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  • mid romey thats the mormon, republican guy who does not believe in a single thing I do

  • "If you're not a part of the sollution, you're a part of the problem", reminds me a little of "If you are not with us, you are against us". I think some people don't vote (and only some of them) because you don't really have that much influence. You vote for someone or someones you think you sort of agree with, who then must compete with others to win, and then you can hope they do as you hope they will do. It should all be just a little closer to the majority of people.

  • JPMetz?

  • But I would argue that presidents are part of the problem, so I won't be a part of it.

  • Right on Tyler! I'm going to be 18 this year and the thing I'm most excited about is being able to vote when the time comes. It makes me so mad when people my age say they just don't care about voting/all the candidates are the same/they aren't into politics and therefore will not be voting. Excuse me, but at age eighteen, it's pretty stupid to be that lazy and submissive. <3

  • Reminds me of "The ends justify the means.." but in a good way (:

  • Actually, based on probability, the chance that the same person would win if 100% of the people voted opposed to 63% is pretty good.

    The 43% is divided upon both Dem and Repub, one cannot presume that the entire 43% or majority of it is all Republicans and Repubs would have won had they voted or vice versa.

    However, if this video or other propaganda convinces only Dems to vote and say 83% goes out and votes but the last 17% (mostly Repubs now) don't, then it may make all the difference.

  • You're extremely convincing.

    :)

  • lol oh my godddd i love it!

  • my hometown would be ecstatic if they got 20% of the registered voters to vote during preliminary elections. people are just too lazy.

  • i hav 2 rabbits ..

    one is called Barack

    and the other is Obama :P

    my Irish teacher just cant get over them lol

    we were in the middle of a Gaelige test and she was like "......Sophie, hows Barack and Obama?"

    ..shes easily distracted ......

  • Yeah I see that whole "empowerment" thing's working out very well. Scratching your name on a piece of paper does not equal "empowerment" Obama sold gay people down the river the minute he got into power. I say that with sympathy since I have a couple of gay friends. Hopefully what he's been doing lately will be a lesson for you in the future to either get someone who will truly represent your interests, or not vote at all.

  • @christopher81818 so Dont Ask Dont Tell isn't Obama helping the LGBT community? I know you made this comment months ago, but this is to prove y9ou are wrong. I think you are speaking of George Bush....

  • @WhatAboutJacob804 I respectfully say that you can wag your finger at people like me all you like, but I don't see how throwing our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters into a trillion dollar meat grinder is a help to the LGBT community. I say no more. I say an end to the empire. I'll put up with all the indignation in the world if it stops people from getting needlessly bombed and shot up.

  • @christopher81818 I completely understand what you are saying, but if someone really wants to defend their country in a (pointless may i add) war, then they at least deserve respect. No one should have to be out there, and all I'm saying is that if a homosexual wants to join war, they should be able to be out and proud :)

  • @WhatAboutJacob804 I completely agree with you. While we might differ on strategy, I'm sure we share the same goals of a more free and equal society. :)

  • @christopher81818 And I hope this nation can become a more accepting and peaceful country too. And unless we get more presidents like Obama in, we aren't going to be seeing that soon. The song Imagine by John Lennon honestly should be our manta. It's my beliefs exactly

  • i'll vote for you!!

  • i reckon you should be president.. even though i live in the UK haha

  • It's certainly a powerful statement, but I've never liked binary statements - if you're not for me, you're against me, etc.

    I'm British, but I would definitely have voted Democrat. Public healthcare and no capital punishment!

  • That was actually...kinda beautiful!

    :)

  • i agree, that was eloquent

  • well its pretty late now, but congrats on winning and im listening to the radio interview right now :)

  • i just don't understand the point in voting. it's not like you really have a say in it at all..

  • 1 vote can make a difference,

    if everyone left it to everyone else then no solutions would ever be made

    think about it, even if your vote is just 1 vote, its worth just as much as anyone elses, and if you go ahead and vote you can proudly say you stand for what you believe is right.

    :)

    63.8% IS embarrassing. go out and vote. ! :D

  • ok..honestly..i dont think its right to be gay..but i love you sooo much and im not against n e one who is...i admire u for being so strong and bold about being gay <3

  • I dont know wat ur gonna do in life but watever it is i can tell just from ur videos that u will thrive and suceed in watever u do.

  • We're not part of the problem or solution we're hardly part of that equation.

  • im by and i lic it

  • that was very eloquent

  • Dude you need to iron your shirt!

  • britain is really bad for voting at the last election it was about 40% turnout its probably because all the parties suck, n some places it was less then 20% turnout

  • wow thats.. really bad

    its compulsary to vote in australia

    you get fined if you dont :P

  • Thats y i love Australia...with our compulsory voting rules we get almost 100% turnout each election.

