Comments by "JLH" (@Kyarrix) on "VICE News" channel.

You mean especially if they have any kind of personality or any kind of defining characteristic
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a a Why? The girl behaved poorly. I found her rant distasteful and there is a lot she is wrong about - but how does hoping she have "her face stomped" address any of that? Why would you have the response of wishing violence on someone you disagree with? It's disturbing that your response to someone's display of intolerance and wrongheadedness is more intolerance and violence. You're making the same mistake, but in your case you're taking it a step further; she didn't advocate physical violence and you have.
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@vonsuthoff I do have a problem with most people owning guns. I was born here in the US. My father owned a rifle and pistol range. I grew up with guns. I lived in another country where guns were common and everyone went to the military at age 18. I understand guns. But in this country where guns are romanticized and mental health issues are legion, guns in the hands of most of the population is a bad idea. Why do most guys feel that they need a gun? Do the majority of them hunt for sustenance? No. They like it because "America" and "Masculinity" and that is the problem. Guns are a tool with one use; to kill more easily than you would with a different tool. Why do many people feel the need to have tools to kill if they aren't hunting? Let's look at the rate of "accidental" death from guns (and at intentional death too) and at healthcare and mental health and all the many issues other countries have resolved far better than we have. As we are right now with all of the ignorance and the culture that promotes ignorance, guns are a bad idea.
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Thank you. This country would be in much healthier place if more men (and women) were able to take your perspective. Violence and guns are glorified here. It is also a problem that a man has to have a military background in order to be taken seriously when he advocates for love over war. If you didn't have the background that you do, they would look down on you and call you an ugly term, the one guys like that use to denigrate women or men they perceive to lack sufficient bravery. These are the same people who view crying as something only women do. Who themselves have been damaged emotionally and continue to perpetuate that cycle. I tried to have compassion for them because they are victims also but at times it is very difficult to hold on to that.
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Troll Ov Metal what does his religious background have to do with any of this? How do you know that he practices the religion? Are you going on the basis of his last name?
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I'm not because what they do is surpassingly stupid and useless and it contributes to the dumbing down of society in general. No, they won't be coming for your job but having everyone and everything gets stupider and stupider is going to make your job more difficult. Don't be glad for them, I think it's probably correct to be sad for all of us. Depressing take but probably accurate.
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@trey6563 where did you get the idea that they're untested? Did that come from Facebook or from a conspiracy theorist? It's the same technology that has been used for decades with other vaccinations. It isn't remotely untested. Imagine allowing a million people to die in your country because you just don't care enough to educate yourself and get vaccinated. I don't have to imagine that, it's the reality.
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@Curly whirly I think this is more of the same kind of mindset. Men going off to war! Being led by a strong leader who rallied the troops and get their guns and go fight! We are past that point or we should be. There is no longer a need to grab our guns and go off to war behind the strong male leader. That is a staple of not very well written fiction, historical. It wasn't entirely accurate than it certainly isn't an accurate now. Also women go to war also. Welcome to the 21st century.
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mellow 5.56 I'm sorry but you need help. The anti-Semitic dog whistle removes any obligation I might have had to treat you with courtesy.
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@dedreik9982 I don't think the person you are arguing with is willing to understand what you're saying. He is too invested in believing that if someone is hungry it must be due to some lack on their part. I wanted to add more because I had responded the same way and then saw your response, but it's late. Keep trying to share good information. Even if very few are open to thinking about it, it will make a difference. Slowly, but it will make a difference.
