American Reacts to Stephen Fry on Political Correctness 

Life has lost shades of grey, and the art of compromise. It is destroying humanity in all ways. Stephen is demonstrating why he is so highly respected in the UK by most people.

My father had an old Yorkshire version of that Bertrand Russell quote: "Those that know the least always know it the loudest"

Hi Big Man greetings from England 🇬🇧 Stephen Fry is a national treasure over here in The UK and he is such a kind, Caring, intelligent man and the world is a better place having Stephen Fry in it!!! He is a good actor and a brilliant comedy actor!!! He was so good in Black Adder and you need to check out Stephen Fry and the debate about Religion.

Stephen Fry is an absolute legend, an icon of common sense, the quest for knowledge and willingness to be corrected. Political correctness aims not to offend and stifles free speech and debate!

@The Eclectic Beard, I have never respected you more than I have watching you thinking through this video. This is probably the most impactful and valuable clip you have ever made. I thank you for your honest thoughts.

I could listen to Mr Fry talk for hours. His views on religion are just brilliant as well.

With regard to your observations on Obama care and health insurance: Here in the UK we do actually pay insurance for our health care, it's called national insurance. It's collected, by the government, on your income. It's deducted, currently 8%, from our wage, before we even see it. The pertinent thing is that it's collected by the government and not an insurance company. No middleman, that contributes absolutely zero towards healthcare, creaming a profit off the top.

the stasi was the secret police of the gdr. not the nazis, the nazis was the gestapo

stephen is a fucking legend he should be Sir Stephen Fry by now

Anything by Stephen Fry will be Quite Interesting

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE STEPHEN FRY, BRAVO.

A wordsmith, a humanitarian, a comic and a philosopher. Stephen Fry is a gem to the world, to intellegence and to what should be "common sense".

What a great clip and awesome reaction! Makes you rethink about things you always took for granted.

remember ... you can Take Offence, but you cant Give Offence.

Stephen fry is SO loved here 👍

You should check out Stephen Fry talking about the difference between UK humour and US Humour. As others have said below in the UK he is regarded as a national treasure. So here is the thing, if the UK is apparently so divided by race, colour, religion, country and so on. How is it in this divided nation a gay Jew who suffers from bipolar disorder is a national treasure? Oh hang on maybe we aren't perhaps as racist anti Semitic homophobic as certain people would like us to believe. Divide and Conquer seems to work quite well a lot of the time.

Quality discourse is so important, appreciate you reacting to this

I think a quote I heard was 'If you can't speak freely, you can't speak honestly' & I would add 'If you can't speak honestly or can't think freely'. Limiting the freedom of speech is the first step to limiting the freedom of thought.

EB ... he did not call Feminist's Nazi's, he called them Stasi's which was the East German version of the KGB.

I've watched lots of reaction channels reacting to this...yours is the only one that added to the debate and made me think. Thank you

I highly recommend when you have the time to watch the whole debate

Stephen Fry is a very well versed man

EB, Stephen Fry was the only person worth listening to in the whole debate

"Empty vessels make the most sound" - the guy on the left hand side.

Great video @Alan..I enjoyed your take Sir and would love to see your reaction to the full debate if it's possible... Have a good week Sir 💯👍

" those with strong opinions just go around bothering each other " Buddha

The Munk Debates and Intelligence Squared jobbies are both a bloody good series of discussions.

Hes a genius. PS love to you and your family. x As a gay man myself I can tell you dont mind us watching your comments. Love your uploads.

Please react to the whole debate and put it up on daily motion if it gets blocked here. I would love to see both the debate and your reaction and views on it. Stephen Fry is one of our national treasures, , intelligent, articulate, funny but also a thoroughly good decent person. Keep the reactions coming. 😊🇬🇧

"There is censorship, what about the Hunter Biden Laptop?" Yes the Hunter Biden laptop that nobody has ever heard about

"more concerned about being right than being effective" Why I like politicians that will change their tune or work with "the other side".. so long as the policies they back and block make sense to do. Too little accountability..

