How To Change Alt Right Minds, with ContraPoints

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

YouTuber Natalie Wynn, better known as ContraPoints, may be the internet’s most persuasive political commentator. Known for her carefully produced, elaborate video essays, Natalie has an uncanny ability to attract and de-radicalize viewers with reactionary, right wing politics. She sits down with Jon to talk about the importance of style in political persuasion, explain how the internet became fascist in 2017, and teach what it takes to actually change minds online.

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0:00.0	It's sort of a face-to-face interpersonal connection that makes people feel like, I don't
0:05.1	know, you're talking to them on some kind of human level.
0:08.2	And I think for people who, I don't know, majored in economics or philosophy or political
0:13.6	science, this is a little bit infuriating because I think it's really an academic bias that
0:19.9	assumes that like a reason is this thing that has this kind of special unique place and
0:25.1	democracy, whereas I do think that, I mean, if you're making campaign videos, you're
0:30.1	tweeting for all politicians and you know that this is not a bad reason.
0:33.2	Like, there has to be some room for reason, right?
0:35.3	Otherwise, it's literally just some kind of, I don't know, sick, like-
0:40.2	Then it's just vibes.
0:41.2	Yeah, it's vibes.
0:42.2	It's vibes and violence, like at the end of the day.
0:47.1	I'm John Favreau.
0:48.3	Welcome to Offline.
0:50.6	Hey, everyone.
0:52.4	My guest today is self-described YouTuber and ex-philosopher Natalie Wynn, better known
0:57.6	as ContraPoints.
0:59.4	I'm sure many of you are already huge fans, and you should all know that Natalie was
1:02.8	as insightful and entertaining as you might guess.
1:06.0	For the rest of you who are hearing about ContraPoints for the first time, stick with us.
1:10.2	You are in for a treat.
1:12.5	ContraPoints is one of YouTube's most thoughtful, effective political commentators.
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