Anyone else watching this like “oh yikes we are watching the ‘protect the children’ euphemism splatter before our eyes,” or is that just me?

The euphemism "think of the children" died so quick, they already turned around and gave the children full approval to work in a meat packing plant.

"You can still get an abortion! Now, it's just up to the states!" OOF.

The civil war was about states rights. The states right to own slaves.

the euphemism died when you hear the words "finally this candidate just tells like it is"

Four years later and I am in physical pain over the near prophetic nature of this video

Just a few days ago in France, a far right parliament member interrupted a black PM’s speech by telling him to "go back to Africa". The guy was kicked out of parliament (well, temporarily) and even the "moderate" right was outraged, but his entire party defended him… and I can’t help but be worried. This might be the signal that these guys no longer feel the need to hide their racism behind a polished image or a discourse about "spending power", and that we’re very close to our own Trump era.

So, as someone that grew up defending conservativism wholeheartedly and even being voted most likely to become a politician in high school, Donald Trump has really opened my eyes to how freaking stupid I have been.

This problem has to be fixed from the ground up. I teach middle schoolers, and I decided to talk about Letter from a Birmingham Jail as an example of persuasive writing, but they had no context. They didn’t know about church bombings in Birmingham, they didn’t understand what segregation meant, they didn’t understand that only 60 years ago, the diverse classroom they were sitting in was not only impossible, but illegal. They need to be introduced to the realities of racism and its effects, not protected from them

The fact that Trump doesn't understand euphemisms is something I hadn't considered.

You had the opportunity to say "milked-down euphemisms" instead of "watered-down euphemisms" and I need to know of that haunts you.

two years later... everything is worse no one is happy

I love that you insisted on creating a hypothetical character named Barry “Silvermilk” and then just went straight ahead with the rest of Barry Goldwater’s history completely unchanged. 😂

Today, I read that a GOP official wrote to Zooey Zephyr - the Montana State House of Representative - that "Your existence 'should be punishable by death' and 'we can not co-exist.'" My first thought was this video I watched years ago. I read the death of an euphemism, and I feel sad.

"The far right and the liberal journalist share a purpose. The journalists' goal is to expose the truth behind the euphemism in the hopes that people will abandon bigotry once it's been made explicit. The far right does the same, hoping they won't." And as we've seen more and more, the far right has proven to be correct: the "moderates" double down on the racism and then complain that they're being called racist while believing that they're not. Great video.

Gary Silvermilk is the name of my next D&D character

Y’know what’s weird? Barry Goldwater was endorsed by the third Ku Klux Klan during his campaign, despite the fact that he was ethnically Jewish. He disavowed them after he found out they endorsed him. He also turned more progressive with age too. RIP

While you’re bringing up Goldwa... uh... Silvermilk, here’s one of his lesser-known quotes, I believe, in the 80’s: “Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”

"The bigots are the base now." How right you were! (I've been saying that since the Reagan days, but apparently that makes me some kind of far-left crackpot...)

"Everything will be worse, and no one will be happy." You were too right, man. Too right.

shocking for me to come across this video now and see that my past alt-right self disliked this video for me.

really good video

2018 this guy: "Maybe once he passes some legislation the moderates will have buyer's remorse and the extreme right will be disappointed that he's more talk and less action." 2020 me: *loud sustained laughter*

Trump just lost the election and so far he's denying his loss, I think this video hits harder now than ever

To the people arguing states rights, I'd respond with "A STATE'S RIGHT TO WHAT AGAIN"

Really great video. I think it becomes obvious once you think about it. How many times did we hear Trump supporters say they like him cause "he tells it like it is"?