Stephen Fry has a huge intellect and has a mind that will be referenced for generations to come. If Stephen went into Politics he could become the PM in a couple of years and everything he says has depth and is founded in knowledge.

Fry said Stazi (East German secret police) not Nazi...

jordan peterson is the prince of waffle. stephan fry is a HIGHLY intelligent and eloquent human being

There is a song, titled "Thou Shalt Always Kill" from 2007? From Scroobius Pip? Its silly and profound and a very fun listen. A line in it is "thou shalt not question Stephen Fry" is why I thought it worth a mention.

Bertrand Russel is an amazing philosopher. Well worth looking into. Some videos on RU-vid

Stephen Fry is and remains a breath of fresh air with his lucid thinking.🙉🐵🙊🙈

The thing about political correctness is that it's not a bad idea, people just need to quit being so militant about it on either side. My best friend is trans. We've known one another for about 30 years. Up until five years ago, my best friend was a he. Now, since I had 25 years of calling her a he, I do occasionally slip up, even after all of her surgeries. How does she react? Playfully wacks on the back of my head and says, "She, you prick!" with a smile. In the end, it doesn't inconvenience me in any way to call her she, and she knows I don't intend any malice when I slip up. It's really that simple.

I have to admit I'm kind of glad things changed as a woman who doesn't like makeup. I always felt out of place, not wearing it. Thankfully, the rules seem to have changed. I heard in the uk cat calling it became illegal.

The difference between Stephen Fry and Jordan Peterson is the way they say things. People are far more willing to listen to Stephen tell them something they don't want to hear than to Dr. Peterson. So Stephen truly is more effective than Jordan. As Jim Bowie tells Buck Travis in "The Alamo" (2004) "Sometimes it's just the way you say things Buck"

Please have a look at Steve Hughes' Offended routine. I think you'll enjoy it Beard. x

This American I'm offended by Americans introducing the word LIKE said every two seconds within the English language

You need to look up a guy called Konstantin Kissen and his address to the Oxford student Union. In my mind it should be compulsory for all high school students to listen to this.

Whatever Fry, he’s not ‘wishy-washy’.

He said there isn't censorship like there is in Russia. He didn't say there isn't censorship, like there is in Russia.

The prioritisation of being right over being effective definitely comes from a place of insecurity where one's ability to pursuade is concerned. If you believe you're incapable of defending your position on bare merit alone, projecting confidence is all you have.

If any man you would want at a dinner party for intellectual conversation and a humble view of himself it most has to be Stephan Fry

And really dumb thing is we all basically want the same things

The alliterations are fantastic. "baffled bored and betrayed", those Bs emphasising the sense of impact. He's just as eloquent in another debate about the catholic church with Christopher Hitchens.

People need to be able to say what they want to really know who they are, if everything has to Baa like a sheep then how do we know who the real wolves are.

In this debate the black guy (Dyson) spent all night blaming white people and insulting Peterson for being white! It was a disgusting debate from the lefty racists!

You should watch the debate in full Fry and Peterson destroyed the other side. Both of them refused to give Dyson what he wants which is "the angry white man" that he clearly is how he wants them to behave

He done a 2 hour show in Australia its on youtubr

One of my biggest issues with Political Correctness is WHAT word is acceptable TODAY, it changes so fast. Take African Americans for example, once the 'N' word was the common use term but it has past through Necro, Black, Coloured, People of Colour, Racial Minority & a new one 'racialized People'. What term do I use that DOES NOT OFFEND? Especially when "N's" can call "N's" a "N" without offence when greeting each other & in their music 🤔(NOTE; I don't commonly use the 'N' word but will in a debate if needed) 31:08 100%, A word is JUST A WORD, what you take it to mean may not be what I take it to mean or what I intended for you to take to mean, YOUR interpretation of a word IS ON YOU - Not Me

I've tried to get British friends to understand Trump is the symptom and not the cause. When I tell them I would vote for him without pause when the alternative is the current Dems they look at me like I'm a Yahtzee... because there aren't many off people like me who watch a lot of US politics and get the full context the news (choose) to omit.

