YouTube Stars React To PewDiePie Controversy

After Disney's Maker Studios dumped PewDiePie, people have had mixed responses about how this affects free speech.

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00:00 Okay, we all know the news. Disney's Maker Studios have cut ties with PewDiePie as

00:03 well as YouTube Red, and the reactions are mixed. A lot of his fans are coming

00:08 forward to support him, and we see this even in our own video where we did

00:12 indeed report the facts, and we're given a lot of hate just because we talked

00:18 about the fine line of comedy and how obviously some people might be insulted

00:23 by a statement like "kill the Jews." So besides what's trending posting about

00:27 this, a lot of other YouTube stars have reacted. Casey emphasized that he doesn't

00:30 think PewDiePie is a mean guy or he's trying to overtly spread hate, but he

00:35 does have 53 million subscribers, all of whom are very young and impressionable,

00:39 and that comes with a responsibility. Whether he wants it or not, and whether

00:43 YouTube wants it or not, PewDiePie does represent this platform. And when

00:47 speaking of the idea of free speech, Christina Estima tweets "PewDiePie vs.

00:50 free speech" by Casey Neistat. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from

00:54 consequences. Meanwhile, YouTuber KSI defended PewDiePie, saying that all

00:57 beef aside, PewDiePie getting dropped by Maker over a joke is absolutely

01:01 ridiculous. Thank God I left them last year. YouTuber Phil DeFranco thinks that

01:04 the jokes were taken out of context. "I don't believe that it was Felix's

01:07 intention to promote hate, but there was definitely a group of people that were

01:10 cheering that on, cheering him on for normalizing nuts." He has groups of fans

01:13 that actually think that these statements are awesome and correct, and

01:17 that's the scary thing. NH3H3 Productions' Ethan Klein is a friend of

01:21 Felix, and was enraged by all of this. "It breaks my heart that YouTube and Maker

01:26 and Disney caved to this fake outrage. Walt Disney was a notorious racist and

01:32 anti-Semite." On Twitter, #PewDiePieDidNothingWrong is trending, with

01:36 even PewDiePie using his own social platforms to jump into the conversation.

01:39 The Janus tweeted "Free speech is not the same as giving everyone a platform for

01:43 their hate." And PewDiePie responded "You can't put a label on what's freedom of

01:47 speech and what's not dumbass." And yes, comedy is comedy, a joke is a joke, and

01:52 then there's free speech. But I think we can all agree that within comedy, there

01:55 is a fine line. Comedy that makes a statement, and comedy that may be in bad

02:01 taste. And to act like this isn't a hit on his career would be stupid, because it

02:05 is. Will he be fine? I'm sure he has a lot of money, and he's gonna continue doing

02:10 what he does, he's gonna find his way, and we're sending you positivity, and we

02:15 wish you the best of luck. So what does the future hold for PewDiePie? Let us

02:18 know in the comments below. For more trends like these, just go to whatstrending.com.