"It was a low degree of terror." This man could barely choke out those words a half century later... Low degree? I don't think so.

@rahuldhargalkar

4 жыл бұрын

😢 I can't even begin to imagine

@graykeenenight.4571

4 жыл бұрын

i thought he meant "low" as a signifier of how "low" the actions were morally. like, it was an immoral degree of terror.

@derpderpson8803

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if everytime you meet someone you have to wonder if your being set up...very lonely

@cyrene7784

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine that was what life was like for blacks in the southern states back then.

@WhompingWalrus

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyrene7784 "Hey roommate you aren't black, are you?"

Could you imagine having to question if every single person you engage with is a plant by some organization?

@jasonm7973

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@chibi013

4 жыл бұрын

People STILL have to question whether people in their lives are plants from the government. Try googling "UK police activists scandal" sometime. It's horrifying.

@knecht6974

4 жыл бұрын

I live in germany. The stasi had 200.000 "inofficial coworkers" as they called them (in a country with 16 million people). Anyone could be working for them. Your teachers, bosses and anyone higher up the ladder HAD to cooperate with them. If your family or your friends had any refigees to west germany, you were under investigation too. They hid microphones in your home and drilled camera holes in hotel rooms. If you were cought planing an escape or talking bad about the goverment, they would blackmail you into becoming a spy too otherwise years of prision including sensory deprivation torture. This was exactly 30 years ago.

@zain4019

4 жыл бұрын

Marius Banik Wow:(

@artcopleston5439

4 жыл бұрын

Danekarl, you hit the point precisely. I'm the guy in the video. We never knew when we would run into one of the Johns Committee goons, and we were afraid to talk to anyone about it because we never knew who might be an undercover cop working for Johns. My roommate was a perfect example:.

And this is only 1 person’s story.

@Snow-xt3rn

4 жыл бұрын

One out of many. 🙄

@therealog6831

4 жыл бұрын

ned i think that's the point they're trying to make, not this is only one story so it doesn't matter

@farida.

4 жыл бұрын

Omy

@RomanZolanski123

3 жыл бұрын

If others don’t understand, I think OP is trying to say there is so much pain in this story and it’s only one person, imagine how much more pain stems from homophobia.

@Ratatatdat

2 ай бұрын

So do you have information on others?

That poor man never trusted another person and I feel so bad for him. I tear up every time he does. You can still see how hard he thinks before he speaks.

@sanafizasana4351

3 жыл бұрын

Y people always try to hate others rather than to love

@rankedskywars

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@triplea6401

3 жыл бұрын

@Sana fiza sana That is a question all of us want answers to

@tongus5799

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@JurassicRaptor1993

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

"They weren't very bright people but they have tremendous power over others, over us." Sound familiar?

@maxiapalucci2511

4 жыл бұрын

oterenceo no?

@rahuldhargalkar

4 жыл бұрын

Of course. Rings so many bells here in India given the current political state

@grmpEqweer

4 жыл бұрын

@@rahuldhargalkar Sympathies extended.

@cam0987

4 жыл бұрын

Trump

@MrV1604

4 жыл бұрын

@djnennwowwk everything is political

This for all people who are like: "It was great back then"

@fonzi981

4 жыл бұрын

Joannot i think most the people saying that would be homophobic themselves

@randomdude9135

4 жыл бұрын

Ya mean Trump voters?

@connorp3030

4 жыл бұрын

Joannot do you like deliberately projecting demonising beliefs onto people? Why do you do it? You do know that they just mean it was nice when housing market and job opportunities and job progression was better don't you?

@connorp3030

4 жыл бұрын

Joannot do you like deliberately projecting demonising beliefs onto people? Why do you do it? You do know that they just mean it was nice when housing market and job opportunities and job progression was better don't you?

@emmasimon4005

4 жыл бұрын

@@connorp3030 Better for who?

