pls lord i am begging for a chad chad and film cooper collabration where they just watch the button together and praise or insult people with the amount of amazing humour sense they have plEASE

It’s funny how American Psycho is supposed to be a parody of the people who act like Patrick Bateman. And yet teenage boys genuinely believe it’s agreeing with their viewpoints 💀

For someone who's supposedly nb-friendly, he sure sees a lot of things in binaries

*this person is literally the embodiment of what right-wingers think leftists are like*

He looks like those people that see ONE feminist documentary and they think they're the biggest feminist in the world, and know everything about it, while still being completely blind to their contribution to the problem.

As a Jewish person whose father is an Israeli immigrant, I think I can talk a little bit about the Free Palestine thing. Free Palestine is a good movement that can be used by bad people to justify bad opinions. Every good movement is like that. If I hear someone saying free Palestine, my first assumption is that they have a good opinion. They support a good movement, and we agree on the reasons why. Of course, some people will support the movement for the wrong reasons. If someone is regularly extremely anti-semitic and then they say free Palestine, I know that they probably support it because they hate Jews and not because they genuinely care about the Palestinian people. A broken clock is right twice a day, and their bigotry has accidentally led them to support a valid movement. That is obviously not most people who say free Palestine.

as a polyamorous person, NOBODY in the community calls it “ethical non monogamy” 😭

I’m trans. He was talking about anti trans legislation and the definition of genocide. He brought up the “technical” definitions and questioned whether a group that isn’t an ethnic group technically falls under that definition. I busted into his comments to point out that arguments like this aren’t interesting philosophical musings, even if he says he supports trans rights, especially coming right after C-PAC and the whole “trans people aren’t an ontological category” bs. I pointed out that arguing over whether or not we count as a people group who can be murdered in mass lends credibility to the rights attempts to dehumanize us and that maybe the middle of the active fire isn’t the time to debate whether it’s arson. He blocked me.

WAKE UP COOPER IS BACK FROM THE DEAD

OMG I had an interaction with this man!! It was a couple years ago and he was talking about Maori and Pacifica Poi dancing and how it was a cultural practice and all this stuff, which is awesome cause I loved seeing the representation of my culture (I am of Maori descent and have grown up with the Maori culture) and it's history, so I figured I would add a bit of information that he'd missed out, the fact that the poi were sometimes used in war time by filling them with rocks and bashing the heads of others in and he just said "Nope you're wrong, that isn't what happened" which led to an argument and him saying "Well we were taught christopher columbus discovered america which was wrong, so just cause you're taught it doesn't mean it's true ya idiot" and then he blocked me

This dude is like "I can excuse zionism and nacism but I DRAW THE LINE AT PATRICK BATEMAN"

As a bi/pan person who has polyamorous desires, thank you for not shitting on us even if you don’t understand. I know that’s the bare minimum but it feels so hard to get the bare minimum these days

He definitely just seems like someone who's really just ... Extremely online, on twitter and tiktok too much, that kinda stuff. Friendly reminder to make sure your going outside and socializing with people irl too though since that's a difficult trap to get stuck into and it's really sad to see people become so unkind because of social media. Life gets better when you leave the house.

maybe we should stop being so harsh to ed sheeran when THIS GINGER exists

"I don't know how you think this is an insult in any form" gives real "A bitch is a dog, dogs bark, bark is part of a tree, trees are in nature and nature is beautiful, so you just called me beautiful" vibes

I'm non-binary and polyam and him mansplaining NB people while also going "yeah they do like these" hurt me physically, mentally and spiritually.

“ I’m not a primary resource, I’m the MILF Manor guy.” 😂

I'm horrified that I briefly dated a guy JUST like him. He genuinely believed that if you weren't super left, you were a bad person and "deserved to be punched in the face in public to humiliate them into being better." He also manipulated me into poly relationship and every time I talked about how things weren't working and we should break up, he would tell me I was selfish, controling and a biggot. He was so incredibly fucked in the head and I'm so happy that I only wasted 6 months on him.

