James Somerton was making $170,000 a year with nearly 6 million views and 267,000 subscribers on YouTube, until…

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    11 months ago

    Why does the article start with “Bisexual British YouTube essayist”? What does his sexuality have to do with anything?

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      11 months ago

      Somerton has a bit of a history of weaponizing his fans to attack anyone bringing up issues by painting them as homophobic and attacking a gay man. Hbomberguy made a point of bringing up his own bisexuality in his video before he even brought up Somerton as a way a kneecapping that before it could start.

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      11 months ago

      It’s actually very important to this discussion. He ripped off a bunch of LGBT+ ppl while promoting himself as one.