Fighting Back Against Anti-Fandom - Why People FEAR The Fandom Initiative

the fandom initiative is a project that

I've started alongside actual fandom and

organized chaos aimed towards taking a

stance against toxic and problematic

fandoms but don't worry we'll get into

specifics later but we also started this

in an attempt to create and promote

accepting inclusive and respectful

communities where fans don't need to be

afraid of Simply being fans anymore it

may seem contradictory given how

aggressive we are in calling out toxic

content but we believe that the fandom

initiative needs to work down two roads

we need to be brave enough to stand

against the disingenuous hateful and

often ignorant content that is spread

around so easily within the YouTube

algorithm but the other road we need to

walk is to never forget the ultimate

goal of making fandoms places where fans

can truly just share their passions with

one another once again without having to

feel attacked or criticized just because

of their opinions on certain pieces of

media there is a very significant

difference between not liking a piece of

media because you simply don't like it

and not liking a piece of media because

it contain minorities or trying to

profit off of people think in this way

and this is a distinction that is very

important to us this initiative is a way

for Content creators who want to make

content defending their fandoms to not

have to stand alone through this often

lonely and demoralizing space the fandom

initiative strives to make it easier for

everyone who truly cares to fight back

so please it's time to stand together as

fans and protect the media that we love

from disingenuous hateful and toxic

individuals channels communities

rhetoric and ideologies we want to

promote healthy media criticism we want

to help spread meaningful messages and

we want to assist aspiring content

creators who want to take a stance

against harmful content sharing our

experiences and Lessons Learned with

each other in order to ultimately fight

back against the anti-fandom and to

properly explain our motives and

intentions we've put together a mission

statement to show you exactly why we're

doing this and to explain why so many

people already feel threatened by us

make sure to check out the fandom

initiative Channel as well as organized

chaos Willis gridia and you should

definitely go check out actual fandom if

you like this upcoming video because he

did all the editing for it all these

channels are linked down in the

description however here's why people

hate the fandom initiative

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thank you

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you know I could talk about why I don't

