- cross-posted to:
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- cross-posted to:
- foss@beehaw.org
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Cautiously optimistic. His community and comments tends to be a mixed bag.
Yeah, I follow him for his privacy and FOSS content, but some of his takes can be quite… controversial, and those attract some questionable folks.
I feel like that’s the case with most tech expert channels. I’d even say Mental Outlaw is relatively mild compared to Distrotube (“if you support open-source, you should also support guns”) and especially Luke Smith (holy shit, where do I even begin).
I watch them because their expertise in FOSS technologies is beyond question, but that is where my trust in them ends.
Both Distrotube and Luke Smith are firmly in the category of - I used to watch their videos until I was like “whoa buddy, I thought we were talking about Linux and stuff…”
I like a lot of his content… but I honestly think he’s far right. He has a video where he says they’re just “teaching marxism” in college (the section of the video is literally labeled “LeftWing Propoganda”), and the reactions he has to certain things make me uh… skeptical.
In this very video he says he’ll post his content “wherever I’m allowed to”, letting me know he knows how he’s being perceived.
I don’t care if he’s “far right.” His content is on point, and he’s respectful.
Yeah I can acknowledge when someone who I mostly disagree with has a point.
At the same time I don’t want to give someone on the far right any platform or exposure when that in the future could easily be used for rightwing propaganda.
…and why exactly are you highlighting his “political preference” as a some sort of problem? This ain’t “Politics.world” as far as I’m concerned.
Because as long as politics is still fighting for human rights, rather than discussing the best way to implement them, it matters.
“There is a place for everything”, and forcing unrelated subjects/situations into everyone “because its a fight for human rights” is not the way to sort/deal with it. But rather, create unnecessary noise and trouble. Or else we’d have folks saving the world by shouting against the wall(s) constantly – which is (pretty much) at the same level of importance than what is being (forcefully) proposed here.
I watch his content and its pretty good but you’re right his leanings are a bit questionable. A couple of months ago he made a youtube short about complaining about gas prices and blaming Biden because obviously POTUS controls world wide gas prices.
And this makes him far right?
