman!
    Shortly after this, all of the shirts with that design got quickly sold out from her online store lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆

  • @justinditzler4168
    @justinditzler4168 Před 2 lety +49

    Rule number one - NEVER APOLOGIZE. it's not an apology "they" are after.

    • @doyouseewhatisee3183
      @doyouseewhatisee3183 Před 2 lety +4

      👍

    • @serious_nigga
      @serious_nigga Před 2 lety +3

      Accurate 👍🏾

    • @pottersground3788
      @pottersground3788 Před 2 lety +3

      🕯🎯👍

    • @mbdg6810
      @mbdg6810 Před 2 lety +3

      never apologize to those who won't be affected by it in a way to have them forgive you.
      so like the "never apologize" rule would not work for a husband or wife for example.

    • @Moses255337
      @Moses255337 Před 2 lety +1

      You mean ze, zim, zer?

  • @karlostj4683
    @karlostj4683 Před 2 lety +117

    When activists shamed Cheesecake Factory for selling massive amounts of sugar- and fat-filled products, their response: "Yup. That's what we do."

    • @strictnonconformist7369
      @strictnonconformist7369 Před 2 lety +4

      Really, if you understand how food works and what makes it so tasty and tempting, of course!
      If it weren’t so “evil” in what it contained in being full of sugar and fat (as long as they’re not overly processed, artificial, like trans-fats) it’d need to be something even worse to achieve the same effect.
      You don’t go into a Cheesecake Factory and expect health food: that just shows stupidity.

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 2 lety +3

      @@strictnonconformist7369 And communism and islam are religions of peace.
      Tras de ladrón, bufón.

    • @strictnonconformist7369
      @strictnonconformist7369 Před 2 lety +5

      @@V0YAG3R they both write checks they can’t cash.
      Leaving Islam for another religion is a death sentence. Islam is also more Borg-like in its form of cultural assimilation.
      Communism isn’t too wildly different, in in theory the claims sound like beauty and love and everyone gets treated as equals, guaranteed equal outcome, but some are more equal than others, and actual human motivations aren’t so altruistic, especially when it comes to hard workers resenting working for the lazy people’s portion while (maybe) getting the same benefit.
      At best, because of this, the best both of these religions can hope for is making everyone equally poor and unhappy because they’re inherently against actually-peaceful coexistence of everyone in the system once it”s in place.

    • @brothermitchlove1
      @brothermitchlove1 Před 10 měsíci

      @@V0YAG3R communism maybe an "ism" but its no religion...................................

    • @user-pv9ev3nu6s
      @user-pv9ev3nu6s Před 9 měsíci

      Yeah, they ought to be more worried about a former president trying to cancel 81 million voters. That's the epitome of cancel culture.

  • @IronskullGM
    @IronskullGM Před 2 lety +75

    I would think this is a civil rights violation since they discriminated them based on their religious beliefs.

    • @richardshipe4576
      @richardshipe4576 Před 2 lety

      And where in any religious doctrines are people forced to do business with them?

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety +13

      @@richardshipe4576 Umm, you cant fire someone because of their religious beliefs... This was an employer, not a business providing a service. Have you even read the civil rights act? You probably should, its rather important to know yours and others rights.

    • @user-pv9ev3nu6s
      @user-pv9ev3nu6s Před 9 měsíci

      Isn't trying to cancel 81 million voters the ultimate example of cancel culture?

  • @Trax0r1
    @Trax0r1 Před 2 lety +7

    Adam Carolla nailed it: if you don't apologize, they'll quickly give up and move onto someone who will.

  • @ragnarok7976
    @ragnarok7976 Před 2 lety +99

    The part they miss is that while they disagree with the gay lifestyle they aren't trying to string them up from a tree. You should be allowed to have disagreements, even prejudices, you should be judged on the actions you carry out.

