Iāve seen a lot of talk after the video I did today and Iām trying to get an overall picture as much as I can. Some people agree with my video, some really donāt and some agree with half of it. No one is wrong and I definitely appreciate the variety of opinions because as I said, Iām not right and I am open to discuss it further.
My main regret for this video was focusing too much on what Felix did and whether I agreed with it or not instead of elaborating on the media side of it all. I did this initially because I wanted to avoid theĀ āyoutubers vs the mainstream mediaā narrative thatās been going around but I can see now that that wasnāt a good idea. It made it seem like I was defending them more than Felix and I was throwing him under the bus. Absolutely not my intention. I think because Iām close friends with Felix that I thought I could criticise him a bit more and explain it to him if he disagreed but to the outside viewer this isnāt apparent and looks like I just blasted him instead in front of a lot of people.Ā
I do think there were some unethical practices at play with the media, a lot of misquoting and misrepresentation and then other articles taking that and doing their spin on it which muddied the waters more. As I said in my video, it got very messy. Also yeah, itās a little strange that WSJ would focus on a youtuber making jokes (good or bad) rather than bigger real issues, as Felix put itĀ āI expect it from The Sun maybe but not Wall Street Journalā.Ā
When I said āWSJ werenāt wrong to run the storyāĀ I meantĀ that technically itās in their rights to do whatever they want. I donāt have to agree with it however and some parts of it did feel a little overly critical of everything while other sections flat out lied about him. Some articles literally called himĀ āRacistā which I mentioned I knew wasnāt true.Ā
I felt like most of this had been said by everyone else and better, so I made it a shorter talking point in my video which now I see wasnāt a good idea. It paints a picture that isnāt true. I think fear of backlash got to me a bit and Iām inexperienced tackling such large issues so I didnāt get specific. Thereās no one right answer to everything butĀ Iām not arrogant or stubborn enough to not listen to others on this and discuss it or even admit when Iām wrong.Ā
I still stand with Felix as my friend, in fact now more than ever because he needs it. Iāve been in contact with Felix privately over all of this and have shown support since the very beginning.Ā The insane endless attacks on him and witch hunt are out of control and going too far. We all make mistakes and should be given an opportunity to learn from them.Ā