• fiendishplan@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Essential Craftsman - he’s an older guy who knows a hell of a lot about carpentry and blacksmith work. He dedicated a ep. to Charlie Kirk I felt like finding our my favorite uncle was in the klan. Noped the hell out of his channel as did a lot of others.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      didnt Hickok45 do something similar? I think I remember something about him having someone on or having a memorial or something for someone distasteful… but I cant remember, and may be totally and absolutely wrong.

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        I generally don’t like Hickock45 because if you watch any of his non-gun content he likes to leave things in a hedging, vague, “all I’m saying is…” context and honestly if he can’t say what side he’s defending then he’s kind of just being a douche.

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      This was tough to learn. He was my para social grandpa. What a letdown. Also, can’t he just Google around and learn that Kirk was an a-hole?

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        5 days ago

        More likely the things that make it clear Kirk was an asshole are the things he likes about him.

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      I missed that he did that. I might not agree with that but he really does have a wealth of knowledge, I’m not sure cutting him out entirely is the right call as I haven’t noticed it infecting his other videos.

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        I was 100% on board and donated $2 every month to keep his channel going. I switched that to Lemmy after the Charlie Kirk comment.