Next time someone talks about banning drag shows, I'll ask them what they think of states rights

hey guys i’m here a couple days after the “eradicate transgenderism” comment at 2023 CPAC. feels pretty shit

just change "mexicans" for "venezuelans" and this video fits Brazilian politics

Trump looked at the dog whistle, scoffed, and grabbed a megaphone

Dude where were you when I was drinking the red kool-aid for all my edgy teenager years

This is a better video to watch today then when you published. Because there was this voice, in the back of my head that added: "And getting all the racists in the country to commit mass suicide via virulent disease and horse de-wormer" every time you mentioned what Trump had done politically. It kinda brought a little hope to my day

As a Canadian I'm continuously confused by America. You act as if there is a "Liberal" element to your politics, however, your liberalism, is the liberalism of decades past. What Americans want today, is what other democracies have had for years. I fear your Cold War attitude has only exacerbated itself. Bernie Sanders is a good man, but his push is only significant in America. Universal healthcare is considered a staple of liberal democracies. It is so widely accepted, that our Conservatives (in Canada) refuse to touch the issue on a Federal level. To do so would be political suicide. Furthermore, aside from Canada, other nations have begun debating Universal Basic Income. Where does America enter in? Because for the rest of the world the American left remains a rather conservative mystery.

Does anyone else find it hilariously ironic that all these alt-right people keep calling people NPC's? Not only because they unwittingly defend the establishment, but because they are all saying the same base level insult that someone else told them to use? Two levels of irony.

I find it depressing that the family guy index for skin color/terrorism is still accurate Like serious wtf its 2019 why is it still accurate?

We just had this happen at CPAC 2 weeks ago, with the trans eradication comments. It was very scary

No one is tightening the US/Canada Border.....Well Canada is.

I always feel the urge to draw visibility to the rest of America, because this is precisely what is happening all around the continent. This video is the best description of today's Brazil I heve ever seen and heard. This is not a localised problem.

Transgender policy being in uproar and especially Michael Knowles comment at CPAC proves how applicable this video is today.

It gets skirted around in the video, but just to make it clear - if you want something left up to the states, it means you don't think everyone should have it. If it was something you thought would be universally beneficial, you would want everyone to have it.

"Everything will be worse and no one will be happy." Well, that was prophetic.

States' Rights has always been a dodge. It's the last resort of legal scoundrels, who grasp at it, because they have no other leg to stand on. The pre-Civil War South had no problem with the federal government passing legislation such as the Fugitive Slave Act to force even abolitionist states to support slavery, but as soon as the tide starts to turn against slavery, suddenly they're in favor of limited federal government power. And like you said, we went through this with the Civil Rights movement. As soon as the national government starts overturning segregation and Jim Crow BS, suddenly the states that support all those things are like, "B-but States' Rights!" It showed up again in recent years. Regarding Gay Marriage, the argument oft heard was that it should be decided at the state level, let the citizens of a particular state vote on whether to allow Gay Couples to marry. But as soon as the population of states like Massachusetts and Vermont vote in favor of Gay Marriage, those opposed try to override their decision (or their States' Rights), by pursuing the Defense of Marriage Act at the national level. States' Rights is a BS argument. There's no way around it. Just as there's no way around the fact that even if you, as a fellow Republican, consider Trump's bigotry to be wrong, in not speaking up as loudly and as often as possible or even quitting the party if it matters so much to you, in staying silent, you lend tacit support to his ideas. Though it must never be forgotten that Trump lost the Popular Vote. The vast majority of the public wanted Hillary as president and the only reason he managed to squeak by with the Electoral College, was because of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which forbade voter restrictions for all citizens and finally gave Blacks the rights due to them as citizens. Once that decision was overturned, then various states started trotting out voter restrictions, all of which seemed to target and disenfranchise Black voters, but I'm sure there's a totally not racist reason for it. It should be abundantly clear that the Electoral College is a profoundly undemocratic anachronism, a leftover of the Founding Fathers' Belief that the vote should only go to wealthy White men. We've jettisoned a lot of their ideas, but for some reason, the Electoral College endures. The Founding Fathers may have had a few good ideas, but they also saw women as property, believed that bleeding someone with leaches was a good idea, and they freakin' owned slaves.

This becomes even more relevant with California’s right to regulate emissions being struck down 😡

Ten seconds into video: "...the year 2016 of the Common Era..." Alt-right: "UmMm, I tHiNk U mEaN AnNo DoMiNi, StOp TrYiNg To ErAsE wHiTe CiViLiZaTiOn"

This video has aged incredibly well on the worst possible timeline

Barry...Silvermilk? I would've went with "Garry Boldwater" myself, but otherwise great video!

