On extremism by Jhon Cleese

0:01seriously doubt we've heard a lot about extremism recently a nastya hostile0:05atmosphere
everywhere more abuse and of a boy behavior mess friendliness and0:09tolerance and respect for political
rival0:13warren never hear about extremes0:15its advantages0:17the biggest advantage of extremism is
that it makes you0:22because it provides you0:25explain0:26a great thing about having an amazing is that
you can pretend but all the facts0:30in the whole world is in your enemies0:33and all but goodness in the
whole world and you0:36trapped you can do that0:38if you have a lot of anger and resentment here any
and therefore enjoy0:42abuse0:43then you can pretend that your only doing it because these enemies of
the0:46also such0:47very that person's0:49and that if it wasn't for them you'd actually be good-natured
and courteous0:53rash of all the facts0:55if you want that0:57field have become an extremist okay1:00now
you have a choice if you join the hard left1:03they'll give you have been this terrible arise and1:06almost
four times more farken especially the police1:09city1:11africans1:12judges1:13multinational
corporations1:14public schools1:16farias newspaper owners1:18fox hunters1:19generals1:20prostrate
as1:21and of course1:25if you'd rather be an extremist on hot right no problem five you still get and1:29not
ministered enemies1:29i need a different1:31noisy minority
groups1:33unions1:35weirdos1:37demonstrators welfare sponges meddlesome clergy peace takes
bbc1:43strikers social workers1:45and of course1:48up stuff back1:51once you are going to these1:53super
listed at least you to be has not steal if you like only a few your1:57behaviors marley justify so if you can
start around abusing people and telling2:02them you could be the perfect first i still think of yourself as a
champion of2:05the truth2:07fighter for the greater got about the rather sad paranoid schizophrenic ya

seriously though we've heard a lot about

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extremism recently a nastier harsher

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atmosphere everywhere more abuse and

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bother boy behavior unless friendliness

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and tolerance and respect for parents

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all right but what we never hear about

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extremism is its advantages

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well the biggest advantage of extremism

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is that it makes you feel good because

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it provides you with enemies they've

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explained the great thing about having

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enemies is that you can pretend but all

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the badness in the whole world is in

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your enemies and all the goodness in the

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whole world is in you attractive isn't

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it so if you have a lot of anger and

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resentment in you anyway and you

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therefore enjoy abusing people then you

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can pretend that you're only doing it

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because these enemies of yours are such

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very bad persons and that if it wasn't

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for them you'd actually be good natured

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and courteous of rational all the time

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so if you want to feel good become an

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extremist okay now you have a choice if

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you join the hard left they'll give you

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their list of authorized enemies almost

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all kinds of Authority especially the

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police the city Americans judges

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multinational corporations public

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schools various newspaper owners fox

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hunters generals class traitors and of

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course moderates oh if you'd rather be

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an extremist on the hard right no

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problem

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fine you still get a lovely list of

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enemies only they're different ones

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noisy minority groups unions Russia

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weirdos demonstrators welfare sponges

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meddlesome clergy peaceniks the BBC

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strikers social workers communists and

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of course moderates and upstart actors

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now once you're armed with one of these

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super lists of enemies you can be as

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nasty as you like and you'd feel your

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behaviors morally justified so you can

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strut around using people and telling

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them you could eat them for breakfast

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and still think of yourself as a

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champion of the truth a fighter for the

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greater good are not the rather sad

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paranoid schizoid that you really are