when it comes to the current situation and the climate going on when it comes
to this story about Zoe Quinn and the tragic loss of the game developer
alec holowka we need to discuss this and try to figure out some solutions so
please do me a favor and stay until the end of this video what is up everybody
this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but
focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I try to do take
different topics that are going on in the YouTube community or pop culture and
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make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and yeah I did a
previous video on this and I've been watching how the Internet's reacting
I've been watching a bunch of other people comment on this and yeah I wanted
to follow it up and I probably will be following this story because there's
definitely some things that we need to discuss and we need to bring our
emotions down so we can have a logical conversation so those of you who don't
know me hi my name is Chris yeah I was a victim of cancel culture earlier this
year and I am so against cancel culture I even wrote this book cancelled inside
YouTube cancel culture it's out now ebook and audiobook it's always link
down in the description down in the pink comment below but anyways I do have
thoughts on this but when I look at this like I want to end canceled culture and
I think there are definitely some things being brought up that should be brought
up but I think there's also things that we're doing that are very
counterproductive all right but anyways let's talk about what Zoe Quinn did the
people who are rallying behind her and just kind of how that is not helping a
damn thing so I don't know if any of you watch the channel some black guy but
anyways I'm gonna link his video down below and like yeah man like his video
was just like it was passionate like man I need to make a follow-up
video but he touches on some really really good points
anyways I do want to show this clip right here you have this verified genius
saying innocent until proven guilty in a court is at best childishly naive and at
worst dangerously obtuse when it comes to accusations of abuse this is the that
we're dealing with these people that genuinely believe stuff like this that
think it's a better idea to blast people on Twitter to participate in this
canceled culture did to actually take you to the police and into a court of
law and try to seek justice so yeah I agree with some black guy like you guys
like that is ridiculous alright so there's an excellent book out
there called so you've been publicly shamed by Jon
Ronson I highly recommend you check that book out too but anyways like did you
know that we got rid of public shaming here in the United States in 1787 a dude
by the name of Benjamin Rush he worked towards getting rid of public shaming
you know like when they put people in the stocks and like people would get
like public lashings and just stuff like that like it's crazy like people get
whipped just for the weirdest things right and they got rid of it do you know
why do you want to know why they got rid of public shaming because they said it
is a punishment worse than death all right I want you guys to let that sink
in real quick all right we still have the death penalty in certain states but
you cannot do public shaming right like think about that for a second and here's
why because of what it does to the psyche alright so in the Constitution we
have gotten rid of cruel and unusual punishment and some say that public
shaming is cruel and unusual punishment so like when I see dudes like that who
are saying like oh don't trust the justice system we need to rise up like
are you is like the idea that the emotional
illogical hate mob is going to do a better job of justice than the judicial
system is absolutely mind-blowing like you guys like those of you who are new
to my channel I'm really big on like psychology and neuroscience and mental
health and all that like there have been so many studies for like hundreds of
years now are I going back to Gustav Lebon
alright about crowd psychology and how logic goes completely out the window
alright so to even think for just one second that the the internet hate mob is
going to do a better job than the justice system is bananas and check it
out check it out but I get it all right I'm half black
okay and something that I you know am and against and hoping will see changed
soon this is why you go out there and vote is that there are a
disproportionate number of black people who are arrested all right the justice
system gets things wrong a lot okay but this is why we go out there and vote
this is why we get involved in politics and get involved in our communities to
work for change together all right like you're talking to a bunch of gamers or
comic book nerds and comic book movie nerds and all that stuff like yeah
vigilante justice it's fun to watch and make-believe but it is not good in real
life you know why because we as human beings are these emotional irrational
creatures and we get things wrong all the time
so the people on Zoe Quinn side who are saying like oh well we we need to do
this like absolutely not this needs to go through the proper legal system
alright so a question that's been coming up is like people are saying that Zoe
Quinn should be charged with manslaughter like I don't know here's my
question to all of you like do you think there's
should be a punishment for something like this because it's something that I
I think this is something I think about all the time like when you are attacked
by canceled culture and the internet hate mob like you wouldn't wish this on
your worst enemy so in my book canceled like there are some names in it but
there are so many people who I left completely anonymous and I tried to
change some details to keep the scent off of them because like like I said
like I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy and this is one of the reasons why
so many people are upset with Zoe Quinn like she did not have to publicly do
this to that man alright and yeah so I don't know if
there there should be some kind of punishment but I'll tell you something
that people are not bringing up and it's the the company that fired Alec over
these allegations that were not proven yet like this is something where I think
we need to look at that as well but from a company standpoint if I'm trying to
put myself in their shoes like I get it right like when the internet hate mob
comes at you you just feel like you have to act right you're trying to protect an
entire company or maybe all of its employees you're like okay we'll just
get rid of this this one person if it gets the mob off of us and that's one of
the reasons what cancel culture needs to end like this doesn't just happen to
companies and people freaking out and boycotting and everything it happens to
people too like when I was being cancelled earlier this year nobody would
have my back publicly like they knew that if they associated with me it could
end their career you see what I'm saying so this is yet another issue of cancel
culture but like companies corporations and things like that they need to slow
down and do investigations right like as much as we hate when like police
