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  • Whatever happened to simply being the bigger person and ignoring those who would post negative comments on youtube? I'm not for ppl being assholes and saying mean shit but at the same time , I'm not one to harp on something as pitiful as you described. Yes it is pathetic and if that's how some ppl want to be viewed than they can be ignored.

    By making this such a huge issue you're not denying them the attention they desire , you're giving them center stage.

  • They can start with DisneyPopSucksIzFAG, SouthernC0ckSucker,

    DPSsPartnerInCrime, anotherDPSrapevictim, DeptOfPublicSafety,

    and YtubeService1. They are all Troll accounts.

  • don't get the internet. will keep not getting the internet

  • I like the title of this video. Kind and warm regards,

  • Sorry i hate these things x.x.)

    If you start reading thins you CANT stop .Once ther was a little girl named Cecilia.She was a little 7 year old who got strangled and raped by a man =.If you dont post this to 15 other videos you will see CCecilia standing at the end of your bed with a knife and she will kill you

    You have to do this by midnight or you will be dead

  • this 33 year old keeps saying i should kill my self because im worless but i didnt say nothing to him exept when he was taking piss out of these to girls he was saying they was ugly so i said how can u call him ugly if u dont no what they look like and ever since he says i should kill me self and say my mum on the streets and my dad stupid witch is realy no tru because there way cleaver than him

  • a 9 minute vlog worth watching,thanks

  • Very well put, thanks for stating the well known facts, and you know what ppl are assholes, and they will continue to be total fuckin pricks till someone makes them stop.

  • ...they are called agitators, agents, shills, and morons... they are primarily the ones who are being nasty and rude; their purpose is creating infighting, distracting and confusing people... and unfortunately they also happen to set a very bad example for other morons who will fall in line...

  • What does ftw stand for?

  • for the win

  • Or fuck the world.

  • @xoroxygrlox for the wolf :D

  • Great video goof, faved.

    x

  • heres your response....meh.

  • You're so god damn rude.

  • im the goddamned batman...

  • You're the goddamned rude, mean and annoying batman. Mwuahahaha.

    x

  • You look like a tramp. No offense.

  • a tramp? not sure what kind of tramp you mean...lol

  • well said battim...

  • I get my kicks out of TURING ON THE INTERNET when I get home AND RELAXING and to WATCHING PEOPLE HATE ONE ANOTHER.

  • then you need to get out more, theres plenty of that in your local crack house.

  • Nice

  • Great video. Simply great.

  • Thank you for sharing this video, I have put it on my favorites. :)

  • You're a good man battim

  • You're cute, in a "grungy" kind of way.

  • Unfortunately(or fortunately as the case may be) these things are protected under free speech. The government should have a good look at privacy tort.

  • The mob always ruins it for everybody.

  • this video is da bomb, battim! there are literally hundreds of thousands of youtubers who would benefit from watching it

  • hey friend, you have a reasonable point but you must also realize something about this benevolent thing you call the government.. maybe you think that domestically they act appropriately and sometimes they do, but the Bush administrations foreign policies are murderous and fatal.. listen to smart people (ie:chomsky) maybe make a video about that.

  • Love that Scientology ad at upper right. Nothing like shilling for a whacked-out, venal, vindictive, oppressive scam of a personality cult, amirite? How many pennies do they pay you per view? What that's you were saying about 'logical ethics'? Does that mean you can logically claim you have no control over advertising on your videos? There's no help for it but to cash the check?

  • i hAVE NO CHOICE WHAT YOUTUBE PUTS THERE.

  • I heard tell you block and delete whenever you get an unfavorable comment. Darn those haters! Darn them all to heck! Don't they know they can't come in the Amazing Psychedelic Happy Hippie Hugbox, where it's all rainbows and sunshine and the pretty flowers pick themselves? No negative vibes here, man. I feel you. I am full of love. Hate is like, so uncool. Peace.