This is aging well

What's interesting, is this predicts why Ron Desantis lost. He kept trying to employ the euphemism, while enacting euphemistic language, when Trump voters wanted non-euphemisms.

Watching people in the comments trying to defend their alliance to Trump by using the euphemistic dog-whistles this video talks about is the funniest part of the whole video.

I miss the age where 4chan wasn't acceptable as a stand in for far right voters. I miss the age where nobody knew about 4chan in the first place. RIP rules 1 and 2.

This is my favorite of the series. As an early millennial, it's difficult to articulate how "just below the surface" bigotry was the same but also different and this captures it perfectly.

Damn this guy really knew what he was talking about. Might as well have just said "hey! Im from the future this is whats gonna happen!"

I love those all timey photos showing confederate flags right next to "communist jews behind race mix" and then you got 2018 nazis going "uh it's a symbol of heritage" lol I hope you all can fix your country, and make nazis get the kick

The "states rights" thing always confused me. Are you a country or a collection of countries?

make a christian registry and do "random" checks of christians at airports

I can't even say how many times this vid has made me weep. I am a combat vet and patriot and I cannot for the life of me get this thorugh my own peoples heads. And nothing makes me feel more impotent than that.

Part 2 of this video should be all about gaslighting.... Because even without the euphoniums, they’ll still tell you it’s about the euphemism the second they’re confronted.

Didn't George Carlin warn us about this stuff, too?

This video has aged WAY too well…

Someone recommended your videos in response to me asking for advice on how to get through to a loved one who has fallen down this pipeline. Thank you for making these videos.

Idk if this is like a Rorschach test but every single one of your animations appears to filled with dread or resignation and that is so relevant to current events. Also loved your Donald and his eyes haha. I've been binging your videos and they make so much sense. I'd just like you to know how thankful I am that your channel exists. I feel like I have gained a mountain of insight.

"Politicians only let a euphemism die, when they don't need it anymore." Oh fuck.

5 years later and I could be murdered by the government in Florida if a kid asks their mom why I'm wearing a skirt....

Update: it got worse

Man there are a lot of commentators that hate being presented with reality.

The part about moderates using euphemisms so they don't have to admit their own bigotry to themselves is what got me. Before, a part of them suffered from cognitive dissonance - the inability to hold 2 opposite beliefs at the same time. The campaign of the president worked because he refused to substitute his bigotry with "non-racist reasoning". Therefore, he signaled to moderates that it's okay to think that way. He allowed them to take of their dog collars and inner restraints. You'll always vote for the guy who gives you a psychological feeling of freedom and affirmation.

Holy shit, this video aged like fine wine. Republicans didn't put up, and now they're shutting up after a bunch of bigots took a shit all over our capitol and they've lost control of all three legislative branches of government and all of the damage you talked about regarding the Republican party finally came to bare. Let's just hope that history badness you talked about for minorities doesn't come to pass, and we skip over that straight back to logic and reasoning. You're incredible, dude. I'm going through this whole series. Well done.

I finished my Poli Sci degree in 2017. After watching Trump win, I didn't want to work in politics any longer. Since then, I have been a Gov' volunteer. I even turned my back at understanding the political sphere and current discourse. I just discovered your youtube channel and consequentially your research and I have never been more delighted. Thank you for all the work you do !

The problem is you don’t have liberals in America. You don’t have a left wing. Your choices are the republicans (right) or the democrats (Centre right).

It took me a solid year before I realized Silvermilk was a stand-in for Goldwater

"States rights means: Anti-abortion laws" Me watching in 2022: oh...

Watching this for the first time after the first 2020 presidential debate. God this is chilling.

Parental rights are a euphemism for "denying the individual rights of children". This isn't neccesarily bad, after all your toddlers bodily autonomy to drink bleach because it smells good is less important than your ability to violate their bodily autonomy to deny them a cup of bleach to keep them alive. But in politics, parental rights means shielding adolescents and teenagers from knowledge about science, history, sexuality, and their own bodies, so that you (the parent) can control their decisions and behaviors well into adulthood.