  • You are really smart. what college do you go to... harvard. jk but that would be awesome if you did.

  • Yeah Tyler!

    Bravo - I know you probably get this a lot, but what you're doing here really is empowering. I'm 16 and out and gay and I think what you've done is amazing.

    For those who disagree, keep your homophobic slanderous comments to yourselves.

  • Hot damn, I wish I could come up with clever comments like this! [/sarcasm]

    Where did you go to high school, MrSunshine19? Or did you drop out? It's hard to tell because, well, you can't spell, m'dear. . . And it's quite a shame.

    Also, I noticed in your recent activity that you have been commenting on Tyler's videos quite frequently. You must really like watching him.

    My prognosis:

    You are a closeted homosexual and have a HUUUUGE crush on the beautiful Tyler.

  • (continued)

    You want to get his attention cos you want him to notice you as you have noticed him, but since you're uncomfortable being true to yourself, you succumb to respond as society has taught you to: with hate.

    This attention plea has not upset me. Instead, it has brought me to a higher level of understanding. I'm sorry about your awful situation. I pity you and everyone else suffering through it.

    I hope someday you're able to come out and be comfortable with yourself, as Tyler has.

  • Oh MrSunshine19...what is your problem?

    I get the whole "freedom of speech" thing but that is just plain rude.

    Grow the hell up.

    Tyler, you are fantastic.

  • this is ridiculous and insensitive and i hope that you know that ignorant people like you are the reason for the hatred in the world.

    you are a very childish person and i hope that someday you realize your fault in publicly dissing someone like this, in this manner.

  • Yes everyone make sure that the rewards outweigh the costs. Because when you boil it down. It's all about you. You are the only person that matters and everyone else ... is worm dirt fuck them.

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  • Whoot! Tyler won an award! xD

  • wow congrats on the award for this video!!

  • Hmn, this video has a slightly familiar feel to it. The line at the end mostly.

    Is it ripped off...?

    Not that I doubt your sincerity, at all.

  • completely agree

  • good job mate!

  • it*s proud of u !!!!!!!!!!

    although i can not all undstand because of my poor english, but i am getting the feeling what u had.

  • No he's just pretending. Gay people aren't real.

  • so moving...

  • Wholey crap your gay? xD Im sorry I didn't know.

  • You have the most amazing things to talk about. I'm really glad I found your channel.

  • Honestly, I dont see how being gay would be challenging,we are all human I dont walk up to someone and say "Hi my name is Jay, and I'm straight" so why walk up to someone and say " Hi, I'm __ and I'm gay"?

  • I enjoy your videos, and I felt Obama would be a better President than McCain. I still feel that way, however, when you look at the Fortune 500 companies that donated to the two campaigns, many of the top companies donated to both Obama and McCain. And a lot of the major bankers and drug companies who supported Bush in '04 showed most of their monetary support to Obama in '08. Obama is acceptable to U.S. Commercial interests, and that means anything he does for the people will be superficial.

  • why to vote? don't give shit. Nothing will change.

  • Nothing will change.....

  • Oh you seem like a very postive person...man i hate to live your life... "Nothing will change" yeah in your world maybe, but while your stuck in the past, the rest of the world will change.

  • and so what did obama? I meant that vote and politics will not change anything. Every time votes don't help people. Think about that.

  • Obama, Bush, Clinton those people do not determain how MY life is. Yes they have an impact on the country...but when it comes down to it, I decide how my life is if I want things to change...I freakin go out and do something about it and change it for myself, everybody has the power to change their life, its when you start trying to change other people when things dont work out.

  • It's your opinion, my parents taught me to respect other's opinions.

  • Your English is perfect and my parents taught me the same

    thank you

    :)

  • sorry if my English is bad.

  • great video. very elloquent and intelligent

  • You're part of the problem when it comes to humanity.

  • this coming from someone who cant get his age right first time.

    My original statement stands. I wouldnt mock him for being gay and i think he should extend the same courtesy to other people. That is all! If you thats wrong then its you thats the cancer in our society.

  • This is really great. I commend you.

  • Oh my god these people who commented with this disgusting stereotypical crap, seriously, get over yourselves. Why do you always have to have a go at people who dont necessarily beleive the same thing as you? Let people make their own decisions.

  • i can do jumpstyle? i'll have a video of me performing soon so take a peek

    oh yeh cool video

  • You're always so clean cut. And you speak well. It's nice to watch.

  • They aren't.

    That's just a horrid stereotype.

  • well i guess black after the last election, considering 98% of blacks voted for obama. hah!

  • how com all conservatives are fat, homophobic, uneducated, overreligious rednecks?