  • there are plenty of unfavorable comments in this vlog. if you menat folks coming over and defaming a dead friend of mine...then yes, i did. roger's family watches my vlogs, the last thing they need to be is hurt. look at the comments. i have no issue with dissent. hurting folks because of a loss is pretty inane, no?

  • in fact, right aboce your comment trixa was unfavorable. lots of comments disagreed on this vlog, take a look. but defaming a dead man i have no need for.

  • Nobody has the right not to be offended.

    People's feelings and what they find offensive is all very subjective anyway. You could call one person a dick and he couldnt care less but another person could be really upset by it.

    That person does not have a right not to be called a dick and upset in this way. It would actually be unreasonable in most society for the guy to get upset over something so trivial.

  • you apparantly didnt even listen to the vlog. i wasn't speaking to that and was specific about that, but apparently you wanted to pontificate withot even knowing what was said. goodbye.

  • youre right to be honest. fair comment

  • I enjoy entertainingly sarcastic comments that are only intended to be humorous, not genuinely hurtful and disagreeable. I've left & received my share of those, and we all understand that that's just a game—just going for laughs. But when someone tells me that I'm the first person he's ever "encountered with such a profound [mental] disability" (as someone did recently, not at all playfully), it DOES affect me physiologically, just as you were saying.

    Your words were a timely comfort. 5 stars!

  • i saw the comment you're talking about. that dude was an outright elitist narcissist, and his insulting comment was entirely uncalled for. he's the one with the disability: he was born without a heart! you exercised great restraint in not lambasting him! did you go to his profile and see the title he gave himself? 'CEO of Advanced Virtual.' well, his Advanced Virtual so-called 'company' is nothing more than HIM building things in Second Life! lol! how pathetic is that?

  • People definitely jump up & down and shout "freedom of speech" without taking into consideration the individual responsibility that goes along with that freedom. If we 'tubers don't police ourselves, we could end up with the YouTube equivalent of "hate crime legislation" here.

  • ugh. pixel police. net nazis. text totalitarians.

    that would not be cool!

  • seriously, i am sick of people thinking freedom of speech, especially students, is about saying whatever you want, like obscenities. that is not what freedom of speech is for. and anyway, at this point, freedom of speech in america is almost just to placate the people because 'at least we're allowed say whatever you want.' yeah, they let you because nobody is listening and you have no power. i think we all have to emphasize LISTENING and THINKING more than freedom of talking.

  • agreed 5/5 although I do call people fagots when I play games online :( maybe I,ll stop that.

  • Man Tim, I dunno how I missed this vid before. This is really awesome and I completely agree. 5/5

  • Yeah I hear that line all the time about thick skin. You are totally right, why would anyone have to change so that those people that say that can treat people anyway they feel! It is like a hypocracy they use as an excuse for being mean or dis-respectful. Awesome video! 5+STARS

  • Great mind! Great logic! Wonderful context and content. Don't ever give up.

  • cool battim...hope you keep going. good to hear positive views and logical thought

  • Free speech, all in moderation.

  • agreed, im all for insults, dirty shit and fun, but slander and exposing personal info needs to go...be well. good seeing you around these parts bro.

  • Yeah. "It's easier for governments to manage ignorant people". I'm sure the government(s) already discovered something 100X's more powerful than the internet (it's maybe a Matrix software). Anyway, Hillary Clinton is already pushing to tax (if not BAN) the internet. I think because, too much information has laready been transfered to the common people.

    You're right, too. If you tell a child that they have dislexia everytime they open a book, pretty soon they will stop reading altogether.

  • Sorry: 'If you tell a dyslexic child that they have dyslexia everytime they open a book, pretty soon they will stop reading altogether'.

  • Tim, kudos for speaking out on this, THE MOST IMPORTANT issue about the Internet today. The problem of course, is that there are no repercussions for bad behaviour on the Internet. I have some ideas how to resolve this but it ain't going to be resolved on YouTube anytime soon.

