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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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
this video
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