Beware of YouTube's right wing 'gaming' channels.

So when it comes to all those different channels on YouTube, it's not exactly a secret that not everything on the site is something that is good for you. Even though most of the videos on the site are harmless - especially the cat videos - there's some stuff that's not good.

Indeed, especially when it comes to channels that have to do with 'right wing' politics, it's safe to say that the material there is not healthy at all. It's not constructive and the views and the accuracy of the information leaves a lot to be desired - to say the least. 

So when it comes to this kind of hateful stuff, it's been surprising how this political awfulness has lately extended to YouTube's gaming channels too. I was genuinely surprised about how many reactionary hate channels there are in the gaming universe.

Indeed, some of these supposed 'gaming' channels are not what they seem to be at all. Instead, they are right wing hate channels masquerading as gaming channels preying on those - especially in the 15-25 age bracket - who are confused about certain issues in life. 

So in nutshell, the reason that these channels (The Quartering, Geeks + Gamers etc.) are so tempting is that they tell you that if you have certain problems in life, they're not your fault. If you feel disappointed about things (emotions, girls, sex) they're someone else's fault.

Yes sir, when it comes to your problems, instead it's those social justice warriors, 'leftists' and 'woke' people that are causing your troubles and worries. They are the ones behind your suffering (for not getting a girlfriend) and are to be blamed.

So the way this thing works in these channels - the propaganda - is that if there's some relative minor problem (like in a game), these guys exaggerate it to no end. They will take an isolated issue (social justice) out of context and make it seem way bigger than it is.

What this basically means that if there's a game that has to do with feminism (etc.), these guys claim that it's a direct attack on you as a gamer. There's an active war by your enemies (women, sexual minorities, weak men etc.) going after your personal freedoms.

To be more specific, now that 'The Last of Us 2' was released, they have gone pretty much as nuts as expected. They haven't taken a rational approach where you concede that there might be some story issues in the game and that the story could have been better.

On the contrary, these right wingers have gone absolutely full nuclear with their venom. The problems in the game are not because of the writers were lacking talent or making mistakes, but it's all about the 'feminazis' punishing the players with all their wrath.

Indeed, 'The Quartering'' (800k subscribers) went so far as to claim that the trans character that you have to play was there just to 'hurt' you. The 'cuck' writer wanted to directly insult you and show how impotent you are (female critic Anita Sarkeesian's name was invoked too).

Naturally, a reasonable person might think that the situation in these channels can't be that bad. Certainly when we're talking about a gaming & entertainment channel, there has to be some positive or neutral content too there that is not as problematic.

Unfortunately, the problem with these wingnut 'gaming' channels ('Geeks + Gamers' is even worse) is that all the content there is exactly that bad or even worse. There really isn't anything to balance out the misogyny, the misrepresentations and the hatred in any way at all.

Indeed, especially when it comes to 'Geeks + Gamers' channel, the guy has delusional fantasies about men's #antimetoo - movement. The content is extremely alarming and pretty much every single video there is an attack on women's rights, equality, race, #metoo etc.

In that sense, when I think of these right wing 'gaming' channels, even though I don't like being an alarmist, it's clear that we should be worried about them. We should be worried and not ignore them just because they're disguised as 'gaming' stuff or 'entertainment'.

After all, when you look at them, even though you might think that this kind of stuff is harmless (boys will be boys), there's no question that this level of misogynism & toxicity is bad. This is definitely the kind of material that will rile up young men to do some awful stuff.

In that sense, whether YouTube is going to react to these channels and is going to give them a ban hammer is something that will be seen. We'll see whether they have the courage to deplatform them and not be too worried about their 'free speech' arguments.

After all, even though it's statistically speaking still really rare for people to snap and go on a violent rampage, that's not the standard we should set. We (YouTube) shouldn't be complacent and think that something like that won't happen.

On the contrary, when it all is said and done, these channels are breeding ground for things like terrorism. They're breeding ground for horrible things and if nothing is done, it's only a matter of time before one of the viewers is going to snap and do something totally awful.