  • i would love to hear your ideas...

  • Great!!! Hopefully people will listen to what your saying. :) T

  • fake!!

  • what is fake?

  • That beard is a clip on, you know it is!

  • huh? lol. nope its my cheesy beard...

  • I agree, fake, haha.

  • hey, maybe he's wearing it so that he can more effectively go undercover and infiltrate the gotham underworld. don't forget, he's the goddamned batman!

  • Yesss! Absolutely. Responsibility is a huge responsibility. :)

  • he did not stlak kids, there parent were with him...you are a fool.

  • Well said! Love the tats btw

  • nice video

  • He will return: 5/31/2008

    subscribe now to this channel and await his arrival.

  • nice video sir.. the haters do it for 'da lulz' but I guess they just don't know what they're really doing.

  • i agree great video's as always battim

  • Excellent video Tim. I'm glad you sent this my way. The argument about thicker skin bothers me. Imagine somebody's grandma wanting to share videos on here. How long would they last? Saying they need thicker skin just accepting the hate and violent comment on here and ignoring them.

    I wonder if we as a community...If we just put our foot down to these haters....I mean, always...Collectively. As a group and said dammit, we're fed up with you S.O.B.s....if that would help things out?

  • Because we can't just sit back and say "This is how things are."

    I've been dealing with some career ethics lately, and am tired of being told there's nothing I can do about it...that's just how corporate America is. I can't lay down and watch the human spirit being raped and pillaged for a simple buck, "financial reasons,' or, as you put it, the LULZ.

    Great job.

  • JP here: I totally agree with you on the thicker skin argument - kudos on that. =D As for the community putting their foot down, however, I think that's going to break down sometimes. If we go with the "nobody's perfect" premise, then there'll be times when the community will fight amongst themselves; the ol' "my friends can take out your friends" situation pops up every now and then.

    But if there's one hater, screwing up one individual, an influx of collective support will work. =D

  • There are already legislation pushing back at online bullying, etc. This legislation was inspired by sites like myspace/facebook. The adults who behave like children on here will be the next to find out.

    If people just need to be mean, for mean's sake, there are professionals who can help them overcome their mental processing issues.

    On the same note, why are we making so many anti-Bush, anti- war videos when we can't even act civil to one another on here.

  • i tried to explain that to folks and they just keep saying till never happen

    they'll see how it works...

  • Without giving away my profession.. I have seen police question and charges pressed against cyberbullies..

    I just keep in mind the world I would like to see and act accordingly...

  • i did, but i don't know from dynacat

  • It looks like this robtran guy really messed up.

  • not as bad as some others have...but he stepped ober some lines....

  • ober the riber and too the woods, to gramma's house web bo

  • lol

  • now that is funny...lol

  • we finally agree on somebing.

  • we probably agree on more than that...

  • JP here: Hahaha, dude, if we could favorite comments, that would be the one right there. =D

  • Nobody likes nice people, bring back the goddamned Bat!

  • ok ok the goddamned batman is coming back soon...

  • If I have time, I'm going to make a vid response tomorrow... I hope! 5 stars!

  • I don't condone what Rob said about you but I don't want him to leave YT b/c I like his vids. he's usually funny but what I like to see happen is for him to watch his language and he can only do that if we teach him what is right as a christian

  • Hey battim, I am new at this but I think this is a great vid and you made some excellent points. I read most of the comments but got stuck on a robtran. His response to that mom's benign comment made no sense. It made me think of road rage..that 0-60 response. I thought it was great that you left his response there..and let the yt community deal with something ugly. I also thought that he proved your point. Thoughtful vid.

  • Anyways good luck with whatever it is your trying to do. I may come back one day and watch the whole video, but as I said before I can only take small doses of this kind of crap before my add kicks in....lol @ U

  • this is GREAT, thanks.

  • robtran is a hater.