    • @Braxant
      @Braxant Před 2 lety +5

      I think a follow up question to the the brothers should have been whether or not they think their views should become law

    • @richardshipe4576
      @richardshipe4576 Před 2 lety

      And oh boy they were judged. Big fking deal

    • @btsnake
      @btsnake Před 2 lety +1

      @@Braxant for sure, there's a difference between having an irksome opinion (which in my view theirs was) and wanting us to abide by that opinion. Honestly even wanting everyone to abide by their opinion isn't horrible, in fact the political left seems to live by that decree and I support their right to express it the same as I oppose the rights of these two.
      If I was running HGTV, I would've probably waited until they started expressing their irksome opinions on a show irrelevant to those opinions before letting them go.

    • @cormacthem8406
      @cormacthem8406 Před 2 lety +2

      Just because they don’t have murderous intent doesn’t mean they respect them as human beings. That’s the reason people of color weren’t allowed equal rights, they weren’t seen as equally human to those who do. So it’s double speak to say they don’t have anything against gays when they’ll do everything in their power to make sure they don’t have the same rights under the law. Given HGTV’s demographic, why on earth would they want these guys part of their brand?

    • @btsnake
      @btsnake Před 2 lety +1

      @@cormacthem8406 I suppose then the double standard would be that there are leftists with similarly backwards opinions about who is or isn't worthy of full rights who aren't getting cancelled.
      And to be fair I can't say that these guys don't think of gays as full human beings, because frankly they didn't say anything like that. Far be it from me to give any credence to people to take religion too seriously, but I think they might need the benefit of the doubt here

  • @j-me6317
    @j-me6317 Před 2 lety +44

    “There’s a goddamn war out here y’all... between gay people and people who enjoy delicious chicken sandwiches”. Jerrod Carmichael 😂😂😂

  • @biondatiziana
    @biondatiziana Před 2 lety +11

    Another example of an employee getting fired for an opinion: James Damore, a senior software engineer at Google was fired in 2017 for writing a memo that said “gender gaps [do not always] imply sexism.” It's ironic that while the culture of inclusivity professes to value diversity and gender self-identification, it is unwilling to recognize that any differences between men and women might exist.

  • @Gandoff2000
    @Gandoff2000 Před 2 lety +12

    Dinesh d'souza had a guest that explained that this new generation is used to being able to "unfriend" people with which they disagree with a few clicks. They are used to being able to organize attacks on people that think differently then them. They are transferring this behaviour to real life.

  • @dirtcop11
    @dirtcop11 Před 2 lety +55

    The interesting thing is that eventually the cancelers get canceled themselves. I hope that this is going to go away soon and we will be able to speak freely, no matter what our opinion might be.

    • @localasian
      @localasian Před 2 lety +3

      well, actually no. usually left doesn't get canceled easily

  • @Mrcocol354
    @Mrcocol354 Před 2 lety +122

    John never dissapoints in his videos.

    • @junior.von.claire
      @junior.von.claire Před 2 lety +1

      Homosexuality is a choice or a genetic trait? Neither side can prove its case. Hating the sin, not the sinner is advisable for those who believe everyone sins. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” ~ Christ, to a group of Pharisees who were preparing to stone a woman accused of adultery

    • @hengry2
      @hengry2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@junior.von.claire Study showed no homosexuality gene was found, it is a choice.

    • @Mrcocol354
      @Mrcocol354 Před 2 lety +1

      I think we are missing a good opportunity to learn about free speech and the dangers of cancel culture. Thats what I am getting out of this video

    • @mattdillon4398
      @mattdillon4398 Před 2 lety

      @@junior.von.claire The thread hasn't been throttled. One side says that homosexuality is a grevious sin and does not want to be forced to accept it. The other side wants to force everyone to accept it or else! This disagreement CANNOT be healed.

    • @junior.von.claire
      @junior.von.claire Před 2 lety

      @@mattdillon4398 Whoa! I said “…heal certain disagreements.” Strange. I’m very careful with my words and can’t believe it, but it’s right there as you say. Going to copy and enter again, edited.

