 So as many of you know by now Pewdiepie has hit 100 million subscribers and he's celebrated and in his celebration he talked about a new sponsorship with Honey as well as donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League and everybody freaked out and at first I was giving Pewdiepie the benefit of the doubt but my opinion has somewhat changed after doing some research so let's talk about it. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I try to do is take a look at different things going on in the YouTube community or pop culture just in the world in general try to see what lessons we can learn from them to improve our own mental and emotional well-being. So if you're into that stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and if you're not yet follow me on Instagram and Twitter at the Rewired Soul. And before I jump into this usually I'll tell you about some other stuff I got going on but I want to shine a spotlight on a fellow creator named Paul Grossclose. He just released a documentary on Pewdiepie's road to 100 million subscribers and this kid is just one of the best editors out there and his content is amazing so go check this out if you're here because you're a Pewdiepie fan go watch Paul Grossclose's road to 100 million subscriber documentary it is absolutely phenomenal go follow him too he does a lot he does a lot of great content that a lot of other creators aren't doing and it's just a matter of time until this kid blows up so I'm going to link him down in the description and down in the pinned comment below alright so yeah why is everybody mad at Pewdiepie like something I've noticed for a long time is like Pewdiepie is this golden child right like there are there are many people out there not a lot of them but there are many people out there like I would classify like Pewdiepie Shay Dawson like you know even though they get some backlash like they are always going to be fine right so when I saw that people were freaking out on Pewdiepie over this I'm like ah what's what's going on so as I mentioned in the intro Pewdiepie donated $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League and I started just seeing people like freaking out about this like a lot of times people won't go after Pewdiepie they will defend Pewdiepie until the day they die so I'm like what is what is the big deal so I started looking into it and Pewdiepie actually just released a statement which I'll read in a second but I was like why are people so upset so the ADL the Anti-Defamation League they've done a few things in the past like so they're their overall goal or mission is you know anti-bullying they don't want you know you know they want to protect people right but as many of you who follow my channel you know like like over protecting like that is not the way to go about it all right we need to have people with different opinions we need to have conversations and everything like that so anyways ADL back in the day like just you know within the last couple years when remember the Pepe the frog meme got all big and they started like aligning it with the alt-right and like ADL was one of the main voices out there saying yo this is a symbol of hatred this is hate that's it's like no bro it's a meme all right well also I saw another creator bring up this tweet from I believe it's the CEO of ADL where they were like petitioning to get Disney to sever ties with Pewdiepie and things like that because you know it was during one of Pewdiepie's controversy so like this organization that Pewdiepie just donated to they were trying to harm Pewdiepie so when I saw people bringing this up I'm like looking at it I'm like and this was two and a half years ago okay like people grow people change I don't really know if I'm gonna use that all right so anyways a lot of people were upset and I'm starting to understand a little bit more why but before I jump into that let me read you the statement that Pewdiepie just released this morning misrepresenting headlines of me has led me down a path of twist with mainstream media for years now previously it hasn't bothered me much I know who I am but after the Christ Church travesty a few months ago my own clash with mainstream media was manipulated as a tool for destruction I'm not okay with this situation any longer and I felt responsibility to make changes making a donation to the ADL doesn't make sense to everyone especially since they've outright spoken against me I wanted to show publicly that I can move past it and move on I think that it's important this just isn't my fight anymore so yeah when I read Pewdiepie statement I'm like okay cool like I think this is important like so many things like like we hold grudges as humans we are just so awful at holding grudges against people and I'm like you know what you go Felix you go boy right like showing your audience showing everybody like listen like you can move past stuff you can squash things right I saw some people like a you know saying like oh maybe you know with Pewdiepie's sponsorship deal with honey they they told him to do this is like a sign of good faith and like you know just I don't buy into conspiracies right I I choose I choose to think the best in these situations so I choose to believe like Pewdiepie is trying to move forward with this right but here's where this got concerning for me so the Pepe the Frog thing was a while back the them trying to you know harm Pewdiepie by you know getting Disney to sever ties with them which ended up happening and everything like that and he lost his you know YouTube red series and everything like I was like okay this was a while back but within the last month ADL and this is something that you know they've been working on for a while like they have been working on de-platforming youtubers and that's not cool all right like you guys I I just made a video yesterday about hate mobs and everything like that