  • you forgot to mention rich, white, upperclass, more educated, and better looking.

    well, thats just my lifestyle i guess.

    oh well.

    I'm the one driving the $80,000 car and living in the $1.5 million dollar house.

    but cute. nice try

  • Thats good parenting.......Keep it up.

  • he's so cute ^^ i do hope everyone here came out and voted (no pun intended)

  • totally

    plus you don't even need to tell anyone who you are voting for

  • Tyler, you are an amazing speaker with great points even if I had not intended to vote, which I am going to do, this would have made me vote.

  • I think it is so sad when people don't vote, particularly women. Women have been repressed for centuries and so many women fought for their right to vote, chained themselves to railings, went on hunger strikes (and then were force fed), were imprisoned and one even died and all so WE could vote, girls! Not voting is a pretty poor way of showing our gratitude to them.

  • There are a bunch of assholes out there.

    That was a very inspirational video.

    I've been sitting here for 2 hours watching all the awesome stuff you have on youtube.

  • I am so proud of you. If more of us would do the same and straight people could see that we are all around them and we are their normal, helpful, neighbors that they already know and appreciate, then things would be better for us all. Great job, keep up the good work.

  • I think it's funny you take time out of your day to insult people who aren't afraid to be themselves.

  • good so im glad we can agree to hate each other

    hate makes the world go round ya know

    hate

    guns

    and money

    sometimes combinations of those 3

  • wordddd. I was super excited to finally be able to vote, and I definitely did, for Obama! :D

  • respect

  • I'm sooo excited

    im also gunna be able to vote for the president in the next election

    no way am i letting it pass me by.

    ill be first in line that day

  • Just out of curiosity, who'd you vote for? I don't even need to flip a coin. I'd guess you voted for President Obamatron.

    I do agree that only 2/3rds (approximately) of the people voting is embarrassing. Apathy, appeasement, and defeatism are the order of the day. That's why I'm an agent of chaos.

  • why not girls?? i dont get it??

  • beautiful!!!

  • All of you have problems!!!!

    i think this video is great...and there is nothing wrong with gay people!!!

    if i was old enough i would of voted for OBAMA!!! all of you racist descrimating bastards need to grow up and stop being so ridiculous!

  • Isn't it equally racist to vote for someone just because they ARE black? Isn't it ideals that matter most? President Obamatron is a neostalinist tyrant and a whore of the internationalist machine.

  • Obama is against gay marriage.

    LOLOLOLOL.

    epic failz.

  • tell me your adress please i hate gays your a discrase in this world i want to come round and kick the shit out of you till your stright you bent basterd

  • wtf is wrong with you?

  • gays suck thats wot

  • ...and your a dumbass, melfiire.

    If all you have to say is "gays suck thats wot" then maybe you shouldn't be attempting so feebley to insult people.Oh, and I hope you weren't honestly hoping to recieve an answer in your other comment. Then again, with your grammar, god only knows what's going through your imbecilic, childish brain. One more thing, beating someone up isn't going to turn them straight, it's going to make them pissed off at you, and one day you're going to piss off the wrong one.x

  • now i appreciate your videos even more

    because it's tough to be open

    and you're a strong, focused, and intellegent person. :)

  • You are my friend = )

  • 讲话好快... 你很有思想. 哈哈,我用你的视频来学英语。(以上你应该看不懂,但我实在不想­翻译成英文)

  • Omg Tyler you're great to bad you're not my type ;) jkjk but whatever you're still really good with your vidios

  • BARACK OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

  • why do you seem so shocked?

  • does it matter?

  • yh it does can two males make life can 2 females make life no well its not fucking right is it get it into your thick inbreaded head

  • Do you live in caveman times or something? Making children isn't our sole purpose in life.

    Perhaps... finding love? finding happiness?

    Why would you want to stop someone from achieving happiness? You are such a cruel person?

    inbred? I'm inbred because I'm not a narrow-minded fool like you?

    Maybe you should get some things into YOUR thick head and try figuring out what's important in life. Like maybe happiness or love.

  • no its not natral kyoung cant you see that>?

  • You're arguement would be better if you spelled natural right. And my name which is right above. but that aside

    The pursuit of happiness and love is perfectly natural. Who cares if the means of which they acheive it isn't normal?

  • get over your self you bent basterd if i had it my way you be all flowen to lezbos island to be blowen the fuck up with all the nuclear bombs we have why dont we put them to use and get rid of the scum of the earth

  • what the hell is your problem if you see it that way whe ARE better than you beacause we wouldnt kill just beacause we think that someones PERSONAL life. Stop leaving shit comments like this and get a life

  • so love is't natural? Yes at first is was between a man and a women but it doesnt mean that 2 men or 2 women can't be beautifal. get it is YOUR thick skull NATURE IS CHANGE!

