Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "Nutty Productions" channel.

I have watched two of your videos now and both of them start with a disclaimer that you don't condone the thing you're talking about. Do you believe every historian has to cast judgement on what they are talking about and have to worry that people will think that everything they talk about is something that they specifically endorse? That's a weird thing to care about. If you are somehow forced by YouTube to do it, then that is an astonishing commentary on how pathetic we are getting as a society.
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My first reaction was to be blown away about the disclaimer but after looking at the comments I'm very encouraged by the fact that so many other people think it is gross. You and I both know that this is not borne of trying to make sure people don't feel upset. It's born of political ideology because you know and I know that this only comes from one side of the political spectrum and trigger warnings are absolutely not some thing that are applied consistently. If it wasn't politically motivated, and let's be honest, motivated by fear, it wouldn't bother me so much. It's not based in compassion, it's based on fear and compliance and that's why it should be pushed so hard against. I down voted this video because I feel that strongly about it.
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@doomslayer1989 it's so ironic but the people who are the most soft are the ones that want the most draconian punishment for anyone who does not think like they do. They want to be as vicious as possible while not understanding what an insane form of weakness that is.
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Why did you feel the need to put a disclaimer at the beginning of the video? Is it something YouTube require you to do like how the guy from daily dose of Internet keeps getting forced to put silly ones on his channel? edit: I just finished the video and can't believe you felt it necessary to do a disclaimer that you don't condone slavery. Were you worried that people would watch this video and try to cancel you? I'm really confused.
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@Last_Chance. I don't see it that way. I think it's sad he's covering his ass in a way that's kowtowing which I think is different from being diligent about documenting procedures etc. I feel it's an act of cowardice to do something just so ideologues don't attack you. I'm not saying he shouldn't do it, I'm just saying it makes me sad.
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Earthlings point is that the Comanche were invaders themselves. Why is that bad to say? It's true. You are actually agreeing with Earthling.
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@THEZUNIGAFAM you don't find it completely bananas that some people feel compelled to put a disclaimer that they don't straight up condone slavery or war or whatever? The terrifying part of all of it is that it's coming from an ideology that caused more death and destruction than slavery did over the last century. There's no way you would have to put that disclaimer if you were discussing communism. That means it's extremely hypocritical. It's ever creeping and it's extraordinarily dangerous which means it should be fight which means it's not a minor thing that people have to put disclaimers or self sensor to the level that they feel they need to now. It's all done out of fear and that needs to be pushed back against.
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@bingbongbang8895 No you clearly didn't because he said what I said in the speech. https://youtu.be/JmaZR8E12bs?t=115 1:55 is where he says it.
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@Slo-ryde Yeah I have to CMA all day at work and each time if tears a little bit of my soul away.
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@mckeysayshi Thank you. I appreciate that. Cheers!
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Didn't you know that the natives were pure and altruistic and never invaded each other nor took slaves from each other nor raped and pillaged each other? They were morally superior angels who went their whole lives having nary thought about anything but helping their fellow man. They said a prayer for each blade of grass they bent while walking across the plains and they felt awful about having affected nature in such an awful way. Did you really think a historical channel that has a trigger warning was going to give an account that was objective?
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@mbgrafix Yeah I was too, haha. It's unfortunate because I love learning about history. Actual history. Not "written by the winners" history, nor "though the lens of today" history. I want the real deal.
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You are judging people based on their race. There's a word for that...
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I know you were being facetious, but you should use something besides "fine people on both sides" because Trump never actually said that. Right after those words came out of his mouth he very specifically said he did not mean the white supremacists and Nazis, and said those people should be condemned totally. Saying "find people on both sides" and attributing it to something Trump meant in totality is exactly like chastising anybody who quotes somebody as though the person meant the thing they are quoting. It's beyond belief disingenuous. If you don't believe me, search up the speech. He could not have been more specific in his condemnation of the Nazis and white supremacists.
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@bingbongbang8895 Thanks for checking it out and owning up to it. The world needs more people like you. Everyone makes mistakes and it's okay. FYI I'm not even American so I have no dog in this fight but it blew me away that Biden kicked off his campaign saying he felt compelled to run because of what Trump "said". Scott Adams got in trouble with Twitter for saying it was a lie and linking to the video. It's insane. This next bit isn't about you, it's about people in general: Hate Trump all you want (and boy does he give a good list of reasons), but I wish everyone would look at each individual thing in context, and research it themselves. I find it literally insane that the "very fine people" thing it still being trumpeted by MSM to this day even though it's so unbelievably easy to fact check. I don't trust my own mother so I fact check damn near everything that sounds even a bit nutty. Things like the Mr Potato Head debacle. They did NOT get rid of him. He's still Mr Potato Head, but it's a whole family so they changed the name to reflect that and the Right went bananas as if it was some LGBTQ Woke consipracy. Believe me, both sides drive me nuts. Being politically homeless is very lonely haha. Cheers!