like anti-fandom but I'd rather talk

about why I like the term anti-venom

because I think it's a really good term

anti-fandom this movement isn't about

fandom or the media it's about power

it's about Brotherhood and ganging up

it's about feeling like you know some

big secret like you're the little guy

taking on the big shattery leftist woke

Powers at the end of the day it's make

believe it's playing pretend for adults

I thought you know man children despite

what any of them say it isn't about

fandom it's contrary to the definition

of fandom which is basically liking

things together as a community the end

result of all this is just a Vortex of

heat and misery and it's all revolving

around this missing Center where the

media or the community or the liking

should be and it just isn't

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my God

this isn't what you'd expect

no matter how much hate you expect

no matter how much hate you know you

will get

you are never prepared for how hard it

hit you

hundreds to thousands of people sent to

call you names

to bully you

to intimidate you

they are sent to hate on you

and perhaps much worse

this is what happens when you pierce the

anti-fandom bubble

it's not fun

because this soy shit's been so

disproved and you love to use it it's a

nice way of not calling you gay you know

like in the old way yeah

but it's also not entirely unexpected

he's a great supporting character and a

supporting actor which is what Diego

Luna should be but of course Diego Luna

has the diversity aspect and they're

pushing identity politics with this they

100 percent R when you decide to call

out these toxic channels for what they

are which is just a cesspool OB bigotry

I got these [ __ ] like uh responding to

Comics gate elves what's more racist

calling somebody a [ __ ] or doing a

lynching where the worst of the toxic

Community gather a white guy will eat a

piece of chicken

watermelon we're good

watermelon you'll get pushed back and

even if you think you're ready for it

it'll hit you harder than you expect

when many big studios made it clear that

they would be making an effort to be

more inclusive with their projects

involving more women people color and

members of the lgbtq plus community

most people had our reaction nice it's

about time

largely done just because public opinion

had shifted so far into supporting this

that they can't ignore it we don't

delude ourselves it's done for money

but to step in the right direction

you take the wind where you can and then

continue to push for more

but that's not what these channels push

for

they want art to go in the opposite

direction

and make claims like keep politics out

of it identity politics PC sjw pandering

tokenization

sacrificing story for agenda or the

current Grand catch-all woke

the truth is these are all Buzz words

used to dog whistle and hide their true

meaning and it all boils down to the

same thing hatred of women and

minorities

hello

I guess I just want to have a little

Chit Chat something that's been on my

mind lately over cynical reviews of

pretty

non-consequential media I'm not even

sure I'll call it cynical as more

bashing a lot of it's based off of

perception of like representation and

all that stuff you hear these buzzwords

and you hear them all the time and just

trying to sit down and enjoy something

you know when you sit there and try to

have that experience it kind of takes

you out of it kind of ruins the

experience and the truth is you look

down the road did your life change that

much over one show one movie no just a

moment in time

thank you and I hope you all have a good

day

they have a memorial George Floyd this

is Ryan kennell an alt-right YouTuber

he's the perfect example of the most

Insidious toxic type of anti-fan George

Floyd Memorial with Ryan is Alex Stein

employee of Glenn Beck's Blaze TV and

far-right propagandist Ryan made a lot

of videos about the She-Hulk series on

Disney plus many of them before the show

ever came out

and yet he really only had one thing to

say in every video seems like nobody

really cares about She-Hulk to promote a

garbage series that nobody gives a [ __ ]

about they're using this character and

his reveal is in costume reveal in a

show no one cares about to get people

excited about a show that no one cares

about this is not how a fan behaves it's

also not how a non-fan behaves if he's

not interested in the show why does he

talk about it so much well his interest

isn't in the show itself it's how many

clicks he can get off of telling people

that nobody cares about the show

these YouTubers pump out this repetitive

specifically worded content every day

always focused on anything they can call

woke the effect it has on unsuspecting

regular viewers is indoctrination seems

like nobody really cares about She-Hulk

they oversimplify the topic they use

emotionally charged and loaded language

that elicits animosity

every single day

this is how the alt-right and the far

right have successfully drawn regular

people into their politics for several

years now

this content is not age restricted

they're using this character his reveal

is in-casting reveal in a show no one

cares about to get people excited about

a show that no one cares about

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the more you dive into this the more you

realize what YouTube has done by

allowing the algorithm to push these

channels

they've created a pipeline where people

who maybe just want to watch their

favorite nerd content or just a simple

movie review

can easily be led to some pretty

atrocious stuff was it was it liberating

or was it super liberating for you to

say the n-word these channels give

already bigoted people the rhetoric to

hide their true thoughts behind fandom

can you say it now

those who otherwise might not be hateful

it molds their views to the point that

they actually think that they're just

being logical when The Little Mermaid

trailer released and there was news

about backlash to her being cast with a

black actress

that's driven by these guys

anytime a Marvel movie comes out these

people will say MCU as if to say that

somehow women are taking over and

therefore ruining it

the backlash to the Obi-Wan Kenobi show

and the recent Lord of the Rings shows

data studies connected that backlash to

these YouTube channels

and we're not saying that anyone who

doesn't like these things is a far-right

lunatic but much of the narratives often

established about a show or a movie long

before it even comes out clearly gets

pushed with coordination and intention

by these channels

we don't believe that everyone who likes

this content is like a slobbering

Neo-Nazi and that's the really Sinister

part of it

I have black friends right now

the content grabs hold of people and

weaponizes their biases and in many

cases they don't even realize that

they're parroting extremist rhetoric

this type of foot and door

indoctrination has been responsible for

some historically tragic outcomes

representation of anything except white

men is framed as an attack on white men

which primes unaware people for toxicity

online at best and at worst violent

action offline

the man who attacked Paul Pelosi Nancy

Pelosi's husband was deeply into

anti-fandom circles drop the hand

am I saying that they inspired his

violence no

but when the rhetoric he spewed online

is identical to the fandom Menace and

Comics Gates and various other satellite

groups when he shares their content to

justify openly hateful ideas about media

there's no denying it plays a role you

better look outside is you better

Lookouts in January 6. kick that [ __ ]

