Honestly I think it goes back to the old media vs new media civil war. It's all very similar to the WSJ's attempt to get Pewdiepie deplatformed, only this time they're not even contacting advertisers, they're having donations yanked.
Yep. Styx wasn't exactly wrong when he made his hippy-dippy "can't we all just get along" video regarding YT drama. All this infighting seems dumb when you look at the bigger picture, namely, legacy media trying to crush YT under its heel.