"These interrogators, the investigators, they weren't very bright people, but they had tremendous power over others. Over us." Some things absolutely never change

@arthas640

4 жыл бұрын

alot of government positions in any government are promoted based on either party loyalty or personal loyalty to someone at the top, _not_ on any kind of merit. This is how you wind up with alot of political attack dogs, dim witted administrators, and blind supporters in the government. It's also how they help cultivate an entrenched bureaucracy and how you help to gain dominance of a single party in a given location. It gets kind of weird too: my local city government is hardline left wing and they often require college degrees (or internships with the government) for even menial jobs, and they almost only recruit from a select group of colleges, mainly the local liberal arts school. I had a friend who applied for a janitorial job at city hall and they denied him for not having a college degree saying it "wasn't required, but it would be preferred" and they said he should go to that same liberal arts school. Almost every job also requires you to join their employee union, which surprise, is run solely by the ruling party. They essentially only want to hire people that have the same ideology as them to guarantee party loyalty. The same goes for promotions: you almost only see hardline left wing people getting promoted or getting the best jobs. My area is roughly 60/40 left wing/right wing when it comes to civilians but over 90% of all government employees and politicians are left wing because this sort of favoritism has gone on for decades now and they're too entrenched to remove. As my example I'm using a left wing example, but you see the same thing happening on the right side of the political spectrum as well, in most countries.

@fabienherry6690

4 жыл бұрын

​@@arthas640 Man glad to see somebody using his brain and reading the situation more than "bad straight christian" "booh america" ect

@z1pline487

3 жыл бұрын

*trump sweating in a corner*

@yeetyeet2027

2 жыл бұрын

Such a tragedy, they just ruined his social life

@newhorizonsforfifty2833

Жыл бұрын

Kinda like what we're seeing today, isn't it?

Boomer: it was so much better when I was younger

@arthas640

4 жыл бұрын

well yeah, most "boomers" are straight white people, and they're either former hippies who became middle/upper class or they were people who were always middle/upper class

@nab.7250

4 жыл бұрын

Arthas Menethil how are boomers mostly white? Boomer is a generation not an ideology.

@jasmim9194

4 жыл бұрын

@@nab.7250 boomer is a state of mind, you can be a boomer even if your 20

@kaisersingh5827

4 жыл бұрын

Ry Phi ok zoomer

@jasmim9194

4 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Turnenkof oh i see the type of person u are

I want to give that man a hug after what he went through

@severusfloki5778

4 жыл бұрын

Careful there 👀

@roseluman2890

4 жыл бұрын

I just feel so bad

@rahuldhargalkar

4 жыл бұрын

I'd hug him.

@user-oc2ub1cy8v

4 жыл бұрын

Tristan_ melfi13 like what a tight hug?

@joanam3070

4 жыл бұрын

Poor guy, I hope he could have a bit of freedom in the last years. Discrimination has to end. It only causes suffering and it is against societies progressing.

Why isn't this taught in school?

@khanhnguyennam6007

4 жыл бұрын

Random Dude Because it will be boring

@beestevens2644

4 жыл бұрын

Homophobia my guy

@khanhnguyennam6007

4 жыл бұрын

Isabelle Whitley 🤦‍♀️

@greenspittgames7374

4 жыл бұрын

Because America doesn’t like acknowledging is filthy past

@beestevens2644

4 жыл бұрын

v Pooperz aight, If I’m wrong explain your ‘galaxy brain’ hot take

now I understand why lgbtq parades exist. To honor these victims and bring light to these issues.

@drvissierl1404

3 жыл бұрын

And because there is still so much homophobia.

@blitszina2570

3 жыл бұрын

You my friend, is someone who I respect a lot because you're willing to understand Thanks for that

@hanchenhoste5725

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see any indicators in prides of this topic, considering the limited video footage I have seen from Western countries.

@Grand_Works

3 жыл бұрын

@@hanchenhoste5725 If I understand your statement correctly, that may more be in part because of what is available to your country. Though, and depending on which country you come from, KZread will have a wealth of footage available. It's still a pretty recent development in media, but there is an almost limitless amount of media associated with LGBTQ pride and examples of it. A surprising amount considering how short a timespan it's been considered socially acceptable to broach the topic at all.

@sage5296

3 жыл бұрын

It's an issue alike to racial equality and women's rights, not all of them have the same backstory or the same magnitude, but generally speaking it's about a group standing up for themselves, and moving forwards from the injustices and inequalities of times past.

Imagine hating someone because of their sexuality that has absolutely nothing to do with you.. lol

@user-ge9tm5rr5f

3 жыл бұрын

Republicans :/

@blahajenjoyer208

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ge9tm5rr5f there are some republicans who are open minded. Well I've only found like 4, so.

@nynydabarbie

3 жыл бұрын

Erin K lol

@steverogers6825

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ge9tm5rr5f Pretty much, yeah.