Lol as a polyamorous person (who has hung out with my partner’s partner and their partner’s partner’s partner) that response was so cringey and is an embarrassing way to talk about polyamory, especially in a response to a joke. It almost makes me embarrassed to be polyam myself. It reminds me of the polyam people I hate, the ones who think they’re better or more enlightened because they’re polyamorous. Like Cooper said, it’s not for everyone and you’re not better or worse because you are or aren’t polyamorous. I promise, most of us are not like that.

Anybody else want Funkyfrogbait, Chad chad, and Cooper in a video?

honestly the part that drives me up a wall is that on a level he can still be correct in terms of the dog whistles but he loses it when he says "everyone who does this is a n-a-z-i" because as he has mentioned yes the whole point of a dog whistle is to add a layer of plausible deniablity, but it also ignores that those "whistles" started somewhere that wasnt from a point of malicious intent, and most people who arent constantly online would probably miss the memo that 4chan coopted pepe the frog and that pepe has still be used by people who arent bigots since then anyway its like saying if u make a shitpost about the old mcdonald's moon mascot ur a bigot cause 4chan coopted him for racist stuff for a stint before getting bored, or the circle game getting coopted but not shitty people still playing it yes the point of the dog-whistle is for plausible deniability, but its more helpful to say "unless the person has a history of being a bigot, if they post a pepe its safe to say theyre probably not a bigot because they posted the funny frog" instead of "everyone who uses the wojack memes are ALL FASCISTS"

You know this guy and his partners are menaces at the local ren faire. Just full LARP all day

Proud to say I got blocked by this dude a few years back before he really blew up. He has always been this condescending and never liked getting called out or being proven wrong.

I’m poly (admittedly closed relationship group polyamorous) but I want to throw something at the people that think they’re socially superior because they’re poly. Where are they coming from all of a sudden?

I’m so sorry- 💀 when Cooper stood up and I saw his whole outfit I immediately went “Perry the Platypus?!”

As a pansexual woman I highly appreciate the compliment. It's very rare to get compliments from your favourite youtuber about your sexuality ❤

Cooper talking about how even though he doesn’t have a desire for polyamory, he respects it and then when he said about his subscribers and followers and how there’s very likely some who are polyamorous, when he said “I love you” and “You’re doing great” it almost made me cry. I’ve only ever been in one relationship before and knowing what I want is difficult for me as I would lie to myself about wanting what other people want so I would be normal, that caused me to struggle knowing when something I want is actually something I want. I don’t know if I would ever be in a polyamorous relationship, but knowing Cooper would respect it either way makes me happy.

History Wizard is the type of guy to unironically use r/atheism.

For my confused people in the comments: You can be nonbinary and still use gendered pronouns, it's extremely common, stop it.

The Patrick Bateman-pansexual woman pipeline is very real. Coming from someone who is a pansexual woman, I can confirm. My last relationship was polyamorous and it did not go well at all. I fully support people who have those kinds of relationships. It’s just not for me. Anyway, every time Cooper releases a video, he mentions something that feels like a subliminal hint of him being in love with me. In this essay, I will-

This guy reminds me of when I posted fanart for this webcomic, which takes place in the Victorian era and my fanart featured two characters who canonically dislike each other very much. For context, one of them is black and the other one is white, with the second one being generally a "little shit", "cackles maniacally" kind of character who in the drawing was annoying the other one so he got called a "little rat" by him. I thought it was perfectly innocent and funny but then I got a comment by someone (albeit genuinely concerned and polite) that "rat" is a slur against Asian people and I shouldn't be using it. This was in the middle of 2020 and I understood their concerns but... In no way could my silly drawing of an annoying white guy being called a rat be mistaken for racism towards people from Asia??

There's a very old bit of wisdom that absolutely applies here. To paraphrase: "You don't have to agree with someone to love them, and you can completely agree with someone and still hate them because they're a genuine asshole".

