Shane Dawson, did he or did he not jizz on his cat?
That seems to be the question of the day and your honor. I'm not here to choose nor defend the suspect
I'm merely here to analyze the case and to bring to your attention and to that of the jury the facts and the
speculations covered in a thick layer of common sense which appears to have gone missing
If you don't know what I'm talking about
there was an old clip from Shane's podcast from years ago where he vividly
Described a sexual act with his cat that allegedly took place in 2007
Shane Dawson: And i was like, what if i just cum but like on her tummy
Like, that's not weird whatever
*inaudible* and kept going and i came all over the cat
other person: No you did not
*inaudible*
I was also like 19 *more inaudible talk*
As soon as this clip was reposted on Twitter the public as they often love to do hastily grab their torches and pitchforks
and jumped out to take Shane down Shane posted a thread on Twitter saying that the story was nothing more than a joke and that
he's tired of
Apologizing and explaining his edgy and outrageous humor from his past which he has since moved away from he adds and I quote
I'm sorry for being someone who thought being super offensive and shocking all the time was funny
I feel like without my past I wouldn't be Who I am today
And I wouldn't be able to grow and spend my energy on things that actually mean something now
I don't know if he did or didn't jizz on his cat when he was a teenager
Was it a joke maybe but the takeaway that I get from this entire situation is how quickly people's attitude
Changes in regards to someone with a profile as large as Shane's just weeks ago
He was hailed as this innovator who is breathing new life into this platform
He was being applauded for his doggy series for what he did with the Chucky Cheese
Conspiracy for shedding light on a heavy subject like domestic abuse in the case of Brittani Louise Taylor
He was widely regarded as a visionary but as soon as the target was on his back
he suddenly became the butt of everyone's jokes and Chucky Cheese himself was somewhere out there probably like
Look animal abuse is wrong, obviously and I do hope that Shane was joking
But the speed with which the mob mentality takes over in a case like this is terrifying
Why do we have this urge to cancel someone as soon as something?
Controversial comes out about them in a case like Harvey Weinstein or Bill Cosby. Absolutely
These are undoubtedly monsters who need to have the power stripped away from them because they're using it in destructive ways
But this thing of going back and looking through old tweets and old
podcasts from years ago with the sole purpose of finding something incriminating is
Ridiculous these days. Everything is documented on the Internet at some point
you will inevitably say something stupid and then a decade later when you've evolved and matured and even the
sensibilities of the world around you have changed to then have something dug up from a different era that's gonna affect your current career is
mind-boggling, especially when you have proven yourself to be a changed person despite the mob mentality making people pile on and despite a
Select few or maliciously trying to hurt his career. There is overwhelming evidence
That Shane is a good guy people who come in contact with him describe him as a kind-hearted
Human being Garret Watts is one of the people who immediately jump to his defense saying Shane is one of the most thoughtful kind-hearted
empathetic guys
I know and the notion of him abusing or hurting another living creature is as implausible as your arms turning into laser
blasting diamond cannons and
I'm a little triggered by that last line there Garrett
He goes on to close his statement by saying please be forgiving realize that people change and use your power to cancel and nullify those
In this world who are doing truly evil things. We love to be outraged, especially on Twitter
We wake up in the morning
We have a sip of tea we go to the trending tab to check who's in the shame
Spotlight today only to insert their name in the preset
Hashtag blank his over party regardless of the severity or the validity of the reason behind it in the most recent episode of last week
Tonight John Oliver tackled this exact topic public shaming and towards the end of the episode
He says this: "Think of the dumbest thing you did when you were young
Then you got caught doing the dumbest thing
You did the thing you've stole or cheated on or accidentally sexted and again, I am sorry mom
Now, imagine hearing about that
Every single day for decades on end." That's right you and I have said and done some stupid things in the past
I guarantee you that every single living person on this earth has made a joke or has said something or done
something that could jeopardize their career
But most people learn from their mistakes most people evolved and in a world where our lives and our thoughts become more and more public
We need to be more
tolerant and more thoughtful about where we direct our anger and who we decide to take down because if the bar for outrage is this
low, no living human being is safe
I think this is a very interesting topic and I'm curious what you think about canceled culture as a whole
Let me know down in the comments and while we're talking about Shane
I want to send a huge congratulations to him and Ryland who just got engaged
This is going to be the royal wedding of YouTube. So once again
Congratulations to these two boys and speaking of boys, which
by the way, as a phrase that I've never said before the clout boys contest in my last video
I announced a little giveaway where I would pick three random people who followed me on Instagram and I would initiate them into the exclusive
clout boys club and the winners are
Kaden Geier
PriscKilla and
Nikolaj Wermer who is apparently a dog
Congratulations, all three of you are now Clout boys
And if you want to participate in my Instagram giveaways just follow me on instagram
It's that simple, but that's going to be it for this video wilfer and I will see you again very soon