@KristinA-xv4yk

3 жыл бұрын

What does the moral fabric of society have to do with you, bro? Just live and let live, bro. Nein.

I just want to offer a heartfelt thanks to the gentleman who was interviewed for this video. Sir, your courage and willingness to share about what was obviously a terrible time in your life (one that apparently affects you to this day) is invaluable to those of us who might otherwise have trouble connecting with that time and those events.

@proto-nm9hr

4 жыл бұрын

How stunning so brave im stunned by how brave it is

@jamesdaugherty2339

4 жыл бұрын

This man gives me hope, and makes me want to be proud of who I am in his honor!

@beef-jerky

4 жыл бұрын

He better be pushing that, after all it is his party that did this, and are still doing it in ways most people won't think of it as that

@HelgaCavoli

4 жыл бұрын

I felt so much like giving him a big long hug. I'm so sorry, sir, for what you went through.

@artcopleston5439

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you,@@jamesdaugherty2339. I'm the guy in the video.

ah the land of the free... so long as your white, straight and capitalist

@joshmorton7283

4 жыл бұрын

Yea its not like we have equal rights and liberties unlike 90% of the world. How in the world do you think LGBT people and non whites are not free please explain.

@pepps779

4 жыл бұрын

You do realize everyone in the US, above the age 18, can vote right? How is anyone's freedom being limited exactly?

@alyssashady

4 жыл бұрын

Look at you catching on :)

@lgbtqiarights

4 жыл бұрын

Ivri i dont trust your judgment after reading a reply you left on a separate comment

@hindsightpov4218

4 жыл бұрын

W.A.S.P. = Considered the ideal American White Anglo Saxon Protestant * They should have added an extra “S” at the end for “Straight” to be more accurate.

I’m going to forward this to everyone who wants a straight pride

@liltree8382

4 жыл бұрын

Dabdab The second Straight Pride WorldWide🙌

@kaisersingh5827

4 жыл бұрын

Erdoğan Keleş im pretty sure lgbts have the same rights as hetros

@potatosaredead2233

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaisersingh5827 some country's can legally have you flocked or killed and some workplaces can't keep their LGBTQ workers safe from harm becuase of law

@brendanmccabe8373

4 жыл бұрын

Kulraj Singh sorry but you are wrong about that chief

@user-rz4rw7tk9u

4 жыл бұрын

Kulraj Singh absolutely not

That poor man is still in pain all these years later. I hope y'all offered to set him up with a trauma counselor if he didn't have one already.

@madisongreen8913

4 жыл бұрын

It is almost too late, they need to debrief him, it is truly disgusting what happened to this poor man

And people say that we became too sensitive and the past was better. Human society disgusts me. Homophobes are lunatics.

@Trund27

4 жыл бұрын

Martín Mejía This.

@bobbaeba

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Not all religious people are homophobic and not all homophobes are religious, but all homophobes bad people 🤔🤔🤔

@edmundprice5276

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobbaeba but religion is the seed, prejudice and discrimination is the plant

@eltiochusma

4 жыл бұрын

@@Robert-dh1yj It would be great if these "views" stopped where other peoples' rights begin, but TIME AND TIME again religious people are unable to keep their views to themselves.

@Tenatic-X

4 жыл бұрын

It is true that you guys have different views of homosexuality. But it's when you guys start actively harassing or forcefully shove your own opinions of your disgust with homosexuality, is when issues start to arise.

The people who worked for the Johns Comittee deserve to be in jail

@gazzy2228

4 жыл бұрын

celestial rex Sarcasm ... right ??

@livindeadghoul

4 жыл бұрын

@@celestialrex551 unlike your parents

@delorbb2298

4 жыл бұрын

It's been over 60 years. They are probably dead.

@amireinav1

4 жыл бұрын

celestial rex sure, boomer

@californiaslastgasp6847

4 жыл бұрын

@wimmisky You're comparing the murder of millions of people for their religious beliefs to an employer investing their employees, then firing them?

I’m sorely undereducated about the history of my own community...this is shocking

@kaelanking2415

4 жыл бұрын

me too, it's truly a shame, LGBTQ history needs to be recorded

@eleven-hopper

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I knew it was bad back then but wow

@farateq

3 жыл бұрын

same, this is horrible, i’m glad i was born in the generation i was, but i feel bad for the guy who went through that

I’d like to thank this man for forcing himself to tell such a horrific time... he really is a brave soul. More people need to know about this.

