True secrets online are quite rare, so when nobody could figure out what was going on with Dr. Disrespect's ban - and then it continued to be a mystery essentially forever, in Internet Time - it was genuinely shocking. When it was ultimately revealed to be about sexting minors via Twitch Whispers, it set off a bunch of secondary detonations. Ejected by the studio he co-founded. Dropped by Turtle Beach, FanDuel, NBA 2K24, and somehow, also, known sports team The San Francisco 49ers? He's also been demonetized from YouTube, the place he went when Twitch kicked him out. As exiles go, it's quite robust.

This was all responded to by Dr. Disrespect in a tweet that, I mean, let me link it. You probably already know, but it's nice to have the research materials in front of you. It changed a few times from live edits, enough to draw ire and in some cases for people to change their verdict to guilty. It was quite odd, particularly at the end. Just weird shit. Such a bizarre energy to bring to this ritual. I understand that the strictures of a formal apology make it somewhat constrained as an artform, but dude.

Being demonetized by YouTube is one thing, because sponsorships are typically where it's at - but those are fucked also. If he returns as was foretold, I guess he goes to Kick, whose den of vice allows all manner of iniquity. I think he probably ends up doing great over there honestly, it's win-win. For pedophiles, I mean. They got a lotta wastrels doing wastrel-ass shit over there; they ain't gonna kick him off.

There's an audience for this, even if two thirds of the platforms expressly don't want it. You can find people that literally believe anything, or just... believe in the void their enemy's position implies. There's a cleavage on virtually any point that splits sentiment clean in half, even if one half is obviously fucking crazy. It doesn't matter what it is, its opposite springs from thin air. Social media has accelerated some kind of sort on us, and the poles have never been more stark.

(CW)TB out.