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In your older videos you tell people off for trying to redefine atheism away from the dictionary definition: a lack of belief. These days, you say feminism's definition has changed away from the dictionary definition of equality. Can you please elaborate on the difference between these situations?

In those videos, people were attempting to straw-man atheists as members of an ideology and believers of a godless universe and then debunked that straw-man. But atheism isn't an ideology, it's a position of faith, and atheism isn't a belief of no gods, it's a lack of belief.
Yes, some atheists are ideological about atheism and some atheists believe there is no god, but painting all atheists as the straw-man is a misrepresentation of what atheism is
I don't know if I've ever said specifically that the definition of feminism has changed, but feminism is an ideological position, whether you like it or not, and ideologies can grow beyond their definition. Feminism certainly has. Feminists do believe they're fulfilling the definition of feminism, but my argument is that their efforts to fulfill that definition are actually working against the definition. I believe their efforts to create equality are actually creating more inequality. That's what I mean when I say they're not their definition.

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My friend continues to call you and shoeonhead as using the fallacy of composition whenever you address that feminists call you sexist and misogynist. Thoughts?

My motivation is to show the world that there are people within the social justice sphere who believe these things... not to demonstrate that EVERYONE in the SJ sphere believes these things.
Whenever people argue publicly about these kinds of things, often SJWs will say "Who believes this? Who is saying this?"
Well... these people are saying this
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What is your opinion on the conspiracy theory that claims that the United States’ Apollo 11 landing on the Moon was fabricated?

I personally believe it happened
But there is enough wrong with the official story, the pictures and film footage to be skeptical
Plus, the US government had every reason to lie about it. I'm not accusing them of lying, but they might have wanted to lie to get under Russia's skin. The purpose of the space-race was for the US and Russia to intimidate each-other with nuclear missile technology
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMDkaUB58Mk thoughs?

My thought is... for some reason, Janitor really wants me to notice his work lately
Though I agree that there are skeptic atheists who use confirmation bias in their anti-sjw videos, janitor uses ZERO positive or negative examples... which makes this video entirely useless.
Who is lying? How can he tell the difference between someone lying and someone who is wrong? How does he know their motivation is views, money and popularity? He doesn't tell us.
He berates skeptics for not using enough nuance, but he uses SO MUCH nuance in his video that it becomes a wisp... a fart in the breeze. There is no substance to these claims!
I have learned absolutely nothing from watching this video
He also pretends that disagreeing with claims feminists/sjws make about minorities and marginalized groups is the same thing as disagreeing that these groups are marginalized. Now who isn't nuanced?

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Are Coldsteel swords any good quality-wise? I can't seem to get over the prejudice of American swords being shit. Additionally, which sword-type is your favourite? Mine would have to be the hand-and-a-half.

I hate to say it, but they're actually pretty good. They have the right amount of flex and durability and if the zombie apocalypse started and I didn't get to chose my sword, I would be happy if I ended up with a medieval sword by Coldsteel. If you don't know a lot about swords and just want something to cut bottles and practice mats with, you can't go wrong with one of their swords. Good prices and trustworthy builds.
Where they fail is in historical accuracy, balance, handling and ascetic look. It's clear the founder and designers don't have a passion for the craft of medieval swords and really just like having bad-ass sharp steel to cut pigs with.
Most medieval geeks (like me) enjoy a sword that looks hand-crafted, historically accurate (or if not a historical sword, a sword that has an artistic design) but Coldsteel swords look like a high-end factory made them on some sterile assembly-line. Their designs are cold, uninspired, boring, plain... They look perfect, which is almost the problem. They're TOO perfect in their look. Boring.
Plus they aren't all balanced very well
I own the Greatsword, but that's because the sword is a meme and it's instantly recognizable as the meme sword.
It's balanced like a sledgehammer and is way too short to be a real greatsword. If I were to go toe-to-toe with someone that has a real longsword I would get my ass handed to me.
But there are a few that aren't bad. The hand-and-a-half sword and the Italian Longsword are their best two swords.

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I can't seem to find any unbiased coverage on Trudeau, so I can't see his flaws. I'd honestly like to know if he's an SJW leader. What do you think?

He certainly drank the SJ kool-aid, but I don't know if you'd necessarily call him a SJ leader.
He constantly brings up equality but always refers to the SJ version of equality, he mentions feminism somewhat frequently (more-so during his campaign) and calls himself a feminist, but I haven't seen him push to create a law that favours SJW rhetoric
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Your ability to dissect arguments and present counterpoints is something I've rarely seen before and am not personally particularly adept at. Is this natural for you, did you practice it, or did you actively have to learn how to do it? Any advice?

A little of both... I have always been really good at breaking people down and the things they say, but it took years of practice before I got to where I am.
It helps when I can edit their video and break down every thing they say down piece by piece
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You said "Our brains require cooked meat." Where is your source for this? Where are all of the dead vegans?

It was cooked meat that changed the physiology of the Australopithecus. Right around the time they discovered fire was when their brains grew. It was the
We require a massive amount of calories to keep our brain healthy.
No, vegans don't die because they don't eat cooked meat, but you can eat enough to LIVE but your brain and other organs will suffer from the lack of calories.
There isn't a lot of science behind the effects of low caloric intake on the human brain with regards to Veganism... but it doesn't take a scientist to know that when you starve the brain of calories, you damage it and affect the brains ability to function properly.
There are countless articles about how cooked meat changed our ancestor's direction evolutionary.
They had access to fruits and roots, but it was meat that changed their physiology.
For example: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8543906.stm

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Would you ever do a video about the right? Given that most of the stuff you debate is either religious or strongly left leaning.

Yes, I would
The main reason I focus on Liberals is because I'm a liberal and I I want to fix the issues we have on the left.
I feel like attacking the right is somewhat redundant, because a lot of the criticisms I have for the left apply to the right also
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I recently got the same video editing software that you use and was wondering if you had any tips or tricks that would be useful to me when editing

Editing is somewhat instinctive
If you're planning to edit for YouTube just try to make your edits quick and fun
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