>> CURRENTLY THERE IS A CHANGE.ORG PETITION TO TEMPORARILY BAN A YOUNG
YOUTUBER FOR BEING TOO THIN AND POSSIBLY BEING A BAD INFLUENCE ON
FEMALE VIEWERS.
WHAT THE PETITIONERS ARE ARGUING IS THAT SHE IS WAY TOO
SKINNY AND IS SENDING A NEGATIVE MESSAGE TO HER VIEWERS.
HER CONTENT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EATING DISORDERS.
SHE DOESN'T ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO LOSE WEIGHT.
BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN SHE DOES ALL SORTS OF
FUN CONTENT BUT SHE WAS THEN TO BEGIN WITH, AND NOW SOME OF THE
VIEWERS ARE ALLEGING THAT SHE HAS LOST EVEN MORE WEIGHT AND IT IS
UNHEALTHY.
SHE
HAS RESPONDED TO THESE ALLEGATIONS.
LET'S TAKE A
QUICK LOOK AT WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.
>> WHY ARE YOU SO SKINNY?
IS IT A MEDICAL CONDITION?
IT'S NOT A
MEDICAL CONDITION.
PEOPLE ñ I DON'T KNOW ñ PEOPLE TEND TO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT WHY THEY THINK I LOOK LIKE TOO SKINNY IN THEIR OPINION OR I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHY PEOPLE LIKE TO DISCUSS HOW THEY LOOK SO MUCH OR WHATEVER.
I
HAVE JUST BEEN NATURALLY LIKE THAT, I GUESS.
THERE REALLY ISN'T A
REASON.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO GO IN MY
COMMENTS AND DISCUSSED MY BODY, OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY IT
MATTERS TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, ALL THESE PEOPLE ON
YOUTUBE LIKE TO GO AND DISCUSS THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S CRAZY, BUT IT'S
WHATEVER.
>> I THINK SHE SHOULD BE BANNED FROM BLOGGING FOR INCOHERENCE.
I'M BEING
KIND OF MEAN HERE.
>>FOR BEING AN OLD GUY.
>>THAT MAKES SENSE TO SOME PEOPLE.
>> STEPPING BACK FROM THE UNNECESSARY MEANNESS, I AGREE WITH
HER.
I AM CURIOUS WHAT YOU GUYS THINK.
I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD
BE BANNED.
>> I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE NOTION THAT SHE SHOULD BE BANNED.
I
DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HER.
IF SHE WAS DOING VIDEOS WHERE SHE IS
ENCOURAGING GIRLS TO BE ANOREXIC OR BULIMIC, THEN WE ARE HAVING A
CONVERSATION.
SHE DOESN'T ADVOCATE FOR THAT WHATSOEVER.
SHE HAPPENS TO
BE VERY SKINNY AND I DO AGREE SHE DOESN'T LOOK HEALTHY, BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF IT IS HER NATURAL BODY OR HAS AN EATING DISORDER.
BANNING HER
IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
>> OF ALL THE THINGS OUT THERE ON YOUTUBE, THIS IS THE PETITION, I AM
LIKE WOW, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN TERMS OF HOW YOUNG WOMEN
ARE PRESENTED THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING TO ME.
I DON'T HAVE
CHILDREN, SO I AM JUST SPEAKING AS A GIRL.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> YEAH, I AM WITH YOU GUYS.
I THINK IT'S CRAZY.
THAT IS YOUR OPINION.
EVEN IF SHE WAS ADVOCATING FOR ANOREXIA, I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD
BE TAKEN OFF.
THAT IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
>>BUT IT'S NOT FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
IT IS GOOGLE.
AND IF GOOGLE FEELS
THAT ONE OF ITS YOUTUBERS IS SENDING A BAD MESSAGE, OF COURSE
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT ñ
>> I KNOW THAT GOOGLE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO THE
COMPANY.
I GET THAT, BUT I AM SAYING ITíS A GENERAL CONCEPT I WOULDN'T WANT
TO TAKE THAT ACTION.
ONCE YOU GET INTO THOSE WEEDS THEN YOU CAN
DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
THE LEFT WING APPARENTLY MAKES
PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
SPECIFICALLY ON THE BODY ISSUES,
MAYBE I MAKE PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF MY FATNESS.
I SURE ONLINE THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK I AM OVERWEIGHT.
>>CAN YOU IMAGINE IF PEOPLE STARTED CALLING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS
OVERWEIGHT ON YOUTUBE TO BE BANNED BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS SENDING A
NEGATIVE MESSAGE TO PEOPLE ABOUT LIVING AN UNHEALTHY LIFE?
>>BUT I THINK THEY COULD.
IF YOU BAN HER, OF COURSE THAT IS A
POSSIBILITY.
ESPECIALLY ON OUR OLD SCHOOL SHOW.
ALL WE TALK ABOUT HIS
FOOD.
WE HAD A WHOLE RANT ON HOW THERE SHOULD NEVER BE UNSALTED
BUTTER.
ALL BUTTER SHOULD BE SALTED BY DEFINITION.
NO RESTAURANT SHOULD
HAVE UNSALTED BUTTER.
I HAVE TALKED ENDLESSLY ABOUT HOW PASTRAMI SHOULD
BE ON PIZZA.
PEOPLE CAN SAY I AM ENCOURAGING OVER EATING.
>>THAT SOUNDS SO GROSS.
>> YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH THE THREE B'S, BUTTER, BACON, AND
BANANAS.
THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR THE LINE OF BANNED.
>> ALSO, IF YOU'RE GENUINELY CONCERNED ABOUT HER WELL-BEING
CONSTANTLY CRITICIZING HER BODY IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HELP.
BENDING
HER IS GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY
DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT HER, THEY ARE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR KIDS.
WELL THAT ENSURES THEY ARE NOT WATCHING THE YOUTUBER.
I DO WORRY
ABOUT THE YOUTUBER.
I DONíT WANT TO MAKE IT WORSE BY DEMONIZING HER.
>> YOU CAN'T STOP THE WORLD FROM SPINNING.
YOU CAN'T BAN YOUR WAY TO
BETTER PARENTING.
I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT LIKES TO
WATCH MAKE UP VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT SHE LOVES IT.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
I'M GOING TO GO TO YOUTUBE AND SAY TAKE ALL THE
MAKE UP VIDEOS OFF?
NO, YOU TALK TO HER AND SAY IN SOME SITUATIONS MAKE
UP MAKES SENSE AND IN OTHERS
IT DOESN'T.
THAT IS PARENTING,
PROBLEM SOLVED.