Christ. This is what some people want back to, apparently. Or they don't care to know.

@randomdude9135

4 жыл бұрын

You should listen to Dr Richard Dawkins, Hitchens, Sam Harris, Gervais, Carlin and Neil Tyson

@gracezb1

4 жыл бұрын

they know, they don’t care

@crouton3455

4 жыл бұрын

They know

@yongkykusumo5389

4 жыл бұрын

We want back to these period

@thefloridamanofytcomments5264

4 жыл бұрын

This and special water fountains / bathrooms. The rich were actually taxed fairly in the 50’s but Cletus doesn’t know that, he only knows he had reserved seats on the bus.

and to think a current politician has the audacity to use the term “witch hunt” for issues no where near this scale...

@HelgaCavoli

4 жыл бұрын

That we know of.

@lilymac7858

4 жыл бұрын

avuhhh so true

@Jen-tt9yx

4 жыл бұрын

He's actually right, I'm not a Trump fan, but it has been a witch hunt. Can't think of any other president that has endured like this guy.

@genieglasslamp5028

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jen-tt9yx How about Obama? The same people who constantly defend trump never had anything good to say about Obama.

@Jen-tt9yx

4 жыл бұрын

@@genieglasslamp5028 , Obama has it easy because he was black therefore, didn't endure anything.

The sad part is that a lot of countries are still like this

@jerkyswiner2158

3 жыл бұрын

Africa is especially suffering from this.

@mrandorex7495

3 жыл бұрын

Gud

@dispersion4333

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrandorex7495 excuse me?

@anthrosapien3784

3 жыл бұрын

@@dispersion4333 lol

@graphicality3737

3 жыл бұрын

including america

It’s so weird how the US national anthem says “Land of the free” even though for hundreds of years, people of color, people who are LGBTQ, people who are women, people with mental or physical disabilities, people who practice different religions, and other minority groups have not been free to do everyday things. They have been targeted for being “different”. I don’t think that being free or equal in the US actually means free and equal.

@RandomInternetUser-yi5cc

3 жыл бұрын

@@berreyl1689 But that would imply that everyone gets equal treatment today.

@kooby122

3 жыл бұрын

@@berreyl1689 you think everyone gets equal treatment today?

@berreyl1689

3 жыл бұрын

@@kooby122 nvm were still stuck in the past

@AbuBased731

2 жыл бұрын

What are you going to do about destroying your country because it is based on slavery, racism and homophobia?

@wendy_lynn

8 ай бұрын

Everyone’s equal but some are more equal than others 😢

Mike Pence and his right-wing religious zealots long for these days to return.

@healinggrounds19

4 жыл бұрын

@Dragon1717 Russian bot revealed

@livindeadghoul

4 жыл бұрын

@Dragon1717 ok boomer

@bigolbugg

4 жыл бұрын

Dragon1717 ah yes radical Islam, which has never been influential in the states, would bring back 50s era conservatism. Makes sense. It’s not like American homophobia is founded on good old judeo-christian values or anything.

@amireinav1

4 жыл бұрын

Dragon1717 sure, boomer

@yeetman5526

4 жыл бұрын

Dragon1717 ok boomer

"They weren't very bright people." That sort of statement kinda gets me.

@dariusd2003

4 жыл бұрын

That reminds me sadly about of government and law enforcement people with way too much power.

@Theonlyway1445

4 жыл бұрын

They are disgusting

@bowen4878

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Allison No they’re pro Biology

@belliotrungy9107

4 жыл бұрын

@@bowen4878 biology supports diversity actually theology treats people like dogs in a kennel 🤫

@baylorsmith555

4 жыл бұрын

Bellio Trungy men and women are biologically meant for each other. Scientific fact. Theology can be wrong. Biology can’t.

So, they *needed* someone to target? Wow, how disgusting.

I pray that man eventually loses his PTSD from that committee ):

It's so important that Vox is making these videos. I had no idea. Although I've heard the term "Lavender Scare," I didn't get it. Horrifying and yet one more example of the abuse of another marginalized group.

Are you guys going to do a video on Mississippi's secret police, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission? It operated from 1956 to 1977.