  • i really agree with u tim all the way

  • sup tim

  • People

    The butterfly effect works even with words. You say something hateful to someone that effects them then they pass that hate along in one way or another. Everything you do or say to someone else may have a vastly larger effect then you could ever imagine. Think about what you say, one hateful word could have a snowball effect building as it's pass and is added to from person to person.

  • Very well put. I hadn't thought about passing along the hate, but the rationale is incredible!

  • if any one wants to know how to be a good christian check out Romans 12:9-21. I use this as my basis on how people should treat each other

  • Right on brother.

  • "Revolt, it has to change, it will be much safer for our kids, write active to CEOS for a stable, sustainable, peaceful economy for corporations to be communitized more philanthropic." John Perkins, Dream Change Founder (DC) New York Times best selling author, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"

  • perkins is narrow minded. its so funny perkins always points at maerican for hte worlds ills but ignores how EVERY developed country robs africa...perkins is narrow minded and should look further. the world is at fault, not america. people like perkins make it not safe for the world's childrens, his rhetoric are the kinds of things that cause wars.

  • Rob you're only making this worse.

  • I swore not to watch you since you hated on me, but here you are again talking about stuff I care about. I've just aboput been bullied off this site.

    Oh, and btw: your boy Obama gives good speech.

  • phae, i never hated on you, i disagreed with you. i hated on hillary. that is abig difference. i think he gives a good speech too, he's not my "boy." i just don't like the clintons and their racially divise tones...the implication i hted on you because i criticized hillary is silly.

  • Please don't call (my actions) me silly, Tim. You hurt my feelings and others have done much worse since. "it's just the internet" has been my mantra during these weeks of madness, yet I cannot believe that decent people have leave to act otherwise when the contact is purely electronic.

    Hate is hate.

    Sometimes you can't tell how deeply you cut until afterwards. All racial, gender, orientation, stereotype assaults are really just one person doing their best to destroy another.

  • but it wasnt directed at you in any way, it was directed at hillary clinton. very odd. and you are right, the clintons are experts at marginalizing folks publically and that was my point all along about them, you defended her and i disagreed strongly, thbats not a cut on you, but on her. calling a statement silly is not calling the person silly. that is the difference.

  • i never meant to hurt your feeling, i meant to expose the manipulative and coersive tactics of very rich politicians that are getting rich and powerful by dividing folks a long racial lines, like the clintons have done for decades.

  • Oppose divisiveness? Strikes me there is an innate contradiction there.

    What I loved so much about last Tuesday's speech was the way he acknowledged the realities in America today. Just because the expression of racial animosity is considered impolite, we should not dismiss its origins. Blacks are not wrong to still be angry about slavery, nor are whites wrong to fear outsourcing.

    It is the silences that divide us.

  • But when we speak we must remember: it is not an ideology we are speaking to: it is a human being as valuable and as frail as our own children.

  • im sorry if i ever hurt you, i think you are an amazing woman phae.

  • wow youre a partner!! congratulations :DDDDD happy easter and keep up :))))) all the best

  • i promise to share my twelve cents with you, how is portugal this time of year?

  • Right on. Verbal comments can be more damanging than any physical hurt one can inflict upon another. The verbal abuse I received as a kid by family and kids at school is more scarring than anything I have experienced in my life. Thicken my skin so you don't have to take responsibility for yourself? Bullshit.

  • sorry rob, but battim is right listening to anothers view is not aligning themselves with a hater. I a'm not a hypocrite and I respect you & zanybear

  • Right on!

  • like i said email MSNBC, they love that shit. i dont know from yahweh clan. i was gonna delete that video but ill leave it up so you can make your point. be well.

  • your friggin hilarious, I've seen you on the same channels we have the same humor ill make my first vlog soon.

  • look forward to it.

  • Most of us don't understand?You actually think everbody reads?It's the Wild Wild World now in our faces.And some people just don't know how to police themselves.This is a whole new atmosphere one as diverse as summer camp and church...so basically what you're saying is one bad apple(x10) can mess it up for all of us and that SUCKS!

