There are people living today, in 2016, who honestly believe that the Earth is flat.
Now the thing is, those people are allowed to have that opinion.
You're allowed to have whatever opinion you want.
But that doesn't mean that that opinion is valid or that it should be a part of our modern discourse.
Because I think we can all accept -- or at least most of us -- that the Earth is not
flat, the Earth is round, we live in a solar system, we orbit around the sun.
And these are just basic facts that we have to accept because know them to be true because
there's a lot of scientific evidence.
But like with most things, it's a theory.
It's a very well-accepted theory, but it's a theory nonetheless, like the theory of gravity,
which I think we all pretty much accept as fact at this point, but it's still a theory.
But flat earthers have their own theory, and they have their own ways of explaining away
our scientific evidence to suit their agenda.
The reason I bring this up is because I think it's a really obvious example that we can
all think about and conceptualize.
Like, we all know that the Earth is round, and we can all laugh about how ridiculous
it is that there's still a group of people that believe the Earth is flat.
So I think we would also agree that it would be very ridiculous to have a debate in today's
day and age with a round-earther and a flat-earther and to have them present their evidence and
like make an argument for it and make a big spectacle out of it.
That would be false balance.
That would be pretending that these two sides have equal weight and we have to talk about
both if we're gonna talk about one.
And I think there are a lot of people who, in totally different situations, will say
that there should always be a compromise, that you can always be in the center of something
and find common ground between people.
But there's no common ground between people who believe the Earth is round and people
who believe the Earth is flat.
There's no compromise where the Earth is like a puffy pancake that's like in between being round and flat.
You can't have these two people come together and argue and try to reach some sort of compromise
where they can agree that both of them have valid points, because one of them has valid
points and scientific evidence, and the other does not, they just made it up.
And this applies, surprise surprise, to a lot of other stuff going on in our world, socially and politically.
Let's take climate change for example.
There is a ton of scientific evidence for climate change, and yet, there are still people
who deny it, and we're supposed to treat them like they have a valid argument, but they
don't, because the science is in and we know that climate change is happening
and that it's caused by humans.
So if someone says that climate change is not happening and humans are definitely not
causing it, they don't have a valid opinion.
They're just wrong.
There's no compromise between it is and isn't happening.
It's just -- it's happening!
And we have to do something about it, and it's a very damaging opinion to just deny
facts and deny that climate change is real.
There's also vaccinations, like, vaccinations are a very good thing that do not cause autism
and that help people stay healthy.
Anti-vaxxers do not get a say here because they are wrong.
They make claims that are based on false evidence.
There's no like, "Oh maybe we should kinda look into vaccines."
No!
They're just wrong.
They do not cause autism, there are not problems with them, they make us healthier, they save
a lot of people -- vaccines are good, end of story.
And of course there are always going to be topics where both sides have good points and
where we do need to find compromise, but there's a lot of situations where that's not happening,
and we pretend like it's happening.
And I feel like that especially happens in politics.
Like, people who consider themselves politically in the center feel like they're right just
because they're in the center.
They see themselves as the compromise of the left and the right.
They see themselves as taking the good from the left and the good from the right, and
rejecting the bad from the left and the bad from the right, and they are the perfect compromise.
But that's just not how it works.
Like being in the middle of two arbitrary points doesn't automatically make you right.
Compromise is not always a good thing.
On one side we have people saying that LGBT+ people deserve respect, should be treated
equally under the law, and should be protect from discrimination.
And on the other side we have people saying that LGBT+ should be denied their basic human
rights and not be treated equally under the law.
These are not equal stances.
We do not get to find compromise between those.
When we're talking about our humanity and our rights, we have a right to fight for those
-- in their entirety, not in pieces as we compromise.
There is no compromising on our basic human rights.
And I know we're always talking about how divided we've become as a country and how
partisan, but I don't think the answer is reaching across the aisle and shaking hands with a Nazi.
Because that's exactly what this new administration is being filled with.
Trump's cabinet is already full of White Nationalists.
These are people who are openly misogynistic and anti-semitic, and they use the term "alt-right"
to make them sound like some sort of kooky, quirky, new-age right-wing group.
There's a reason the KKK is in the streets parading and celebrating Trump's victory.
It's because his ideology lines up with the ideology of the KKK.
The "alt-right" people he surrounds himself with are modern day Neo-Nazis.
So I don't think that's a thing we should compromise with.
I don't think we should compromise with White Nationalists and Nazis.
But I've already made a whole video about how we shouldn't normalize Trump's White Nationalism,
so let's go back to talking about other things.
I just... can't get my mind off the election and all of that, you know.
So there's a lot of other areas where we could talk about false balance and compromise and
stuff, but I've been running into this a lot lately with my own channel.
Because people tweet me or comment on my videos or something saying, "Ah, you won't debate
this idea, it's because you're afraid you're gonna lose."
That's not how that works.
It's just not.
That's not a logical conclusion to come to when someone doesn't wanna debate you.
There's like a million and a half reasons someone might not wanna debate you, but one
of those might be, you just don't have a valid viewpoint, and you're not worthy of being debated.
You are the flat-earther of whatever your topic is.
Like there are people to this day who don't believe that homosexuality is real, they just
don't think you can be gay.
And I don't think we should give those people a debate.
There's soooo many resources out there, that debate has been had, we recognize that being
gay is a real thing -- I'm not gonna waste my time debating someone like that.
And the same thing goes for transgender issues.
Like if someone just doesn't believe that being trans is a real thing... there's probably
nothing I could say at this point to convince them.
And a debate would just be pointless.
You know, like there's not point in having a debate with someone who's rejected all logic and reason.
There's no reason for me to debate a flat-earther because I'm never going to convince them -- no
matter what evidence I have, I won't convince them that I'm right and they're wrong.
And it's the same thing with people who don't believe that being transgender is real.
No matter what I say, no matter what evidence I present, they're going to be in their opinion,
they just want someone to yell about it to.
And I don't have to be that platform for ignorant people to yell their ignorant things.
Of course, I think it's important to educate people, and if I feel like someone is genuinely
asking questions and genuinely wants to know something, I don't have a problem like talking
and explaining things.
But when it's someone who clearly has an agenda and all they wanna do is yell about how you're
wrong, and they're not actually going to listen to you, then there's no point in having a debate.
And again there's no compromise between people who think that being transgender is real and
people who don't.
It's not like we can be kind of real -- we just are.
And yes, those people need to be educated, but if they refuse to be educated... there's
nothing you can do about that.
And a debate is pointless, and you're not going to find compromise.
So, I don't know, this video kinda jumped all over the place.
But there was a lot of points in there and I hope you took notes.
I just had a lot of feeling about this recently because it applies to so many things in life.
So I just needed to talk about it.
I hope this can be helpful to you in some way.
I hope you don't feel like you have to debate every single ignorant person in the world.
Have you guys ever felt this way?
Have you ever experienced something similar?
Let me know down in the comments what other situations this might apply to.
So that's the whole video.
Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you next time!
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