Writer Who’s Against Illegal Immigration Says Government Should Bring Civilization To ‘Uncontacted Tribe’, Gets Murdered By Words
Writer Matt Walsh has been very open about his stance on illegal immigration. Some people, however, have just started pointing fingers at one of his recent tweets, saying that Walsh’s a hypocrite when it comes to crossing borders. The heated discussion began when Walsh expressed his opinion about the way governments should treat isolated tribes. (Facebook cover image: Unknown)
The question of whether or not it’s just for modern societies to bring civilization to these groups isn’t new, and it’s still quite relevant. According to Survival International, currently there are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes around the world. And while the charitable trust believes that “industrialized societies subject tribal peoples to genocidal violence, slavery and racism so they can steal their lands, resources and labour in the name of ‘progress’ and ‘civilization,'” Walsh has expressed a different opinion.
Continue scrolling to read not only his words but the responses they have received and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
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This commenter, however, thought that Walsh was being a hypocrite
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Then, more people expressed their opinions
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And here’s what others had to say about this sensitive topic
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Share on Facebookjust leave them the F alone. they are showing that they don't want any interaction with anyone and People should respect that. what happened with that dude is hiw own fault.
Agreed. My wife and I are Catholic, all sacraments, married in the church and sending our daughter to CCE. We dislike people that try to preach "the word". Listen, it's 2018, everyone already knows "the word". If they want to hear it they'll come to church on their own accord. They don't need a bunch of self righteous high and mighty stuck up a$$holes telling them they're living in sin and need to make better choices. Those people make all of us look bad. Those are the same people that want everyone to feel "welcomed" at church but vote to keep the boarders closed and live by white flight and red lining.
Load More Replies...Who the f**k is Matt Walsh and why should anyone give a f**k about what his uglyass thinks?
he is the author of The Blaze, an ultra-conservative blog. kinda the right's answer to the Daily Kos, an ultra-liberal blog. and yes, he's a jackass, butmillions of Trumpeters read him. ugh.
Load More Replies...Matt Walsh is a clueless, inconsidered cultural imperialist who has no idea about different societies and their perceptions of themselves. When I was doing my PhD fieldwork I had the pleasure to work with international Earthwatch volunteers. One of my best was a quietly-spoken indigenous Indonesian rainforest village chief, whose people only wanted to live undisturbed in their forest home without the trappings or interference of technological society. The village faced a huge philosophical dilemma in gathering the resources to send their chief overseas, but they were desperate to understand how Western science might help them protect their forest and homes. Although I loved my own project and the ecology behind it, if I made a difference to this man's ability to protect his people this will by far be the best legacy that I could ever hope for from my scientific work.
What would they really gain by introducing them to our "civillisation"? What did ANY remote tribe really gain for themselves by contact with the white world? Basically, people are desperate to study them and their 60,000 year old culture and discover the secret to their survival. This culture, which obviously works for them, will be destroyed by exposure to modern society. Do we really want to see them all waving on the beach wearing Nike T-shirts and clutching mobile phones?? . Just leave them the hell alone.
Since there seem to be only a few hundred of them, they'd probably never even have a chance of getting their hands on a phone, since a simple infection might wipe them all out.
Load More Replies...They've survived, they're not becoming extinct, suffering fertility problems or the 'health issues' we suffer from.. as they're continuing to exist ... thus they don't need our technology or health advances ... they're not destroying their environment, endangering the planet or hoping to rehome themselves on Mars because it's becoming a total f*ckup here. They're living in harmony with nature and have more right to remain and continue to exist than any of us in this civilised world who are little more than parasites.
ugh, what a judgemental, small minded tool. Has he learned nothing from the histories of cultures being exposed? Such as native americans all dieing off from our diseases? Also, many of these tribes are extremely violent and will attack outsiders. They are well aware of our planes, boats and other people, they do not want contact with us.
They're better off not knowing about us as evidenced by this f*****g idiot's post.
Vilkas believes he's one of the smart ones as he doesn't read his own comments.
Load More Replies...I am in complete defense of leaving the people alone. It would be awesome to know what their culture is like though, without interfering.
Don’t know why you got downvoted. I’m curious as hell too. Curiosity is fine. Interfering is not.
Load More Replies...No clue who this guy is... I kind of agree with the idea that they have a right to know what's out here, but since they have made it abundantly clear that they don't want any contact, just leave them be. It's their express choice.
Good point. They do have that right but so far I guess they haven’t decided to exercise it. They’ll probably be here longer than the rest of “civilization” anyway the way we are headed.
