Youtube comments of Emily hancock (@emilyhancock3456).
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To all the male commenters who are angry that their grievances aren't being addressed: OF COURSE there are many men who are subjugated to physical and/or sexual violence, and you're definitely right, it is important that their stories are shared and their voices are heard. But complaining about their lack of representation on a video detailing the atrocities committed to women at the hands of men, is misguided. Violence against women is a very real problem, and acknowledging that and talking about that does not take away from the experiences of men who have also suffered. Instead, since it seems like an issue that is important to you (as it should be) why not help to raise awareness by setting up groups devoted to helping men who have undergone physical/sexual violence? Vilifying women, by claiming they are ignoring the suffering of men, is not helpful. In addition, it is useful to be aware of the fact that while the crimes against men (violence/assault) are terrible, they are often committed for a multitude of reasons. Violence against women by men, on the other hand, is most often committed simply because of her gender, because she is a woman.
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Mećem Odzada You're very welcome :) Now, I can't pretend to understand what you're going through since my personality type is almost the opposite, but, I can relate to feeling uncertain and scared about the prospect of getting help for my problems. I suffer from depression and a couple years ago I was plagued by suicidal thoughts. I desperately wanted to get help because living like that was torture but I was worried that if I went to a therapist, they would tell my parents/school about the way I was feeling because I was a potential danger to myself. I was also scared by the idea of having to share such a deep and personal part of myself with someone I didn't know and was terrified that they wouldn't understand what I was going through or take it seriously. Finally, thanks to the support of people I cared about, I got the courage to at least try a session with a therapist. And thankfully, I couldn't have been more wrong about what the experience would be like. My therapist was personable and understanding and treated me like a fellow person and not, as I had previously believed, like a sick patient. At first, I was scared to share how I was feeling, but little by little I opened up and the relief was indescribable. My therapist also assured me that therapist/patient confidentiality is paramount and that she would never share details of our sessions with anybody without my knowledge or consent. She's still my therapist three years later and life has been so much better. I know it's scary, but I promise you, if you find the right therapist (and don't be afraid to experiment with others if you don't feel comfortable the first time), it can make such an enormous difference to your life. Good luck to you, and I hope you find the help you need
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***** Again, you cannot generalise an entire population by the actions of a few you see on the news. Some people are misguided by fervent nationalism - a nationalism so strong it can blind them to the ills of their government/ruler - that kind of nationalism can be present in religious or non-religious communities, western or eastern - one only has to look at the blindness of Trump's supporters, particularly his supporters who are living below the poverty line and whose lives will be affected much for the worst by his desire to cut Obamacare etc. I know from personal experience, from literally spending loads of time with friends of mine who are Muslim, from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Morrocco, Palestine etc - not from reading articles intended to garner strong reactions - that Muslims have as many different points of view, desires, hopes, goals from each other than I do from you or you or I do from anyone else for that matter. You are Polish but you don't behave the same or believe exactly the same things as every single Polish person - I'm Canadian with dual citizenship and I don't believe or feel the same way as every single other Canadian. People come with a massive spectrum of different personalities and experiences, you can't paint everyone with the same brush just because they share a religion just as I would never compare my pro choice Christian friend with fundamentalists who attack abortion centres simply because they both fall under the umbrella of Christianity.
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***** Again, Marian, please, instead of basing your views solely on the output of news outlets, go out and meet some Muslims in your local community, talk with them, spend time with them - not all Moroccans are loyal to their king or believe what he is doing is just and humane (No Name is an obvious example of that), not all Muslims are traditional and conservative - e.g. I live in a city - London - with a Muslim mayor who is a high ranking member of the Labour party and is progressive, liberal and modern, I also come from a country, Canada, with high ranking Muslim members of left wing parties - people are not all the same - go out and meet actual Muslims and i promise you your fears will be assuaged
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***** I don't think you're a hater and I don't think you're racist but I think that everyone can benefit from real life experience and real-life interaction with people rather than purely understanding a people through the lens of the media. I have been to Luton, it's only a half an hour train ride from where I live - one of my best friends, a Muslim girl, is from there and I often go out there to visit her when she's staying with her family so yes I've seen it many times in real life - not on the internet. She's a hilarious manga and horror movie lover, loves cards against humanity (much to my chagrin) and is a card carrying Labour supporter. I once had a teacher who told us to "assume is to make an "ass" out of "u" (you) and "me"" and I think that's a weirdly wise if cringey statement. I am not defending the ideology, like I said before, I'm an atheist like yourself and have no real love for religion, particularly when it intersects on a governmental level - but I've seen enough of the world to know that just because someone is of a certain faith does not mean they prescribe to the behaviours and beliefs of the more fundamentalist extreme members of their faith, there are plenty of Muslims who advocate for secular governmental rule, who advocate for Women's rights, LGBT rights, Education and health care rights etc, just like there are many Christians, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs etc who also advocate for these things. I sound like a parrot, but go out and talk to people, if anything I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
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***** Marian, take it from someone who is Muslim (No Name) and someone who is friends with many Muslims and works for a Muslim focused charity (myself) - people are not all the same simply because they belong to the same religion. I'm not trying to say that you don't know what you're talking about since you seem to be someone who tries to keep up with world events and the news - but try to understand that we, as people who interact with Muslim people all the time and No Name's case actually live the experience of a Modern Muslim, have more experience than you in this particular area - the news and certain websites have selection bias, and because of recent xenophobic political platforms and the attacks happening in France and Germany, there has been alot of press focussed on more extremist Muslims - but the majority of people are just like the rest of us and just trying to live their live (and believe me, I'm not someone insensible to the dangers of extremism - my best friend from highschool was living in Marais, 100 m from the Bataclan at the time of the Paris attack - but she, like me, has many Muslim friends and knows that the actions of a violent few do not represent the majority). I fear that you are unwilling to be convinced so this is probably the last time I'll say it, but please actually try to get to know Muslims before resigning yourself to thinking that they are all polygamists/regressive/conservative etc. which they most certainly are not
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***** Of course I condemn my own heritage, I don't accept a revisionist sugarcoating of my history - my ancestors slaughtered thousands of Native Americans, enslaved millions of Africans, killed 50% of the Congolese population, plundered natural resources and are responsible for some of the worst atrocities in modern history - it does not matter what we have become if the path to getting there is soaked in blood - America for example, is the country it is today with the most powerful economy in the world only because half of that economy was bolstered by the slave trade. I may not have committed those atrocities with my own hands but I still live in a world affected by the things my people did, I am given privileges because of the things my people did, so I believe it is my duty to do what I can to even the playing field for people who weren't given those privileges and do what I can to begin to make amends. "No Arab will ever condemn the Arab conquests"? How on earth can you possibly know that when your only experience of Arab people is through a screen - watching the news on TV or watching youtube videos? Do you know any Arab people? And I didn't realise you were such a scholar of Arab literature, since you seem to have read every single one of their books ever published if you "know" that none of them condemn aspects of the past. Your sweeping generalisations do you a disservice, Marian, they reveal your ignorance about a people that you don't seem to know in real life at all.
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