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So instead of offering a cogent argument about why disclaimers are helpful, or at the least not harmful, you choose to personally insult the people. That's extremely typical of the attitude of the far left is forcing this garbage on us. It's smug and morally bankrupt. It's something insisted upon by the cowardly. You are cowardly. There, now I'm insulting you. Are we even now? Are we better off now that we are personally insulting each other?
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@ToudaHell If it's a video about Nazis and the old Soviet regime, you don't not need disclaimers. At all. If you click on them you already know damn well what you're getting. If you click on a video about childrens show host you remember from your childhood that you loved because he wanted some nostalgia and it turns out the whole video is about how he raped and murdered an entire family, then I can maybe see a bit of a disclaimer. But if you already clicked on the video BECAUSE of the atrocities then I don't know what to tell you if you still need a disclaimer.
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@uttermanbo 100% it's an indictment on society today. We've been cowards and have allowed extremist ideologues to run the asylum. More people need to refuse when asked to do the ridiculous.
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Amen. And the same thing will be said 100 years from now when what we are doing seems primitive.
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I'm surprised this isn't offered as a university course in Portland.
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@doomslayer1989 Punishment is the whole point. Cancel culture. Daily Dose of Internet talks about how YouTube makes him put on insane disclaimers. These days you have to do stuff like that or face the wrath. In this particular case, that can be in the form of a channel being demonetized or taken down. In the general world it can result in major headaches at work once the Mob comes after you. It's real.
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@bric3842 What is it about disclaimers that help? I want to understand what their pointers, especially when it comes to something like World War II were obviously it's not gonna be sunshine and rainbows. I'm serious, I'm curious as to their point. I've also read a study where they said that disclaimers actually do more harm than good because it immediately puts sensitive people on edge because they assume the worst right off the bat and it leaves them anxious the entire time as opposed to dealing with the information as it comes. And if there is information about some thing you find horrifying, what is it about being told that it's in there that helps? Either way you are still being told about the topic. I'm genuinely curious.
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@bric3842 "Not only that, the disclaimer helps the channel avoid legal action or claims of racism/promoting violence. " And that's the rub. Fear. Fear of lawyers. That's really what this is about. Fear of lawyers and fear of the Leftist Mob ruining them for something they clearly don't endorse. They are the worst. Anyone who accuses someone of condoning any historical fact they express is an idiot who should not be taken seriously, yet here we are. Personally I wouldn't be bothered if they said they condoned the Nazi's completely. It would be their opinion and they are entitled to it. The ACLU used to literally defend Nazi's who wanted to march because it was free speech and I agree. I don't have to like what you're saying in order for me to think. you should be able to say it.
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Something foreign comes into your body (no pun intended) and causes a growth in you that can make you sick, and then it physically hampers you until you get it out of your body in a process that is painful and involves a lot of bodily fluids being discharged. It may not be a disease but it sounds pretty disease adjacent to me.
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@802SlowedSolutions the pathetic part is that studies have shown that trigger warnings do more harm than good because they make people who are particularly sensitive to a subject even more anxious because they start learning about the subject in a way that already has them on edge. It's the stupidest thing. What's really sad is that snowflake culture won't go away until hard times create a society that couldn't care less about the little things because they have much bigger problems. Such as the way of things unfortunately.
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Nuance is on life-support.
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Anyone who has to put a disclaimer before historical video is definitely the type to get stomped on anywhere times are rough.
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I am on video three and all three are doing it so I am out just like you. I have a feeling this channel is being helped out by the lack of showing down votes because the percentage of negative comments on the three videos I've seen has been quite substantial.
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It's amazing to me how an entire race of people are somehow said to be morally superior than every other race who's ever lived, and that's in spite of the vast amount of evidence that they were just human beings who did all the horrible stuff all the other human beings did.
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It's like how on TV you hear people who are the 1% of the 1% of the 1% of the world complaining about how hard they have it. Ivy League university students acting like they are have it so rough in awful, awful America.
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