--- title: "28 ContraPoints Quotes" description: "Natalie Wynn is an American left-wing YouTuber, political commentator, and cultural critic. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ContraPoints, whe..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/contrapoints-21760_debate_a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-perf_492812.jpg" --- # ContraPoints **28** quotes in **121** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Natalie Wynn is an American left-wing YouTuber, political commentator, and cultural critic. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ContraPoints, where she creates video essays exploring topics such as politics, gender, ethics, race, and philosophy. ## Quotes by ContraPoints > [A debate is a very specific kind of performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-performance/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Debate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/debate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/contrapoints-21760_debate_a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-perf_492812.jpg) > [I listen to a lot of standup comics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/contrapoints-21760_comedy_i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics-8082_808231.jpg) > [I'm actually very timid and nonconfrontational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-m-actually-very-timid-and-nonconfrontational/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Actually](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actually/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/contrapoints-21760_actually_i-m-actually-very-timid-and-nonconfronta_3076802.jpg) > [I'm not really the type of person who is going to make heartfelt, 20-minute vlogs. That's just not really who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-m-not-really-the-type-of-person-who-is-going-to-make-heartfelt-20/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Heartfelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartfelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/contrapoints-21760_heartfelt_i-m-not-really-the-type-of-person-who-is_3114429.jpg) > [There are things you can say in the voice of a fictional character that you could not explore any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/there-are-things-you-can-say-in-the-voice-of-a-fictional-character/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/contrapoints-21760_character_there-are-things-you-can-say-in-the-voic_18518.jpg) > [It's going to take me less time to wreck Ben Shapiro than it took me to curl my hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/it-s-going-to-take-me-less-time-to-wreck-ben-shapiro-than-it-took-me/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Curl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/contrapoints-21760_curl_it-s-going-to-take-me-less-time-to-wreck_656795.jpg) > [In grad school, I led a bit of a double life. I don't mean gender-wise - I just mean intellectually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/in-grad-school-i-led-a-bit-of-a-double-life-i-don-t-mean-gender-wise/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Double](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/double/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/contrapoints-21760_double_in-grad-school-i-led-a-bit-of-a-double-l_2807346.jpg) > [It's quite difficult to get through to the people who are really committed to these anti-progressive beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/it-s-quite-difficult-to-get-through-to-the-people-who-are-really/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Beliefs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beliefs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/contrapoints-21760_beliefs_it-s-quite-difficult-to-get-through-to-t_483100.jpg) > [When I was a prepubescent child, I never really had experiences of gender dysphoria. This is not something that started until adolescence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/when-i-was-a-prepubescent-child-i-never-really-had-experiences-of/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Adolescence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/contrapoints-21760_adolescence_when-i-was-a-prepubescent-child-i-never_105386.jpg) > [I didn't understand how difficult it would be to transition in the public eye and look back at pre-transition videos - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-didn-t-understand-how-difficult-it-would-be-to-transition-in-the/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/contrapoints-21760_back_i-didn-t-understand-how-difficult-it-wou_1827467.jpg) > [I kind of hate the fact that I feel like people expect you to announce what you are, and then you become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-kind-of-hate-the-fact-that-i-feel-like-people-expect-you-to/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Announce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/announce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/contrapoints-21760_announce_i-kind-of-hate-the-fact-that-i-feel-like_715524.jpg) > [Almost as soon as I came out as trans, there was a spike in online harassment more vicious than anything I'd experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/almost-as-soon-as-i-came-out-as-trans-there-was-a-spike-in-online/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Gender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/contrapoints-21760_good_almost-as-soon-as-i-came-out-as-trans-th_2071179.jpg) > [More than 40 per cent of my viewers are female. When I do meetups and events, oftentimes the majority of people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/more-than-40-per-cent-of-my-viewers-are-female-when-i-do-meetups-and/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/contrapoints-21760_better_more-than-40-per-cent-of-my-viewers-are_30141.jpg) > [Politics is always antagonistic and tribalistic. But social media puts us in isolated information bubbles. We're not just disagreeing on politics. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/politics-is-always-antagonistic-and-tribalistic-but-social-media-puts/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Media](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/media/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/contrapoints-21760_media_politics-is-always-antagonistic-and-trib_3211521.jpg) > [There's this artistic drive or something in me that impels me to sympathize with villains, but it's maybe not a great impulse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/there-s-this-artistic-drive-or-something-in-me-that-impels-me-to/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Drive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/contrapoints-21760_drive_there-s-this-artistic-drive-or-something_711670.jpg) > [What really excites me is the prospect of making people actually enjoy thinking about difficult topics, to laugh even while seriously engaging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/what-really-excites-me-is-the-prospect-of-making-people-actually/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/contrapoints-21760_comedy_what-really-excites-me-is-the-prospect-o_776683.jpg) > [I've been harassed. I've