PewDiePie angered by petition to ban him from YouTube for white supremacist content PewDiePie, YouTubeYouTube king Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg might be the biggest creator on the platform, but one petition is seeking to ban him from the site \u2013 and he\u2019s not pleased with the movement. Kjellberg spoke out on the petition in a \u2018Pew News\u2019 segment on April 7, where he decried the article\u2019s \u201cdefamatory\u201d claims and noted that several of its allegations were completely baseless. \u201cIt\u2019s so blatantly misrepresenting and misinforming people,\u201d PewDiePie said of the petition. \u201cA lot of these points are just flat-out lies, as well. \u2026it\u2019s surprising how Change.org is even letting this be up, because there\u2019s nothing to back up any of the claims.\u201d The YouTuber went on to note that the petitioner had claimed that, even if he were to \u201cclean up his act,\u201d his comment section would still be a \u201ccesspool of white supremacist activities\u201d \u2013 an argument that PewDiePie called \u201cmeek,\u201d \u201cweasely,\u201d and \u201ctiring.\u201d \u201cIf you have a problem with my comments section, feel free to criticize my comments section, but don\u2019t use the listing of all these things as some sort of shield for your point,\u201d he continued. Hitting back at Wil Wheaton Of course, signers of the Change.org petition aren\u2019t the only group firing shots at PewDiePie; actor Wil Wheaton likewise published a scathing post about the YouTuber via Facebook, where he called Kjellberg a \u201cracist, piece of shit bigot.\u201d \u201cThis is such a strawman argument,\u201d PewDiePie said of Wil\u2019s post. \u201c\u2026this implies that all my content is just filled with racial jokes and slurs.\u201d Kjellberg\u2019s charity work Although Kjellberg felt that doing so was \u201cself-gratifying,\u201d he went on to recount the number of charity drives he\u2019s held in the past as a means of self-defense, noting that and his fanbase had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to multiple charities. \u201cNo, doing charity work does no absolve your shortcomings \u2013 that\u2019s not what anyone is saying,\u201d PewDiePie explained. \u201c\u2026.constantly having all these negative things listed without acknowledging any of the positives is gonna paint a bad picture of anyone.\u201d Despite these attacks, PewDiePie continues to see success on YouTube, reaching a record-breaking 93 million subscribers ahead of Bollywood label T-Series after releasing his \u2018Congratulations\u2019 diss track in late March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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