Vanderbilt University, November 2015. 200 students rise up to protest the white
privilege and micro aggressions of the “racist,” “bigoted” Vanderbilt administration. The protestors don’t offer any specific
examples of discrimination, but that doesn’t matter – what matters is that they feel
victimized. The next day, a bag of dog poop shows up at
the front door of the university’s Black Cultural Center. All hell breaks loose. Full of righteous indignation, student activist
groups rush to Facebook to denounce the racist act. The police investigate, they quickly find
the person responsible, but nobody is arrested. You know why? Because it turns out that the bag of excrement
wasn’t a racist attack. It was left by a blind girl with a service
dog. She couldn’t find a trash can, so, wanting
to do the responsible thing, she left the bag outside the door of a nearby building,
knowing a janitor would pick it up and throw it away. The student group did apologize – but then
they added another charge against the administration: “The needs of students with disabilities
on this campus are also marginalized.” Seriously, this is not a joke. On the college campus today, feelings rule
facts and victims are heroes. According to the left, all inequality in America
is due to victimization. They start by claiming that all non-white
people in America are victims of “white privilege.” Then come women.They’re all are victims of the patriarchy. Then come gays, and lesbians and the transgendered
– they’re all victims of our “heteronormative” and “homophobic” society. But what if you haven’t actually been victimized
by anybody? It doesn’t matter. To the left, so long as you feel victimized,
you’re a victim. Even if you have never actually experienced
discrimination, you’ve surely been targeted by “micro aggressions.” You know, nasty little words and phrases that
weren’t meant to be insults, but just are. If somebody asks you “where are you from?” that’s considered a xenophobic micro aggression
– they’re implying that you are a foreigner! If a man holds open a door for a woman, which,
but the way you’re supposed to do, that’s a sexist micro aggression because he’s treating
her like she’s a helpless female. Of course, he’s also treating her like she’s
a woman – BUT HOW WOULD HE KNOW? And heaven forbid anybody address you by your
biologically accurate pronoun. WHAT IF SHE IDENTIFIES AS A MAN?!? In short, everyone is a victim – except,
of course, straight white males… Also anybody who dares to disagree with the
left. If you’re guilty of either of those crimes,
you must be confronted, even if doing so requires actual aggression like, say, a riot. Here’s a trick the left plays to justify
their violence. First, they say it’s okay to punch Nazis. Then, they say that every conservative – in
fact, everybody they disagree with – is a Nazi. But here’s the biggest problem with the
left’s argument: They’re based on feelings, not facts. Take “white privilege.” The only real privilege in America is American
privilege. Everybody in America has it – more than
citizens of any other country in the world – the privilege to make your own decisions
and live the life you choose. According to the liberal Brookings Institution,
if you make just these three decisions, you’ll do fine. And with drive and ambition, you'll probably
do better than fine. First, finish high school. Second, don’t have babies before you’re
married. Third, hold down a job. If you do these three things, you’ll be
on your way to the privilege of middle-class life, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual-orientation,
or gender. Also, there’s no “patriarchy.” Women already make up the majority of college
graduates. According to Time Magazine, young single women without kids already earn more
than their male counterparts. Oh, and gay and lesbian couples, they earn
more than their straight counterparts, too. These are facts, and facts don’t care about
your feelings. Neither will your employer if you get a job
after you leave school. The moment you graduate, reality is gonna
to hit you like a truck. People who give you a paycheck expect you
to produce. They expect you to work. Hard. And all the claims of victimhood, all the
whining – well, nobody cares. So, stop worrying so much about your feelings,
and start worrying a little more about being a good person, doing your best, and not getting
in your own way. If you don’t, the only thing you’ll be
a victim of is yourself. I’m Ben Shapiro, editor of The Daily Wire,
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It's insane that we live in a world where the same people that scream about there only being 2 genders and deny climate change are the ones who say "facts don't care about your feelings".
The real question is "is it okay to punch Ben Shapiro?", and the answer is YES!
Ugh, I've seen too much PragerU for one day. I feel like I'm gonna puke.
oh god i couldn't even get through all of that. is it ok to downvote?
Prager U isnt liberal in the american sense. Its conservative bullshit wrapped in an aura of false intellectualism.
Isn't PragerU (lol) low effort, low hanging fruit?
I'm not going to watch this video. Don't want to vomit.
This video should just be titled "how to commit a strawman fallacy 101."
"free think"