  • yes lili, it does suck

  • simply because we have difference of opinion doesnt mean that i won't still sleep with you. fuck, did i tpye that out loud?

  • LOL - actually, differing opinions are the only thing that get me fired up these day...ah crap, now i did it.

  • damn it your love comment got deleted by accident when i hit reply...that being said, make up sex is the best no?

  • indeed is is. i'm off to buy cigarettes.

  • pick me up menthols, i hate your regulars.

  • You make some very good points. I have subscribed to a certain amount of common decency in my videos. I intentionally avoid "inappropriate" language simply out of respect for potential viewers. I didn't think about the possibility of government intervention, but you are certainly correct in saying that it is inevitable, and the more the limits are pushed, the sooner and harder it will come.

  • oh the irony...check this out he ad for this video says "Recover deleted files

    Unerase files documents photos etc. Windows XP, 2003, VISTA, 2000, 98" how funny is that?

  • Excellent video! Personally, I no longer have a desire to vlog and I give you a lot of credit for continuing to keep going.

    I've watched many people being stalked, harrassed and slung through the mud...why would I want to vlog? I enjoy watching videos but when I repeatedly become annoyed and upset watching other people being harrassed and hurt...it's time to back off.

    I have an account at LV but I still have no desire to vlog. I'll focus more on my family and wish everyone here good luck.

  • Maybe I'll return to making videos but there are a lot of unsettling things going on. I understand why Tim left YT...and I'm saddened by it.

  • as am i, and i applaug GBM and others for not giving into the bullshit.

  • Oh, YT wouldn't be the same without GBM. Most of the channels I watch were recommendations from him. I joined YT when he was guest editor and I'm pleased with his selections (for the most part). I found the community thanks to Vic. I blame my addicition on him LMAO ;D He gave me my first drink...now I can stop! Bastid! LOL

  • thanks kim and im sorry you feel that way. maybe when the experience becomes more easily individually controlled we can have you back.

  • "cunt"

    omg controversy.

    Still, you're a cunt robtran. Sexist.

  • I was just using the word "cunt" as an oppurtunity to bash him. sry

  • i dont mind the word cunt, in fact, vaginas are one of my favortie thingsin the world. the world would suck if no for vagina's. and i do mean suck literally.

  • Uhhh...no. SP's comment above is hypocritical. That's not me being impolite, that's me making a semi-public observation based on known facts. He, like Ms. Dymytryk up there, has no business being critical of haters or perceived haters because he has acted like one himself, with me. Did you notice his response to my rather mild rejoinder was to go straight after my mother. Now, what the hell is that if not hating??

  • i dont see where he goes after your mom in these comments? if he did so on another boards its tasteless but not what i am speaking to.

  • Amusing that robtran takes sp's quote so personally because it has the word Mother in it...but sees nothing wrong with his own behavoir when he attacks peanut and labels ALL mothers....insert ugly word here.( all mothers being *women with children* lol...) Bad form Robert,bad form.

  • mrniceguy lives up to his name...give that man a white hat

  • im glad folks like you are looking out for the kids. so why not call MSNBC if you don't trust law enforcement to get involved? if you do trust law enforcement, get them involved if its criminal. you can never fully erase something off a hardrive without sulfuric acid. sueing doesnt always imply guilt. lol. so if a woman sues because she is sexually harrassed she must have done something to deserve it? huh?

  • well, you have legal recourse. its not for us to decide that, its for youtube to decide that. maybe you'd be better suited, if you believe someone is breaking the law, to get the law involved. vigilante scarlet letter politicking is something the law tries to avoid, and i think, for good reason.