@BJN1253

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great topic to cover. A lot of people don't know about the Sovereignty Commission. It's probably the closet thing the U.S has ever had to the KGB or the Stasi.

@henrimourant9855

4 жыл бұрын

@@BJN1253 I think Louisiana also had a similar agency during the 1960's.

@BJN1253

4 жыл бұрын

@@henrimourant9855 It wouldn't surprise me. They had some notorious bigots over there too. Like Leander Perez. Here in Mississippi we had the likes of Ross Barnett, Paul Johnson, and James Eastland.

@RonWolfHowl

4 жыл бұрын

@Vox Would love a response from you guys!

@ebonynicole660

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, now I want a video!

That has to be horrifying knowing that there is always an organization stalking you, spying on you, interrogating you, trying to incriminate you, just because of your sexuality. No person should ever have to go through this.

And to think that some people have the audacity to scream “Straight Pride” because they don’t feel “included” or whatever.

@Helperbot-2000

3 жыл бұрын

Why wont you allow me to be proud of being born the way im supposed to to bring our species forward?

@laura-yd3fv

3 жыл бұрын

@@Helperbot-2000 Why won’t you stop talking and stop being ignorant?

@Helperbot-2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@laura-yd3fv ignorant? stating facts istnt being ignorant, tell me what part of what i wrote was being ignorant?

@afunandfriendlyname8468

3 жыл бұрын

helperbot 2000 because you don’t face persecution for it. You didn’t earn or get through or do anything the way most lgbtqia+ people have

@OzCroc

3 жыл бұрын

@@Helperbot-2000 You don't need to be straight to reproduce

These “ christian Family Value Leaders “ have always been Monsters.

@bogdan4148

4 жыл бұрын

Those guys rule Poland now

@zain4019

4 жыл бұрын

Bogdan That’s really sad.

@bogdan4148

4 жыл бұрын

@@zain4019 Yeah

@tarikmoore849

4 жыл бұрын

Maurice Hunt Democrats.

@meaganportervint6759

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you see any indication that the people on that committee were Christian?

I can't imagine hating someone just for their sexuality.

@BJN1253

4 жыл бұрын

I know. Same goes for me. But there are truly some hateful people in this country. Many of them pretend to be followers of Christ.

@user-rz4rw7tk9u

4 жыл бұрын

American Nightmare or Muslim

@laurent1144

4 жыл бұрын

@American Nightmare There are atheists who feel this way too.

@moondust2365

4 жыл бұрын

@@laurent1144 Plus there are Christians and Catholics like me who feel the opposite of homophobia.

@vivianarickert8230

4 жыл бұрын

I know it is physically impossible for me to even hate someone for who they love.

Many people in the US still think "Socialist" is a insult...

@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645

4 жыл бұрын

it is

@TheZampa

4 жыл бұрын

@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 it shouldnt be

@dagaki3793

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheZampa why

@cammiehalliday757

4 жыл бұрын

@@dagaki3793 because what's wrong with socialism

@1h3art_mys3lf-

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever people say socialism is bad they always point towards Venezuela or Cuba never too Finland Iceland Canada or other successful states with socialist policies same goes for the opposite end of the spectrum.

I still wonder why ending homophobia is still a debate.

@user-wf3mp1xl8t

2 жыл бұрын

Creep

@sbirkkk

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-wf3mp1xl8t how is wanting to end homophobia creepy

How terrifying this must have been... It is very brave if him to do this interview. Even today he still lives in fear and can’t talk about it without getting emotional. We’ve come so far but there is still a long way to go.

*Straight pride organizers have left the chat*

@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645

4 жыл бұрын

You wish 😂

@bhavs398

4 жыл бұрын

@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 you should.

@404ever

4 жыл бұрын

TraRob-EastSide yes, I do. they’re obnoxious

@Helperbot-2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@bhavs398 not my fault im born the way im supposed to to bring our species forward

@Iucifur

3 жыл бұрын

@@Helperbot-2000 ???????

This feels incredibly prescient in today's Florida. As Mark Twain once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymed."

as a bisexual, my heart breaks for this man. no one should’ve ever gone through this. but i’m also terrified for my future as my us exchange program starts jan 2020.....

@jessy1982

Жыл бұрын

Hey. How did the exchange program go? Id imagine the biggest issue was covid, right?