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@Starry Eyes If you're being serious then there's a huge difference. An abortion affects the woman who has it. Failing to get a vaccine and then being in public where you can infect others potentially affects everyone around you. We have lost 900,000 people. So many of these deaths were unnecessary and preventable. We have a very serious problem in the US. Neither party prioritizes education and critical thinking. Both parties manipulate and lie, the Republican party much more so, true, but the Democratic party is so beholden to big business interests that it doesn't do the necessary things to protect the masses. Spend the time and do the research. Don't get your information from Joe Rogan or Facebook or your friends. Just because something is in an article or a video doesn't mean there's any truth to it. If you're convinced of something, spend the time to research outside of your information bubble. The things we read and listen to bring us more of the same sorts of things, everyone is in their own information bubble to an extent and we have to make an effort to go outside of it. Here are some facts. Note that I am not being rude to you, I'm not talking down to you, I'm spending time writing, one person to another. I have no interest or incentive other than trying to do the right thing. Consider that please. Right now we have a pandemic largely of the unvaccinated. The vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths due to covid are in unvaccinated people. If you are vaccinated you are also much less likely to infect other people. These are two important facts. If you are vaccinated you are greatly protected against severe illness, hospitalization and death. If you are vaccinated you are much less likely to infect others. If you are vaccinated you are much less likely to need hospital space. The pandemic has continued in this country as badly as it has because we have a large segment that has bought into misinformation for various reasons. For some because it feeds their prejudices, for others because they believe what they're told and others think that freedom comes without cost. Freedom comes with responsibilities. We have freedom and we have the responsibility to take care of those around us. In a free country people should understand that freedom comes with responsibilities. We are responsible for each other. Older people, immunocompromised people, people with pre-existing conditions, those whose bodies don't make sufficient antibodies, these groups of people together make up a significant portion of our population. We have the responsibility to take care of them too. Your decision to not wear a mask or to not get vaccinated can kill the person behind you in line. The choice to have an abortion doesn't kill your neighbor or five people in the house next to you or a thousand people a town over. Again, important facts. Being vaccinated greatly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization. This benefits you and the society at large because having our hospitals overwhelmed with the virus means that people can't get basic care and in many cases urgent care. That means that people needing care can't get it. Our hospitals are full of unvaccinated people, these people are directly responsible for your aunt not being able to get her cancer treatment or your father not getting a workup that could catch a condition before it becomes serious. Hospitals are overwhelmed because of unvaccinated people. When the person who refuses to get vaccinated gets sick then needs 10 days in the hospital to recover that puts a burden on the entire system. Had they gotten the vaccine, they either wouldn't have gotten sick at all or if they had It would have almost certainly been a minor issue. We won't know for a long time how much additional loss of life we've sustained as a result of our hospitals being overburdened with unvaccinated patients. The ripples of this will affect us for many years. The costs of refusing to get vaccinated are huge, not just for the person themselves but for society in general.
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A few minutes into the video she asks him and he tells her. There is no way for me to paraphrase it without descriptors that I don't want to use.
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C F You know why obesity exists in minority communities? If you think it is because they're making the choice to eat poorly, you're wrong. I don't want to go into a whole long explanation if you already know the answers. Poverty is the first reason. It is far more expensive to eat healthily than it is to eat shelf stable unhealthy food. Cheap carbs are cheap. Many minority communities live in food deserts where fresh food is extremely difficult to get and overpriced. Time is another issue. If you have more leisure time you can do food prep and research and make delicious vegetable and healthy protein-based dishes. If you're working two jobs and barely keeping your head above water, you're not going to buy broccoli, avocados and Brussel sprouts that require time and knowledge to make them into something delicious. It is the kind of one two punch that is devastating because each problem makes the next one so much worse and then disease makes it even harder with our lack of health care.
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@nomaderic This is pure rubbish and it offends me to read it. It has absolutely nothing to do with lawsuits. Supermarkets destroy food out of greed and the fear that people will take it and not buy the food. Eggs, milk, frozen food, one day past their "best buy" date are thrown out and bleach poured on it to make it inedible. There are laws protecting businesses from lawsuits resulting from donated food being eaten. I'm an attorney, I can cite laws from every jurisdiction should you require them or spend some time and do your own research. I'll reiterate, the destruction of food that could alleviate hunger has nothing to do with lawsuits. The primary reason supermarkets throw the food out and go further than throwing it out, rendering it inedible, rather than allowing people to take it, is greed. The underlying principle of our economy.