Him and Felix should fight in an Arby’s parking lot

That whole “nonbinary partner” bit feels like a bait post taken dead seriously. I can’t stand people who use serious topics and education as an excuse to act like they’re above everyone else. The way he talks to his followers, the condescension, the immaturity… eugh.

this guy kind of looks like a whimsical dwarf who eats poisonous mushrooms version of cooper

As an Ecuadorian pansexual, I feel seen 👁️👄👁️ (Getting oddly specific is absolutely the best for the audience, I love it)

As a Jewish person, it makes me feel really safe in this community to see people willing to talk openly about Palstine/Israel without being attacked

You know it’s a good day when Cooper uploads! Also I just wanna say, Cooper, you are the type of KZfaqr I can sit down and watch while I eat dinner or something. I think that’s a major accomplishment on your part.😂

Cooper fact-checking dog whistles with an actual dog is an eccentric solution, but definetely an interesting one. Just found out about your channel today, and you surely do not dissapoint.

maybe the real dog whistle was the friends we made along the way

I remember when Cooper had 175k subs which actually wasn't too long ago and here at 338k, he's really grown his channel. Proud of you coop!

im poly and so i feel like i am allowed to speak on this more freely but like. there's a difference between being a cuck, and being poly. calling someone a cuck is basically like saying "your partner is cheating on you", and cheating can very well still exist in polyamorous relationships.

this channel is perfect bc bro is not only funny but genuinely smart and good at getting observations and critiques across.

Also something that the history wizard seems fully unaware of (which, embarrassing when you boast about knowing history): memes have veeeeery different meanings in different cultures. I'm french and french internet and meme culture is widely different from the english one, because of how few of us speak english. pepe the frog is a completely different kind of meme, more of a meme used for bragging or like... 'captain obvious' shit? i've noticed this a lot as i moved into english internet culture, but images transfer without their meaning quite often. to decide that everyone who's ever reblogged a pepe meme is using it as a dog whistle when they might not even know any of the english internet culture around it is INSANE and exactly the kind of narrow-minded, dumb and shallow perception of history this kind of guy would have.

"don't listen to me, i'm the milf manor guy" is the funniest out of context quote, especially considering you're making good points. it feels to me like he learned that people with privilege should use their platforms to make people more aware of societal problems, but took to it with too much self-righteous white knight energy. while i appreciate anyone trying to use their platform to bring awareness, please don't try to act as an authority on something you have never experienced, my guy (aimed at the tiktok man, not cooper). it's not that hard to be considerate of the fact that people do not want or need some random ass man to be their savior also the tone he's using to describe the orientations of his partner....... i don't want to hear this man talk about nonbinary identities with the same vocal tone he uses when talking about dogwhistles

His reaction to the Cuck comment is giving pure “weed smoking girlfriends” energy

Ugh I used to have a friend that was always on this high horse like this guy. He’s made me cry on several occasions, and I’m so happy I stopped speaking to him.

That TikToker looks like Nigel Thornberry, lol

I used to follow him on TikTok. One time he made a video about the Dakota 38 (38 Dakota prisoners of war that were executed by the US government). There’s also 2 more prisoners from the same war that were executed at a later date. Altogether, they are commonly referred to as the Dakota 38+2. Anyway, he made a video about the Dakota 38, and I commented something like “isn’t it 38+2?” And he was like “it’s different dates so history counts them separately.” And it’s like… I know? That’s why they’re the Dakota 38+2 and not the Dakota 40. That “+2” is an important part of the story though. The thing with the History Wizard is this: According to him, he can never be even a little bit wrong, and everything he says will always be correct forever. Edit: “Does your wife’s boyfriend enjoy these videos?” First of all, awesome comment. Second of all, if he were to reply to that comment with a simple “Yes” that would’ve been such a power move.

I remember when I met him while performing at the same Renaissance faire years ago. Seeing a commentary video on him is wild. Edit: I just got to the Palestine/Isreal content and jfc. Not supporting the genocide of the palestinian people ≠ anti-semitism. And John has a masters in genocide studies. He should know better.

Funny how only he can hear these dog whistles.

Only just discovered your content. Refreshing to see and hear someone with this clarity. Well played, mate.

theres a documentary called 'feels good man' that's about the alt-right's use of pepe as a hate symbol and how it impacted pepe's creator who created pepe out of love. i've seen people purposefully try to reclaim pepe as a wholesome character. it's a really interesting watch i'd highly reccommend.