@The_slaya_of_nutcases

4 ай бұрын

Hey am a bisexual too! It's so cool to meet a other bisexual

@CursedCommentaries

2 ай бұрын

​@@The_slaya_of_nutcaseslol they are the most common letter of the "alphebet"

Can y’all post more about things you won’t find in a history book

@_sadgirl_8730

3 жыл бұрын

yes it should be a series

@CarlosAM1

3 жыл бұрын

@@_sadgirl_8730 it is now

@misaelsantos7697

3 жыл бұрын

No

@elliethecat5973

2 жыл бұрын

@@misaelsantos7697 this video is a part of a series called "Missing Chapter"

I just want to give the interviewee, Art, a hug. I can't even imagine the constant terror and anxiety on top of the fear of being outted back then.

Ahhhhh Florida the state that never stops surprising me with their bigotry.

@okinawatim3421

4 жыл бұрын

Nikora Toma what did you expect from the south?

@robinrinsmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@okinawatim3421 Yeah because we all know bigotry doesn’t exist outside the

@robinrinsmith

3 жыл бұрын

South

And now it’s happening again.

“What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy!”

@icomarv17

4 жыл бұрын

RAGE!

@BvousBrainSystems

4 жыл бұрын

I'm often reminded of RATM quotes, but it's so rare to actually see them.

This is what Some consider Great America...I hope we never have to see such bigotry and hate again. Unfortunately sometimes it seems we’re headed there, especially in the south.

@ButterBallTheOpossum

4 жыл бұрын

Yet people still stay home instead of voting

@bowen4878

4 жыл бұрын

Fabian Farbeyond 30 states are red. Red = Pro Sanity Pro Biology

@bowen4878

3 жыл бұрын

@Neptune 23. Take a biology class

@u5654

3 жыл бұрын

@@ButterBallTheOpossum this hasn't aged well

@laura-yd3fv

3 жыл бұрын

@@bowen4878 What about infertile women? Are you going to yell at them to “take a biology” class?

my grandfather was part of the police in Tallahassee, the state capitol, back during when all of this was happening. I think he was an officer from 1962 to 1968, based on what he's told me. I have the sinking feeling that he was involved with this in some way.

And straight white southern conservative men still say MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. If you are talking about racism, homophobia, and segregation, yes. That is exactly what you are doing.

Florida Man...

@unclejeffthechad9459

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I am

@lgbtqiarights

4 жыл бұрын

R. T.E. yeah

Poor guy who was interviewed for this. You never should have been treated that way :(

The word "legally terrorized" is itself terrifying

@urban_gse_

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

When I hear conservative Fox News viewers talk about socialism, antifa, black lives matter, or LGBTQ rights, it reminds me of this era.

@IOwnKazakhstan

2 жыл бұрын

Fox News and Prager U are possibly the worst things to happen to news.

Wow, this is heartbreaking. And what fantastic reporting!

@bowen4878

4 жыл бұрын

leftyla It’s sad that people aren’t sane and pro biology

@link3389

4 жыл бұрын

@@bowen4878 what.

@myamdane6895

4 жыл бұрын

Bowen Shut up homophobe

@link3389

4 жыл бұрын

@@bowen4878 what. ×2

@allaboutmika

4 жыл бұрын

Bowen “pro biology” wow ur so smart woAh 👏

I just wanna give that old man a hug

Though we are still not fully accepted, I'm so glad to be born into a time like this, rather than being paranoid and scared in the 1950s.

Even today no wonder people are afraid to come out. I just wanna say, please don’t out people, it’s a complete violation of privacy and you are potentially putting someone in serious danger. It is disgusting

Sweet man❤️ I can’t even imagine the pain of it being illegal to be yourself 😞

Did this only happen in Florida? If so then why especially in that state?

@Ravi-xf8dw

4 жыл бұрын

Mostly conservative

@bowtieproductions6708

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt it was just in florida, but these things are coming to light, and vox chose to focus on florida specifically, instead of going too general and losing the personal impact these events had.

Whenever he gets choked up I get choked up too

The beginning when he started crying and you can hear the interviewer say, “it’s okay” broke my heart. These things affect real people and it’s so horrible to see the aftermath of such horrific events

If only as much effort was invested into ending social ills like war, colonialism and all forms of racism. I am beyond disgusted 😣

Blessed and fortunate to live in a time when this is (mostly) a memory and not a fact of life.

