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The Terminator has taken it upon himself to tackle the rise in hate crimes.
In a 12-minute YouTube video shared yesterday, Arnold Schwarzenegger said that those who embrace hate would “die miserably”, particularly anti-semites.
This has come at a point where America has seen a devastating rise in hate crimes, with 2 717 anti-semitic incidents occurring last year alone.
That’s the highest since the US Anti-Defamation League began tracking hate crimes in 1979, per The Independent.
“There has never been a successful movement based on hate,” Schwarzenegger said in the video:
“Nazis? Losers. The Confederacy? Losers. The Apartheid movement? Losers. I don’t want you to be a loser. I don’t want you to be weak… despite all my friends who might say, ‘Arnold, don’t talk to those people. It’s not worth it,’ I don’t care what they say. I care about you. I think you’re worth it. I know nobody is perfect… I can understand how people can fall into a trap of prejudice and hate.”
Lend him your ears:
In a similar video shared last year, Schwarzenegger opened up about his Nazi father when talking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“[My father] was injured at Leningrad and the Nazi army he was part of did vicious harm to the great city and to its brave people,” he said.
“To the Russian soldiers listening to this broadcast, you already know much of the truth that I’m speaking. You’ve seen it in your own eyes. I don’t want you to be broken like my father.”
Sorting through the bigots and the brave is one way to use your masculinity for good.
Hopefully, this here ultimate macho-man gets through to people.
[source:independent]