been stalked. I've had every public pre-transition photo of me compiled alongside my deadname with the purpose of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-ve-been-harassed-i-ve-been-stalked-i-ve-had-every-public-pre/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Gender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/contrapoints-21760_gender_i-ve-been-harassed-i-ve-been-stalked-i-v_1286340.jpg) > [On YouTube, there's a right-wing extremism funnel. You start by watching a college student ranting about how dumb feminism is. It's wrong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/on-youtube-there-s-a-right-wing-extremism-funnel-you-start-by/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [College student](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college-student/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/contrapoints-21760_college-student_on-youtube-there-s-a-right-wing-extremis_2256677.jpg) > [I was looking at YouTube and seeing things really heat up again in terms of the popularity of talking about serious political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-was-looking-at-youtube-and-seeing-things-really-heat-up-again-in/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/contrapoints-21760_better_i-was-looking-at-youtube-and-seeing-thin_2363033.jpg) > [I carry with me from my male upbringing a sense that femininity is forbidden. So when I appear on YouTube with forty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-carry-with-me-from-my-male-upbringing-a-sense-that-femininity-is/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/contrapoints-21760_body_i-carry-with-me-from-my-male-upbringing_201380.jpg) > [I dropped out of my Ph.D. philosophy program at Northwestern in the summer of 2015, in my mid-20s. I kind of had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-dropped-out-of-my-ph-d-philosophy-program-at-northwestern-in-the/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Philosophy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philosophy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/contrapoints-21760_philosophy_i-dropped-out-of-my-ph-d-philosophy-prog_698399.jpg) > [As a prominent trans person, you hope that someone feels they know you and then thinks of you at the polls; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-that-someone-feels-they-know-you/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg) > [The visual elements of the videos, the makeup and the costumes... these things have nothing to do with justice and truth, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/the-visual-elements-of-the-videos-the-makeup-and-the-costumes-these/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/contrapoints-21760_experience_the-visual-elements-of-the-videos-the-ma_1755220.jpg) > [I don't just want to show how somebody might be wrong;I want to know why people believe the things they believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-don-t-just-want-to-show-how-somebody-might-be-wrong-i-want-to-know/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/contrapoints-21760_believe_i-don-t-just-want-to-show-how-somebody-m_1695447.jpg) > [A ContraPoints video is never going to be framed as 'I'm so offended by this idea.' It's not, 'I'm so intimidated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/a-contrapoints-video-is-never-going-to-be-framed-as-i-m-so-offended/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/contrapoints-21760_big_a-contrapoints-video-is-never-going-to-b_2583869.jpg) > [I watch a lot of YouTube makeup tutorials. I also watch a lot of channels where all they do is eat inhumanly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-watch-a-lot-of-youtube-makeup-tutorials-i-also-watch-a-lot-of/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Food](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/contrapoints-21760_food_i-watch-a-lot-of-youtube-makeup-tutorial_230926.jpg) > [I try to swim against the current as much as possible when it comes to the tribalism that defines the way people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-try-to-swim-against-the-current-as-much-as-possible-when-it-comes/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Media](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/media/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/contrapoints-21760_media_i-try-to-swim-against-the-current-as-muc_2738005.jpg) > [That's one thing I learned in my philosophy training - if you're writing a paper on Aristotle, you have to first show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/that-s-one-thing-i-learned-in-my-philosophy-training-if-you-re/) [ContraPoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/contrapoints-21760_him_that-s-one-thing-i-learned-in-my-philoso_2227326.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/contrapoints/#itemlist", "name": "ContraPoints Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A debate is a very specific kind of performance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ContraPoints" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-performance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/contrapoints-21760_debate_a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-perf_492812.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/contrapoints-21760_debate_a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-perf_492812.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/contrapoints-21760_debate_a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-perf_492812.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A debate is a very specific kind of performance.” — ContraPoints", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I listen to a lot of standup comics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ContraPoints" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/contrapoints-21760_comedy_i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics-8082_808231.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/contrapoints-21760_comedy_i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics-8082_808231.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/contrapoints-21760_comedy_i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics-8082_808231.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I listen to a lot of standup comics.” — ContraPoints", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm actually very timid and nonconfrontational.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ContraPoints" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-m-actually-very-timid-and-nonconfrontational/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/contrapoints-21760_actually_i-m-actually-very-timid-and-nonconfronta_3076802.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/contrapoints-21760_actually_i-m-actually-very-timid-and-nonconfronta_3076802.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/contrapoints-21760_actually_i-m-actually-very-timid-and-nonconfronta_3076802.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm actually very timid and nonconfrontational.” — ContraPoints", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not really the type of person who is going to make heartfelt, 20-minute vlogs. 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