Friday Flashback: List #19: Jay Smooth --- An Appreciation

I decided to start doing Friday Flashbacks in case you missed some early posts the first time around. You're busy; I understand.


Don't you just love Jay Smooth and his video blog Ill Doctrine? Me too!

Here are some representative Ill Doctrine videos (click on the titles to watch):

1. "Don't Freak Out About the White Babies"

Representative quote: "I promise we are not going to turn into gremlins after midnight once we're in the majority, or when we're able to marry whoever we want to marry."

2. "All These Sexist Gamer Dudes Are Some Shook Ones"

Representative quote: "This kind of abuse and harassment matters, and when it happens in our corner of the internet, we need to treat it like it matters."

3. "On Ferguson, Riots, and Human Limits"

Representative quote: "We are weighing the destruction of property against the loss of a life. And if you value some people's property more than the life of a black child, we're not on the same team."

4. "The List of Rules for Women"

Representative quote: "Does anyone have a complete, up-to-date list of everything that women are supposed to do and not do so that they qualify for having their humanity respected?"


And don't forget the classic, the one that's been reblogged a bajillion times:

"How to Tell People They Sound Racist"

Representative quote: "When you say, 'I think he's a racist,' that's not a bad move because you might be wrong. That's a bad move because you might be right."




Connections to previous Wreckage: I previously mentioned Jay Smooth as one of my "4 Internet Crushes" (List #10).

He was also part of List #21 (If I Had the Sort of Job Where I Could Spend Time Doing Things on the Internet, Here Are Some of the Things I Would Spend Time Doing) and List #39 (Some of the Best Internet I Internetted in 2013).

[Originally posted 7/11/12.]