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  • BigLenin [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    9 hours ago

    I think contrapoints is ok for "radicalizing" liberals a bit

    I disagree. All her fans just seem to stay Libs, now they're just more articulate and aesthetically creative Libs which makes them more annoying.

    • 51dz31 [he/him]
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      8 hours ago

      From my experience, when I was a "baby leftist" aka anti "tankie" lib, what got me into reading was "watching" some of her videos. Later, when I got more knowlegable I started to absolutely despise her and hate her "politics".

      But if she has a parasocial relationship with her fans, similar to the one Vaush has then I agree, maybe I just didn't take all of her words for granted like her viewers do

    • GrosMichel [none/use name]
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      8 hours ago

      I'd say the people who've stuck around to support her are liberals. It's possible she did radicalize a bunch of people and they're some of the ones dunking on her.

      • BigLenin [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        8 hours ago

        It's possible she did radicalize a bunch of people and they're some of the ones dunking on her.

        I think a lot of those people were headed that way anyway, and without contra they would have ended up here regardless. If anything she delayed their evolution.

        • 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]
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          7 hours ago

          She was pretty good in 2017-2018 (up until the truscum/enbyphobic stuff), but once she started spiraling, god damn.

          • AnExcellentSteelHorse [comrade/them, des/pair]
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            7 hours ago

            I remember her having some real influence when she was doing her videos about incels and 4chan and such. She (understandably) didn't want to be the trans "incel-whisperer" and moved on to making whatever it is she makes now.

            I definitely got a few people interested in her videos in 2019 or so who were encountering the idea of socialism for the first time. Don't know if they continued beyond her stuff as I don't work with them anymore.