He compared them with the Stasi from the former GDR, dear.😊 Traditionally, people from the left spectrum are rather intellectuals, influential authors, poets, artists, at least here in Europe.

Jordan Peterson and Stephen Fry have conversations together (available online), would like to watch you react to one of them

No, there isnt censorship in the US "like it is in russia or north Korea". Thats just nonsensical. Do you see twitter moderators jailed or tortured? Can you buy TV only if they are hard limited to 1 channel, the state channel? Get real. He didn't say there isn't censorship. All countries have some degree of censorship. He said it isnt like in totalitarian states. And it isn't. At least not yet.

Some people assume the right is backwards and less intelligent because the right is associated with the religious and traditional people… They often see “progress” as the obviously more intelligent… It’s the right way and anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot… That’s my observation/take on it anyway… And, on the right they often have similar views of those on the left, just for different reasons… Naive, overly idealistic etc… On the extremes at least… The full debate might be worth watching for Fry and Peterson, but I feel the other side don’t really make any particularly good points, but maybe that’s just me… Oh well lol.

Those that are "offended" for others shit me off.

If you haven't already covered it, you might appreciate the following youtube content.. < Stephen Fry Passionately Argues the Catholic Church is NOT a Force for Good> - Intelligence Squared. and from the same debate. - Christopher Hitchens - Intelligence Squared

Im form uk so lucky we have nhs which we pay for with our tax, however if i had to pay for health care i would save the $250 each week and have 13000 a year to pay for it when i needed it

I think the problem is not so much political correctness but one of respect. And I think people should look up the definition of correctness

Just listen to him...thats the voice of rightness... Not left ore right.....

Love

Legend Stephen Fry great comedian 👍 hope all well over your side Al keep being a legend yaself haha happy days 👍

Cultural appropriation is the other nonsensical favourite, where people may assume disrespect and push for a sense of ownership within culture

I have seen this before , the whole debate , Stephen takes them all for a ride and shows them up for,,,, 😂 “ I don’t like what you are saying, I am offended.” Well being offended is subjective and has to do with you not the speaker .

“The ability to deal gracefully with ideas”. Seems like an impossible concept these days.

I'm in Scotland, I now have no idea who to vote for in the next week. They've all gone to shit. & now it looks like Nigel Farage might get in, he's like a King Cobra lurking at the bottom of a snakepit. Hah, I remember thinking Biden would just be a good president just because he wasn't Trump & was a Dem. I must admit, Trump was the biggest reason American politics got thrust into my awareness. How surprised I have been to see how both parties actually opperate. We're a right mess of a pair of countries aren't we. At least we've got some smaller fringe parties but they're fking tiny. & it's even more complex in Scotland. It just seems like the question is, which of the biggest parties is the best of a bad situation because so many people will still just vote for 1 of them, Labour, Tory, Reform UK, & Scotland has the SNP on top of that

I made a comment once in response to a YT vid - it got censored as did my name. What happened to the constitutiional right to free speech in the US ?

This version of the debate is obviously heavily edited. It offers the opinion mainly of Mr Stephen Fry and some of Mr Jordan Peterson. While this may seem an unfair representation, and it is, watching the entire debate will only confirm and entrench the points made by them. A debate which should have revolved around the fight against the repression of speech and the dangers of political correctness. It is crucial to consider the full context of the debate to truly understand the arguments presented and avoid misinterpretation." Having said that, these guys did well.

