Comments by "DeoMachina" (@DeoMachina) on "Tom Nicholas" channel.

  1. This isn't a rebuttal or an argument, it doesn't claim to be. Just watch the video without pausing to scribble notes down every 30 seconds, it'll be okay.
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  2.  @freakydeaky1435  Clue is in the title m8, not sure what the confusion is? It seems like you think this video should do what you started doing, going through an itemised list of faults. But it doesn't, for the same reason you stopped doing it. " I literally cannot go through the entire video and point out all the instances of unjustified claims, because I would be here for hours" You understand already - nobody would watch hours of fact-checking these extremist lunatics!
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  3. This is a lie, hospitals were swamped with people and thousands of them were dying every day You're lying
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  4. "The 'trans debate' is not about the rights of so-called 'trans' people. Everyone has rights." The point is - you don't think everybody should have rights.
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  5. If you think youtube, or any mainstream media is remotely left-leaning, you don't get to judge anybody on anything. The BBC has been running damage control for the Tory party for 10 years and going after any opposition like its life depended on it. Even youtube will take down socialist channels for seemingly no reason, while boosting literal white nationalists. Left-leaning? On what planet? You apparently don't have 15 minutes to spare, so I won't bother asking you to educate yourself. But know this: You know nothing.
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  6. By definition this is completely incorrect, it just shows you don't know what the word means.
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  7.  @someguy4405  The attack on the Capitol on January 6, where people died, people were murdered, terrorists literally planted bombs and have been clearly documented hunting for specific politicians to kill. The evidence was often recorded and broadcast by the fascists themselves, there is absolutely nothing you can say to spin your way out of that.
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  8. " I genuinely think what was presented in the video is what Derek believes. I find this easy to conclude this, because we're similar people and I hold those same beliefs even after watching your presentation." Can we acknowledge this argument rests on the assumption that you know this guy because you watch his videos "With the same habits, SDCs would reduce traffic" I came to the opposite conclusion, can you expand on this? I figured any large-scale adaptation of SDC's would increase traffic, because now the cars are not only driving to and from the usual destinations, but to and from different clients. So that's extra trips, right?
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  9.  @d_dave7200  All I'm saying is that even if somebody isn't intentionally trying to hide who they are, you (as a viewer) simply cannot know these people. You don't know what's going on when the camera is off, and those are the things that change us. We have to remain detached for the health of both ourselves but also the creators.
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  10.  @Waltonet93  But not all cis women have XX chromosomes, so I don't think that works?
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  11. The UK doesn't have a left-wing government, and arguably hasn't had one since....the early 70's? Open a history book lol
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  12.  @josef10101010  "Etymology says it literally does tho, no matter what you think, lol." Etymology just shows you where words come from, doesn't have any bearing on their initial or current definition. Wrong again. "Elaborate" No. You've already conceded. "How is that a contradiction? Both can be true, can't they" You can't seem to decide which is actually true though, can you? Shame we're not using any historical examples, or we could look back and see how each socialist nation came to be. "and the fact that all of the Socialist countries end up the same way, in violent revolution" This isn't possible to prove without an exhaustive list of historical examples, so I look forward to you walking back your "no facts from history" policy real soon :) Oh, and you're still wrong on this one. "Not an argument" Hey you actually got this one right! Wow good job! It's not an argument! Yeah, it's actually not a debate. You just genuinely struggle to understand what words mean. There's no 'debate' to be had here. You're just stomping your feet and insisting that your own personal definition is the real one. Can't argue with that! I can only hope when you turn 18 you learn to admit fault.
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  13.  @ThePontificatingAHole  Cope
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  14. "Also what is soo bad by trying to make more money?" * *Karl Marx has entered the chat * *
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  15. In Ireland landlords are why you can't get an apartment
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  16. Shapiro is absolutely a fascist and absolutely an anti-semite. Shapiro is on record calling other jewish people "jewish in name only" for not being openly supportive of genocide (which he has advocated for) and ethnostates. To deny people's own identity because they do not follow his extremist beliefs is definitely an attack on their community, and it only hurts jewish people. What's the word we use for that kind of thing?
