Douglas Murray | 'The Incoherence of LGBTQI+' #CLIP

Renowned author and social critic Douglas Murray argues that our modern fixation on group-identity politics 'strips the individualism out of individuals'. Murray ridicules the common interpretation of society as based upon interest groups divided by gender, sex, sexual orientation and race.

Douglas Murray is a prolific British author
and journalist. He has been contributor to The Spectator since 2000 and has been associate editor of the magazine since 2012. He has also written regularly for numerous other outlets, including: the Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Evening Standard, and the New Criterion. He is a regular contributor to National Review and has been a columnist for Standpoint Magazine since its founding. His latest book, 'The War on the West', was published in May 2022.

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Douglas Murray

[pandorasbox]

I never get tired of listening to Douglas Murray.

[rerite]

My 12-year-old nephew said to me: "What if this whole LGBTQ thing is just a way for hair dye companies to sell more products?"

[DuffyLew]

Groups don't have rights. Individuals have rights. Thank you Douglas Murray and John Anderson.

[ablox]

I've been saying this for years, as a gay male I do not 'identify' myself LGBTQ. I am simply gay, have a long-term male partner and live a 'normal/everyday' life. If my sexuality is private and a small part of who I am, why does it have to be at the forefront of my identity? My identity is based off who I am as a person not who I decide to sleep with behind close doors. People homogenize everyone under one banner of "Gay people" or "women", "blacks" etc. as if every single person within that 'category' will share the same views, opinions, and lifestyles. It's beyond myopic and ignorant to think that way. Love everything that was said in this video. Trust me, put multiple gay or bi men in one room and you will see none of them are alike. Women from culture to culture have very different opinions on different subjects also, as goes for every other group in this world include white men. Not all white men are powerful CEO's/rich/power hungry POS as the woke left tries to portray them.

[jrpeacock]

Murray is a voice of reason and common sence in these troubled and messed up times.

[michelpapineau]

Always a pleasure to listen to Douglas Murray. Identity politics is inherently intended to sow discord and to pull our society apart.

[randabe]

Thank you for that. As a Mexican female my main identifier is: individual. Don't lump me into a collective with the assumption that we all think/are the same.

[nev]

Douglas is so articulate in expressing what many of us think, and in a way that many of us can’t.

[julienlapointe]

“The LGBT community, take me to your leader!” 🤣 @2:07

[TheRicsilver]

It always seems like this guy always has it figured out. No axe to grind, just logical rational thought.

[PuddilyOops]

The word “community” has been so twisted. It used to mean a town or a neighborhood where all sorts of people live. Young and old, families, all types of jobs and backgrounds. Now it just means you share a singular trait or social interest as if that one thing is all that defines you. It’s so dumb.

[eyestothesky]

Spot on and well said! Tired of my gender being appropriated for someone’s woke political endeavor. Douglas Murray is a steady, common sense mind in a chaotic unstable social environment.

[paulineashcroft]

Douglas Murray is always worth listening to.

[TheBaumcm]

As a brown female, who has shaved her head in the past and dyed it many colors, including blue, who also happens to be fiscally conservative and believes in the federal government staying out of state affairs, I wholeheartedly agree. It’s not just limited to sexuality but everything is used to lump us together. Any time someone uses extremes or absolutes, like never, always or all, it tells me that they really aren’t a fan of critical thinking or personal experience. Like Murray said, that’s the point. They want to separate us because we’d be more powerful working together on a single topic than each going for special interests. It’s why the US is in such a tumult. People, highlighted by the Trump run, have taken identity politics and shaken them like a snow globe.

[NinjaFireMan]

I needed to hear something like this to put a voice to my concerns. I've lost friends around discussions about LGBT topics. I don't hate anyone, and yet I feel like if I don't say the 'right thing' then I'm in serious trouble.

[dorothyb.]

I've been making this argument for years. I am not the black community and I. Speak my own views and cannot speak for others. I am not proud to be black as that is simply a representation of my parents genes. I can only be proud for what I made happen by my passion and Labour consistency and contentiousness

[christianityoutloud]

Douglas Murray is an intelligent and articulate person. Any conversation with him tends to be worth listening to.

[chrisbow]

You always get clear logical common sense rational talks when listening to Douglas Murray.

[marvinhaines]

I left the high school system about a year and a half ago, partly because I got tired of the unstoppable madness that was the school's culture. It seemed like every kid in my class went trans all at once. It was as if each person felt they weren't unique enough as an individual. I once saw a cartoon depicting a mass of people all shouting and protesting "I am an individual!" The image was created almost thirty years ago, and it has never been more relevant than now.

[albertogutierrez]

As an American of Latin American descent, I never felt connected to all Hispanic Americans. My relationships are based on common interests not on ethnicity. It always has been odd.