I watched this debate when it was released and it was just a compete shit-show. It was painful to watch. Professor Dyson was combative and verbosely lacking substance, and the lady on his side of the argument was lacking substance but also lacking eloquence too. It turned into two sides speaking past each other and no one really came out of it any better off other than they got to hear Stephen Fry speak.

looking nicely tanned there mate.

#1 first time ever

Its NOT LEFT ORE RIGHT.....its about what people think and they are putting the labil on...LEFT, RIGHT......

Politics is at the root of many of our problems in all its forms. They give themselves titles such as "right honourable " [which i believe is also used in America] which considering the now mounting list of scandals in the U.K. with the infected blood scandal , the expenses scandal,[still being fiddled by all accounts] money for questions ,the latest betting scandal and the list goes on and on. The system is powerful and was forged around the Magna Carta when the Barons forced the King to sign a document that maintained their elitism in the full knowledge that though the masses were included the masses were poor and powerless and apart from the useless vote [my own opinion] little has changed or why else would they continually change the red tribe for the blue tribe over and over and over again, surely that should tell them something is wrong here.

We are being played by the real movers and shakers......they are keeping us busy while they complete the heist.

The main problem is, that you can only meet people halfway in order to be able to reach some kind of compromise, and if those who oppose you aren't willing to do so then there's very little you can do about it. None so blind as those who won't see. Political correctness is the epitome of sanctimonious hypocrisy. The self-righteous, 'why can't everyone be perfect like me?', attitude that often contradicts itself depending on whom it's applied to. The idea that some people are inherently, 'privileged', based entirely on immutable characteristics, whilst others aren't, is a major part of the narrative, when, within itself, it shows many forms of bigotry rolled into one. And yet, to not agree with this gross collectivised presupposition somehow makes one bigoted! The duplicitous nature of political correctness that claims that consequences for actions should only be applied according to the same immutable characteristics mentioned, with those who don't fit into the category being excused. A soft bigotry of low expectations, where it's deemed certain demos of people shouldn't be held to the same standards as others, when in reality, each and every one should be judged individually, rather than pigeon-holed and treated as part of some generalised monolith. Thatcher once said that the only problem with socialism was that you eventually run out of spending other people's money. Coupled with the inherent, 'self-preservation', drive within people that will always arise when there's, 'something for nothing', offered to them. Instead of just taking enough, they'll keep pushing the amount to include more and more, taking as much as they can, for as long as they can, until such a time as the bill to cover it all, (paid for in taxes), reached astronomical proportions. Those getting paid 6 figure sums in non-jobs within the public sector, being perfect examples. The public sector has always been a money pit that can never be filled, simply because the more that's thrown in, the more opportunistic those who spend it become for their own means.

A lot of political "debates" are basicly, cover your hears, shut your Eyes, and say as loud as possible "NA NA NA NA NA, I cant hear you, like a 8 year old" Instead of listening to what the other person are saying, cause god forbid you should agree with and understand the point of someone on the other side. People are not agree/disagreeing with what is being said, only with what side is saying it.