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  17.  @grumpyyellowfang3344  I mean I did literally just quote him so obviously yeah I have unfortunately listened to him
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  18. Libertarians are absolutely right-wing. Being supportive of legal weed isn't an inherently left-wing position.
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  19.  @tavelkyosoba  "It's almost like you've never looked at the libertarian policy goals" I have, they're right-wing goals lol
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  20.  @tavelkyosoba  Plenty of right-wing parties across the world advocate for those things, you only think otherwise because the Republican party is made up of extremist zealots. But to be real: Libertarianism is a meme. It's not a serious position. It's a front for big business. They want deregulation and a smaller government because that allows them to pay less tax and increase profits. But most people won't be richer if they pay less tax, they'll be poorer because now they have to pay price-gouging private entities for the same services.
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  21. Functionally, those are the only kind that actually do anything So it's not really a 'bias', just a reflection of the current state of the world.
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  22. It's a pretty stupid 'debate', since trans atheletes have been competing for decades and nobody noticed (so its clearly not a big deal) Also, attempting to exclude trans people from sport has led to cis women being banned from their own sports, and trans men being forced to compete against women (where they're accused of being trans women who have an unfair advantage, yeah go figure)
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  23. Correlation isn't causation, those immigrants have jobs and contribute to the GDP. They don't set fiscal policy for the most part.
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  24.  @Random51960  Isn't Joyce the eugenics lady I'm not sure we should be taking genocidal maniacs seriously, Allen E
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  25. Nom Chompy isn't a Marxist fyi
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  26. Conservatives are the people who think they can weasel out of being called right-wing by saying "classical liberal". We know you guys are classical liberals. That's why you're conservatives!
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  27. And you don't think being black would have made it any more difficult? Not even in the police force?
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  28.  @navvetcoperator973  ". I had substantially more challenges because I was white" But you've never been anything else, so how can you possibly claim to know that? It's like you went into one door and not the other three, then came back to tell me it was the most challenging room. (You were a teacher and I had to explain that? Damn lol) "Was attacked and beaten because I was white, but made my own way regardless" Are you claiming this wouldn't have happened if you were black? That black people don't get beaten up for being black? "On the police force per capita black officers and female officers promoted more often in higher numbers" And yet the leadership of the police force remains overwhelmingly white and male, lol Cops, always the eternal victim. Nothing is ever good enough for a cop. They always cry the hardest when they get what they want.
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  29. " It seems that according to the author political tink tanks are only right-wing and right-wing tink tanks promulgate only bad policies" ...or maybe right-wing governments aren't going to implement left-wing policy recommendations? You can name writers of the 20th century yet couldn't think of that?
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  30.  @themostamazingguy  So I looked it up and it appears to be that not all women have eggs and not all men have sperm. And not all women have the same chromosome type, neither do all men! I dunno, are you sure you know what you're talking about?
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  31. "Freedom of speech is the issue of our day" Edwin Your government has slaughtered over 200000 people in the past ten years I think there are more pressing issues at work here than "are right-wingers allowed to harass black women enough on GMB"
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  32.  @Ghreinos  Why are you avoiding the question?
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  33.  @romanelite4121  lmao nice playlist my guy, but nobody asked your treasonous ass anything
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  34. "Is this guy insane? The whole mainstream media uses pronouns" Yeah its called the English langauge "British society is so left wing" The UK has almost zero left-wing influence in about 50 years or more "In Canada we can go to jail for misgendering someone" This is a lie. "They make it seem like the man in a dress is an actual woman and the real women are evil for complaining about him working out in a woman's only area. He could go to the all genders gym but oh no he gets off by intruding women's spaces. " Real quick, what would you say if a trans man went into the women's only area? Oh, oh you'd say the exact same thing? Lmao shut up then
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  35. A nation of people are relegated to concentration camps, apartheid and pogroms and you're out here rambling "nnuuhh not happening those are just losers doing thattt"
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  36. Trans-affirming healthcare was carried out in Russia long before Britain offered it on the NHS, learn your own history
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  37. What leftist think tanks have an impact on the media and government policy exactly? We are in a right wing country with right wing media and a right wing government...the left wing simply aren't established enough to do anything worth talking about in this video. I can't even name a left-wing think tank.
