"We underestimated influencers in 2016. How do we neutralize them?"
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Literally no one is fanboying. Tim Pool, who most people here don't like, is probably the primary target. I already explained I don't even like most of the people involved.
Also, we're paying attention to what you're saying. You're just wrong.
Says fucking who? You're so off base it's just sad.
Again, says who? I don't even get where you're getting any of this, or why you're jumping to the absolutely worst conclusion, and giving the DOJ, leftist media, and leftist bots and shills the benefit of the doubt, and fully condemning the right wing independent creators.
It would be like if the UK government said Lotus Eaters were terrorists, the BBC ran with the story, and a bunch of bots were obviously weaponized to harass the Lotus Eaters. And I just said, "wow, really disappointed in the Lotus Eaters, how could they be so scummy?" I'd never do that though, because I'm not retarded.
I don't usually mind you, but you're certainly being retarded on this issue, sadly.
Yeah, because all of our enemies have decided to try to end them, because they were a threat, and are a useful tool to try to shout 'foreign interference.'
This will absolutely hurt their reputations...that's the whole point of the fucking attack.
You edited that it, so I'll address that too. Holy shit, stop. If YouTube takes them down, it will make them look bad? YouTube is complicit. It's Google/Alphabet, who works with the government. Holy fuck, it's the whole point. To get rid of them. This isn't rocket science.
Even the feds say the personalities didn't know where the money was coming from.
So, his take just keeps getting more braindead.
Knowingly 'taking money from a government source' would certainly be questionable. These youtubers took money from Tenet Media which (correct me if I'm wrong) isn't a government. If you're only saying it looks bad, then duh, it's been engineered to look bad by bad actors.
Only now has it been revealed that Tenet Media is Russian funded-- who knew what and when is a very valid question, but not what you're asking. You're rushing to judgement about the youtubers who were associated seemingly without asking what they knew about Tenet Media. You're blaming the patsies for the crime before the trial even begins.
If this was a government op to poison the well and tarnish moderate-right youtubers, then you've fallen for it.
I believe that both of those things are true.
I am arguing for the presumption of innocence, from the position of 'trust but verify.' I don't trust the DoJ or the youtubers. Stacking up conditional judgements based on sources I don't trust strikes me as folly, but hey-- it's your time and energy.
"Could" being the word there. Why are you taking the DOJ at their word, and then going further with your accusations?
Again, no one is fanboying here, as has been explained multiple times. I can't speak for everyone, but it seems like the majority opinion is unfavorable toward many of the individuals. Heck, the prime target was Tim Pool, who gets a lot of hate here.
No one is "fanboying," yet you keep pulling that out.
I'm not sure of the Dustborn situation, but I assume they took government grants or something? Openly? If so, my objection would be that taxpayers funded that shit. I don't hate the Dustborn devs for taking money that's on the table, and I doubt anyone else here was saying they did either. That's not the issue; in that case the issue is the government spending, not receiving the money.
If the government sets you up to make it look like you're taking money that you didn't even know about...well, I still blame the government in that instance.
Dustborn and Tenet are two completely different situations, but the government deserves the blame in both instances. This isn't hard.
It sounds like they did do due diligence. It's not like this was a pile of cash from Russians, in Russian currency, with Cyrillic bands holding the cash together, and men in suits with DOJ badges were hanging around in the room. Their friend said they had investors lined up.