Vaush is a Statesian YouTube and Twitch streamer. He identifies as a libertarian socialist and was banned from Twitch for calling white people "crackers."[1] He admitted to being an FBI informant when he lived in Santa Monica, California.[2] Vaush has also been accused of being a pedophile[3][4] and claimed Marx and Lenin would have voted for Biden in the 2020 presidential election.[5]
Criticism
Anti-Semitism
While discussing the Nazis in a debate with NonCompete, Vaush said Jews disproportionately controlled banks in Weimar Germany.[6]
Racism
Vaush has called Black people "subhuman"[7] and intentionally said the n-word in a debate.[8] He is against preserving Black culture even though it was systematically repressed by the United States.[9]
Transphobia
Vaush has called the LGBT+ community "cancerous"[10] and "mentally ill."[11]
References
- ↑ Ethan Gach (2021-12-14). "Socialist Twitch Streamer Banned For Calling White People ‘Cracker’ [Update"] Kotaku. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ↑ “I'm an informant—why do you think I did Antifa work back in Santa Monica, you know? Yeah, I was ratting out names, absolutely.”
Socialism Train (2022-03-03). "WE GOT HIM" Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-03-03. - ↑ “In fact—and this is gonna be a real hot take—I have yet to hear a convincing moral or legal argument as to why possession of child pornography should be illegal.”
Beige Goat (2020-11-09). "Context, for what it's worth." Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-17. - ↑ “As those imbalances (or at least some of them) are redressed through the advent of socialism, the age of consent should therefor [sic] be lowered.”
Vaush (2018-02-13). Discord. Archived from the original on 2022-08-06. - ↑ BadEmpanada (2020-08-20). "Vaush misread stuff so badly in his latest video that it led me to make a serious youtube comment that I now must post here. the lack of non-US knowledge is clear in his misreading of Lenin especially" Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ↑ “There was a disproportionate number of Jewish control of banks in Germany during the Weimar Republic.”
Vaush. "HE HUNG UP - Absurd Debate w/ NonCompete Quickly Derails". YouTube. - ↑ “you guys know ive called black and trans people subhuman too”
Vaush. Discord. Archived from the original on 2020-12-21. - ↑ “In this video, I drop an n-bomb. Biiiig one; hard 'R' [...] It was a power move which I am entirely unashamed of”
Vaush (2019-05-14). "Am I a Jew? Arguing with Nazis on THE KILLSTREAM" YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. - ↑ “Wait, fuck Black culture—I don't give a fuck about preserving culture. What? That's exactly the same as a white ethnonationalist argument.”
Archived from the original on 2022-07-22. - ↑ “The left community online, particularly the LGBT community, is cancerous as fuck. If you're not an idiot, you will agree with me.”
Streamable. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. - ↑ “A lot of the people who are trying to cancel Contrapoints are fucking dejected, worthless, mentally ill, basement-dweller, fucking queer people who have absolutely nothing to offer the world apart from their bitter scorn.”
"I know this is fundamentally reactionary thinking, but still, I can’t think of anything else". Streamable. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08.