  • @ValeriaPugliesiWashington
    @ValeriaPugliesiWashington Před 2 lety +24

    Mike Lyndell and his companies had ALL THEIR ACCOUNTS CLOSED ideologically. I think he should be in your video, John.

    • @puppy14
      @puppy14 Před 2 lety +5

      He’s the epitome of the American dream, drug addict who pulled himself up and started a multi-million dollar company. But now he said something icky and the whole world abandoned him.

  • @Christof708
    @Christof708 Před 2 lety +7

    Don’t apologize to those people, someone needs to put an end to the insanity.

  • @serious_nigga
    @serious_nigga Před 2 lety +6

    No Paula, don't apologize 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @drok7461
      @drok7461 Před 2 lety +4

      Notice that these same people don't hold Biden accountable for his racist comments from days gone by. He was friends with an actual Klansman by the name of Robert Byrd

    • @serious_nigga
      @serious_nigga Před 2 lety +1

      @@drok7461 these people always choose when and who to ignore. It sucks. Everything you said is pretty much accurate. The thing is, how do you wake them up to Biden?

  • @shrimuyopa8117
    @shrimuyopa8117 Před 2 lety +82

    It seems in most cases that if you speak out and hold your ground, you can defend yourself against cancel culture.
    Because the reality is that it is a fringe minority that are complaining and will actually stop using the company's business in most cases. So if you can get another fringe minority or even a large group of people to complain to the company on your behalf than you can survive and even come out better on the other end.

    • @arinerm1331
      @arinerm1331 Před 2 lety +3

      And running away from a dangerous dog only triggers that dog's prey drive. Leftists are predators of a much more insidious nature. You can see the dog and understand its danger. Never try to placate either, because you'll get mauled.

    • @lewisedwardson7776
      @lewisedwardson7776 Před rokem

      The problem is that when the woke mob attacks, they chase everybody reasonable away, and pretty much the only group that will actually fight them, is the literal homophobic white supremacist misogynist fascists, everything that they falsely accuse anyone they disagree of being, and, much as I despise the woke mob, that monstrosity of bigotry is even worse and they are not the ones that I want to call to my aid when my whole point is to remain separate from them.

  • @UnclePhil73
    @UnclePhil73 Před 2 lety +19

    In hindsight, maybe not coming to San Francisco was the best thing that happened to Chick Fil A

  • @idraw4me181
    @idraw4me181 Před 2 lety +5

    Never apologize, period!

  • @techlord5573
    @techlord5573 Před 2 lety +7

    Like Dave chappelle never apologized to the woke it never Helps.

  • @sidwhiting665
    @sidwhiting665 Před 2 lety +7

    Never apologize when you haven't done something wrong.

  • @CrazyHomelessWeirdo
    @CrazyHomelessWeirdo Před 2 lety +65

    The stuff makes me cry for my country because you're allowed to have freedom of speech as long as you agree with the majority of opinion. So we all should just be non-thinking drones that we all think and say and do the exact same thing what a boring world cancel is trying to make.

    • @mustang607
      @mustang607 Před 2 lety +1

      Check out any of the recent James Lindsay videos for the world the far left is trying to break.

    • @SpynCycle57
      @SpynCycle57 Před 2 lety +2

      In 2008 Brendan Eich had an opinion that the majority did agree with in 2008.
      He still got canceled.

    • @MrBrelindm
      @MrBrelindm Před 2 lety

      @Darrell Patton it's not what is said that is the problem. It's giving voice to bigotry (that's an attitude, not just words). There is intent behind giving bigots opinions a public face, and that intent is to make someone else's life miserable. It really doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on - a shitty attitude is a shitty attitude! Keep your pie holes shut!

    • @hengry2
      @hengry2 Před 2 lety +2

      @@MrBrelindm

    • @SpynCycle57
      @SpynCycle57 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MrBrelindm You failed to follow your own advice by speaking up now. Abolishing all freedom of speech to protect the feelings of a few is never the answer.

