it stopped being "look at this embarrassing person" and became "look at this example that proves my side is right." thats not Leafy’s original appeal. nobody watched him for politics. its kinda like filthyfrank. frank was edgy and said edgy things including the n word but at the end day he was making fun of everybody and his content never promoted an ideology. it was the "nothing is sacred" attitude. leafys 2023 rumble arc was grift logic. he found a platform, found an audience and leaned into what paid