Okay, before I get a bunch of people making excuses & justifications let's go over what has happened.(Thread)
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Pewds promotes Jordan Peterson and his book on his channelpic.twitter.com/uHHtK1YaiF
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PewDiePie gives Sargon of Akkad a shout out in two separate videospic.twitter.com/P5XVguu7ap
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The video has since been edited, but Felix original failed to vet a meme that used a Stonetoss comic https://youtu.be/R6wzEuqdSdM pic.twitter.com/qsRWp0IgxS
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Felix, once again, failed to vet a meme that featured alt-righter Baked Alaskapic.twitter.com/UV61Rj8sQw
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He failed AGAIN to vet a meme that featured alt-righter Brittany Ventipic.twitter.com/U9z1dP8WIs
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He shared at least one article from the phrenology enthusiasts outlet Quillettepic.twitter.com/qgkD6SzIcK
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He promoted The Killstream & Ethan Ralph the host of an alt-right streampic.twitter.com/z1E4mDCXtc
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He has been friendly with Stefan Molyneux on multiple occasions & followed him on Twitterpic.twitter.com/YnFwEZbzQc
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He was also friendly towards Lauren Southern & followed her on Twitterpic.twitter.com/FhXD1k5mgA
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He was also friendly towards Paul Joseph Watson & followed him on Twitterpic.twitter.com/QHqYpi6iXU
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And there are tones of articles & videos covering him failing to vet the channel E;R who turned out to be an anti-Semitic Propagandisthttps://metro.co.uk/2018/12/12/pewdiepie-responds-anti-semitic-backlash-removes-er-recommendation-video-8235537/ …
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OH! I almost forgot! The brilliant PewDiePie fanboy
@NateTalksToYou, who shared that Stonetoss comic, also accidentally reviled that Felix was following Sam Hyde! An alt-right comedianpic.twitter.com/KU2cj2dtSq
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All this said, I don't think that he's Alt-right or a Nazi. He's someone who is surrounded by edgy reactionary memes & it seems that he has no interest in filtering that content out.
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