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### lefttube-drama
*originally posted:* dec 2023
i like lefttube, i like it a lot. unfortunately at the moment its going to hell. you could argue it was always going to hell.
natalie wynn, also known as contrapoints, is pretty much the greatest of all time. just as a youtuber, politically shes kind of... she sits on the fence on the left side of the left/centre fence. maybe shes really a liberal. maybe shes left liberal.
she left youtube and came back to roast "joanne" by comparing her to anita bryant. the comparison is perfect. then just because she was in the neighbourhood, she attacked vaush to side with kat blaque. based on what vaush said i think kat is abusive. breadtube without black lefttube is basically taylorswifttube, so i recommend khadija mbowe instead of kat blaque. i also enjoyed f.d. signifier but i wont do that again.
i dont want to watch youtubers who manipulate their viewers, lie about opponents and former friends and use them as pawns in a war. im a hypocrite though, because id make an exception for contrapoints (and only contrapoints) even though shes totally guilty here. i guess the thing is, i dont see her as generally abusive- shes done one stupid thing and i think it was more out of stupidity than malice. it was at least a bit malicious. if it became a trend, id be incredibly sad.
but theres plenty of malice and stupidity to go around- ive watched most of the videos hoots made, but never again. hoots is taking sides without due dilligence and just being trash. foreign man (who isnt foreign, and fakes his accent) has no integrity. i adored sophie from mars but it turns out shes a monster.
jessie gender and xanderhal i started watching but didnt get into, just as well. caelan conrad i liked but theyre at the centre of so much of this drama and their m.o. is just accuse people who have done NOTHING and then block anyone from trying to help them understand what actually happened.
caelan does not care, will never care, about truth. theyre great at going after nazis, but terrible at being a good person to GOOD people. sadly theyre close with neil and sarah, love love love neil and sarah, i honestly think neil is too good to fall for any of this nonsense. and sarah is probably too smart. i hope so.
were in hell is accused of assault and seems to be shirking. im a big fan of his work and hope that he chooses accountability, id love to watch new stuff if and as soon as marina or her allies say hes doing the right thing.
f.d. signifier did a great video on lauryn hill and im sure hes done countless others, but hes also joined the abuse brigade against innocent people and i wont watch him either. so to sum this up:
### wont watch:
f.d.
caelan
xanderhal
jessie gender
sophie
kat blaque
foreignman
hoots
were in hell
### will watch:
khadija mbowe
chill goblin
leftist cooks
mia mulder
keffals
vaush
atom fellows
ponderful
i like tirrrb as a content creator except the videos ive seen cut on practically every syllable, its like the audio equivalent of a strobe light. its far too distracting and i cant make myself watch. someone tell me if this changes.
i know television-style editing (especially the adverts) does this more and more all the time, thats why i consider television unwatchable. there are actually video filters you can use to cut out long pauses, and if tirrrb overuses one all hes got to do is turn that setting down a bit. i havent noticed this with other youtubers, possibly because the ones that do it arent people i watch anyway.
i prefer essayists to debate streamers. keffals and vaush are special, because i really dont like the format- but as much as it matters, the format isnt always the most important thing.
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