This guy has definitely helped me learn to recognize dog whistles and research things i find suspicious, but the things he says are so wildly black and white in terms of morality. The thing about dogwhistles is being intentionally discreet, so no, not everyone who uses them is automatically a nazi. it's very often typos, people thinking they're harmless slang, etc. critical thinking is so so important.

Ur quickly becoming my new fav creator Congratulations on the success that is coming to you cooper 🎉

I like that you mention people/creators can be flawed and you won’t agree with everything but you can still get along.

as a palestinian, whose own grandmother fled gaza, free palestine is almost never used as an anti semetic dog whistle. all of my (large) palestinian family, as well as myself have ZERO problem with jewish people or isreali people. Zionists are a different issue. in my opinion, it is a little like christian people using that as a reason to hate lgbt people. you cannot hate all christian people for that group of people, but you sure can hate the homophobic ones. :)

Took me a while to understand that we WEREN"T talking about actual dog whistles...

You’re so well spoken man, I love your videos so much ❤

Hey man, I think your art collection is pretty awesome. Your content is also enjoyable even tackling tough topics.

Hey Cooper, I’m an Israeli, raging leftist, and big fan (bit of a simp as well). The history wizard situation has put me and others alike in an extremely uncomfortable position. Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel, but that doesn’t mean Palestinians aren’t. Free Palestine is used to propel antisemitism sometimes, though that is far from the intention. It’s just a tricky line to tow because both of us deserve the land and both of us are so scared of losing that piece of history. The truth always lies in the middle

From what I recall about the Pepe the Frog situation: It was co-opted by the n-a-z-i-s against the will of the original artist, who I think went on to sue some people over it as well, or at the very least put out a cease and desist. So the original artist took it back, and other people with that knowledge went on to reclaim it to be just a meme. It has a history of being co-opted by the goose-steppers, but that wasn't the intention of the artist, and there's a lot of other ways it's been applied to other memes, so just the singular use of a single Pepe does not a n-a-z-i make. It *is* way more complicated now because so many people have taken it back and used it for actual memes, and not, you know, bigotry. It's not the same as the Obvious Hate Symbol, because while that has been used for other purposes before the Mustache Man, there's really no one else who uses it now as it is, not even the religion it came from. If I recall correctly, Buddhists have changed the symbol or refuse to use it because of the association. It's similar to nordic runes in that sense, as those have been stolen by the n-a-z-i-s to somehow symbolize their "heritage" or something (which is gross, because they like to just mush all the "acceptable whites" into a big, historically inaccurate slurry), but you always gotta look at the context for how they're used. Sure, some of them are Absolute No-Gos, but a lot of them aren't, and just assuming n-a-z-i until proven innocent isn't fair to the people who are just practicing their religion whose symbols were stolen from them.

Can I get a Chad Chad, kurtis conner, funky frogbait, and filmcooper podcast please man please

I like how Cooper is trying to say I’m not judging your relationship I am judging you lmao

I think every boy that agrees with the behavior of Patrick Bateman hasn't read the book like it's genuinely disturbing. Also, the book was written by a gay man making a parody of this behavior, the movie was directed by a woman and Christian Bale is the opposite of the character. Like they missed the whole point by 20 miles...

omg I'm so happy my one friend has recently discovered you, I've been a weirdo for months upon months and I love when more people find you and join the weirdos!!!

wait till the sigma males find out that American Psycho was written by a gay man

NO NOT FELIX😭😭 THAT WAS A WHOLE JUMPSCARE. Almost spit out my ravioli.

As an Israeli person here, I can confirm we all hate our government as well

I honestly don’t know how to properly phrase this but there are some videos where it’ll just be a Jewish person and all the comments are about Palestine, regardless of if they’re Israeli or not. I think sometimes it is just used to stir things in Jewish spaces but that could just be my opinion

This guy is terminally online, and decided that it makes him an expert, while he's giving the most surface level takes cut down to tik tok length

bro is a intellectual, educated and amazing person😭🙏

Anyone else just in love with Coopers hair or just me?

