It's something that I feel has been lost.

lately...

I even feel like the definition of respect has been moneyed a bit.

Because people have a tendency to apply it only to accomplishments that they

feel are worthy of praise and admiration.

But..

I'm talking about respect on...

A basic level.

Even if you just boil it down to common human decency.

It's being lost.

The golden rule still applies

You still need to treat people, the way that you want to be treated.

And you're seeing it less, and less these days.

Because people have a automatic tendency

to assume that if someone is disagreeing with someone,

They are their enemy.

and they're inherently bad.

and they should be f****d.

But you can disagree with someone

and still respect them.

You can even hate someone

You can hate and abhorred their actions.

They're doing terrible things.

and they need to be "hated"

But you still, need to treat them with respect.

And that's hard.

And you may even be thinking like...

How can you do that?

That's not possible...

If they're a terrible person, they deserve to be treated unfairly.

And that's not the way

That I want to live.

We're all humans.

And either, we are all humans that are equal.

And, deserve to be treated as equals.

Or we're NOT!

And I know people are going to think i'm speaking too generally about this..

So I want to get specific.

I'm talking about this

Because of the frenzy that's surrounding Felix.

NOT Pewdiepie...

Felix...

And I want to be very clear about something...

Felix is not an Anti-Semitic

And Felix does not advocate hate...

And I'm not even defending the jokes that he made

Because even he has apologised for some of the jokes that he did.

But he as a person,

as an inherent human being,

he's not these labels.

Because it's so easy to label someone.

It's so easy to do.

It's so easy to boil someone down

To a single word or a phrase.

And that's all they are.

Even if you're praising them.

I mean, normally it's when you're demonizing them.

But even if you're praising them.

Even if you're putting someone on a pedestal.

Or if you're calling them "human scum"

And trash, and garbage...

You're inherently dehumanising them in both aspects.

And that is something I will never stand for.

*YOU GO MARK*

Never

'Cause I've said it a million times.

Over and over, I repeat this all the time.

We as Youtubers

Are the exact same as YOU.

We're humans.

*stutters from humbleness* We're...

People wandering this world trying to figure out who we are.

Just the same as YOU.

And even though..

Someone like Felix is being attacked and is a lightning rod for hate.

Whether or not that is a fault of his own actions

Or the society that we live in.

THAT

DOESN'T

Matter to me

Because what i'm talking about

Is the most basic human element

The one rule, that I know.

Very deep down

Is that we are all equal

and deserve to be treated with respect!

We're more than our labels

I

DON'T

GIVE A F***

What the color of your skin is

I don't care what religion you believe in

I don't care where you've come from or where you are now.

All I care about

Is who

you

are

and whether or not

You're free to be able to discover that

And i'm not even just talking about Felix now

I'm talking generally.

Cause if we're EVER

Going to be more than we are right now

As a society

As people

As a species.

As planet Earth.

If we are ever going to be more than that.

We need to.. at THE MOST basic level

Respect each other

And it's hard.

It's hard to take the high road.

It's a lonely road.

No one wants to go that way.

Because it's so easy.

To seek vengeance.

or

apply the other rule.

An eye for an eye.

Or label someone

As a simple word or phrase

JUST

to dismiss them.

and

I know

people are even going to twist my words

People are going to say that i'm defending the wrong people-

Or i'm defending "bad" people.

Or i'm spreading hate indirectly.

because I support

other people.

THAT'S

NOT

The way

I see the world

I see

Each and everyone of us

Not defined by our

RACE

or our

CREED

But each and everyone of us

a new opportunity.

To find ourselves.

And in order to defend that.

I have to advocate.

The treatment of EVERYONE

As an equal

If you don't have that

What's going to become of us?

What's gonna happen in 50 years?

When the generations that follow us look back, and see

That their forefathers.

Were too afraid

To treat each other with the most basic level of respect.

I believe...

I believe very firmly.

That every single person in the world

Has the ability to do something amazing.

Or terrible.

To spread love <3

Or hate :(

And whether or not

They do one of the other.

Depends on us...

Depends on US

Being strong enough to take the highroad.

In the face of the worst adversity.

I have so much hope.

For people

I have so much hope.

For

This world, and I have so much hope

For

What we can do

To make it a better place.

And that is something I will defend

To the death!

When it comes

To dehumanizing someone..

Or anyone...

I won't stand for that.

Because at the end of the day.

There's going to be people

That follow us.

And it's up to you and me..

To show them, what respect

Really Means.

*Drops mic*