  • @prodantech
    @prodantech Před 2 lety +13

    The lack of forgiveness and exerting judgement on others is out of control. These morals should be more prominent in our society and across the whole political spectrum.

  • @jason916
    @jason916 Před 2 lety +3

    Never ever apologize that's the first mistake. And Fight Fire With Fire

  • @jackoff1826
    @jackoff1826 Před 2 lety +15

    Speak up. Speak out. And remind all those that voted Democrat that they are responsible for what is going on across America and the world today.

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri Před 2 lety +1

      Putin: Thanks for giving me half of Ukraine!

  • @myhammyjammy3018
    @myhammyjammy3018 Před 2 lety +7

    The biggest mistake is to apologize.

  • @verribarry
    @verribarry Před 2 lety +7

    Just because you silence someone does not mean that you have changed their mind.

  • @timbrickner8129
    @timbrickner8129 Před 2 lety +6

    It is important to disagree and to hold on to our individually.

  • @Otakufreak26
    @Otakufreak26 Před 2 lety +3

    Exactly. How the hell is this country going to function when we can't accept disagreements?

  • @RodMartinJr
    @RodMartinJr Před 2 lety +16

    Bless you, John Stossel for speaking your mind!

  • @freedom8763
    @freedom8763 Před 2 lety +3

    Freedom of speech should go beyond the government. It should be required by law anywhere even private companies

    • @VidkunQL
      @VidkunQL Před 2 lety

      Imagine you own a private company. Now try to think through the implications of what you just said.

    • @freedom8763
      @freedom8763 Před 2 lety

      @@VidkunQL if I own CZcams and someone said something I don’t like or disagree with then what right do I have to silence or Sensor that persons belief or idea. Everybody has a right to say what they want. This country turns more to communism everyday by going against r freedom. CZcams and other social media platforms sensor and cancel people who lean to the right.

    • @johnwhite-q7s
      @johnwhite-q7s Před 11 měsíci

      i don’t think you understand the spirit of the law. what you are suggesting would actually mean that we would have less freedom

  • @papabilby8855
    @papabilby8855 Před 2 lety +4

    The biggest shame here is the people of those cities not getting to eat at Chik-Fil-A.

  • @lancemcque1459
    @lancemcque1459 Před 2 lety +3

    I LOVE Paula Dean!!

  • @cruzc5frc
    @cruzc5frc Před 2 lety +8

    Thank you for your service John!!

  • @HarryPrimate
    @HarryPrimate Před 2 lety +2

    I learned at an early age that if you give in to a bully the bullying only gets worse. Stand up to them and they will back down.

  • @IamGoen
    @IamGoen Před 2 lety +6

    We need 1,000 more John Stossels in the media. (And government).

  • @closeoutsaleusa5322
    @closeoutsaleusa5322 Před 2 lety +24

    ALWAYS PUSH BACK - stand your ground! The "Cancel Culture" can't handle it.

  • @shadoe1769
    @shadoe1769 Před 2 lety +31

    I don't agree with Chik-fil-a's political or religious positions, but I love their products and I support the owner's right to have a political position and to follow whatever religion they choose. This is still America, for now, and the America I grew up in you could have a different view and still be a good person and respected. Maybe that is the underlying problem, the current generation wasn't brought up to know and understand the concept of respect. Respectful people can have different view points, discuss them at length, and in the end agree to disagree, if needs be, and walk away still respecting each other and the others opinion. Respect doesn't require agreement, but it does require civility.

    • @ktanner11
      @ktanner11 Před 2 lety +8

      Exactly but everyone gets so butthurt anymore over anything. There are lots of large businesses that have christian views on the world and like Chick-fil-A they make a stand about it. If one doesn't agree oh well we have lost the middle ground no one can agree to disagree

    • @tracybarhite1764
      @tracybarhite1764 Před 2 lety +5

      The oh so tolerant left isn't so tolerant ! They are against the very thing they preach about.

