The video discusses the phenomenon of "cancel culture" and its impact on YouTubers, particularly Jay Schlatt. It highlights how Schlatt, despite being targeted by a group of people who clipped out of context and lied about his actions, has managed to maintain his career and reputation.
The video begins by discussing how the concept of canceling someone has existed since the inception of society. It mentions instances where people have lied about others and ruined their lives for personal gain, especially with the rise of the internet. The video then focuses on Schlatt, a YouTuber who has been canceled multiple times but continues to thrive in his career.
The video then delves into the specifics of Schlatt's content, noting that it often involves making edgy jokes and getting unreasonably mad at Wii games. It mentions instances where Schlatt's content has been misunderstood or misrepresented, leading to accusations of him using a homophobic slur, racism, and other serious allegations. However, the video argues that these accusations are often out of context or based on misinterpretations.
The video also discusses Schlatt's character, noting that he is an actor who performs different personas for different videos. It mentions instances where Schlatt has been accused of making racially insensitive jokes, but the video argues that these jokes are meant to be taken as a joke and not as a serious insult.
The video concludes by discussing Schlatt's approach to dealing with the accusations against him. It notes that Schlatt has chosen to go against the accusers, not wanting them to represent him in society. The video also discusses Schlatt's other channels, noting that they are more serious and focused on advice or life story content.
In conclusion, the video argues that Schlatt has managed to maintain his career and reputation despite being targeted by a group of people who clipped out of context and lied about his actions. It suggests that actions will always speak louder than words, and that Schlatt's success is a testament to this.
1. The concept of canceling someone has existed since the inception of society.
2. People have lied about others and even ruined their lives for their personal gain.
3. The internet provides a much larger and faster way for this behavior to spread, especially when talking about sites like Twitter.
4. Historically, YouTubers have been targeted through these means.
5. Only last year did people gain the courage to fight back against claims varying in severity.
6. Some allegations are completely false, and some others it was just an honest mistake.
7. There's also a third category this pertains to people who are clipped out of context or are canceled over a joke.
8. Sometimes when this happens, the person affected can face real-world consequences or even lose their career.
9. There is an individual who exists that has been canceled many times for various reasons.
10. Yet still remains on top with their career intact, growing higher, making more money than ever.
11. Names like Keemstar and Pro Syndicate are mentioned, but it's not about people who've actually done something bad in their careers.
12. The name mentioned is Jay Schlatt, a YouTuber and former streamer who started off by doing essentially what Schlatt does today.
13. Schlatt is known for his modern gaming content, having not uploaded on his original channel in nearly two years in favor of his current format.
14. Almost everyone watching will know him from his recent content making edgy jokes and getting unreasonably mad at Wii games.
15. Many of the people watching understand that what he does is a joke.
16. There are others who either don't understand this concept or some who are even willfully ignorant and want to see him fall from grace.
17. 2019 didn't provide much controversy, but 2020 and beyond would flip this onto its head with Schlatt being clipped out of context and canceled over some edgy jokes and a few memes.
18. The origins of most of the drama starts around December 11th, 2019.
19. This was when Call Me Carson, who was then revered by the community, covered his distaste in stands at the time.
20. The account called SMP confessions was made and on it was a tweet where an individual confessed to taking sea scoops water bottle at TwitchCon.
21. This would later be proven to be a copy paste, but the streamers still viewed this as creepy for obvious reasons.
22. Carson would also call out people shipping creators with each other as well as set some boundaries on plays to hopefully make people stop.
23. Most did this event would form an underground group of people who would dig through old clips and tweets frame them out of context or simply lie.
24. They would attempt to slander the target in hopes of getting them to bow down in some way.
25. 19 2020 would be the day which the group opened fire on their first three targets Cooper, Carson, and Schlatt.
26. Over time they would extend their attacks towards more and more people which would provide varying results based on the person and information received.
27. Most people would give up after a couple of weeks but a small group of dedicated people kept harassing the creators.
28. The amount of people canceling most creators slowed to a crawl but this never happened for Schlatt with threads still being created today and reaching upwards of likes in the ten thousands.
29. The issue of tweets and videos being clipped out of context comes up more often than not and it destroys the credibility of both the thread and the people who created and contributed towards it.
30. The discord debacle was very confusing to sort through especially when considering the debate between which numbers are at the end of Schlatt's tag as those are essential to proving the validity of the messages and screenshots.
31. The messages in the video may be real they are still very much out of context and from what I can tell are not being used to insult someone which even with my proof of the numbers so it makes me skeptical towards the true validity of the claims.
32. In Schlatt's video where he plays Minecraft with Connor eats pants and just demings Schlatt and Connor use command blocks to trap makes inside of a prison built out of obsidian where she slowly attempts