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@Crystalbubbles I'm glad that you are a student, I'm an attorney and considering getting my PhD in psychology. I find this appalling and saddening. I realize that this is judgmental but they seem so very stupid and their values non-existent. What does it mean for our society when people standing in front of a camera are considered influencers. What do they influence? Why is this something that you can make a living at?
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@filthycasual8074 Many people have things we will never talk about because they're too painful. Because people judge without understanding. Because of the just world fallacy. If you're not familiar with the term, look it up. It is a mode of thinking where the person consciously or unconsciously believes that the world is a fair and just place. This fallacy causes people to judge others who have been hurt. A few examples, when you see someone questioning a woman, asking her "what were you wearing?" "What did you do to deserve it?" Or asking an 8-year-old child whose father has beaten her bloody, "What did you do to deserve it? "What did you do to provoke it?" These are the kinds of questions that come from the just world fallacy, the belief that bad things happen to people who deserve it in some way, that things work out fairly in the end. This causes the kind of pain that people later don't talk about because they've been taught to believe that it's their fault, taught that they are in some way lacking.. It takes a lot of time to heal from something like that. A good therapist, people who love you, a lot of reading and thinking. For that reason I think she worded it artfully. She said a lot in a few words that will mean something to many. I'm surprised anyone would have an issue with it. Perhaps it didn't make sense to you but it's often a good idea to avoid criticizing, to try to take a step back and think. The fact that what she wrote didn't speak to you doesn't mean it wouldn't speak to others. Calling it stupid comes from anger. Stop for a moment and ask yourself why you felt angry.
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What are you saying? That if somebody is not clean and sober they don't deserve to have a home? There are.plenty of people from wealthy backgrounds who are frequently drunk or use drugs but never have to worry about a roof over their heads. Understand, I am not pro drugs or alcohol. But it's worth considering whether we as a society want to take the position that using drugs or alcohol precludes assistance, that having a roof over your head is contingent on perfect behavior, that any poor choice a person makes will define them forever. I have not met a person yet who hasn't made a few poor choices in their life. I've lived in two other countries. Both provide health care for everyone and in the event of homelessness, shelter. No one has to be without basic medical care or a roof over their head. If a society is sufficiently wealthy that should be the baseline. It's also cheaper. We spend a tremendous amount of money administering social welfare programs. There is an entire bureaucracy involving hundreds of thousands of employees. Providing health care, basic housing and assistance without all of the bureaucracy is cheaper. Cheaper and healthier for us as a society. People like those in the video have different reasons for finding themselves homeless. Some are veterans with PTSD. We thank people for their service but don't take care of them afterwards. There are the victims of horrific childhood abuse. Medical emergencies without health insurance, job loss, spousal abuse, there are so many bad things that can happen. Each one of us makes poor choices but the cost can be very different. If you're wealthy with good connections a poor choice or even a series of poor choices can be be made to disappear. If you are already poor or struggling though, if you have PTSD, been abused, don't have enough money in the bank or people to support you, if a thousand different things, you could end up homeless.
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@nycsongman9758 I agree with your comment insofar as her appearance being irrelevant. When I read the comment I have the same response, what do her looks have to do with it? The rest of your comment though raises concern for me, the woman was murdered. There is a cover-up. Whether she is pretty or not, whether it is a woman, a man, someone in their twenties or seventies, none of this is relevant. What matters is the fact that she was killed and she should not have been. The rest of your comment suggests that you don't want to look at that and I'd have to ask why. You referred to peeling back layers, what layers are you talking about? At this point those who are demonstrating have been arrested but those involved in the cover up have not. Those are the layers I'd like to see examined or closely.
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@InverseAgonist Well written and reasoned.
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@sandrahunter5904 No he did more than that. Didn't you listen to the start of the video? He orally raped a woman and then penetrated her with his hand. I shouldn't have to type this out.