door open right wing media has pushed

the narrative that anyone who

acknowledges gay or trans people

existing and simply think they should be

treated equally

is a groomer the real conversion therapy

that happens in our world today is the

kind where a child is converted into

LGBT and that notion in a short amount

of time rose up online to be everywhere

they're just evil they're bad people and

they want a group kids it's based on

nothing it's based on nothing but just

disgusting bias and Prejudice

but it's used to dehumanize queer people

these channels use that rhetoric too

the father of the man responsible for

the shooting of Club Q in Colorado

reportedly was happy at least his son

wasn't gay and that case becomes worse

when you see right-wing media figures

falsely accuse the victims of Club Q

being rumors and thus justify the

terrible action the shooter committed

there

that same exact notion is extremely

common in fan spaces on YouTube

you probably know who Alex Winter is or

at least his character Bill s Preston

Esquire on Bill

he's got a documentary coming out in

June called the YouTube effect about

just this phenomenon the trailer calls

this current ERA the misinformation

apocalypse and Promises to explore

right-wing radicalization on the

platform I don't agree that it is just a

reflection of society it's changed

Society

if we don't figure out this problem

we're going to lose what it means to be

human there's a podcast in a series of

investigative reports by a group called

rewriting Ripley including timeline and

data studies showing the direct links

from the fandom menace to far-right

Media

and when I say far right I mean white

nationalism Q Anon open calls for the

deaths of LGBT people we're not just

some click-baiting YouTubers trying to

create sensation

these are facts and they have a serious

influence

we've taken the initiative to try to get

people to see the truth in front of our

faces

a bunch of left-wing nut jobs that have

to infiltrate every aspect of your life

and your business they need to know what

kind of food you eat they need to

determine what type of movies you like

they need to determine who you vote for

they need to determine how you raise

your kids they need to determine what

you put into your body [ __ ] these

left-wing people

these channels aren't actually fan

channels upset about politics in their

movies

how much does the blaze pay you

Blaze doesn't pay me that much I'm only

a video contributor I only show up every

like once or twice at the most a week I

mean you did you got your picture you

got your picture on the wall you must do

something for them yeah because I'm a

video contributor why wouldn't my

picture be on the wall their political

channels using movies and fandom to

propagate misinformation and Hate

don't let their outward Persona of being

passionate fans who are simply upset

with the current treatment of beloved

franchises fool you these people are not

fans and it's time to expose them for

what they are dangerous

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but we can't do this alone

however we know that taking a stance

against anti-fandoms is not an easy

thing to do each and every one of us has

faced our fair share of Kickback our

videos often get bombarded with dislikes

get hate comments and we see the same

disgusting rhetoric that the anti-fandom

channels use get recycled over and over

and over again kill yourself balance and

while comments like these don't affect

me personally because perhaps I am a

masochist I understand that content

creators don't want to be subject to

this kind of harassment and Hate

however I ask you this do you truly care

about the fandoms that you're a part of

do you truly care about movies TV shows

video games and other media and you care

about honest and respectful media

criticism and maintaining Open Spaces

where fans can share their passions with

each other without having to deal with

man babies who cry woke at everything if

the answer is yes then I ask you to not

stand idly by and watch as fandoms are

ripped apart and watch buzzwords like

woke be misused to build resentment

towards minorities and Progressive

social movements all while being

disguised as valid media criticism the

people who listen to anti-fandom

channels are getting trained to believe

that woke is bad and woke is anything

non-white non-heterosexual nonsense

gender and non-traditional gender roles

yeah all right let's make fun of these

these weirdos just a show for a bunch of

lesbians that's the only appeal that it

has that obviously just put in a

position because of her her status she's

one of those typical pronoun Brigade

weirdos put some mental illnesses and

all that [ __ ] in their bio and all that

she doubled down and decided that Vixen

