Does Israel have the right to defend itself?
Hello Patreon,
This video aims to provide what I believe to be the only reasonable answer to the question of whether "Israel has the right to defend itself." It may surprise some of you to hear that my answer is more complicated than simply saying "No." More complicated even than saying "No and fuck you for asking!"
I have invoked the previously set precedent to make this video available early for everyone, as the subject is too important to let sit, and I've spent too much time on it already.
I have attempted to maintain a flippant tone throughout this video, simply to make it watchable. I agonized over this choice, I had previously even included a content warning explaining why I felt it was appropriate to make jokes about such a serious situation. I was worried people might think I was being glib, that I was making the whole thing into a joke.
But then! Then I read Contrapoint's tonedeaf, unprompted statement on her thoughts about Gaza, where she said something along the lines of (forgive me I'm not gonna go look it up, or I'll waste an hour of my life finding more and more of it to get mad about) "You can't make edutainment content out of such a serious situation" and I thought to myself "Wait... Maybe you can't, but I can! I'm doing that right now." I immediately opened Premiere and deleted the section of the video apologizing for that fact.
You know when comedians say that comedy is this magical thing that lets people speak truth to power, and then they use that magical thing to complain that some minority group annoyed them, and we all roll our eyes at them? Well I actually do take the responsibility to use jokes to educate and uplift seriously, and frankly this subject is too serious NOT to joke about.
I understand why that might be off-putting to some folks who are more affected by these tragedies than I am, and I don't blame you if you don't wanna watch me do it, but it is my responsibility none the less. I'll catch you next time with some bullshit about Superman or M&Ms or something, no worries.
Yours,
Mildred "Slime" Slime.
Comments (10)
Can you make $2/mo or $3/mo, tier, please? Or does Patreon “freely” give you only limited options?
Incredible work, TS. You've refined all of these arguments to a sharp point and also managed to condense it into a 27 minute video that is somehow also funny.
Great video. I made the mistake of commenting on YT. No, I am not going to explain how it is an apartheid state.
You never miss, thank you for all you do. Here I was wanting a Superman video and you come out with one of the most thoughtful and important videos - and at just the moment in time for it.
Hey man. I want to take advantage of our parasocial relationship to tell you just how goddamn good you are. I know you've got just an ass load of hangups. Self-esteem issues and mood problems and all that. I know it's a truly ridiculous amount of work for you to script and create these videos. I just want you to hear it from someone who's totally full of themselves, with a cosmically unfair amount of smarts and confidence and mental health: You're amazing. Your analysis rivals some of the most popular philosophical left-wing YouTubers (you know the ones). Your delivery is dynamic and energetic. Your perspective and observations always manage to surprise and impress me. My wife and I think about you a weird amount because the things you say stick with us. A video on Israel is a big swing and I think you hit it out of the park. Do you have baseball in Canada? It's like dry hockey where everyone takes turns. Anyway, thanks for "wet puppets" it changed my life.
your tone is perfect, anyone who doesn't get it is a Holocaust denier who kicks puppies
A war. Bah. It's a genocide. If someone wants to semantic it out of genocide, thrn we could use "massacre", "slaughter", "blood-bath" or other similarly clear terms for a one-sidded over-kill campaign.
"Well I actually do take the responsibility to use jokes to educate and uplift seriously, and frankly this subject is too serious NOT to joke about. " My biggest back-burner project is a cheerful, perky, no-crying-allowed video about miscarriages, specifically because I never researched them before I had one because it seemed too depressing, so thank you for this. It's not easy to be funny when everyone wants you to be sad.
"if you don't mow your lawn, your lawn mows you" okay Mr. Shyamalan
Thank you for doing the stuff you do, the way you do it.