@engr.enciso

4 жыл бұрын

well depends on what country you are in

@engr.enciso

4 жыл бұрын

@tre luglio yeah, ikr their is also such a large problem with sexism in the middle east

@StarvingWolff

4 жыл бұрын

I have the hope that someday we will live in a world where everyone puts rationality before plain racism and misjudge.

@merrilouneigenfind104

4 жыл бұрын

I can't breathe. Murica

@nakata123

4 жыл бұрын

ignorance is bliss lol

Art Copelston.....Thank you for telling us your story. Thank you for facing the terror and pain that you carry from this horror that was perpetrated on you it is important to hear these stories so that we can prevent it from happening again. I am sorry you had to live through this. Vox thank you for recording this horrible part of America's past and it's unfortunate present in some places.

@artcopleston5439

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comments, Joe. For many years, I've been embarrassed by the emotions these memories engender in me. With my partner of 30 years (until his death), we had a full and exciting life. How would my life have been different without the Johns Committee? I think I would have lived my life with greater self-satisfaction; without always feeling that I am somehow "less than others", and somehow "sub-standard". Those are the over-riding feelings I will carry with me forever.

My heart broke when teared up over telling his story. To feel that he can’t really “come out” must be heavy on his heart.

I love thes Missing Chapter, for it gives us more dark sides of history rarely if not shown on books and taught in schools.

Why are conservatives unfailingly cruel?

@vjhreeves

11 ай бұрын

Uh, I guess you missed the part where Sen Charley Johns, the creator of the committee, was a DEMOCRAT.

@mistyjames7280

10 ай бұрын

​@@vjhreevesthe ideologies of the parts flipped and what used to be democrat is now republican, this was around the 1980's lol

The more I learn about my state's history the less I feel proud to call myself a Floridian.

I cannot describe how angry I am.

the dark ages of Florida.

@chioptnstdr3448

4 жыл бұрын

You mean ..Florida being Florida

@engr.enciso

4 жыл бұрын

@Shirley Timple 😂 why what's up with florida ?

@humberabdulah4733

4 жыл бұрын

Did Florida ever enlightened ?

@humberabdulah4733

4 жыл бұрын

I did know about Florida that much but from this point of view I think Florida deserve to be known as accidentally created by God

@humberabdulah4733

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't

What the John's Committee did was just monstrous. I can't believe that people would do something like this. Terrible.

I'm a Floridian and this horrified me.

It’s so sad. I’m speechless. They were forced to be in the closet. They were just. Targeted. Disturbing. And what’s worse, it can happen today. We can’t let this happen.

Just sticking a hapless young man in the back of a police car is already terrifying.

Sad that people treat other people this way. Disgusting.

"Moral deviation" WHY CANT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THEN THEM ARE STILL HUMAN

I'm a student at UF and I can't believe I didn't know this...

@artcopleston5439

4 жыл бұрын

Mega Wag, the next time you walk past Thomas H, look up to the 2nd floor bay window: That was my room. I'm the guy in the video.

@poelomokgotho8127

4 жыл бұрын

Sending you love from South Africa ♥️

This is why we need to teach LGBTQ history ins schools

@sadiqmusa5578

4 жыл бұрын

L P just gonna make things worse

@Tots04

4 жыл бұрын

sadiq musa what ignoring it is better?? Smh

@ThirdBrainLives

4 жыл бұрын

No thanks.

@tonyshistoryacademy1187

4 жыл бұрын

Carson Redford Are you a homophobe or something because teaching kids LGBTQ+ History is needed.

@tonyshistoryacademy1187

4 жыл бұрын

Carson Redford It looked like you said no to the comment

Florida hasn’t changed much🤷🏽

@MartYtraM1983

6 ай бұрын

When you consider that they later had Anita Bryant and then Ron DeSantis, not really.

2022 here, Florida is at it again. shame.

@CowOfTheNile

2 жыл бұрын

hahhahahha

@frozen90577

2 жыл бұрын

I love Florida

@ToadTendo

Жыл бұрын

@@CowOfTheNile hahaha your dad left you

@starsnbites

Жыл бұрын

@Belltown Daisy what perverts? Why would you justify any type of discrimination

People are afraid of what they don't understand

And they’re doing it again by banning the discussion of it in classrooms.

So glad I live now, I wouldn’t make it 5 Seconds in that 😳

Hate is disgusting, no matter whom it's directed toward. We need to acknowledge the humanity of everyone.