and I don't know how I can say this any clearer like we need to be critical of one another we have to be we have to be around people who don't agree with us like we have to how else are we gonna get outside of our bubble and hear these things like what's not okay is hate mobs all right like that isn't cool like we need to have discussions like rational human beings all right but we're always gonna be critical of one another but anyways one of the issues is that ADL just as recently as a month ago like they're working on de-platforming people who have different views opinions and ideas of them like you guys like I'm pretty damn liberal all right like that's me right but I do not believe in the idea that people should be de-platformed or silenced just because I don't agree with them I've told you guys about this book a million times and if you haven't checked it out yet please do it's called The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt like one of the biggest issues that we've had just it's been growing for you know years now is that we're trying to isolate people into their own bubbles so they are protected against outside opinions like just because somebody else has a different opinion of you doesn't always mean that it's hate speech or it's you know them trying to cause harm to you and things like that like people are catastrophizing they're blowing things up right like listen I'm speaking to you as somebody who has literally dozens of videos out there made about me right that have hundreds of thousands of views many of them have misinformation on them and I would never ever ever ever try to get those people de-platformed ever because this is not how we we work especially in the United States right like I am a believer in not just free speech but just sharing ideas and sharing opinions and people disagreeing on things like we're not gonna progress anywhere if we just keep trying to silence everybody so although I see that PewDiePie is trying to move past this and everything like it it seems and obviously I don't know PewDiePie I'm not in his brain but it seems like he was more thinking about himself rather than the whole right and when I think about things and the actions I take and the you know the opinions I have the views I have I'm trying to think about the greater good right so it's cool like if PewDiePie is trying to squash things with the ADL like that's dope alright for him but my issue is is that the ADL is actively still trying to de-platform other people in the community so I I will give you the optimist outlook on this real quick maybe maybe this is PewDiePie trying to get closer with them so they can work together all right like maybe maybe like that is best case scenario in my mind right like you like we need to get inside and work with these organizations and have these discussions and everything but when we just completely ice people out that's not doing anybody any good like in my opinion it gives these organizations more power so I'm hoping I'm hoping to God that's what's happening with PewDiePie and he's gonna start working with them all right to get things to chill out because listen like bullying and harassment is a big deal but we can't run around saying that anybody who disagrees with you or has different opinions is like trying to bully you all right like that's that's just not okay especially you know for those of you who remember what happened with like the Carlos Mazza and Steven Crowder situation and everything like that like like we need to move past this and understand like people are gonna say say things and even if we think when they're saying things they're being a dick it doesn't necessarily mean that they need to be de-platformed like people are allowed to be assholes like I have spoken out on my channel about people who are just outright dicks right but they have a right to be a dick that is their their right alright but anyways my final opinion on this is I just think there's way more organizations that PewDiePie could have donated money to like this this seemed like it was very like you know for him I don't necessarily think I had something to do with honey but it seemed like it was for him but like he could have worked with a variety of different organizations like he could have donated this money to mental health organizations suicide prevention organizations you know things like I don't know even like the Trevor project like there are just so many organizations out there because now I believe the reason why people are upset and concerned about this is because he just gave $50,000 to an organization who is still actively trying to de-platform people who disagree with their views with their opinions and things like that and that that is potentially dangerous it is like giving it it's like giving somebody additional ammo to cause more harm so I don't know I would love to know your thoughts on this topic down in the comments below like again like I choose to believe the best in this situation but I definitely understand why people are upset about this move that PewDiePie made but I would love to hear from all of you I would also love to hear your thoughts and opinions on like criticism verse bullying or verse hate mobs and cancel culture all right because we in my opinion we absolutely have to have criticism just in order for this world to function how are we ever gonna grow and learn as people if we don't have people with different views than us you know what I mean but anyways that's all I got for this video don't forget check the description check the pin comment down below go check out the brand-new amazing documentary from Paul Grossclose the road to 100 million about PewDiePie go check that out all right but if you liked this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you're all amazing and a huge thank you to everybody else who supports 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