Keemstar’s Response: Why Keemstar is Wrong
Note: the following is all opinion, and while we strongly believe in what we write, you are free to disagree with us and have your own opinion. This doesn’t make you wrong, it just means you have a different view.
The Keemstar Drama
As many of you are aware, yesterday we discussed the FaZe vs. Tfue controversy and Keemstar’s involvement in it. Apparently, we struck a nerve with the DramaAlert host, who was none-too-happy with Jake’s video. You can view Keemstar’s initial response in its entirety here, however the embedded video covers the main points.
First and foremost though, we do want to apologize for something we got wrong yesterday: Highsky’s Twitter has indeed been banned, contrary to what we previously said, that’s our bad. However, one mistake does not make everything we said worth ignoring or make our opinions any less viable.
Such misleading trains of thought are rearing their head with increased frequency in modern discourse, whether it be politics, sports, or even over which place makes the best fried chicken. Wherever people can have an argument, it’s becoming normalized to dismiss an entire argument solely on the basis of a single incorrect fact amongst many or an isolated, misspoken word.
This “black and white” view of opinions is damaging to public debate and Keemstar plays off it heavily to draw his viewers to his side. He looks for minute mistakes and picks at them relentlessly to tear apart dissenting points of view and draw attention away from his mistakes, and boy are there several.
What Keem Says As Opposed to What He Does
In Keemstar’s response to our statement that he has been attacking Tfue on Twitter he stated, “I think I’ve been tweeting out publicly that [Tfue] got [Highsky’s] Twitch and Twitter banned.” While he did indeed tweet that, he conveniently forgets to mention his posts tagging Tfue in tweets calling him a snitch, a liar, and accusing him of ruining a child’s career.
Yeah @TTfue not sure why you liked this tweet? If you cared so much about the law then why where you drinking underage? Illegally jumping off of bridges? Ect ? Hahaha snitch pic.twitter.com/CDyYB48qYT
— KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) June 10, 2019
These tweets are out in the open for anyone to see, but he drowns them out, making himself seem cleaner than he truly is, and when called out on it by members of the community, attacks them again for minute mistakes in their wording to draw that focus away from himself.
For Jake, it was the “Highsky still has Twitter” comment. In the case of The Fortnite Guy (TFG), Keem attacked his usage of the phrase “broke the law” instead of “broke the rules” to justify his view that TFG was wrong. It should be noted that according to US law that FaZe had actually broken federal child labor laws, so in that regard, TFG is correct anyway.
That automatic dismissal of arguments and counter-points because of small mistakes that he’s pushing towards his viewers is dangerous. While he is in no means the biggest source of such behavior, even on Twitter, his massive fanbase means that he’s heavily impacting the way thousands, if not tens-of-thousands of fans, view and react to differentiating opinions and debate in their lives.
He needs to understand that pushing such strong opinions as “news” is doing a dangerous disservice to his followers. That by presenting his viewership with such a biased perspective of the situation can negatively influence them to rally against Tfue without justified reason.
I hope Keemstar stops and reflects on the power he wields as a “journalist”, and how presenting drama as “news” sets a dangerous precedent in the community. For Keemstar, drama
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