Vaush

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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]

War-crime "Joke"

On the 11 December, 2020 stream Vaush made the "joke" that Iraqis have him to thank for stopping and preventing U.S. Imperialism in Iraq due to his position to vote for Biden.[12]

References

  1. Ethan Gach (2021-12-14). "Socialist Twitch Streamer Banned For Calling White People ‘Cracker’ [Update"] Kotaku. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  2. “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.
  3. “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.
  4. “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.
  5. 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.
  6. “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.

  7. “you guys know ive called black and trans people subhuman too”

    Vaush. Discord. Archived from the original on 2020-12-21.
  8. “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.
  9. “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.
  10. “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.
  11. “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.
  12. “…you [Hakim] are lucky that I personally got Biden into office because otherwise – is Hakim from Iraq? Well, hey listen ok, we're going to get Biden to get those troops out of Iraq ok – wait did he already do that? We are going to keep Biden from fucking bombing anymore of your airports ok. That's what we're going to do! You're welcome Hakim!
    I know, I know it–, I know it sucks, because frantically Democrats and Republicans both have a pretty fucking bad record when it comes to foreign policy, but listen you. Ok, I got Biden elected and I'm gonna wield that infinite power, alright, and I'm gonna make sure we quit fucking around in the middle east ok. We're gonna pull troops out of – we're gonna pull troops out of Afghanistan, we're gonna pay reparations to the countries we bomb, we're gonna stop that Yemen shit, we're gonna start arguing with Saudi Arabia, we're going to reinstitute the nuclear fucking arms shit deal with Iran – the nuclear treatus [sic], we're going to establish fuckin' one state council solution with Israel and Palestine – 'cos I feel that's closest we're going to be able to get – um, we're gonna – we're gonna do it. "This won't happen under Biden." Goddamn right it will. It will 'cos of me. 'Cos of all the socialist influence I have in the Democratic party. Yeah, we're gonna lift sanctions on Vuvuzuela [sic], we're gonna fix the world. "No it won't Vaush." Do you think I'm being serious man?”

    Vaush (2020-12-11). "GOING OVER VIDEOS CRITICIZING ME | CHILL STREAM". YouTube.