At 3:10 there's a noise that almost sounds like Fry farted. The points you, Mr. Beard make about Political Correctness are true on both sides. Left/Right. Everyone needs take a deep breathe and breathe out slow. I dislike Peterson, it's not strictly his politics, I think he makes good points now and then, but he does give me "Demon-Headmaster" vibes and that bother me. It's a shame this wasn't the full debate - but I totally get why not in this format, but it's a bit... I'm too high to concentrate on the full things, but all voices should be equal here. Fry - I think makes excellent points. He makes my skin crawl and I cannot shake that, same as my Demonic-Peterson impression. I really recommend some Yevgeny Zamyatin - GREAT Russian Sci-Fi. Problem is with US medical - they have enough money to hammer away at whichever side. Democrat = bribes to only implement it in a half-baked fashion. Republican = bribes to dismantle it. Both sides screw you. I think the long-term plan is to wipe out the middle class, they're the ones really getting squeezed (into poverty) and it's hard times all over for normal folk - from middle class down. In 20 years, there'll be aristocrats and the poor + a lot of robots. Some mysterious dude will come on tv/web/neuralink + he'll have a red puppet on one hand and blue on the other and declare himself king of the world. Sadly, it'll be burned up rubble by then mostly rubble. Left/Right's made further worse by media (that has its' own agenda) and media on both sides that's VERY intent on soundbites + selling ads. As we're in a digital world - for most tv that ad revenue's shrinking. For internet news (again both sides), clickbait + not professional organisation. No professionality and no actual organisation - often one dude chasing clickbait + that doesn't matter so much for D&D-nerds, or Sports enthusiasts, but damn it's so harmful in politics. Stuff's taken an even weirder change over here in the UK - "woke" people that are also VERY-right wing. The kind that just "don't trust science" anymore + believe where in a repton controlled-Matrix/Illuminati world, total distrust of government (smart), but also kinda hippies. As per the word "liberal" it is wild. I'd make a point for the misundertanding of the word "Socialism". I get McCarthyism and the shere insanity of the cold war - which has arrisen, but Putin's the good guy now - wtf??? If you do the full thing - I'd watch it/a livestream. Mr. Beard - fantastic video, we could do a beer/smoke if we're ever on the same continent. 🍻🍻🍻🤘🌪🌪🌪

I come from a world where the woman didnt eat the fruit,and everything is fine,dont worry other humans,youll sort it out,,or kill eachother,hopefully not.peace .

just look at Jordle Peeperson thinking Stephen is being amicable.

Stephen Fry has had to contend with serious mental illness...good luck to him ,cheers fella...😊..E

@the Exlectic beard 37:25 I agree with you, its so fucking easy to talk about liberal, conerconservative or moderate. But for me these words meen nothing. Democracy "builds" on result,trial and error. It will never be a certain thing and the outcome will never be as good as expected. All the people decides after a term, whether it was "good or bad" Problem now, is that not all people are interested in trying to even understand differences of opinions.

hard top believe that guy therer is gen melchiot from blackadder, talk about polar opposite

If you're going to argue (no better word, "put forward a disagreement") then you should do some research of what you are championing and campaigning for... Because one day a guy who has done all that research will confront you and make you look silly.

That's 'Stasi' not 'Nazi'.

Political correctness seems to me to be full of " shoulds " One should hold the " right " opinions to be considered a proper human being. But it's not just a left wing thing .

The problem with both Biden and Trump in this particular election is they are both too old. Imho

I wish somehow we could get the best man, or woman for the job, not just the one with the most funding/pull/power, and not some dinosaur who is barely alive

It did happen,you lot are well behind,i cant disclose much but you all need to be nicer to eachother,live in peace,yep! Just took meds,thanks lol

No he didn’t

Just popped in to say... (Hi there) And... The word 'chasm' is pronounced with the 'h' being _silent_ so, sounds like "casm" as in sarcasm, y'know? _NOT_ 'ch' as in _church_ but 'ca as in bat, cat, rat, tat, mat, fat, sat, hat, sha (...well, thats enough to be going on with?!!) 'casm' though _spelt_ 'chasm' like orgas... Ooops?! 😊

But the American people didn't vote for Trump, Hilary got 3 million more votes.

Aren't you the guy that took down your reaction video about the British crusade against slavery, by Sargon of Akkad because someone in the comments said the video was created by a racist ?? Shame.

Stephen Fry has an IQ which most of us can only dream of having .

your in the same boat as me in scotland. why we want independence . both party leaders in westmonster still going to shaft us for our oil and water, our vote doesnt count in a uk general election.

This is very "bad" video cause it does not show anybody else speaking. Especially the so called " opponents"😮😢. You really need to watch the whole "debate"! And why Mr. Fry is repeating that this was not about PC. Jesus. What a disaster but judge for your self!

I was born when children with down syndrome, were called Mongolian, I still use that term... Am I wrong???