• Marxine
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      12 years ago

      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.

      • @rtxn@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        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.

        • @marlowe221@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          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…”

    • @GustavoM@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      …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.

      • xXemokidforeverXx
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        02 years ago

        Because as long as politics is still fighting for human rights, rather than discussing the best way to implement them, it matters.

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          “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.

    • Sentient Loom
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      12 years ago

      I don’t care if he’s “far right.” His content is on point, and he’s respectful.

      • RQG
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        02 years ago

        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.

    • @OptimusPrimeRib@lemmy.world
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      02 years ago

      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.