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  38.  @Smilomaniac  I mean if you think what Sleeping Giants does is "cancelling" then of course it must seem pretty common But that's not really what the term means, and the fact you refer to it as an "attack" also doesn't make it look like you're acting in good faith here.
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  39.  @Smilomaniac  But I'm not redefining anything. I'm just using the conventional definition. For me to be guilty of redefinition I would have to make the term refer to literally anything else. Y;know, like you're doing. "Someone attempting to take away your income because they disagree with you = an attack that is meant to unjustly cause harm" Again, this only proves you're acting in bad faith. Because I'm actually familiar with Sleeping Giants already, and I know their targets are not simply 'anybody who disagrees with Sleeping Giants'. That's actually just something you made up, that's a lie. This is easy to prove too, because most people and organisations do not agree with Sleeping GIants on most topics. And yet, only a small fraction of companies catch their attention. Why is that? I'm not actually asking you (since you will not attempt to truthfully answer), I'm drawing attention to the fact that Sleeping Giants is concerned with extremism and bigotry in particular. It's especially funny you'd refer to Dunning-Kruger, since even the dullest reactionary can do a better job of pretending to have legitimate concerns about societal trends. But you're so self-impressed that you honestly think you're being subtle here, that your actual thoughts aren't plain as day.
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  40.  @Smilomaniac  The idea that an ideological niche like my own could even have such a luxury as an echo chamber is honestly delusional, at first I assumed you were just a liar but on second reading you may actually just be that far gone. That you'd point to usage of mundane, everyday words instead of like...literally anything else rings alarm bells, you don't know how that looks to the rest of us?
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  41.  @Smilomaniac  Correction: I didn't actually make the argument you claimed I did. You'd think after being proven to be bad at lying you'd maybe change tactic to something you're better at? No? Keep making the same mistakes then, I guess. I simply stated that Sleeping Giants is not a "cancelling" organisation and they do not go after "people they disagree with". Not only is your "translation" a fiction of your own creation, at worst you're accusing me of..having words for things? My dude, every court of law labels people, every act of reprisal or revenge has a word to fit the crime. Even your HR department has words to describe behaviour your company would discourage. Those aren't like, magic spells people use to justify actions. "When people see yet another article of a professor or teacher fired because of a statement of opinion" I mean, being beholden to the whims of your boss is a real thing, but again...you're not proving what you think you're proving? I can tell my boss I think he's a dickhead, it's not 'cancel culture' if I lose my job is it? Or is it? If 'the mob' was so powerful I'm pretty sure they'd set their sights higher than some teacher lmao "Peak Dunning Kruger. You only work from your own persoective and can’t believe someone has moved past it" Y'know, I don't even think this is what dunning-kruger refers to...
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  42.  @thebigragu9952  Comparing a popstar to somebody that advocates for the slaughter of ethnic minorities is laying it on a little thick imo
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  43.  @MegaLokopo  "Empty units don't make money" You are not economically literate.
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  44. The video is about how the media promotes transphobia, not about how transphobia is wrong.
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  45.  @dirksilver  'hyperbole' Again, I refer you to the rising trend of fascist violence and murder. Deny it all you want, they're considered the biggest terrorist threat in the USA for a reason. And that reason is they won't stop killing people.
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  46. No, there's absolutely nothing in common between fascism and communism. Both are responses to wholly different conditions
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  47. As if anybody gives a shit what traitors pretend their death cult is about lmao Fascists are forced to reject material reality to fuel their delusions, and so their perception of their own twisted ideas isn't just flawed, it is literally prevented from ever being right. It cannot be corrected.
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  48. So you agree that the government has the resources to grant homeless people shelter and food, and is intentionally denying them these things? I wonder what kind of conclusions we can draw from this
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  49. "just don't invest in tesla" Countries are being toppled for lithium access
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  50. Nope
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