    • @shadoe1769
      @shadoe1769 Před 2 lety

      @@tracybarhite1764 True, but it's not just the left, both sides are guilty of the hypocrisy, the left is just on top at the moment. Right wing has it's share as well.

    • @tracybarhite1764
      @tracybarhite1764 Před 2 lety +1

      @@shadoe1769 I agree! The right has its fair share of hypocrisy. I love when they both (left and right) try to justify their hypocrisy.

  • @1004Benny
    @1004Benny Před 2 lety +10

    Remember: you CANNOT offend anyone. Others just feel offended or take offenses, and they have the right to do so.

  • @stoicforall
    @stoicforall Před 2 lety +7

    I am a gay man and I hate cancel culture.

    • @nonyadamnbusiness9887
      @nonyadamnbusiness9887 Před 2 lety +1

      I think if I was gay, I'd be offended by the way mainstream media portrays all gay men as effeminate twits.

  • @goodolearkygal5746
    @goodolearkygal5746 Před 2 lety +8

    We've all learned, never bow to the mob, they will lop off your head

  • @daniellassander
    @daniellassander Před 2 lety +13

    Let people speak their minds, if you disagree with it you dont have to listen and if you dont listen their audience is smaller. That is how its done in a free society, there are many things i disagree with but i have never tried to hurt anyone for disagreeing with me, i will just walk away.
    Personally i have nothing against gay marriage but that is me, if another person thinks another way that is up to them and has nothing to do with me.

  • @outofcompliance1639
    @outofcompliance1639 Před 2 lety +1

    Do not apologize. It never helps. Give them the finger and ignore them. Some day, hopefully soon, these people will been on the fringe where they belong.

  • @dubstepphene82
    @dubstepphene82 Před 2 lety +7

    I'm not for cancel culture either

  • @-fazik-3713
    @-fazik-3713 Před 2 lety +4

    "Silence those who oppose freedom of speech"

  • @BlueAxeRacer
    @BlueAxeRacer Před 2 lety +10

    Mark Steyn has his own show on GB News these days. He's a good man.

  • @kellivossen8995
    @kellivossen8995 Před 2 lety +1

    Never ever ever apologize!!

  • @williambarkenbush3915
    @williambarkenbush3915 Před 2 lety +43

    Way to go John you never disappoint.

  • @1htalp9
    @1htalp9 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for keeping up the fight.

  • @jamiepeterson5843
    @jamiepeterson5843 Před 2 lety +17

    Another great video John I have always loved your broadcasts and have followed you since I was 12 years old or later growing up on 20/20 back in the day when all opinions were welcome on ABC when Barbara Walters was around and there was actual journalism Im 43 years old now and your videos are more important than ever. Thank you for your many years of great investigative journalism you are a dying breed in the this world.

    • @toosweet6046
      @toosweet6046 Před 2 lety

      Remember when the wrestler slapped him?

  • @mythbuster7538
    @mythbuster7538 Před 2 lety +2

    Apologizing just emboldens these hypocrites. Ignore them. They are a small minority.

  • @seand7642
    @seand7642 Před 2 lety +3

    John Stossel is an American treasure. Keep doing what you do John!!

  • @richardnormantaylor6556

    You are doing wonderful things for freedom .
    thank you Mr. Stossel

  • @kenmoreSF
    @kenmoreSF Před 2 lety +9

    stand firm. Never apologize. It makes you look weak and 1. Doesn't get your job back anyway and 2. They can careless about your apology, whether it's sincere or not.

  • @littletime8849
    @littletime8849 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank You for sharing. Let your voice be known.

  • @hmk5123
    @hmk5123 Před 2 lety +3

    Soon enough, it'll be bigoted to talk against pedophilia.

  • @SOLtoo
    @SOLtoo Před 2 lety +1

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN STOSSEL!!

