Comments by "Stephen Brookes" (@stephenbrookes7268) on "Prof. Doug Stokes: Anti-White Racism Is Rampant In Universities" video.

@pebblepod30 The problem is a sort of prison camp rebellion mentality has been normalised. Wherein the inmates have overcome the cruel and oppressive guards and are now subjecting them to the same cruelty. The problem is that none of the "oppressed" have actually been oppressed and those they perceive as oppressors are not. I grew up in the 60s and 70s I witnessed casual racism on TV in the street and in general conversation. I witnessed men talking down to women. My own father used to leave my mum at the supermarket and take me out to meet all his musician buddies while she did the shopping. My mum used to say silly racist statements about my non-white friends until she was made to see how dogmatic her responses were. She still does it, and my kids gently call her out. Whatever programming that generation had been subjected to, my generation, mostly, challenged. We will never get rid of the human instinct to herd, and defend the Hurd and see other herds as a threat. All that we can hope for is that each herd sees no threat from others. Most fear comes from ignorance. The only way to tackle isms is to stop teaching them. Racism that is directed towards white people is just as incideous as vice versa, and is born of the same ignorance. Most people in England are not racists. I have lived in a number of countries and I am amazed at the stupid stereotypes that I am told about when I go abroad. Most are quite funny, but some are very seriously not. I always take people as I find them. I usually find them like me, friendly and open. Most of humanity are like that.
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@michaelscales5996 This sounds like a conspiracy theory. i'll be in the carpark warming up the bandwagon!
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@pebblepod30 exactly. What the activists themselves do not realise is that it is they that are being manipulated. They will not be a new elite, they are just enabling the existing elite to enslave us all.
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@icdgyixify my wife, as it happens is a Muslim from a fairly repressed country. She could bend your ear for hours on how awful it is being a girl or woman in such a place. The weird thing is that Islamic extremism is very much frowned upon in most Muslim countries. I think it is very sad when a people like the Brits. that are on the whole an easy going bunch, have to contend with an imported absolutism of a very small narrow minded group that choose to justify their abhorrent views by quoting their misinterpretations of religion. The whole reason that so many people choose to come here is because of our freedom and tolerance. I cannot believe my eyes that those in power are so bent on removing our freedoms and rights, and encouraging intolerance and divisions along tribal lines. We as a people have to start rebelling. The holiday is over, we cannot sit by and watch as our country becomes a Fascist dictatorship. Have no doubts this is the road we are on.
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@alanwann9318 The same people that ran, owned and benefitted from the Empires, the slave trade, international usury, "legal" and illegal arms trade, drug trafficking, people trafficking and any other arsehole behaviour that you care to mention. They are psychopaths, the self entitled rich, the aristocrats and other multipally privileged, tiny minority of elites, and they come in all races, creeds and genders. Not us the 99%. We are the ones being exploited. The elite can keep doing this because most people fall for their manipulations, and sub-divide our huge powerful group into easily defeated opposing factions. Join the one identity of the non-elite.
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Being on tell lie vision might reduce his audience.
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We seem to be leading the world in huge carpet manufacture!
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I think another ism not being talked about is classism. Most discrimination stems from social position. Those at the bottom have few opportunities to progress and those at the top proactively do not see them.
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@icdgyixify In order to afford school fees just by making sacrifices would require one to be reasonably well off. Some families are just as keen for their kids to succeed, but have to sacrifice food for heating in the winter or send their kids to school with worn out shoes and clothes in order to pay the rent.A good education should be a right not a privilege enjoyed by the few. I happen to believe that state schools are mostly good, some are exceptional, as was the one my sons attended. Unfortunately many are not so good. We certainly agree that one of the key influencers in a Childs' success at school is parental encouragement. Sadly the opposite is more prevalent.
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@icdgyixify I would hope that some are redeemable. But as Aristotle said the adult is shaped in the first 7 years. It is of course, always possible to change this formative education, as so many cults have proven. The trick is to encourage right thinking without imposing (alternative) dogmas. My kids were brought up to think about their own principles. I gave them what I believed to be a good set of values, but to encourage challenging of any idea that they thought incorrect. My observation of my kids proved to me that children have an innate sense of fairness and justice. What they learn from the adults around them is prejudice, narcissism and zero sum mentalities.. My wife is a teacher. She is a dedicated vocationalist, with the most shattered set of dreams. Daily she is lambasted by ignorant parents in defense of their obnoxious offspring. My role is to keep convincing her that if one of her students says thank you, it will all be worth it. Sadly I think the profession is about to lose yet another brilliant mind.
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@icdgyixify The point is that it is not ok to disrespect someone's belief, but by the same token we should respect another's wish to not believe. As far as I am concerned, atheism is a religion and should enjoy the same protection. In Islam it is considered blasphemy to worship icons. That is why the prophets and Allah may not be depicted in visual images. I don't totally understand the educational value behind using an image that is blasphemous as a prop to indicate an example of blasphemy. It is sufficient to use words to explain the concept and qualify that by asking the class to give examples of what they understand to be iconography. However, a teacher should never have to endure harassment. Those that actually have studied the Quran, and not just had verbal lessons on the speakers particular prejudices and misinterpretations of what is in that book, will know that it strongly advises the use of words of love and peace to inform sinners of their transgressions and possible consequences of such actions. It does not call for violence to be enacted. I have had some very lively debates with Islamic scholars, but know well enough not to have similar conversations with religious nutters. The lesson being; choose who you can debate with and walk away from people with chips on their shoulders. That might explain some peoples' reluctance to talk about it publicly. What I feel has actually happened from my experiences of living in a majority Muslim country. is that 1500 years of Islam has to an extent, failed to drive out tribalism. The extreme behaviour of so called Islamists, is actually the behaviour of tribalists. They are not good ambassadors of what they claim to believe.
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The vast majority of the population of Britain were (are) surfs. During the colonial era, the aristocrats were responsible for law making, international trade and foreign policy. Colonisation evolved from this foreign trade. The working classes and many of the lower middle classes were very much under the control of the upper classes, and were just as oppressed as other lower classes in the Empire. Slavery was going on in Africa and Asia long before any Europeans even knew about these places. It was African and Asian elites that sold their criminals, prisoners of war and political enemies into slavery. Yes some very small number of people from Europe eventually became involved in this crime against humanity, but in all and regardless of their nationality it was a small percentage of greedy, sick and selfish individuals that carried out and profited from this trade. When parliament abolished the trade, it was wrong of them to compensate the slave owners, but if the tax payers, of the time, had not funded that, the trade may have carried on. Very few people were actually involved in the slave trade, which was hidden and secretive. When it became commonly known that human beings were being transported like cargo and traded like cattle, it was the working classes that made possible the abolishion of the vile business. It was the brave men of the Royal Navy that chased down and raided the slavers' ships and restored their human cargos to freedom. White people in general are not to blame for slavery. Slavers are to blame and they come from all races. My country abolished the trade and spread that ethos around the world. I am proud that my country did that. No African, or Asian country can boast that they internationally closed down that business. In many parts of those continents it continues. Stop persecuting those that stopped it, but do keep persecuting those that are still doing it.
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@podthesod Oops dude you can't tell the truth on here!
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@sbwlearning1372 If daddies create princesses, and mummies create baby men, who is going to clean up the mess? I will bet it will be middle aged, working class men, white or black, as we have the same ethos.
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