On the euphemism of "states rights", I think John Oliver put it best when he said "they wanted states rights as long as they were the 'right states rights'" (I can't remember the full quote but it's on his video about the confederacy, I'd recommend watching it). Up until the point where white southerners couldn't enshrine slavery (and later segregation) in federal law, they absolutely supported same government overreach they currently balk at.

What does it mean when the police stop pretending they’re acting in self defense, and just begin ignoring video footage?

Hi, it's June 2022, I'd like to send you a message, but I'm unsure how to articulate incoherent screaming.

I have to admit, as a non-american who mostly just lets the videos play in the background as listening material my thought process on SilverMilk was: Silver? probably another rare metal, likely gold. Milk? another common drink; Beer? No. Wine? no. Water would make sense. *Googles Goldwater* yay got it right.

god this is depressing. great video and spot on but damn the world is full of so many hateful angry greedy people.

Really disturbing how extreme a candidate can go and still win over the moderates

'the bigots are the base now' still rings painfully true.

It didn't help that, in a time when the American public still wants change, the Democrats nominated basically the most "establishment" candidate that they could. (And change is something that Trump promised in spades.) EDIT: When I say "establishment," I don't mean ideologically, I mean symbolically (which is arguably more important for most voters). She's been a prominent Democrat for decades, longer than many voters have been alive. It's basically impossible to know of her without being dead or under a rock for the past 20-30 years. Sanders, by contrast, was _far_ less prominent, with many people not hearing about him until he started promising Change as he prepared to run for a presidential nomination. It didn't help that many semi-disenfranchised voters on the Left (particularly Millennials) saw Clinton's nomination as confirmation of their belief that their votes didn't matter, while Trump's nomination was seen by their right-leaning counterparts as refutation of the same belief.

"Because, honestly, I don't know how euphemisms work" ace

wow you called the abortion ban in 2018. the rest of the video hits even harder.

Euphemisms for trans people just died, scary time to be alive

I disagree that Trump was such a big leap. As I see it, the Republican nominees, candidates, what you call them, were getting more and more extreme, less and less euphemistic, and Trump is just the next step in this line. It's not a sudden outburst of bitter racists, it's a party slowly adjusting its rhetoric to its voter base.

The fact that so many people like Trump because he "tells it like it is" scares me way more than it did before I watched this video

The far right is getting more and more brave, we have a actively growing fascist problem. We will be like french freedom fighters bombing axis trainlines if we don't quickly move fast and hard.

I love this series, and after all the recent events I’ve taken to rewatch them again. It reminds me that this is a fight and that peace won’t come peacefully. This video series is a very helpful tool in that fight and I hope it reaches more people. Thank you for your work. This is not normal.

This video has left me a bit more scared than usual

"People will keep doing what they've already been doing" that is what I noticed from a few online Trump supporters who seem to fundamentally disagree with some of his policies, but find a way to justify them to still support him!

I like how these videos never have background music, it makes it easy to understand what he's saying.

I remember seeing an ex Trump voter saying, "I used to love him because I was angry and he let me be the worst version of myself" It was ironically a Muslim man as his cellmate that pulled him out of it

You forgot to include the Theocrats. "Religious Freedom" is the Far-Rights Euphemism for Religious privileges.

Jesus the paralels to whats happeing now in that first bit are unprecidented

I've just stumbled upon your videos and man, how accurate these are, even to events 4 years later, it's super applicable, and gives like a new tool in my arsenal.

god why do i subject myself to these comment sections

4:50 I know it’s off-topic for this video, but you kinda gloss over WWII and the military-industrial complex, something that I don’t think we should be promoting and celebrating

“Everything will be worse and no one will be happy” prophetic

So, in school the one thing that stuck with me was the question, if you noticed these signs (of fascism) approaching, would you do something to stop it? But, I don't remember anyone really going over how to do that. And voting, and activism, et. al. But I'd still be really interested to watch some videos on the political climate that led to the 20 years of democratic party elections, or the New Deal, or whatever is most interesting to you. We the people need to have been taking action already and I'm afraid we are all way too asleep and caught off guard for any of that to be happening. Thank you for your work.

Innuendo Studius you are so right.