Load More Replies...To begin with: Visiting the island is strictly forbidden. So this idiot didn't even have any right to be there. Everyone knows that trying to make contact with this tribe will lead to certain death. If that moron hadn't been so self-righteous he would still be alive. Seems to me that his god did not want him there either because otherwise he would have saved that fool when the natives had their target practice on him. But they've killed and burried him. It's likely they will dig his body up and tie it to some poles with his face towards the sea. They have done that in the past when they killed people that came to their island. Who needs a clearer sign that they don't want strangers visiting them?
And he was turned away twice before they killed him, the second time shooting arrows at him.
Load More Replies...Am I the only lady who thinks this is a really familiar sentiment to guys pushing themselves on me? "But baby, you'll like it........" Nah....I'm good.
So that guy's argument is that its okay to break into somebody's home, even if they dont want you in it, as long as you come bearing gifts?
*unwanted gifts, in this situation. They've already made it clear they don't want to communicate with outsiders.
Load More Replies...well, i dont want unwanted people at my home invading my personal space. So same goes for the tribe too. Let them live however the way they want.
I don't say this very often, but that guy (Matt Walsh) is a total jackass. Unfortunately many people agree with him.
It's weird to think that people would want something they've never even heard of. Why would someone want a phone if they don't even have a concept of it? I grew up before social media was a thing. Is my life easier, when I can keep in contact with family while living abroad? Definitely. Is it any better? This, I'm not so sure about. On a daily basis, I'm watching people who literally sit next to each other communicate via messenger, never as much as looking at each other. This might be a technological advancement, but hardly a social one...
They have lived on their own for years and years without any kind of help from the rest of us. Why does this guy think they need it now? They´re perfectly fine! Live them alone! That civilization is pure: no technology, no money, no diseases (ours, I mean)... Mario Anthony Russo said it all.
why everyone is trying to invade their privacy? Its like breaking into someones house, off course no one likes it.
We white people always assume that we are entitled to rule. What's mine must remain mine, what's yours must be mine as well. That's how America (and Australia) has become white in the first place.
Australia became white because prisoners were sent there. Not because anyone conquered it. However, I get your overall point but I don't think it's just white people. I thinks it's more people who are in power. There have always been wars for resources and power. Whether it's tribal in Native American or Africa, or modern warfare in Korea or Russia annexing part of the Ukraine.
Load More Replies...Maybe when they throw spears at us what we're seeing is their border patrol, trying to keep illegal aliens trying to take their jobs. Nah, who am I kidding; they seem much too evolved for that sort of nonsense.
There are a lot of primitive tribes in the world and they all want pretty much the same thing: to be left alone and not be bothered by outsiders. I don't know who this guy is, but he should have left this tribe alone. If he was told to leave more than once and refused whatever happened to him is on him. These tribes know about the outside world and that is probably why they want to be left alone.
To bring them our civilization?..You mean alcohol, cocain, politicians, taxes, fire arms, disease, polution, race and religious hatred...if you can call this 'civilization', well,...I don't quite know what to say.
Oh gosh, him saying that "by us not contacting them, we are deciding they are better without modern technology " is so ridiculous because they are the ones deciding what they want to do. Contacting them would be breaching what THEY are deciding is better for them... it's not his/our place to tell them what they should do
IDIOT! They know what the modern world is, and they wisely want NO PART OF IT! They've seen helicopters always try to shoot em down.
well this is a hilariously false equivalence, I'm all for leaving un-contacted tribes alone - if they want to get connected that's their choice to make, but to call 'visiting an island and introducing them to technology' the same as 'illegally entering a country and staying' is total BS.
drop matty off on the beach please....it's not like we needed proof he's an a*s so let's just shut him up with what he wants!
I mean like why is it "gets murdered by words"? Like why
Load More Replies...That fool probably knew how hostile the Sentinelese are to outsiders, and probably trusted that God would protect him.
I was obviously making a joke and am not serious, ya ding dongs
Load More Replies...There are some very angry, guilty 1st Worlders in this comment section. lol Suck it up you pussies!
If You force the "integration",they will not know how to handle it, and this is how for eg. overpopulation begins. We are already way too many people on Earth, there is not enough food even for us.. If you start vaccinating kids in a tribe where women are used to having 10+ kids, because they know at least half would die of diseases, they would not know how to handle the new situation where all their kids would live. This way, because of cultural reasons and tradition too, they would keep on having too many babies for a while, thus having another boom in overpopulation, which would lead to several other issues. Let them evolve in their own pace!
