I will not defend the article and/or legacy media, they are biased against youtube and the sample size of 1 here IS bad practice. But, the vortex of right wing extremism does exist. I have almost fallen into it myself and there is a plethera of documented evidence that it exists. Several youtube videos by independent creators (Shaun, innuendo studios, ... among others) expose the links between a layered system of creators that slowly try and pull ppl towards the far right.<br><br><br>It starts with making fun of stupid SJW's, bad journalism or other easy targets. Then it moves on to heavy generalizations of left wingers, cherry picking facts or straight up lies about incidents, etc... This isn't a giant conspiracy, but a naturally grown system of outrage clicks and putting entertainment over truth. Eventually you get to alt-right euphemisms and straight up racism, among other things. A lot of creators who are part of this pipeline might not even be aware. But ignoring the fact that platforming extremist views is dangerous, is a problem. Absolute free speech is dangerous, this is very easy to prove (convincing someone to commit murder makes you complicit).<br><br><br>Someone who says he disavows 'Nazis' but also supports 'white nationalists' or other members of the far right (regardless of what euphemism they use) by inviting them to speak and letting them promote themselves, is helping them creators like (an example of this would be Steven Crowder).<br><br><br>Ben Shapiro might disavow extremism, but also frequently outs his racist beliefs towards muslims. Claiming that spewing hate won't lead to violence just because you don't condone violence is naïve at best and malicious at worst. It's a suspicious fact that his tweets were the most popular among someone who shot up a mosque.,(reply>), @Belowski I disagree. I'm not targeting this channel, I'm targeting it's audience. Debate isn't meant to change the other person's mind, it's meant to change public opinion. <br>That's why Ben Shapiro is popular, he can being wrong look like being right. He isn't changing the minds of anyone he's arguing against, those ppl notice his bullshit. So don't argue against him, argue against his logic.,(reply>), This is a right-wing political channel masquerading as a gaming channel (much like Jim Sterling's is, just to be even handed about it, only for the left) so he needs to downplay the alt-right pipleine for the sake of 'his team's' optics. You are wasting your time.