  • Having a bad week, man? Wanna tell me about it? Yeah, come and insult me. I'm about your size. No need to take it out on people who just want to make a difference in your life.

  • wut exactly did i say to you? i kinda forget cause im laughing at so many people on here who take me seriously

    but anyway, ill just use my stock answer "SCREW YOU!"

  • danm dude thats HOT!! hes goin to need a ice pack for that one OO!

  • Wow go sell your computer melfire

  • well im canadian so...... jk

  • omg so am i

    how awsome is canada

  • ummm YES HE IS

  • i told pseudo left-wing friends i voted for obama, and i told my pseudo right-wing family that i voted for mccain, but only i will know the truth. muhahaha

  • 63.8%?, realy?, in sweden we have like 80%. I will vote when I can. It is stupid not to.

  • i wanted to vote, but of course because of my age im a little too young so i made my voice heard by spreading the word about the candidate i supported, john mccain. although i must admit i am not happy with the results of this election i will respect obama as my president. i definitely agree with this video and we need more people to understand that its a privelige to vote.

  • 63.8% IS embarrassing. Why do that many people want to point guns at others?

  • Agh. I wanted to vote SO BADLY this year.

    But I'm too young. xP

  • OOOOOBBBAAAAMMMAAA WON!!!!! ha!

  • what if you are no part at all?:) why do i keep commenting?:) just shut me somebody:)

  • I wish I could have voted... =(

    GO OBAMA! =DD

  • or doesnt have a lot of color

  • every commercial that tells you to vote is black and white.

  • JOHN MCCAIN!!!!!!. . . lost.

    Dang it! Hello, O-conomy socialism.

  • obama.

    and i wish i could have voted, i thought it was ridiculous that i couldn't. did you know at the age of 17 you can make the decision to enlist in the armed forces and defend your country? and even when you've made that choice, you still can't choose who you're defending?

    pardon my french, but that's just fuckin stupid.

    nice video!

    =]

  • i soo wish i could vote!!

    i wanted to and my birthday was on election day but i only turned 16 soo i couldnt

    but YAY for OBAMA

  • well i couldnt vote cuz im canadian but i would have gone for obama!!

  • I was soo sad I turned 18 November 5th, 2008. :(

  • WOW THAT SUCKS.

    oh my god that makes me want to cry.

    here i was complaining cause im a little over 2 years away from being able to vote and you were 1 day off.

    =[

  • OBAMAAAAAA!

  • yeaaaa!

  • the b&w made all the difference! oh so serious :)

  • i voted for ralph nader

    because i refused to vote for the 'least worst' canidate.

  • yeah.. i liked McCain. It's okay that Obama won though.

    Tyler, i LOVE your serious videos, you always get your point across.

  • You are so sweet Tyler

  • ... You just made me cry.

  • Hey Tyler it's your #1 fan here! I did go out and vote it was so strange I felt that I tipped the election in his favor! I'm serious! I dropped off my ballot at 7:50PM Oregon time. Just after 8PM CNN was calling it for OBAMA! I did it! We did it! The power of elections :)

  • WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!GO TYLER!!!!!!!!

    here in australia its illegal not to vote. But from the point of view that i've been raised with: if you didnt take a vote or make a stand or added some effort towards anything, then you have no reason or right to complain.

  • I fucking love you.

  • BARACK OBAMA HAS WON!!!

    I'm so happy!

  • tyler, we need to talk. what do you want to do with the next 15 years? you will note that President Obama acknowledged the contributions of Gay Americans in his victory speech....you are part of that. What shall WE do?

  • holy can you ever talk, really fast talker it's wicked hahah

  • BARACKKKK OBAMAAAAAAAA

    i love you tyler oakley :)

  • Great video so true

  • congrats tylerrr. :D!

  • That's an awesome video tyler!!

  • Congrats on winning the HRC contest, Tyler!

  • just voted. no on 8 (gay marriage ban) and obama.

  • tyleroakley has replied to your comment on Come Out and Vote:

    The point of the shirt is wrinkled.

    Still looks lke hell - I've seen wrinkled look and this one doesn't work.

  • It got me action with your dad, so I'd say it works :]

  • I voted for OBAMA! And "NO on California Prop 8 which stands for HATE".

  • thank you for that~~it was very powerful. so far i've only come out as bi to 4 people, but your video made me feel much more confident and empowered. of course, i'll definitely be voting today. OBAMA!!!

  • that was definitely moving, and very powerful, Thank you - but please, remember more people will get more out of it if you slow down your flow- it was super-fast!