As an ambiamorous person (someone who is comfortable with both mono and poly relationships) I do kinda get why he reacted the way he did to the 'cuck' comment. It's an attack (unintentional or not) on your relationship, which you already get discriminated for, so you naturally want to defend your relationship and educate them on why it isn't a bad thing. However, his tone and the way he describes it completely ruins any point he might have. He says it like it's a gotcha moment, completely disregarding the fact that the comment wasn't meant as an attack on poly relationships. He also speaks as if being polyamorous makes him morally superior somehow. The lack of awareness is very hard to watch and only gave more power to the original comment.

11:55 Speaking of dog whistles that's a gnome... We ain't even gonna go there about that mess.

Ofcourse that guy looks like fricking Alex yiik 💀

This dude gives off the same vibe as my AP history teacher. She spends like an hour of our 90 minute class time ranting about social justice issues. Like ik that social studies and history are very intertwined and I think it’s great that older generations are also promoting social justice, but like woman I’m just tryna pass my final can we PLEASE stay on topic 😭

The internet is a great place but it’s important to take breaks from it. I think if everyone took even a day off the internet and decided to actually have conversations, we may start to understand each other a little bit better but 🤷🏼‍♀️ that’s just my opinion.

I know its off topic but I've been watching a lot of videos from you and I just wanted to compliment you on your overall style. Just everything is perfect, your Hair, your clothing style, your jewelry and your background. you have really awesome taste. would love to see more of your house or maybe some cool outfits. And where do you get your necklaces? I really want some of them :)

Cooper wishing love to his poly fans warms my lil heart, Like Cooper’s positivity is so sweet and always makes me smile but it’s rare to hear poly positivity specifically. Love Cooper’s stuff

I used to follow this guy on Instagram before the whole controversy happened. I always thought he was kind of aggressive but I didn't really pay too much attention to his behavior because he was educational most of the time. When I heard about his views on free Palestine and Israel I was really upset. I am Egyptian (Israel has tried taking Sinai from us multiple times and my family member have fought wars against them) and I have many close family friends who are from Palestine and though I have always understood why Jewish people would want to have their own land I always thought the Israeli government was horrible and cruel. When I learned about the ethnic cleansing my view of the Israeli government only got worse. To see a random guy on the internet who is unaffected by the whole situation act like he is so knowledgeable and so correct is infuriating. The Israeli government will not hesitate in killing children and putting illegal restrictions (according to the UN the Gaza Strip is NOT under the jurisdiction of Israel and genocide is pretty bad generally) on Palestinians all in the name of "restoring their stolen land" They've gotten they're land, why are they still doing this to Palestinians? they are just being cruel. This area is both indigenous to Israelis and Palestinians so why can't people just live together? it's not that easy of course but honestly, it's ridiculous how we're fighting like this. Clearly, this chronically online dude doesn't understand the complexity of this situation. also, You'd have to be really stupid to say free Palestine is an anti-Semitic dog whistle. of course, it could be used like that by people who just hate Jews but that is the same for every mantra so he is just being ridiculous. You can't just call everything a dog whistle. he should educate himself before speaking on such serious issues.

people who are terminally online constantly have these purity tests, so I get why people can't stand him

The bit about mtg killed me. Amazing.

I love you vids dude. Never stop doing this!!!

Hey fellow weirdo here! I wanted to say Cooper you look magnificent with the babygurl hair and amazing fit as always. I can definitely say you make all us weirdos smile whenever you post

This guy is the personification of “well actually…☝️🤓”

I'm convinced you're a vampire, and you have so many mirrors in the background to throw us off your trail.

Cooper: *keeps talking about beautiful pansexual women* Me: Are you trying to flirt with me?

I'm so confused whats a dog whistle I thought it was the actual object we were talking about in the beginning but now I'm confused

This guy are doing real damage to redheads PR

As a Palestinian, I appreciate what you said about Palestine belonging to Palestinians because it’s not a conflict of religion, it’s a conflict of ethnicity. Most Israeli zionists are European repeating the European history of colonization with the excuse of it being their homeland when what they’re doing to Palestinians is exactly what was done to them by the n a z i s, who were literally also ethnically cleansing them. Does that give them the right to inflict this same torture on someone else? No. And to prove that it is not a matter of religion, just look at how rabbis stand with Palestinians. This whole antisemitism twist is absolute propaganda, Jews are not the problem, extremist Zionists who (TRIGGER WARNING) set babies on fire and dance around them are the problem. And honestly it’s getting so tiring trying to explain this to people who are so easily influenced by the media and don’t do the slightest bit of research to try to understand then act like they’re saving humanity by supporting genocide. And if you’ve made it this far into the comment, I truly appreciate it.

