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I've watched the video again. Brendan tried to get the Chinese woman to "dance" and made a remark that British girls are more fun which was really inappropriat
by ShaolinTrooper 3y ago
I've watched the video again.
Brendan tried to get the Chinese woman to "dance" and made a remark that British girls are more fun which was really inappropriate and disrespectful when the Chinese woman respectfully disagreed to dance.
The Chinese woman then again respectfully requested to not film them in a nice tone and not in a condescending way well at least not to me.
Brendan then again started to retaliate and did not respect the request which is by the way, not that hard to honor such a request. Brendan could've moved on and just played music after that but instead, he wanted to make a fuss about it and for me, it looked like he tried to escalate it.
The Chinese guy then comes in to explain in a very commanding voice because Brendan isn't listening and being dismissive of the whole thing. He explained clearly that they do not give consent on being included in the video because they are way in the background and Brendan had the camera point to the Chinese group in the background for the "dance" request.
The Chinese guy then sounds frustrated when his initial request was not even acknowledged by Brendan and was answered in retaliation by asking a question instead of respecting the request which should've been a fair request to begin with.
Brendan then escalates further by saying "We are not in Communist China" which was way out of line and very racist because in this conversation, their country of origin is irrelevant. They are just people asking not to be included in the video which by the way is used for profit. It's not a Chinese thing to not be included in any video by the way.
To me, Brendan / Dr. K was in the wrong in this one. He clearly did not listen and tried to be a dick about it making it all about "FREE SPEECH" when clearly it's not.
- evolvevia 3y ago> to not film them in a nice tone and not in a condescending way well at least not to me. > Brendan then again started to retaliate and did not respect the request which is by the way, not that hard to honor such a request. It was a livestream - to stop recording means ending the stream, which he didn't want to do when there's thousands of viewers watching. If the group didn't want to be filmed, they could have just..moved out of camera shot.
- ShaolinTrooper 3y agoThat was the easiest way for a very peaceful conversation but the Chinese nationals looked like they wanted smoke and fought for what they thought was right. It escalated because Brendan retaliated and we ended up with this mess.
- Shaolol 3y agoThe word you are looking for is responded. Brendan responded in a way they didn't appreciate. That is not retaliation or even escalation. It's disagreement. The other party attempted to assert their right to not have their likeness published online. As they are in the United Kingdom and not in China, the statement of this clear fact and Brendan's assertion of his rights to film in public and publish that video were proper. The other party were being ignorant of, insensitive to, and intolerant of the customs and norms of the people of the United Kingdom. You are in the wrong for claiming racism when this was a clash of cultures.