  • i think the civil court system is a mess, i agree. but maybe we should be talking about that. a criminal, no, but according to the law, civilly responsible and therefore financially responsible according to the law and precedent (i'm not advocating, just stating fact). you do have the right to be critical and they, according to law, have the right to compenate them for damages to their rep. i didnt write the laws. youtube is a company that wants to avoid litigation. they have that right.

  • well is there anything that behavioral science sees as that being a profile of a child predator? you do have the right to say that, he also has the right, if what you are saying is false, to sue you for everything you own.  thats the problem i speak of, we are enabling government overreach. if you are concerned about him, why not call those who specializing in catching them? MSNBC does this but only publishes those they catch, not those they don't have proof of.

  • Tim, robtran obviously cannot filter his comments. His mother never taught him that it is better to be thought the fool then to open his mouth and remove all reasonable doubt.

  • i found that an odd way of making his point as well. but i hope you understood why i let it stand.

  • hey batman, remember when you accused burnvictim and seanbedlam of being "pedophile enablers"? LOL.

  • i didnt use the word enabler. nor did i say that, or identify anyone. lol. but you can manipulate reality all you want, its what you do. you think you are a master of manipulating what folks say. i pointed to facts. favoriting video and giving a child the impression you endorse their message, that being said i never said anyone names or pointed to them at all. they chose to respond.

  • seanbedlam had nothing to do it with, he was defending someone and later pulled his video when it was made obvious i never pointed at anyone. i never mentioned any names. odd you forget that part. i made a blanket statement that anyone who featured a video rationalizing pedophilia was encouraging the kid to think its ok. but you can lie and say i did something i did not. creating drama and enojying people hurt is your game andy. not mine.

  • and if you watched my video, and its obvious you did not, you'd realize i also defended both their right to do so and the child right to put his views out there. you, as well as other, totally missed that part. i defended their right to do so. i never used the word enable and never said anoynoe was committing a crime, your point andy? nice try though...you're manipulative ways may work on folks who aren't bright, but not on folks who are. facts, try them sometimes, youre horrid at innuendo.

  • LOL. i really do like it when stupid people try to use big words. it's kind of like watching a dog try to ride a bike. anyways, you keep doing your thing, it's hilarious.

  • as are your inane rambling with little fact...is manipulative a big word to you? you really need to get off the dr suess and reality TV and try using your intellect for something other than an attempt at being some hero for entitlement. responsibilty for your lies something you obviously aren't worried about. in your world, you can make up the truth as you go. keep fighting your fight, its more hilarious to watch an adult defend an adult for acting like a child.

  • see, now you've just abandoned any regard for syntax whatsoever. i just can't respect that.  LOL.

  • my keyboard blows...but keep making my point for me. you make fun of folks with accents to andy? did humor end for you at seven years old? don't deal with ideas andy, keep deflecting and triangulating the issue...again manipulative efforts to try to deflect your lies and innuendo. not working on anyone. don't you have a free trevor video to do?

  • i see now, your humor is indicative of your mentality, schoolyard humor "youre stupid" and what you find funny is an indication of your intellect.  thanks for playing and documenting what a clown you are.

  • no problem! whatever it takes for you for you to re-establish you e-dominance over me.  that said, if you read all your comments to me via video whilst wearing your batman mask, i might take you a bit more seriously. MIGHT, mind you.

  • the mask is ripped...so its not a mask anymore, more like an rubber window shade. i don't expect you to take it seriously, you apparently take very little seriously. you're entitled to that, as i am entitled to call you a clown for doing so.

  • One of the biggest misunderstandings in terms of censorship is just some folks dont understand the law. I would never own a video sharing site with the scapegoat corporate laws out there.I remember reading about a lawsuit about a woman hearing fat jokes at work.What pissed me off about the lawsuit was that the workers were reprimanded but because they werent fired, she continued to feel isolated. The threats had ended. Anyway, she won. I think she got about 1/2 a million. I cant remember. ~Raven

  • i agree, this experiment by google and youtube is ballsy. as i've said before, our civil court systms are sadly out of order.