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I'm curious, why would you post a comment like that? Do you do it to make people angry or to trigger them? To show that you are angry? The girl who was raped when she was five and six years old repeatedly, turned to drugs in her early teens, you want her to die? She's a loser? Not the men who raped and abused her? What about the person who grew up with abusive parents, they locked her in a room for days at a time, didn't let her go to the bathroom, made her pee on the floor, shoved her head in the garbage, beat her and starved her. She turned to drugs, she had no family no one to protect her. Is she a loser? Are you sure the losers aren't the people who do terrible things in the first place? There are drug addicts who are bad people who do bad things but an unfortunately large number of drug addicts are people who have sustained horrible trauma and tragedy. Is the soldier who served in Vietnam, did his duty to his country, came back and was not given any help, is he a loser? Many of those you've said should die are people who were hurt by others. Many of these people were failed by us as a society, people who should have been helped and weren't.
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These people are horrified at the idea of women and minorities getting what they have. They view at as entirely zero sum, benefits to others they regard as coming at their expense. They're wrong but most of them are too selfish or manipulated to believe otherwise.
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What exactly did she do that you are viewing as wrong other than having sex with somebody who wasn't her spouse? I genuinely don't know, I'm asking because there is a double standard out there and it is infuriating.
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It would probably be better to avoid legitimizing Bannon to the extent that you have by providing him with a platform to broadcast his views. I know that this is the kind of content that will get clicks but you are nonetheless not doing a public service by platforming him.
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Why is vice putting a video out on this woman? Why are we giving her more publicity?
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@yusufdunphy5402 There's no compulsion, you say? Sharia law is all about compulsion. There are hundreds of videos from various countries where Sharia law is imposed. They send out patrols to enforce it. People are arrested and caned for the "offense" of wearing western clothing, or gambling or kissing someone. That is the definition of compulsion. People are forced to do something against their will under threat of death. I'm sorry, but that is Islam. I've heard a lot from Muslims about how Islam is a religion of peace. It's religion of peace for those who adhere to it and follow its rules. It isn't a religion of peace if you choose to live your life differently or if you belong to a different religion. I am pretty far to the left politically but I would not want to have large number of people who follow the Islamic faith in my area. You might also say that not everyone does what the people in this video are doing. Not every person who follows Islam seeks to overthrow the laws of the country they are living in and replace them with Sharia law. If you say that you're probably right. It probably isn't everyone. but the majority believe that imposing Sharia law is acceptable. They believe that having patrols enforce a religion's law under threat of physical punishment or death is acceptable because they believe that this is what God wants. As soon as you start talking about what you believe God wants it gives you carte blanche to do anything you want to do as long as it follows from your holy book. What happens then when what your holy books conflicts with what someone else's holy book says? Who decides which holy book gets the final word, who decides which is true? I can remind you of what happens in that situation, war. People die. People are tortured, women are raped, the worst crimes are done in the name of religion. I believe in freedom of religion up until the point where that religion would impose a punishment on anyone, whether they follow the religion or whether they are outside of it, for failure to do something the religion says you should do.
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I think you mean pregnant women right? The person being interviewed kept talking about pregnant people. I'm pretty far to the left, I supported Bernie, I work and support the rights of everyone. But people who get pregnant are women. We don't have to change language so far that we talk about pregnant people instead of pregnant women. I'm a feminist, I'm leftist but please.
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@blackbox8490 people don't get pregnant. Women get pregnant. It strikes me as ridiculous to listen to someone talking about people getting pregnant, it invalidates women. Are there some cases of transgender people who are still physically female but consider themselves male and get pregnant? Sure, granted. But even in those cases you're referring to, the person is physically a woman. It is damaging to mangle language in an effort to be politically correct while invalidating women's experience. This is why it bothers me. Women and girls menstruate and get pregnant. Men do not. It's true that the transgender community has suffered at the hands of conservatives and those who are unwilling to acknowledge them. We can address that issue without changing language and invalidating women. Why do you feel that it is necessary to refer to pregnant people or menstruating people? Is it your position that men menstruate or get pregnant? Clearly they don't, why does this matter to you?