was gay they seemed write these gay

characters as Predators all the time

this is a problem that will keep Rising

if we don't join the fight this pipeline

for Insanity all begins with seemingly

simple media critics like the critical

Drinker nerd Roddick Geeks and Gamers

Ryan kennell Mahler Ethan van skiver

Eric July and many many more and I hate

to say it but the honest critic has lost

this round even if these popular

channels get shut down they'll be

laughing all the way to the bank they've

made their money and that is likely all

they care about because evidence

supports that these anti-fandom critics

are simply grifters exploiting the

algorithm to make money

not to sound like a dick but I just

don't care

um I mean there's 400 people watching

this stream if one of them knows my name

now that didn't know it before is a

success for me

um at the end of the day I have tried to

give Bill Geeks and Gamers by doing it

the structured way the methodical way

the think it out prep it you know take

notes you know think about everything

you're gonna say and it [ __ ] failed

miserably on me the day that I started

doing what I'm doing right now which is

what you're you know having a problem

with is the day that I started becoming

successful

just

why do you feel the need to call it out

all the time call what's out

representation and media what do you

mean call it out like what what is it

you make what is the problem with Miles

Morales

tokenization that's it that's simple I

have a long-form video explaining

exactly what I mean when I say

tokenization and we're talking about

race sexuality and gender swaps uh

pertaining to these characters

without curiosity Miguel O'Hara

what about them

what would you define him as

I Define everybody that's not Peter

Parker is an unoriginal Peter Parker

so if you have been depicted a black bat

man you're going to get some backlash

and yeah some characters have been

written decently that are of different

racism have suited up in the suit of a

hero or a version of that hero one of

the more obvious is Miles Morales is

Spider-Man one of the more obvious is

Mars Morales is a Spider-Man now most of

these types of efforts are forced corny

and lazy but at least Miles Morales has

his own background I Define everybody

that's not Peter Parker is an unoriginal

Peter Parker this is far better than

just simply making Peter Parker a black

guy but miles is an exception make no

mistake so do you like Miles Morales no

they don't care about the effect they're

having but please don't misunderstand me

these channels are still right-wing even

far right at that they still believe

that Trump should be president they

still hate Progressive politics they

still hate seeing people from any

minority play a significant role in

their media these people are inherently

political despite their appearance of

being apolitical fans who just want

politics to stay out of their media

however their content is still

disingenuous they do this almost purely

to make money they don't care about the

fandoms they claim to be a part of they

couldn't care less about the media they

claim to love they don't actually want

anything to change because if Hollywood

stopped being so-called woke then these

channels would lose their source of

income popularity and relevance as fans

they rarely ever talk about the things

that they actually enjoy and on the off

chance that they do it's often to bring

down something they hate these people

have no Integrity there's no consistency

to their ideology or their content and

there doesn't need to be because it's a

mind virus intent on corrupting the

brains of people who watch anti-fandoms

are detrimental not just to the media

and fandoms that we love but also to the

outside world and the rhetoric and

ideologies they spread and listen you

don't need to like the Last Jedi you

don't need to love every new MCU movie

you can still think that there are

examples of disingenuous diversity from

companies aiming to take advantage of

political movements that often result in

Shallow progressivism and tokenization

these things are fine we can discuss

this respectfully as fans

however that's not what these channels

spew

the anti-fandom is hateful

they feed on outrage and they're

dangerous

so love us or hate us one thing is

certain we are not backing down

there needs to be a counter voice to

provide an alternative to the voices

that dominate these social media

platforms so we've teamed up organized

chaos actual fandom and turf Nation to

provide a real voice to Media commentary

and we're looking for allies we've

already partnered with channels like

williscredia Eric's verse and we have a

team of people behind the scenes helping

with research and more

foreign

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