@AbuBased731

2 жыл бұрын

religion of humanity lol

When Americans say they don't want to erase history, they're already ignoring all the bad bits.

Ah, conservatism and religion. How nice.

@venator8139

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, we get about half of our morals from religion, How nice. Ah, the world's 3 worst men (Stalin, Mao, and Hitler) were Atheists, How nice. Ah, White and Christian guilt, How nice.

@venator8139

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alan-pi1vn Civilization before Christ did exist but in the US constitution and many other countries laws. Basic principles were based on Christianity as the moral code.

@albaniaalban

4 жыл бұрын

@@venator8139 weren't they more based on tenets of the Greco-Roman era? Unless you count the severe limitations on personal freedom and expression, because yes, that's medieval/enlightened christian morality.

@baylorsmith555

4 жыл бұрын

Martín Mejía Don’t need religion to know how the body works

@gumballgtr1478

4 жыл бұрын

This is why religion should stay out of law

You just have to laugh sometimes. It's darkly and morbidly funny how certain things were in the past. Stuff like this is so ridiculously evil. It's proper gestapo stuff.

@clueless_cutie

4 жыл бұрын

People will commit the cruelest acts when they have righteous motivations.

@zain4019

4 жыл бұрын

Anna L. This makes me think about myself and what I think is right, and how far I would go. Not to uphold bigoted values, but to keep them at bay, so we don’t go back to the hatred that was so prevalent before. What’s the right balance between protecting others and your values, against misogyny, homophobia, racism, and actively doing things to stop these acts, if you see them?

Excellent reporting. I didn't know anything about this. Thank you.

as a floridian i can agree that we are one of the worst states in america in terms of activism. every day we go a step backwards. as a bi person i greatly appreciate this video because nobody ever talks about things like this

i don't know why, but seeing the florida seal stamped on the back of the purple pamphlet is what really drove this home for me. i'm from florida, i still live here,i am part of the lgbt community, so it was easy to separate myself from the johns committee until i realized that we do share an identity and come from similar neighborhoods. seeing that really hit me that it could simply be my own neighbors that want to see my own life ruined for no valid reason.

Yep that’s my country over there!

@jeng9927

4 жыл бұрын

God this is so much truth. I wasn’t raised in a “question everything “ mentality but in my early 20’s that’s exactly what I started doing and now the more I dig into history and our culture, the more lies and bodies I find. It’s gotten to the point where whenever I hear something horrible happening part of my brain instantly says “Yeah, that sounds about right.” I try so hard to stay positive, to make sure I’m contributing to good vibes but it’s just so hard sometimes.

@lgbtqiarights

4 жыл бұрын

Jen G im confused as to why you left a paragraph on such a simple comment

@tristan_melfi1319

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeng9927 ok boomer

@idrisali6854

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Iran

@alialidrissi4163

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeng9927 ok boomer

I can't imagine how hard it must be to have gone through trauma and be unable to connect to your community, then openly talk about your story online. This man is so brave.

Wish I could give this guy a hug

Vox keeping me educated and curious. Thank you.

Having to question the intent of every single person you interact with sounds so horrifying. I felt so bad for the guy. That experience still terrorizes his psyche today. :(

So basically Americans put together two obnoxious concepts: irrational fear of communism and discrimination against the LGBTQ community... the plot of a movie really

imagine being one of the 1.2k people who disliked this video

@norikofu509

3 жыл бұрын

Just... Auch.

Somehow, this explains the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The descendants of these absolute psychos are carrying on this madness

Florida? Sounds about right.

@unclejeffthechad9459

4 жыл бұрын

I am a right wing Conservative

@AaronSaysSKOL

4 жыл бұрын

@@unclejeffthechad9459 Who cares?

@zaidkhan6296

4 жыл бұрын

@@unclejeffthechad9459 Good for you. Agree to Disagree

@darkred1438

4 жыл бұрын

omg i was just on you earlier, my favorite bird

@AaronSaysSKOL

4 жыл бұрын

@@darkred1438 Coronavirus has only made me stronger. Everyone has time for Duolingo now.

I don’t understand how people can be so hateful and evil

I wish I could give that man a hug. It’s horrifying. Just absolutely horrifying how America has treated LGBTQ people for decades; no, hundreds of years.