Comments by "Gareth Hart" (@tgheretford) on "History Debunked" channel.

  1. I read the whole sentencing remarks document yesterday. And I am worried about the main gravitas that linked all the complaints against Belfield was the concept of criticism against them on Belfield's public YouTube and Twitter accounts and the response from his subscribers and followers. In effect, your criticism of someone, if it is deemed distressing, harmful and offends, you could fall foul of the law for online stalking and harassment. You're now also responsible if anything happens to someone because of what you post, even if you tell people not to contact that person in any way. Before Belfield's conviction and sentencing, online comment sections and discussion forums have either started to heavily moderate content or close down discussion altogether, fearful of legal repercussions from critique, abuse or anything deemed offensive or hateful. This case will have ramifications for content creators, followers, comedians, organisations and establishments. And already there are plans for new complaints to be made against Belfield and other individuals online with civil suits planned.
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  2. It will only take one person to complain to the Police that they believe he is conspiring to cause gross offence and his house will be raided too.
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  3. I genuinely believe that the Government considers self-created and self-published media online a mistake that they wish to revert. They seem keen to put their 'lessers' back in their place.
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  4. Misandry - the socially acceptable discrimination.
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  5. Only a matter of when, not if, the UK gets its own version of the Stasi.
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  6. Not just to restrict the Internet but find an excuse to clamp down on "misogyny" which is something they've wanted to do for a long time. Unattractive and single men should be concerned as it looks as if the measures that are coming will be targeted at them.
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  7. And yet I get shadowbanned and comments deleted for things people may not want to hear but are delivered without abuse, insults or coarse language. Madness.
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  8. The recent case of Andrew Malkinson, a man who would have got a capital punishment for what he was wrongly convicted of, is one of the reasons why we don't have the death penalty.
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  9. I repeatedly get shadowbanned and have comments deleted. Never had a warning or a ban though.
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  10. Two things that will get people speculating: 1. When the media and authorities are not transparent and they do not communicate with the public.. 2. When the said media and authorities tell the public not to speculate.
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  11. The law does not just apply to protecting the safety of children, it also requires websites to protect the safety of women. That includes dating apps. A good number of men who find themselves on the wrong end of being rejected, unmatched or ghosted because they're unattractive will find themselves banned the day it comes in as men will have to be vetted, the apps will have to close in the UK or they face a fine of £18 million or 10% of their worldwide revenue, whichever is higher. Needless to say, "manosphere" content will be gone from the Internet in the UK. We also know adult websites that require ID will keep that data and will have them hacked and released under a "perverts database" a la what happened to Ashley Madison. As a footnote, YouTube already requires ID checks for anyone who wants to watch age restricted content.
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  12. You're not going to like the Windows 24H2 update. Windows Recall is enabled on all devices by default. And anyone who cares about privacy should oppose Recall in the strongest terms. Hopefully Recall will go the same way as most of my YouTube comments recently (swiftly deleted to never return).
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  13. The media seem very keen on pushing the atheism line and suggesting that it's them that are the real threat to peace in Germany and Europe. While labelling anyone who disagrees as an always online right wing conspiracy theorist and a disinformation peddler. This rhetoric they are pushing will have consequences when the knee jerking response begins.
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  14. Something The Britisher made a point about, over half the cabinet are women and feminist supporting individuals. The rest are male allies to feminism. We know where this was always going to go, they just needed an excuse and the recent unrest, which they're now trying to pin on the "manosphere" and Andrew Tate, is perfect fodder for them.
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  15. YouTube likes to delete comments that contain constructive criticism, disagreement with the establishment or uncomfortable truths. The last one really causes offence to individuals and will get you reported either to YouTube or the Police.
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  16. Labour attempted to introduce an amendment to the then Online Safety Bill when in opposition to ban VPN's outright. They failed. However they are now in Government with a thumping majority and a desire to "toughen up" the existing act. It's only a matter of when, not if, the UK joins other countries in regulating or banning VPN's.
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  17. Namely about 20% of the highest status and attractive men as well as those from certain backgrounds.
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  18. The Labour Government will ban them. It's only a matter of when, not if.
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  19. We know what they mean when they talk of "misogyny" - unattractive men who get rejected by a woman or offend her with his presence in public, refusing to date, advocacy for bachelorhood as a legitimate lifestyle choice and adult material. They're about to criminalise being single as a man and being unattractive as a man.
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  20. This, the proposal to deal with obesity to create a nation of fighting fit individuals, the jingolistic nature of rhetoric as of late by military figures against Russia and the Government's promotion for people to be prepared for emergencies and disasters suggest we are nearer compulsory national service and rapid conscription of fit, healthy, working age men to fight in war than we would like to think. The national service plan gets even worse. Now there's a leaked document suggesting people who refuse will face arrest, removal of all privileges of citizenship, even removal of citizenship itself!
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  21. I think comment sections will disappear. The risk of a £18m or 10% of worldwide revenue fine will be too much for all but the biggest websites. And we've seen how much X capitulated to the Brazilian Government so even the biggest ones will yield.
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  22. All websites will have to comply. And it's not just regarding children, its regarding women too.
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  23. The Government will make speculation illegal under a forthcoming revision and tightening up of the Online Safety Act. In the same way the authorities are asking the public to stop noticing things.
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  24. The one thing that stands out is the declaration that she will never find a partner and have children on the note that was presented. Something that has appeared to have developed mass cognitive dissonance.
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  25. We know that another "Ashley Madison" situation will happen to anyone who uploads ID to view adult content. As an aside, YouTube requires ID to view age restricted content.
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  26. I refuse to use social media. I'm banned from most of them anyway for having wrongthink. And if you class YouTube as social media, they regularly shadowban and delete comments so I am effectively being banned on here too without the moral courtesy and bravery of telling me I am banned.
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  27.  @gilessteve  And for someone to have crypto, they'll need fiat currency at some point (as in, no-one's wages are paid in crypto). That's where they'll get you.
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