Dylan Marron: Empathy is not endorsement
ديلان مارون: التعاطف ليس تأييداً
Dylan Marron takes complicated social issues and finds accessible ways to talk about them through interviews, short-form videos and satire. Full bio
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with the territory of my work.
for the internet.
a video series called "Every Single Word"
من الفيديوهات تدعى "كل كلمة"
spoken by people of color,
talk about the issue of representation
على كراهية المثليين
around the United States,
في الولايات المتحدة
with Trans People"
مع المتحولي جنسياً"
with those unboxing videos on YouTube
الأجهزة الحديثة على اليوتيوب؟
the latest electronic gadgets?
لعمل مراجعات عليها وتقييمها
in a weekly series,
intangible ideologies
بدلاً من ذلك
and the mistreatment of Native Americans.
المعاملة التي يتعرض لها الهنود الحمر
a ton of great press
والكثير من ردود الأفعال الجيدة
on the internet
and, of course, the ever-popular "cuck."
these terms down for you.
is rich-white-woman-running-errands,
القوقازيات الثريات،
for people who are sensitive
تعني الشخص الحساس
and an only child, so, duh!
favorite is "cuck."
cheated on by their wives.
encourage her to cheat on me.
of this negativity in action.
in a human being."
"gaywad fagggggg."
Donovan is not wrong, OK?
so credit where credit is due.
الفضل لمن يستحقه
like Brian, who asked,
مثل براين الذي يسأل
just learn to be one over time?"
واحداً مع مرور الوقت؟"
his finger must have slipped
من الكتابة
the thumbs-up emoji.
في الوقت الحالي
does not feel good to receive them.
من الرسائل لا يعطي شعوراً جيداً حقاً
their comments
and ultimately unhelpful.
غير حكيم وبالتالي غير مفيد.
an unexpected coping mechanism.
غير متوقعة.
were through social media,
التواصل الاجتماعي،
of the person who sent them
للشخص المرسِل
التي شاركوها،
a human on the other side of the screen
في الجانب الآخر من الشاشة
عند الحديث معهم
that I was a moron,
was dividing itself,
that being gay was a sin.
for our first conversation.
like muting or blocking.
لإسكاته أو حظره
I could have hung up on him.
إنهاء مكالمة معه،
التي دارت بيننا.
high school, right?
من المدرسة الثانوية، صحيح؟
the H-E-double-hockey-stick word?
even though it's only two weeks left.
رغم إنه لم يبق سوى أسبوعين.
I don't like to use the word "fat,"
استخدام كلمة "بدين"
than a lot of my classmates
before they even got to know me.
to let you know, Josh,
في المدرسة الثانوية، أيضاً.
of being bullied in high school
التعرض للتنمر في المدرسة المتوسطة
divided country
humanize us to each other
كبشر أمام أحدنا الآخر
and posts ever could?
was from "my side."
a queer liberal artist like me
وغريب الأطوار مثلي
some of the worst aspects of liberalism,
من أسوأ جوانب الليبرالية،
didn't think that you would.
with a guy named Doug
a talentless propaganda hack.
موهبة اختراق الدعايا.
we just had --
about how you write online?
عما كتبته على الإنترنت؟
when I said this to you,
with you in my life, really.
really about you.
sections really are,
your anger at the world out
عن طريق كتابة تعليقات سلبية
of strangers, pretty much.
has made me rethink
أعيد التفكير
with people online.
مع الأشخاص على الإنترنت.
conversations and many others
والكثير غيرها
with People Who Hate Me."
"محادثات مع الذين يكرهونني".
to bring about change
video essays and comments and posts,
those were only cheered on
thing you could do --
thing you could do
with the people you disagreed with,
هو أن تتناقش معهم،
to tell me about themselves.
يحدثوني عن أنفسهم
that allows me to empathize with them.
ما تجعلني أتعاطف معهم.
these conversations off the ground,
على أرض الواقع،
you profoundly disagree with.
خلاف كبير معه
a helpful mantra for myself.
مفيد خاص بي
you profoundly disagree with
أنت مختلف جذريا معه
your own deeply held beliefs
عن أفكارك ومعتقداتك
believes that being gay is a sin
الذي يؤمن بأن كونك مثلي الجنس هو ذنب
going to drop everything,
my one-way ticket to hell, right?
ذاهبا إلى الجحيم، أليس كذلك؟
to think very differently from me.
يفكر بطريقة مختلفة جدا عني
about something.
some people don't feel safe
لا يشعرون بالأمان
that they have any empathy to give.
لكى يمنحوه لغيرهم.
well-suited to do.
to a lot of people for this podcast.
من الأشخاص من أجل هذا البرنامج
and ignored it,
when I sent the invitation
عندما قمت بإرسال الدعوة
will appear on the internet.
على الإنترنت.
comment sections,
inevitably comes hate.
whatever you'd like.
تطلقوا على ما شئتم من أسماء
a "snowflake," a "cuck," a "beta,"
"مغرور" "ديوث" "غير مألوف"
I may ask you to talk.
ربما أطلب منك أن تتحدث معي.
or block me automatically
باغلاق الخط فى وجهى،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dylan Marron - Writer, performerDylan Marron takes complicated social issues and finds accessible ways to talk about them through interviews, short-form videos and satire.
Why you should listen
Dylan Marron is the host and producer of the Webby-winning podcast Conversations with People Who Hate Me, where he calls up folks who wrote him negative or hateful messages on the internet. Previously, Marron created Every Single Word, a video series that edits down popular films to only the words spoken by people of color as a way to tackle Hollywood's representation problem empirically. To address the anti-trans bathroom bills, he created and hosted Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans People to broadcast a missing element: mundane, funny conversations with trans folks in the very spot their presence was debated.
As he tells it: "The 2016 presidential election inspired me to satirize the popular unboxing genre where YouTubers open the latest electronic gadgets by instead unboxing intangible 'products' like Islamophobia, police brutality and masculinity. And because this work gained popularity on the internet, I received many negative messages which inspired me to start Conversations with People Who Hate Me, a podcast where I call up some of the folks who sent me those messages. In the end, I'm trying to turn the internet into a place where we can connect and learn, not divide."
Dylan Marron | Speaker | TED.com