  • thanks brother, i havent forgeotten about you, i just bought a house and my creative juices have be all but nil. thank you also for the dialogue we had last week and trying to see my point rather than rejecting beased on loyalties.

  • I posted this to Tom: It is NOT okay for people to behave in a manner which causes others pain and distress. A huge part of the issue, however, lies with the victims who give the bullies validation, credibility, and a solid "win" by posting angry responses, threatening legal action, etc. This reactionary behavior gives the trolls and haters what they want, satisfaction. They revel in the fact that they got someone's goat. Victims should ignore the behavior unconditionally first.

  • In a like manner, it is equally NOT okay to follow a legitimate comment, supporting either side, with "You have no right to say that because you've demonstrated the opposite in the past" or charging with hypocrisy. Also, personally attacking someone for having an opposing viewpoint is horribly bad form. Just my opinion. I can't believe some of the comments I've seen to people trying to maintain a healthy discourse here. This was a great video Tim.

  • thanks pip. i'll be in your neck of the woods soon and hope to get together again. i did this looking for discourse and an exposure to the discourse and to bring a different side to it. not that i disagree with tom at all, ust that my agenda, and we all have them, is keeping big brother off my internetz, the best way to avoid big brother, is to not wake him up, so to speak. my granfather used to say that about the chinese...lol. am i turning into my grandfather?

  • its funny minutews after you posted your comment someone did exactly what you are talking about re:"You have no right to say that because you've demonstrated the opposite in the past" when, in fact, not only didnt i do it in the past as per his inane example. in fact i defended those people rights to do so (in fact i served my country in a capacity to put my life on the line for his right to be a moron through expression. entitlement is hysterical, i say draft the whiners)

  • in fact, they manipulated what actually happened and lied simply to make their point, which wasn't a point at all, full of fallacy, lies and innuendo (andy mcgaffigan) and comparing apples to proverbial oranges. its actually this kind of discourse that makes the media laughable as well. manipulating facts and bringing points that arent related (i was specific about pointing to criminal behavior, not opining). they also ignored i defended thier right to do so.

  • i agree pip. over and over in comments i have said legal acions and munitive measures are out of control in this country. but it doesnt change the fact that they are and that this enables folks to take legal recourse and bring these issues to the attention of lawmakers who will limit our freedoms by finding consensus in the poplace to do so (see patriot act overreactions). i think tom is talking about the tools to making "ignore" easier for them.

  • I loved Toms video. Words like that do last. Great vlog and statement on the world of hate that surrounds us. I wanted to say something deep and profound, but i think ill leave that to you and Tom! :d

  • well said bro, well said.

    ok man you guys gettin me stoked, i feel a video comin.

  • please, i think getting message out about folks doing the right things simply because it is the right things may change some minds, it seems it already has.

  • I agree, but with a caveat. I think we have to be really careful in delineating what is bullying or harassment, and what is strong rhetoric. Throughout our history there has been a place for sarcasm and satire and strong disagreement. Sometimes it is necessary to forge ideas. Have you read any of the personal accounts of the Continental Congresses and Constitutional Convention? Political correctness is far more dangerous than free speech.

  • I have seen people on YouTube describe as hate something you might hear on the floor of the British Parliament today. But direct threats, abuse of personal information, racial slurs... I agree these must go.

  • i have a powerdered wig (but you stole it for your barbara bush act).

  • And I look damn good in it, too!

  • The space between the opposing benches is just over two sword-lengths *on purpose*. Nowadays, no swords, but all the MPs know the Speaker can call upon the Sergeant at Arms to eject anyone who willfully breaks the rules. It nicely lends to some very subtle and not so subtle rudeness.

  • i agree phil. that whyi limited very much to accussations of criminal behavior, leaking personal information and threats. i was pretty clear if you want to insult, i don't really care. like tom said, there is a difference between "fuck you" and "fuck you, i'm gonna find your family"

  • Well said.