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@blackbox8490 I thought this was the case, but I'm not invalidating anyone's experience. I am stating simply that girls and women menstruate and get pregnant. Men do not. If you identify as a woman then you are in that category. Men do not menstruate. Men do not get pregnant. The category of trans people is an exception and relative to the population at large, comprises a small number of people. The fact that I say that women and girls menstruate and get pregnant is not intended to invalidate your lived experience. Is it your position that all of language should be altered for trans people? Is it your position that women's experience should be invalidated because you don't feel that you fit the category? Language changes over time, perhaps it will change and we will come to talk about people who get pregnant and people who menstruate but I hope that we don't. There are differences between men and women. Women cannot impregnate, but we give birth. There isn't a lot that is hard and fast but this is one of those few things. My stating this doesn't invalidate your experience. I am not saying that you should not identify as the gender you feel yourself to be. I am not stating that you should not have equal rights. You should. However, if you look like a man, you should not be using the women's bathroom. It can be intimidating for girls and women to have people who appear male using the same washroom. I recognize that this might not be fair to some trans people, but there is an equally compelling concern of the comfort and well-being of women. If a trans person appears to be female, they should use the bathroom they feel most comfortable using. If their appearance is male, they should use the men's bathroom. I live in the Seattle area and I've had the disconcerting experience of a large muscular person with facial hair, someone who very much appeared to be a man, entering a small two stall women's bathroom. That shouldn't happen. Unfortunately I think you're going to take the position that it's fine, that to deny that person the right to use the women's bathroom invalidates their experience. Do you have any concern or consideration for the experience and existence of women? Or do you negate that entirely because you are a trans person who views themselves as male? Do you think trans people, male to female, who do not appear female should be able to use the women's bathroom because they identify as female? This wasn't the original issue but I think it's related so I brought it up.
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This guy is ridiculous and pretentious both. I can't watch him talk without cringing. People are so stupid also - why would anyone pay $700 for a juicer that creates tons of extra waste and is useless?
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Salt & Pepper You know this how? How are you certain that her situation is not as it's represented? I want to understand where you have gotten your information from. You're saying that she is lying that she isn't in danger and that it's all an act. That is a serious accusation to make without proof.
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@OlivetheDoge Don't give up on that. Try to find the right counselor or therapist. It can be really difficult to talk to a therapist if that person isn't right for you. There are situations where we are still avoiding things and we might think the therapist isn't right for us because they're pushing us to talk, but there are also situations where the therapist just isn't a good match. It takes wisdom and honesty to figure out which is the case. I worked with a wonderful therapist for seven or eight years and he did a lot to help me work through a lot of pain and harm. I've also worked with a therapist who wasn't quite right for me and I got some benefit out of it (including getting better at working with people I don't have chemistry with, and that's an important life skill) but not nearly the same as when it was a good fit. Please don't give up. When a therapist is not the right fit, it's fine to acknowledge that and amicably end the relationship. But keep trying because the right therapist, someone who really gets you, can make a tremendous difference. I'm not saying you can't get there on your own, but the right help can make the journey easier and faster.
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@michaelmalech5742 Thank you. Your name has elements of Hebrew and Arabic both. I speak one of those languages with a lesser degree of knowledge in the other. I appreciate your kindness. There is a real need for more of it in our world. Shalom Al'echa, As'salam Elaikum
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@michaelmalech5742 I'm so sorry but I disagree about Jordan Peterson. This is a longer conversation but Peterson does a great deal of harm. His self-help material in it's own is basic and there's nothing wrong with it but he feeds into the alt-right, and has become their hero. He plays on that intentionally. There are elements of grift. There is so much more to be said on this topic. I understand why he can seem attractive. He presents as the paternalistic figure that many people have not had. As I said, some of the elements of his basic self-help are fine, but he is not the wise figure he portrays himself to be. His psychology is flawed and his worldview is extremely traditional to the point of caricature. He'll say he believes in equality between the sexes but he does not. And there's more. There are better people to recommend than Jordan Peterson but if he helps you, Baruch haba and I'm glad you found someone who speaks to you. I would not want to take away support from anyone It's just that there are better people to recommend. I hope this has not been too harshly stated.
