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David Schwimmer's Speech on Anti-Semitism

ladies and gentlemen your favorite white colonizer Zionizing Prince coming to you live from the United States of America i'm Tall the Traveling Clatt let's take a look this video from David Schwmer actor well good evening good evening thank you so much for having me uh thanks to Jonathan Greenblat for your tireless leadership uh thanks to the ADL for your unflinching advocacy and thank you to every person here in this hall and watching at home for your commitment to this community my career has given me an incredible platform uh a chance to talk about the issues that matter to me and on a good day uh a chance to be heard over the noise that drowns too many people out and I believe with that privilege comes a responsibility to use my voice in moments like this at a time of danger bigotry and violence now as you know speaking speaking out often comes at a cost like so many others I've been attacked and threatened by people I've never met i've been abandoned by people I thought were friends and by organizations I thought were allies but I've also found amazing moments of meaning and solidarity and I want to remind you that there are so many good people out there who have our backs incredible allies that we can we will get through this together that our spirit is unbreakable our joy is irrepressible our story is impossible we are kind resilient innovative generous and strong and as you can tell from this speech really funny now I get that speaking out is hard uh plenty of people I respect even some of my heroes in entertainment music and sports have chosen to keep a low profile and sit this one out including some whose careers have been made by leaning into their Jewish identity and others who have and others who have won a claim for playing Jews on screen some of them are doing a lot behind the scenes privately and in their own way but so many have chosen not to say anything publicly at all and if I can say something directly to them I really wish you would i wish you would stand up i wish you would speak out because your voice would be so meaningful to your fans who love you to your community members who need you to folks who could use just a little solidarity right now from people they respect and look up to you You don't have to say anything political you no one's asking you to solve the conflict in the Middle East just just say that you stand with your Jewish friends colleagues and neighbors against hatred and discrimination say say that what's happening on our college campuses and in our schools and to Jewishowned businesses is totally unacceptable say say anything anything in solidarity with the Jewish community post your bar mitzvah picture we'll we'll start a trend of embarrassing haircuts and dental work [Applause] this time we're in with the terrifying global rise in anti-semitism and the normalization of hate speech and physical attacks against Jews calls for those of us in positions of real or perceived leadership whether we ask for it or not to risk a little personal comfort for the sake of the greater community ellie Visel said "The opposite of love is not hate it's indifference." What is indifference it's inaction it's silence sometimes in moments of danger it can feel like our only option is to stay quiet to avoid drawing attention to ourselves to hide but here's the truth now is not the time to disappear now is the time to show up to reach out to connect with one another to find strength in our community and to raise up our voices together when we do that we change minds we challenge assumptions and we remind other Jewish people across the country and around the globe that we are not alone today I am I am so honored to welcome and recognize a group of people who are using their voices their reach and their connections to share messages of hope and solidarity that stretch around the world they're not just speaking up they're shouting from the rooftops we're calling these individuals heroes against hate from influencers to actors to students to chefs to authors to comics activists nurses entrepreneurs TV hosts podcasters rabbis business owners producers they're using their profiles to raise awareness of anti-semitism they're replacing blame and shame with light and truth and through the power of their platforms they're empowering others to stand up for justice and I'm proud to stand with them today so please welcome and recognize our 2025 Heroes Against Hate [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh my god thank you [Music] [Music] wow i'm glad I was invited [Laughter] i'm glad I was up there on that stage wow thank you David powerful powerful speech man thank you heroes before we do anything let's get together for a picture let's do this [Music] and what I want is to reach every one of them right now you ready for this so with your help I'd like us to send a message against anti-semitism bigotry and hate to our more than 90 million people around the world following us i'm asking you heroes to take out your phones and get ready to post a message about fighting hate and all of you in the audience here in the room and at home I want you to join us so take out your phone go to your social media and pull up the ADL profiles we're showing up on the big