I am honestly falling for cooper omd

"What about the lesbians in Bolivia?" is a question we should ask ourselves more often. Yes. What about the lesbians in Bolivia?

Remember HW said that the orthodox Cross in someone’s bio was a dog whistle

i feel like you didnt bully his looks as much as you could have

A small part of the video but the thing about dog whistles is crazy to me. Pepe Sad Frog was probably one of the biggest memes when I was in highschool, especially ages 14-16. Me and my best friend would share and had so many pics of the weirdest variations of it on our phones. It’s crazy how 2 minority teens could be seen as Nazis by some random person. The same goes for music as well. I listen to a lot of black metal and I’m heavily involved in the local scene in my city. Apparently to some people listening to that specific genre of metal even if it isn’t NSBM is a dog whistle, even listening to Rammstein (a band that has a couple members of Jewish descent) is considered a dog whistle, cause they’re German. Nearly anything can be bastardized by the Alt Right and Nazis, it’s studied and there’s whole documentaries on it at this point. I really think that alot of people who started out with open minded good intentions use these dog whistles to make themselves feel superior to others. Which sucks because in social movements it can cause people that care to keep to themselves.

A red flag isn't necessarily saying something's bad, it's something that gives you alarm bells and makes you side eye a person

Commenting this at 14 minutes in so feel free to correct me if I'm proven wrong later in the video but overall I think while this is entertaining and interesting, this video opens up opportunities for people to dismiss dogwhistles in a time when they are extremely prevalent. 11:49 does feature actual Jewish caricatures, the gnome hat and the wojack with the mushroom hat particularly (gnome is a pretty popular term on rw tiktok used to refer to jewish people) I don't think it's intentional but posting this and overlooking that while disparaging this guy for seeing dogwhistles in everything does seem slightly tone deaf. As for pepe the frog, you're right, it definitely does depend on the circles you run in and Pepe has become so largely popular that the iconography no longer serves as an effective dogwhistle. On the topic of the Arab Israeli conflict, you state in your video that you aren't in the position to give nuanced commentary on the topic so I wonder why you posted this video in the first place (especially without access to his full original tiktoks). Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems as if you made several assumptions about his stance from the beginning of his videos without having access to the full versions. Particularly, assuming that he supports the Israeli government (who perpetuate a modern right wing offshoot of zionism and have bastardised it's original form) when, as you said, he is extremely left wing. There is a lot of nuance to this topic especially as it stands in the west and equating any form of zionism (most broadly the idea that the Jewish diaspora should create a homeland in israel) to the rw religious/political/reform zionism of the Israeli state negates the effort of labour/socialist zionists who are vocally pro Palestinian independence and land rights. While this video is far from ill intentioned it, it does open up a lot of room for people to use antisemitism to belittle this guy (who, while not being Jewish himself has become a rw lolcow for trying to shed light on antisemitism). This isn't to say that this guy is at all in the right with anything he is saying, however, your criticism of him could be much more nuanced to avoid potentially causing harm.

Bro’s got the platypus fit on

I think the main 'trap' is well explained here - it's not because something is/was used as a dog whistle, it's not because it CAN be that it IS. An example in a totally other context: if I say "every person that drink this beer is gay", I would be wrong. What if they didn't see the ad (didn't learn about how it's used as a dog whistle) ? What if they just like the beer anyways (use for example a meme because it's funny but not as a dog whistle)? What if someone gave them a beer and they just accepted it (received a meme and liked it, or see a picture of x and find it cool)? Caution here: I precised the context is different because they don't mean the same consequences obviously, but it's the same case of this thing = x without exception in some people minds. You can say you think this refer to this thing. You can say " hey, I think this thing refer to x most of the time." But you can't say 'this thing refer to x absolutely all the time no exception never "