Clearly the ideal solution is for this guy to himself visit one of these isolated tribes and see what they think of his efforts to civilize him.
This remains me a bit of a song by Danny Kaye called "Bingo Bango Bongo" about a missionary who tries to entice the natives of this one tribe with stories of civilization. The main singer finds a magazine that the missionary's wife conceals and learns of things like the atom bomb that he sees he'd be better off remaining where he is than get caught up in the craziness of civilization. A fun song to listen to.
When the apocalypse comes, they will just live there peacefully while us modern people are wiped out, thats kinda a big plus for them so.
just leave them the F alone. they are showing that they don't want any interaction with anyone and People should respect that. what happened with that dude is hiw own fault.
Agreed. My wife and I are Catholic, all sacraments, married in the church and sending our daughter to CCE. We dislike people that try to preach "the word". Listen, it's 2018, everyone already knows "the word". If they want to hear it they'll come to church on their own accord. They don't need a bunch of self righteous high and mighty stuck up a$$holes telling them they're living in sin and need to make better choices. Those people make all of us look bad. Those are the same people that want everyone to feel "welcomed" at church but vote to keep the boarders closed and live by white flight and red lining.
Load More Replies...Who the f**k is Matt Walsh and why should anyone give a f**k about what his uglyass thinks?
he is the author of The Blaze, an ultra-conservative blog. kinda the right's answer to the Daily Kos, an ultra-liberal blog. and yes, he's a jackass, butmillions of Trumpeters read him. ugh.
Load More Replies...Matt Walsh is a clueless, inconsidered cultural imperialist who has no idea about different societies and their perceptions of themselves. When I was doing my PhD fieldwork I had the pleasure to work with international Earthwatch volunteers. One of my best was a quietly-spoken indigenous Indonesian rainforest village chief, whose people only wanted to live undisturbed in their forest home without the trappings or interference of technological society. The village faced a huge philosophical dilemma in gathering the resources to send their chief overseas, but they were desperate to understand how Western science might help them protect their forest and homes. Although I loved my own project and the ecology behind it, if I made a difference to this man's ability to protect his people this will by far be the best legacy that I could ever hope for from my scientific work.
What would they really gain by introducing them to our "civillisation"? What did ANY remote tribe really gain for themselves by contact with the white world? Basically, people are desperate to study them and their 60,000 year old culture and discover the secret to their survival. This culture, which obviously works for them, will be destroyed by exposure to modern society. Do we really want to see them all waving on the beach wearing Nike T-shirts and clutching mobile phones?? . Just leave them the hell alone.
Since there seem to be only a few hundred of them, they'd probably never even have a chance of getting their hands on a phone, since a simple infection might wipe them all out.
Load More Replies...They've survived, they're not becoming extinct, suffering fertility problems or the 'health issues' we suffer from.. as they're continuing to exist ... thus they don't need our technology or health advances ... they're not destroying their environment, endangering the planet or hoping to rehome themselves on Mars because it's becoming a total f*ckup here. They're living in harmony with nature and have more right to remain and continue to exist than any of us in this civilised world who are little more than parasites.
ugh, what a judgemental, small minded tool. Has he learned nothing from the histories of cultures being exposed? Such as native americans all dieing off from our diseases? Also, many of these tribes are extremely violent and will attack outsiders. They are well aware of our planes, boats and other people, they do not want contact with us.
They're better off not knowing about us as evidenced by this f*****g idiot's post.
Vilkas believes he's one of the smart ones as he doesn't read his own comments.
Load More Replies...I am in complete defense of leaving the people alone. It would be awesome to know what their culture is like though, without interfering.
Don’t know why you got downvoted. I’m curious as hell too. Curiosity is fine. Interfering is not.
Load More Replies...No clue who this guy is... I kind of agree with the idea that they have a right to know what's out here, but since they have made it abundantly clear that they don't want any contact, just leave them be. It's their express choice.
Good point. They do have that right but so far I guess they haven’t decided to exercise it. They’ll probably be here longer than the rest of “civilization” anyway the way we are headed.
Load More Replies...To begin with: Visiting the island is strictly forbidden. So this idiot didn't even have any right to be there. Everyone knows that trying to make contact with this tribe will lead to certain death. If that moron hadn't been so self-righteous he would still be alive. Seems to me that his god did not want him there either because otherwise he would have saved that fool when the natives had their target practice on him. But they've killed and burried him. It's likely they will dig his body up and tie it to some poles with his face towards the sea. They have done that in the past when they killed people that came to their island. Who needs a clearer sign that they don't want strangers visiting them?