officers you know are put on like paid leave and stuff like that while they do
an investigation like I wish more places would do that like
I wish Alec was just you know it was put on pause for a minute you know what I
mean like some things may have turned out differently and by the way there's a
post that Alec made in 2016 I just want to bring this up before I forget and he
talks a lot about dialectical behavioral therapy and things like that and I don't
know I'm thinking about breaking it down and discussing to try to help some
people out there who might be struggling so I don't have the link to that so if
any of you do have the link to that put it down in the comments below or let me
know if you want me to find it and do something like that because he opened up
a lot about mental health and I'm thinking about getting that game into
the woods because a lot of people said it was really good when it came to
mental health and yeah that might be something I'd do all my channels just
review video games that are about mental health I think that'd be interesting but
anyways let's get back to this so when it comes to what Zoe Quinn did and
canceled culture and everything Hughes here's what I feel here's my opinion or
what should have happened alright it should have gone through the legal
process seems like it might have been tricky because Alec was in Canada I
think Zoe Quinn is American I'm not sure how that would work but it should have
gone through the legal process right like lawyers should again have got
involve us she should have talked to people about that before blasting this
dude online because here's the thing and I think people like some black guy have
done an excellent job saying like we don't know if she's telling the truth
right but I think we can all agree like her doing that was wrong like in this
day and age we know we know what's gonna happen when you publicly blast somebody
like that especially if you have that many followers on Twitter right so it
should have gone through those proceedings but the question I want to
ask all of you is this let's say hypothetically right let's say
hypothetically somebody like Zoe Quinn did go through that process and the
legal system let her down should she open up about it publicly
right because to this day even though she has a track record of lying we don't
know she was telling the truth like I want you to think about if this was your
mother or your sister right or your daughter what would you want to happen
if the legal system failed because here's the thing months ago months ago
Elijah Daniel who was a youtuber he's a rapper and things like that one day on
Twitter he was just going off and he was retweeting and like borderline daxing a
bunch of people who were accused of assault right and he's just like screw
it you know the justice system didn't help these women so I'm gonna put all
these people on blast all of my hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers right
and my people yeah Yeah right but when we look at what just happened
with Alec like is that the right thing to do so again I just want to ask you
the questions like like what should somebody do if the legal system does
fail them I'll tell you this you should go check out aleem ations videos about
her dealing with her abusive ex-boyfriend she leaves him mostly
anonymous there were some stuff that that came out you know after him some
people were trying to track this guy down and everything but here's the thing
like as somebody who has friends who were you know victims of assault and
things like that I do believe there's power and people sharing their stories
but we also have to look at like how to do it in the right way you know what I
mean like there's a way to share your story without trying to play Batman and
get this vigilante justice you know what I mean now the second half of this video
I want to discuss the other side like check it out not even the other side
like I don't side with Zoey or anybody but like I said I'm against canceled
culture but the thing is if you guys are upset with Zoe Quinn and the people
following her and agree with her we need to be better than them alright because
here's what's happening back and what I'm seeing is you're
getting the people who are anti cancel culture joining in a brand new hate mob
like I read through the comments on my first video about this situation and
it's disgusting like when you do that you're not any
better than they are right like I see people just saying like she should die
and all these other things right like I get it it's an emotional time but like
something I say at the beginning of all my videos is we talk about the problem
but focus on the solution there is no solution to be found if the pendulum
just swings all the way to the other side right if you start canceling the
people who are cancelled and send the hate mob after them and start publicly
shaming them what's it gonna resolve it's like when you sit here and look at
it like like look at just like a relationship right like with significant
others and they just both keep screaming at each other like just do the problems
ever get resolved no they don't like somebody has to chill out in these
situations if we ever hope to make movement forward right but I'll tell you
this and I think it's safe to say for those of you who don't realize it I'm
against going out and attacking people but I'm going to bring up this video
from mister obvious but is basically a dream job as a game dev or at least one
of the developers and he got fired she ruined his life
she made a false accusation there is no way in hell that the girl who cried wolf
told the truth in the end because she's been lying her entire career and one day
it will bite her in the ass no I've seen Zoe Quinn I've seen plenty of her like
this is a prime example of what you don't do
alright like he said multiple times in his video that Zoe Quinn was making
false accusations he has no evidence no proof of this aside from a history of
her lying in the past like how is it any different how is it any different
to have no facts no evidence and go based on assumptions than what you claim
the other side is doing you see what I mean like I'm as against this stuff as
you are but if we don't handle this in the right way
nothing gets solved but anyways I'm gonna end this with a quote which you
might find cheesy but I don't really care alright and this comes from Nelson
Mandela he said you will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy
than through acts of retribution alright so yeah I'm gonna keep covering this
story and other stories about canceled culture and all that and don't forget
let me know down in the comments below if you want me to break down that post
from Alec in 2016 because I think a lot of people can relate to that those of
you who don't know I'm a certified life coach I'm currently pursuing my
certified alcohol and drug counselor license I've worked in addiction
treatment of things like that and what he shared is something that a lot of
people go through so if I can kind of go through that and help anybody else out
there like just let me know down in the comments but I think I also need a link
to that post alright but anyways that's all I got for this video if you like
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