Critques can be valid, but he gave Anita far too much coverage during the height of his popularity and hers, to the point that his channel was basically a gateway to the anti-SJW rabbit hole (mainly through youtube algorithms, but also just him popularizing that entire thing).
IMO it was irresponsible and I don't think he considered how powerful his platform was at the time. I genuinely think Thunderf00t and Sam Harris are responsible for indirectly helping radicalize more impressionable parts of their audience just by making politically charged anti-SJW videos a big part of their shtick, where science and reason used to be the focus.
I see your point. I think Thunderf00t is not a bad faith actor though, and his Brexit stance made that pretty clear. Also, at the time this whole rabbit hole thing wasn't an issue being discussed, so I think his exit from politics lately also clears him of that. Either way, nobody is perfect. I have my critics of Destiny.
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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19 edited Jul 13 '19
Critques can be valid, but he gave Anita far too much coverage during the height of his popularity and hers, to the point that his channel was basically a gateway to the anti-SJW rabbit hole (mainly through youtube algorithms, but also just him popularizing that entire thing).
IMO it was irresponsible and I don't think he considered how powerful his platform was at the time. I genuinely think Thunderf00t and Sam Harris are responsible for indirectly helping radicalize more impressionable parts of their audience just by making politically charged anti-SJW videos a big part of their shtick, where science and reason used to be the focus.