And he was turned away twice before they killed him, the second time shooting arrows at him.
Load More Replies...Am I the only lady who thinks this is a really familiar sentiment to guys pushing themselves on me? "But baby, you'll like it........" Nah....I'm good.
So that guy's argument is that its okay to break into somebody's home, even if they dont want you in it, as long as you come bearing gifts?
*unwanted gifts, in this situation. They've already made it clear they don't want to communicate with outsiders.
Load More Replies...well, i dont want unwanted people at my home invading my personal space. So same goes for the tribe too. Let them live however the way they want.
I don't say this very often, but that guy (Matt Walsh) is a total jackass. Unfortunately many people agree with him.
It's weird to think that people would want something they've never even heard of. Why would someone want a phone if they don't even have a concept of it? I grew up before social media was a thing. Is my life easier, when I can keep in contact with family while living abroad? Definitely. Is it any better? This, I'm not so sure about. On a daily basis, I'm watching people who literally sit next to each other communicate via messenger, never as much as looking at each other. This might be a technological advancement, but hardly a social one...
They have lived on their own for years and years without any kind of help from the rest of us. Why does this guy think they need it now? They´re perfectly fine! Live them alone! That civilization is pure: no technology, no money, no diseases (ours, I mean)... Mario Anthony Russo said it all.
why everyone is trying to invade their privacy? Its like breaking into someones house, off course no one likes it.
We white people always assume that we are entitled to rule. What's mine must remain mine, what's yours must be mine as well. That's how America (and Australia) has become white in the first place.
Australia became white because prisoners were sent there. Not because anyone conquered it. However, I get your overall point but I don't think it's just white people. I thinks it's more people who are in power. There have always been wars for resources and power. Whether it's tribal in Native American or Africa, or modern warfare in Korea or Russia annexing part of the Ukraine.
Load More Replies...Maybe when they throw spears at us what we're seeing is their border patrol, trying to keep illegal aliens trying to take their jobs. Nah, who am I kidding; they seem much too evolved for that sort of nonsense.
There are a lot of primitive tribes in the world and they all want pretty much the same thing: to be left alone and not be bothered by outsiders. I don't know who this guy is, but he should have left this tribe alone. If he was told to leave more than once and refused whatever happened to him is on him. These tribes know about the outside world and that is probably why they want to be left alone.
To bring them our civilization?..You mean alcohol, cocain, politicians, taxes, fire arms, disease, polution, race and religious hatred...if you can call this 'civilization', well,...I don't quite know what to say.
Oh gosh, him saying that "by us not contacting them, we are deciding they are better without modern technology " is so ridiculous because they are the ones deciding what they want to do. Contacting them would be breaching what THEY are deciding is better for them... it's not his/our place to tell them what they should do
IDIOT! They know what the modern world is, and they wisely want NO PART OF IT! They've seen helicopters always try to shoot em down.
well this is a hilariously false equivalence, I'm all for leaving un-contacted tribes alone - if they want to get connected that's their choice to make, but to call 'visiting an island and introducing them to technology' the same as 'illegally entering a country and staying' is total BS.
drop matty off on the beach please....it's not like we needed proof he's an a*s so let's just shut him up with what he wants!
I mean like why is it "gets murdered by words"? Like why
Load More Replies...That fool probably knew how hostile the Sentinelese are to outsiders, and probably trusted that God would protect him.
I was obviously making a joke and am not serious, ya ding dongs
Load More Replies...There are some very angry, guilty 1st Worlders in this comment section. lol Suck it up you pussies!
If You force the "integration",they will not know how to handle it, and this is how for eg. overpopulation begins. We are already way too many people on Earth, there is not enough food even for us.. If you start vaccinating kids in a tribe where women are used to having 10+ kids, because they know at least half would die of diseases, they would not know how to handle the new situation where all their kids would live. This way, because of cultural reasons and tradition too, they would keep on having too many babies for a while, thus having another boom in overpopulation, which would lead to several other issues. Let them evolve in their own pace!
Clearly the ideal solution is for this guy to himself visit one of these isolated tribes and see what they think of his efforts to civilize him.
This remains me a bit of a song by Danny Kaye called "Bingo Bango Bongo" about a missionary who tries to entice the natives of this one tribe with stories of civilization. The main singer finds a magazine that the missionary's wife conceals and learns of things like the atom bomb that he sees he'd be better off remaining where he is than get caught up in the craziness of civilization. A fun song to listen to.
When the apocalypse comes, they will just live there peacefully while us modern people are wiped out, thats kinda a big plus for them so.
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