  • @Dan-jj2vr
    @Dan-jj2vr Před 2 lety +9

    Hello Mr. Stossel I just wanted to say I watch every video you put out and enjoy them. They are very informative and educational. Thank you

  • @frankiecal3186
    @frankiecal3186 Před 2 lety +1

    Benham brother are awesome they are not cowards and speak there truth to this evil totalitarian government.✊👏💯

  • @cainabel615
    @cainabel615 Před 2 lety +9

    You’re only as free as your income stream. We live in a world today that requires purity of popular thought, with every syllable recorded.

  • @maximos905
    @maximos905 Před 2 lety +1

    NEVER APOLOGIZE!

  • @thermalreboot
    @thermalreboot Před 2 lety +3

    Cancel culture came to my attention in 2001 when the alphabet Mafia tried to get Dr. Laura Schlesinger off the air for something she said.

  • @AdamKlownzinger
    @AdamKlownzinger Před rokem +1

    It should so remarkably simple: *It is not a question of whether you agree or disagree with them, it is a question of whether they are allowed to disagree with you.*

  • @legendary6790
    @legendary6790 Před 2 lety +4

    Man how times have changed. 7 years later and now we all live in fear of cancel culture as it destroys everything. I miss the 2000s and early 2010s when having an opinion wouldn't get you fired or killed.

  • @leechurchill1965
    @leechurchill1965 Před 2 lety +1

    If you stand up to bullies, they usually back off.

  • @arnoldmunez5057
    @arnoldmunez5057 Před 2 lety +5

    All of the reasons in this video are why I don’t want to have children, imagine bringing them into this hell of a future.

  • @diogenes9312
    @diogenes9312 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you John stossel for your great work and HONEST years of dedication to journalism.

  • @noahprice1250
    @noahprice1250 Před 2 lety +3

    You da man Stoss!!! STOSS IS THA BOSS!

  • @StuffBudDuz
    @StuffBudDuz Před 2 lety +1

    I never lose respect for these these people because of their original words. I only lose respect for them when they apologize.

  • @LeeroyPorkins
    @LeeroyPorkins Před 2 lety +6

    One has to remember the most famous Cancel Culture quote.
    I would just say. Stay tuned. The Day of Reckoning will come. The Record will be straight. - Papa John 2019

  • @notavailable9919
    @notavailable9919 Před 2 lety

    Never apologize. NEVER!

  • @deathpunch2169
    @deathpunch2169 Před 2 lety +3

    Our societal values are ever changing. People should not be canceled for something that they did 10 years ago when it was deemed appropriate then.
    My parents are from central Europe and they both used the n-word and played blatantly racist games in school. Why? Because that was the word they were tought. No one took offense, since it wasn't meant to be offensive.

    • @VidkunQL
      @VidkunQL Před 2 lety

      I think people shouldn't be "cancelled" even for doing something that some others deem inappropriate at the time.
      On a couple of occasions I have heard vendors or artists I was dealing with express opinions I found abhorrent, and I took my business elsewhere. That was the end of it. I didn't start any whispering campaigns against them, or even go out of my way to publicize their revolting ideologies; I left that to them.

  • @christofl6523
    @christofl6523 Před 2 lety

    Never apologize to your enemies.

  • @sgguitarfan7
    @sgguitarfan7 Před 2 lety +5

    Here First, Love from PR John

  • @TMcGee123
    @TMcGee123 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video. I have never even heard about some of these people. Pathetic how they were impacted for doing nothing. I agree we must fight back.

    • @andrius799
      @andrius799 Před 2 lety

      Brendan Eich is a giant, he is a genius in his field and he was fired for donating $1000 from his own money to lobby against a proposition bill.
      He didn't apologozed, he just went out and created his own company (Brave browser) which now is far superior than firefox in all regards.
      If you are good at generating value no amount of cancel culture will hold you back...

    • @TMcGee123
      @TMcGee123 Před 2 lety

      @@andrius799 interesting, thats definitely a great route to take to fight the bs of cancel culture. Instead of trying to get back within the company he worked for he creates his own and develops a culture that will rally against the bs his previous employer pushed. I bet his company will do better in the long run because more people are going to be interested in working in his type of environment.

