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What informational or opinion-based "YouTubers" do you disagree with or object to the most? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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I ask this during a time when it has become trendy to "expose" the inner workings of so-called cults. Ever since Leah Remini started doing her exposé gig with her time spent in Scientology, different people have come forward claiming to have been in cults, sometimes seeing cults where they don't even exist (which is why I've often joked this is the "new new atheist movement" or the "Mephistopheles panic", a joke on the fact it's just another Satanic panic). The comments section never sees it my way, but I can see through a lot of these cough cough Alyssa Grenfall cough cough

However, nobody in this part of the media has ever been known for complete honesty/accuracy. For example, there were survivor tips that used to circulate on there for people who were stuck in the desert, and many of these tips, such as vaporizing your pee to drink it, would most likely kill you.

But there are many of you who have expertise or opinions that draw you against some people more than others. What such people do you disagree with or object to the most?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why don't you tell us about your own experience with Mormonism and how it differs from Alyssa's?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a bit oddly specific, this wasn't intended to be about that, but alright. I'm not one of them but know enough people who are to know she goes overboard with her criticisms sometimes. For example, she singles certain people out for their "treasure hunting" when it was a folk tradition practiced by many people at the time, misconstrues their dress code on more than one occasion, and paints Joseph Smith's expression of polygamy as dirty when, if it was as dirty as people say, it would've been one of the crimes he was charged with by the courts. I singled her out because she's the easiest person to get stuck seeing on the front page, so it quite literally and unavoidably feels in your face, thus it's a bit of a meme right now to cite her.

I feel like this comment of yours is a jab against me, but Leah Remini herself, after being asked to weigh in on Mormonism, said it's nowhere near as bad as people paint it, so I at least have the OG to help back things up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I singled her out because she’s the easiest person to get stuck seeing on the front page, so it quite literally and unavoidably feels in your face, thus it’s a bit of a meme right now to cite her.

I had to search for her to figure out who you meant; I've watched some of her content, but she's nowhere near my front page. This is just the YouTube algorithm working against you. You can choose 'Don't recommend channel' to avoid seeing her videos if you don't want to.

I feel like this comment of yours is a jab against me

It's not, I just assumed (apparently correctly) that you had a specific perspective since you called her (and only her) out by name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

No worries then, it's algorithm-based, not religion-based (I am agnostic).