screen okay wow we did it guys all right everyone listen the uh the fight doesn't end today so let this be the start of a movement to stand up as one united against hate thank you for being here and thank you for doing your part thank you thank you there's a side of me that's like "Be nice be nice be nice be nice be nice." It's Friday i'm trying I'm I'm trying to choose to be nice on Fridays it's Shabbat we don't need negative energy couple thoughts okay the people on that stage really are great every person on that stage is great including Zack Sage Fox who was kind of doing the talk there at the end and as somebody who knows him personally has worked with him and hopefully will keep working with him in the future i really appreciate what he's doing i want to add another message about David Schwimmer's speech i think personally controversial opinion it's great that so many Jewish actors and actresses in Hollywood didn't speak out and haven't stood up and I'll tell you why i don't think any of us should be idolizing people in Hollywood anymore one of the things I've always appreciated about being a influencer content creator YouTuber whatever the you want to call me what what I've always appreciated about is I carry my with no ego if you meet me in real life you'll realize I'm just the antisocial who's nervous to talk to people and I same person I am on camera is the same person as I am off camera maybe just a little less charismatic because I'm nervous i love the fact that the generation today is being led by people who have no fame and are just coming out of the woodwork and talking talking about the truth we should not be idolizing people idolize God don't idolize people especially not actors in Hollywood and not specifically Jewish actors but especially not Jewish actors in Hollywood not because they're Jewish just as don't idolize them because these people have shown to be a bunch of sellouts who don't stand up for Israel they don't stand up for the Jewish cause and they're just they're more interested in taking money than they are for standing up for the Jewish brothers and sisters so them and then the rest of that establishment in Hollywood cuz they suck their morals are all over the place they're trying to change the world in the most negative ways possible and when it comes to like blatant anti-semitism they're all about it so them in Hollywood i'm all about it them screw them now I'll never be invited to an ADL conference so I'll I'll take a moment to say this if I would have had a microphone at that stage it's disgusting that Lai Al Sharif was brought out last or one of the last on that round of people should have been the first one up there with Zack Sage Fox he should have had the microphone to talk you guys don't understand what we need to do to win the PR war i love Zach Sage Fox very appreciative of Montana Tucker for what she does i appreciate the two of them and I say this with the utmost kindness they should not be the front page of Israel of everything and I say this with love you want to win this PR war misrai Jews Ethiopian Jews there's a plethora shove them on stage arabs who support Israel shove them on stage front and center make them give the speech put them on stage but you don't do it and this is a problem with the whole Jewish world damn i said I was going to be nice might not even upload this video no it i'm here to be real with you i'm not here to around and Zach knows this i told Zach this to his face i told this to Zach's face when we were together in Israel i said this to him specifically there needs to be misra juice plastered on everything now I look I'm not gonna I'm gonna be the last person to claim I know everything about the ADL i know they get tons of scrutiny especially from conservative Jewish people and conservatives in America i'm not here to say whether I like the ADL or not i I know they're never going to they're probably never going to platform somebody like me just because of my viewpoints and how I literally factually see the Middle East and in in Israel but uh regardless of how they feel about me I just think we all need to make a conscious effort to stop this circle jerk of Jewishness and needs to start being more diverse not because we're trying to fill in a a quota of diversity but because we genuinely understand the PR war brown people and black people win the PR war right now as per your rules not ours your rules you guys decided this is how you want to play the game let's play ball swing let's go hope I'm making sense i'm trying to also be polite i don't know if I am i throw like 50 fbombs in this video anyways I love you guys a long time i'll see you in the next one goodbye guys if you believe in my content and want to support me just know your help is needed there's a bunch of great ways to support me being PayPal buy me a coffee or joining my Patreon community down below patreon is the best way to support my channel and you'll get a bunch of cool perks depending on what tier you join another great way to support me is by buying my merchandise on the travelingclat.com i regularly drop new merch designs like this beautiful hat or this amazing shirt where you can support the channel and get something cool for yourself i also have an amazing Discord community with 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