  • @findleybarber
    @findleybarber Před 2 lety +5

    Let’s Go Brandon!!!

  • @samsmullen991
    @samsmullen991 Před 2 lety +3

    You don't need to apologized for something that you truly believe in no matter you are alone in your belief. Once you've compromise your belief, you are no longer an individual but part of the mob without critical thinking.

  • @TheKrazyk2010
    @TheKrazyk2010 Před 2 lety +5

    I got kicked out of my softball team and the league for expressing
    I can't believe the guy in the black lives matter sure got me out
    And of course half my teammates twisted me as racist and the league
    Cancel culture is so toxic

  • @Nikua13
    @Nikua13 Před 2 lety

    You can never ever ever give offense. You can only take it.

  • @gi169
    @gi169 Před 2 lety +4

    LET'S GO BRANDON!!!!!

  • @harrisoakley711
    @harrisoakley711 Před rokem

    Exactly. Everyone has different opinions. That's what make America so great.

  • @mike8595
    @mike8595 Před 2 lety +10

    I got to be honest, I don't equate most of those examples at the beginning as cancel culture. Businesses are free to associate with whoever they like and obviously having two dudes who speak against homosexuality may not look good for a network that likely has a larger than average homosexual audience. My biggest concern is when regular people get cancelled from their jobs for liking something on Facebook or saying something in a meeting that upset one person. To me, that's real cancelling.

    • @johnbees4443
      @johnbees4443 Před 2 lety

      You are right. We should help them. I got it. For every person who cancels someone. They get no power, gas or electricity for a year. Then the communists can enjoy everything they stand for.

    • @j-me6317
      @j-me6317 Před 2 lety +2

      But they were hired for their house flipping abilities, not their religious beliefs. The problem is cancel culture expects some version of moral purity just for someone to occupy a space.

  • @erosmangr74
    @erosmangr74 Před 2 lety +2

    The only time to apologise is when you have actually done something wrong and an opinion is never morally wrong by itself; it can just lead to immoral behaviour down the line. However, even when you do something that is definitely wrong, never apologise to a crowd, only to the individual you wronged, in private. Just like crowds dissolve responsibility for their mob behaviour, so too crowds dissolve any sense of humanity or forgiveness that they might have shown individually.

  • @retrofraction
    @retrofraction Před 2 lety +4

    I think the founding fathers would have made protection against this, but they never thought that people would stoop so low levels of stupidity.
    I do think in the long run business that choose woke ideologies will lose significant market share as they limit their potential employees.
    Obviously on a macro or micro scale it’s not gonna do as much as a nationwide corporation, once your organization gets so big you’re going to want the best of the best regardless of their ideology.

    • @strictnonconformist7369
      @strictnonconformist7369 Před 2 lety

      Fecebook is having a harder time finding people. I’ve not updated my LinkedIn profile for over 7 years, they don’t have information I’ve been working in that time at all, and they reached out to me: I’ve pointedly not even responded.
      They’re fascist censorious bastards, to put it as nicely as possible, and their so-called “fact-checkers” need to all be taken out back and…. I think you can fill in the rest of that. They have their narratives to push, and their leftist mob to get into office by all means they can.

  • @Cooter4
    @Cooter4 Před 2 lety +2

    Lover the Sinner BUT Hate the Sin!

  • @P010010010100101
    @P010010010100101 Před 2 lety +3

    I won't apologize for saying the mild form of the N-word that's socially acceptable by a certain group of people. Ever. Not only would those people who want me to apologize not want to hear my point of view and understand the context of my use of the word, but they wouldn't even recognize the hypocrisy of their other beliefs by compelling me to speak a certain way.

  • @freedomwriter1995
    @freedomwriter1995 Před 2 lety

    Tell those people who want you to apologize "screw you" and they'll leave you alone.