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Cal Rogers Hey there's a virus going around, people have serious problems in their lives and need help. Let's be more judgmental rather than helping them. Is that about your position?
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The term Influencer should never be used unironically. These people who "influence" are frequently credulous, susceptible to persuasion and not smart about what they believe. They don't spend the time to understand the issues and do a lot of harm by promoting conspiracy theories to their equally susceptible followers.
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Actually you're dead wrong. In 2012 a man killed TWELVE PEOPLE in a shooting rampage. He did NOT get the death penalty because the jury heard extensive evidence showing his mental issues. Here's a link: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/us/jury-decides-fate-of-james-holmes-aurora-theater-gunman.html People like you, who are ignorant and go on assumptions, are tiresome. I know I shouldn't allow stupidity to irritate me but it does.
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@johndough6982 No one is poor or homeless by choice. A lot goes into making a person do what they do. Having a vice does not equate to choosing to be homeless. I think you may be misunderstanding on purpose. You don't know the backstory of every person in that shelter. You don't know what happened to them, what caused them to take up what you would call a vice. A healthy, happy, well adjusted person doesn't make a decision to start injecting heroin. People are resilient, by the time someone is homeless they have frequently been beaten down by life to the point that they give up.
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@johndough6982 I disagree. People make poor choices everyday. The issue is when you don't have money or a support system to bail you out. I'm not going to demonize a veteran with PTSD If they turn to alcohol and become an alcoholic because the system didn't offer them enough support. That's a systemic problem. People are different, some are stronger and more resilient. Your perspective, that only the strongest and most resilient, those who make the best choices deserve help is wrong. It is bereft of compassion and any understanding of human nature.
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The problem is that many of the people who work in this industry are not interested or can't transition to something else without a lot of training and help. It's like truck drivers, many are older and are not likely to be able to transition to jobs writing code for example. It's easy to say let's find alternatives, get people different jobs, but it's more than a job, It's their identity. I agree that this is the solution but it will take more than transitioning or offering alternate jobs. A person who works as a coal miner or a truck driver probably does not have a lot of formal education. There are exceptions but this is typically the case. If you want to transition them to a different job it has to be a job that will work for them and offer them same sense of competence that they have in their current work. You can't easily transition a coal miner to a retail job and probably not to an office job either. You also have to take into account that these are people who are used to a certain way of living. If you take them out of what they are used to you risk problems adapting to a different life, depression, alcohol, drugs etc. I'm not saying that no one can adapt, some will be able to but many will struggle. Even if you offer lots of help, even if you can get funding for it, you are putting people in the position of needing help and that is difficult for many men to handle. I say men because typically these jobs are held by men although some women do them also. It is difficult to get people to think this through and conclude that their personal happiness is worth sacrificing for the greater good. It would be much easier if our society in general cared more and did more for people. If we genuinely cared about people's well-being, if we provided health care, education, fair wages people would be more easily persuaded to make this kind of change.
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@kenn82draw Why are you judging the appearance, attractive or otherwise of someone who was murdered? First of all, the person you're answering was quoting the original comment, you didn't pick up on that. Second, what's the relevance and why would you see fit to comment? You don't have to find her attractive, no one cares if you find her attractive. What should be bothering you though is the fact that she was murdered. Why doesn't it bother you? Is it a race thing? this is what you see fit to comment on? The fact that someone found her attractive, that is the issue that draws your attention?
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