Complicated. I used to watch him a lot and I'm still very saddened by his death, but it's not that simple.
TB was definitely more in the reactionary side of things during gamergate, he regularly threw oil onto the fire or more-or-less directly supported some of it, or made some conversation about it worse by not condemning it and not fighting against it. He was not an awful influence in that time and a lot of people were rightfully pissed off at him.
I appreciate some of what he did and said. I don't think he was particularily a bad person, more your generic gamer-brained dude, vaguely libertarian, but he was respected and had a very big platform which he used pretty badly whenever it went outside the realm of video game options, consumer-protection and the like. And he also built his brand on being a bit of an insufferable douchebag with an overly exaggerated accent.
I enjoyed his stuff more as after, as he matured, when he did things in a better context with better people, such as on podcasts. I think if he was alive now, he would probably look at most of the gamergate stuff with regret and shame, but who knows. My feelings about him are complicated.
Yeah I can appreciate all of this. My thoughts are certainly colored by my politics not being as coherent as they are now, so I'm far removed from how would perceive him now. But he usually seemed to have positive takes on most social issues, or at least the capacity to come around on them.
I'll likely never thoroughly engage his content again, so was mostly curious if there were any standout events or beliefs that I should reflect on. Though the original commenter wasn't referencing him in any of those contexts, so this may all be for naught haha.
Complicated. I used to watch him a lot and I'm still very saddened by his death, but it's not that simple. TB was definitely more in the reactionary side of things during gamergate, he regularly threw oil onto the fire or more-or-less directly supported some of it, or made some conversation about it worse by not condemning it and not fighting against it. He was not an awful influence in that time and a lot of people were rightfully pissed off at him.
I appreciate some of what he did and said. I don't think he was particularily a bad person, more your generic gamer-brained dude, vaguely libertarian, but he was respected and had a very big platform which he used pretty badly whenever it went outside the realm of video game options, consumer-protection and the like. And he also built his brand on being a bit of an insufferable douchebag with an overly exaggerated accent.
I enjoyed his stuff more as after, as he matured, when he did things in a better context with better people, such as on podcasts. I think if he was alive now, he would probably look at most of the gamergate stuff with regret and shame, but who knows. My feelings about him are complicated.
Yeah I can appreciate all of this. My thoughts are certainly colored by my politics not being as coherent as they are now, so I'm far removed from how would perceive him now. But he usually seemed to have positive takes on most social issues, or at least the capacity to come around on them.
I'll likely never thoroughly engage his content again, so was mostly curious if there were any standout events or beliefs that I should reflect on. Though the original commenter wasn't referencing him in any of those contexts, so this may all be for naught haha.