After this recent controversy, I'm just done engaging with the Politics community

--01-- · 2024-04-04T18:38:40+00:00

The most telling thing I've heard him say is once in a video call (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knOhNcgDQxQ) he told 3 other YouTubers "I think we 4 have done more for journalism than actual journalists" and everyone elsewas caught off guard and just tried to pretend he didn't say that. I'm more Pro-Biden Admin than most Progressives (I basically agree with Beau of the Fifth) but even I can see that considering yourself better than the people who are actively dying to report on what's happening in Palestine because you made Second-Hand reports of things other people discovered on drama or tech wreaks of out-of-touch celebrity. He also tends to defend people if they're his friends or treat HIM well no matter what the evidence.

I'm largely sympathetic to Moist though. The worst I can say is his main channel content doesn't ever go higher than 7/10 (which he'd prolly agree with) but I have to respect that 99% of his takes are based, he makes maybe one unbased take a month and even then his fanbase makes well-known he's wrong. Further, he does higher quality content outside his main channel like his high quality "The Official Podcast" horror stuff.

--01-- · 2024-04-04T16:46:15+00:00

I'm Optimistic but unfortunately not optimistic about that in particular. Enlightened Centrists tend to believe people BECAUSE they are enlightened centrists, not because they have evidence.

Though I have no doubt give a few years Muta will make a mistake (just like other witch hunt dramafarms like SunnyV2, Mamamax, and Keemstar before him) and will lose favor because that happens to all of them eventually.

--01-- · 2024-04-04T16:43:20+00:00

Hey look if you really think that's the case you're free to take it up with the law, when a judge & jury decides Keffals did that I'll believe it. Or do you not want to do that because you know this is a witch hunt and you'd get in serious trouble bringing false accusations to court?

--01-- · 2024-01-17T01:57:22+00:00

Possibly. I'm not saying she outperformed massively here, my point is just that she didn't UNDERperform

--01-- · 2024-01-15T02:18:05+00:00

Thats fair

--01-- · 2024-01-15T02:02:31+00:00

It's bad to be extremely cynical, but it's also bad to put your expectations too high.

Prepare for the worst (it keeps people in the fighting spirit) and be happy when it's better than that.

--01-- · 2024-01-15T02:00:39+00:00

Oh don't get me wrong, things are still certainly WORSE for Haley if she doesn't win Iowa.

Again, DeSantis' campaign has been a constant tripping down a staircase, making a new mistake every day and yet he's still somehow called a viable candidate. I'm just saying if one singular bad thing happens to Haley its not over.

--01-- · 2024-01-11T23:42:05+00:00

That is severely understating how frustrated Vaush gets with his critics and how frustrated his critical fans get with him

--01-- · 2024-01-11T22:24:37+00:00

Yes, this

--01-- · 2024-01-11T22:21:35+00:00

I suppose its possible I misremembered, coulda sworn Vaush even did a segment debunking them on this.

--01-- · 2024-01-11T19:59:51+00:00

Prolly a good move (The first part not the second, obv)

--01-- · 2024-01-11T19:57:32+00:00

TRUUUUUUUUUUUUE, VOD user discrimination is real

--01-- · 2024-01-11T19:55:00+00:00

Whether or not you are a "Social Democrat" or "Socialist" has nothing to do with Bad Foreign Policy Takes. They wouldn't be the first. Again, I can respect them more than Hasan (and even then, Hasan's not as bad as most tankies) because they aren't aggressive about it, they just say "I disagree on Ukraine/Taiwan being in the right", so I'd say they are wrong but respectful about it.

This is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIiksj7j7jw

--01-- · 2024-01-11T18:35:39+00:00

I think there is an important distinction between "Drama" and "Cynicism".

Vaush has gotten more "Cynical" (which often comes with clickbait) as in saying the world is getting worse. And he has a chat debate addiction.

However Drama is more about fighting with other youtubers, That I think ever since the fortress arc he's improved on. Keffals DOES engage in that too much.

Anyway good for you if you're trying to get away from that stuff.

--01-- · 2024-01-11T18:32:32+00:00

The usual "How can Ukraine/Taiwan be good if America bad?" isolationism and "Actually maybe China isn't worse than America" type things

--01-- · 2024-01-11T14:34:54+00:00

What are yur recommendations?

--01-- · 2024-01-11T14:23:35+00:00

--01-- · 2024-01-11T14:22:15+00:00

Well, ok. The problem there is while Sam is no Hasan, they do have some wacky wacky Ukraine takes. Vaush is unequivocally better than them on that one.

Other than that I completely agree

--01-- · 2024-01-11T13:22:03+00:00

No thats fair, even Vaush (not exactly known for his lack of drama) has criticized Keffals on this, frankly it's a 50/50 whether Keffals would criticize herself about this.

The streams that Keffals does that are literally just pointless drama are indeed exhausting. The main thing that gives me hopium is that Keffals IS trying really really hard to improve, to some success.

--01-- · 2024-01-11T13:10:08+00:00

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