Views : 4,087,404
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Oct 7, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.938 (1,581/100,263 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-03T06:41:58.234241Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Thank you so much for telling this story in depth, and allowing us to still watch the uncensored version. Thank you especially for your wise, calm and realistic assessment of history at 19:08.
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Let's recount the events of this reupload, shall we?
1. Veritaseum releases a video about Fritz Haber, with only a passing comment about his wife's suicide (allegedly due to his work)
2. Community discusses video as a whole: Haber, fertiliser, weapons, morality, etc...
3. Youtube age-restricts and demonitises said video due to this passing comment
4. Veritaseum edits his video then re-uploads the censored version
5. Community proceeded to discuss ONLY the removed topic. The suicide.
Top marks there YouTube.
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I did not watch the original video when it came out, but based on the comments itβs seems the portion cut discussed suicide. As a person who has struggled with suicide and knows many others who have, CENSORSHIP IS NOT THE WAY TO HELP!!! One of the hardest things for those struggling with mental health is that there is negative stigma associated with it. People who struggle with this should not be shoved aside or told that they need to hide their pain. They need to be seen as real people struggling with real things, and education is a critical part of this. It hurts to see that YouTube feels the need to censor the suffering of people presented in an educational and historical way. The point of talking about suicide is that it is painful, and telling sufferers that they should hide their pain is FAR more dangerous than allowing this dialogue to take place. Mental health is real. Too many people have died of it to pretend itβs not. At the very least, we owe it to them and to those struggling now to encourage education with kindness and an open mind, not fear and shame.
For those who may be struggling, please know that you are not the only one, and that struggling with mental health is okay. I know first hand how hard it is, and recovery is not an easy path. But it is worth every ounce of effort that you put in. Just knowing that you have made it this far tells me that you are more than strong enough to get through this. And thank you, for inspiring me to keep trying when I feel like giving up. Knowing that you are out there fighting gives me the courage to get through one more day. The world may not change much, but we will. And it will get easier in time. Until you can believe in yourself, I will believe in you.
Please stay safe all, take care of yourselves! β€οΈ
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For those wondering the Bits that were taken out were at 16:00 - 17:26 of the original video (I think that's all, I could be wrong though), it regards Clara's suicide. In my personal opinion, this promotes leaving out events that should not be forgotten. I can sympathise more if these events were modern, but I personally feel it's different for more historical ones. There is also the issue of perhaps triggering people who may have trauma, but I feel like this isn't a reason to demonetise. Rather it's more of an incentive to release a clean version as well.
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@HitsandHeadlines
6 months ago
When YouTube age restricts veritasium you know they are messing up
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