yes yes I know I just made a video on this topic earlier today but after
watching some other content some other youtubers covering this Tati Westbrook
and James Charles drama situation like something just really wasn't sitting
well with me and I want to discuss it in this video what is up everybody this is
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and bring that notification about so yeah like I said I've been sitting here
this has been a crazy week like just what's going on in the YouTube community
like it has been nuts so let me just break it down real quick this last week
okay we had Austin Jones going to prison for
ten years for what he was doing okay we had the Pro Jared situation we also just
had Edwin's generation cover the Melanie Martinez situation and now Tata
Westbrook is exposing James Charles right and some of his behaviors okay and
like I hate to lump all these things together so real quick disclaimer just
me and just like my beliefs my opinion on situations like although I'm kind of
I set off this video like grouping all these people in together like I think
it's absolutely wrong that we put we don't recognize that these things are on
a spectrum you know what I mean like saying that you know what James Charles
did is just as bad as Austin Jones is absolutely ridiculous I think it's a
form that we look at these as case-by-case situations and I'm gonna
talk a little bit about that more when it comes to James Charles's behavior and
I think we also need to look at that as a case-by-case situation but he's
absolutely he's taking advantage of his power and that's
kind of what I want the theme of this video to be we are seeing we are seeing
a common trend in in YouTube but not just YouTube right it is happening all
over the world in every type of industry where there is this abuse of power for
somebody to basically get their rocks off right look at the pro Jarrett
situation and look at what he's been doing it how he it's been exposed about
how he's been taking advantage of his fans and everything like that like this
is a major issue so some of you loyal rewired soldiers out there you
know that I've been covering some some true-crime lately I've done some videos
on Gypsy Rose Blanchard um I did a video on Ted Bundy a few days ago but when it
comes to like court and trials like some of the strongest evidence a case can
have is eyewitness testimony alright so the first situation that we had is that
in a video with Nikita Dragon James Charles and Nikita were laughing about
how you know they they have a thing for straight boys right I talked about this
in another video like you know there are some you know straight men who become
bicurious and things like that right so it's like okay that's like red flag
number one right but then we had gauged Gomez come out with his whole testimony
about the James trolls situation and he was straight and he felt taken advantage
of and all of that no real quick-like like I said I think it's important to
look at things in case-by-case situations and I may get to the talking
Westbrook situation in a second but I covered this before like even Tana mojo
who is a friend of James trolls like discussed how from her point of view it
looked like gage was taking advantage of James Charles just as much as James
Charles was taking advantage of gage Gomez I think that whole situation was a
mess I think this that was a primary example
of what happens when two people are just using and manipulating one another like
that's just not cool but then went on to Westbrook came out with her video today
we see that this is an ongoing behavior of James Charles and that's why I felt
compelled to make this video because like I said this just keeps happening
this just keeps happening where people get into a position of power and they
use that they use that as a way to take advantage of other people I talked to
Westbrook like talked about like this is something that James trial is like joked
about and he talked about regularly and she would call him out on that behavior
now real quick oh I'll play devil's advocate for just a second because I
like to look at these situations and see you know what's going on and and just
play our difference in scenarios do let's do some thought experiments and
everything so I don't think I don't think it's fair to say that anybody
who's in a position of power like when the power dynamic is different that they
should never date another person who is on a different level of that power
dynamic you know what I mean like that would be insane like hell looking like
who is if I Prince Harry well I think
they did another princess and now it's a faraway land so I think that is
something to take into consideration but what I'm getting at is when we look at
all these situations there's still the same root problem there's there's always
this root problem and and this is something that's not new it's not new
right like when the whole meat to movement started and we saw that that
that disgusting human being Harvey Weinstein it was him using his position
of power over and over and over and over and over again right so like I want to
make it very clear like based on everything that's come out I don't think
James has committed in any kind of crime but like it's important like I think
it's important for anybody in in a position of power to really take a step
back and look at everything happening in our world right but like I said this
isn't new like I remember being in high school I remember being in high school
and like getting so upset because I was like a freshman or a sophomore and like
a girl I liked she had a crush on a senior or she started dating a scene
well screw me that's not fair like how am I supposed to compete with some dude
who's older than me has a driver's license and a car he can grow facial
hair and all that kind of stuff but you see this throughout life you know what
else ticked me off was when you know like people in high school we're taking
like you know call us you know like okay there's like a whole legal aspect of
that but what I'm saying is is that if something that we see a lot in life
where people with some kind of some kind of level up on the social hierarchy you
know they they find other other people who are lower than them right in some
way shape or form not lower than that but you know what I mean you know so
what is the solution what is this solution in my opinion in my opinion I
think it's just really important that friends family members anybody in a
support group they they are keeping an eye on their friends or an eye on their
sons or daughters or whoever it is and recognizing when a situation might be a
little I don't know like a little uncomfortable you know what I mean like
talking to this person saying like okay like are you doing this just because
this person's in a position of power like why why are you doing this you know
and like just talking with them about and having these open lines of
communication but all of us too we need to have this kind of awareness like
here's a thing like I've mentioned this I have a video that's still getting
views I have a video about this in the 12-step community when the me to
movement came out like something that you know I I love 12-step programs they
absolutely saved my life but there are people in there who take advantage of
this power dynamic as well like there's somebody with years of sobriety and they
they they target or they prey on newcomers and in my opinion that is so
so out of bounds like you don't do that like people who just get sober they're
they barely know which way is up and to take advantage of somebody in that
vulnerable position it's just absolutely sickening to me
I don't hang out with people like that and I call that kind of behavior out if
I see it and when I was working in the addiction treatment center like I would
tell the clients that I would tell them about these stories and like here's the
thing you have to ask yourself you have to ask yourself like especially if
you're like newly sober like why would somebody with multiple years of sobriety
want to date you you know like you're clearly not in a place to be dated by
someone who supposedly has their stuff together you know what I'm saying so we
we all have to recognize - and kind of ask ourself like why is this person you
know attracted to me right because I know we all want to have this this like
Cinderella story where there's you know this this Prince Charming somebody who's
like they found the inner beauty in me and now I feel special and all these
other things but it's just important to understand that like not everybody out
there has the best intentions and there are people out there who are abusing
their power the last thing I want to say if you're a parent and this is one of
the reasons why I make these videos like what can we take from these things and
for some reason you're a parent watching this like my suggestion is I know who
your kids are talking to you know what I mean like know who they're talking to
and like how they're talking to somebody online and everything like that like my
son is 10 years old and he just absolutely loves playing for at night
and I think a healthy fear I have is who's he meeting online who's he talking
to it sometimes I play games with them cuz I play for night usually it's other
kids and stuff but it is this is a concern I have see what else is going on
in the world so just interact with your kids talk to them have open dialogue
with that middle who they're talking to and everything like that but anyways let
me know down in the comments below have you have you ever had somebody you
know use use that power dynamic to I don't know take advantage or anything
like that and what suggestions would you give to other people like I don't I
don't know what the solution to all of this is part of the solution part of the
solution is that people like James Charles and anybody else in a position
of power just really start getting their act together realizing that this kind of
stuff is a real dick move in my opinion alright but anyways that's all I got for
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