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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by debt on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:08PM (#13968887)
Would it be illegal for Disney to encourage or indirectly fund a hit piece on PewDiePie? It's very likely the OP here is right: YouTubers are imploding. Disney probably is the first to see that(they acquired Maker Studios a year or so ago) and needed to offload a massive failing asset.

The anti-semitism problem is a very specific angle to take particularly related to Disney and PewDiePie. Someone clearly combed his trove of videos and found every single Nazi reference; seem like a stretch to begin with. Idk theories.

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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by crooked-v on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:11PM (#13968916)
Is it really that surprising that Disney thought that using "death to all Jews" in a joke, regardless of context, was inappropriate?
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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by fwn on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:03PM (#13969504)
"regardless of context" does not even exist. Your comment featured it and I don't think it's an inappropriate comment you made here.
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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by cloakandswagger on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:26PM (#13969782)
"Death to all jews" -crooked-v 3/27/17
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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by idanoeman on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:45PM (#13969970)
I think I saw another person say it, cloakanddagger or something like that...
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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by Retric on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:21PM (#13970811)
"Death to all" - cloakandswagger -v 3/27/17

Clearly the writings of a deranged individual.

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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by fwn on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @06:07AM (#13975353)
Replying to myself, since I can not edit it anymore.

I know it sounds all funny and stuff, but if someone is curious about how context, in this case at least the statements exposed curator pewdiepie, matters, Foucaults 1969 essay "What Is an Author?" is a great starting point to dig into:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_an_Author%3F

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