Just browsed the search results for pewdiepie and the dude has quite the bot army defending him. Bots being either bots or people following their program, I mean. Like wow. He must be feeling some heat.

(in case you didn't know, the white supremacist terrorist who attacked mosques in NZ streamed his attack & apparently one thing he said was "sub to pewdiepie")

Lots of memes showing things indicating presumed stupidity (like ableist depictions of people with disabilities) or silliness (a clown sitting in front of a computer) saying "this is what you look like when you say pdp is responsible". And there is a "share this" going around with a text image basically saying, if you blame pdp then the terrorist wins bc he wants to foment division. Cont'd...

It's dangerous because the true aim of the Nazi terrorist seems clear: implicate pdp, his fans go into a defensive crouch, and find support among white supremacists (as they already have done with other instances of pdp's involvement with white supremacy), and become more radicalized as a result. It's already happening. I don't know what to do, except, it is important to accurately describe what's happening at the very least. ðððð

@SallyStrange The other thing being, though, that if pdp didnât have a history of edgy racism then his fans wouldnât be available for radicalisation in the first place.

@ghost_bird
Exactly which is why it is correct and proper to point a finger directly at pewdiepie and say "you are responsible. A murderer gave you credit and now you must accept it."

@SallyStrange @ghost_bird He should shut down his damn channel in disgrace. I'm sorry if that's _inconvenient_ for him, but it's pretty much the only way to send a message that he doesn't endorse this.

And the sad thing is, if I were in his shoes, I'd do this in a heartbeat. I'd have done it by now. But people on the right will never believe that; they can't imagine someone giving up their money maker over principles.