On December of last year I wrote about how the popular YouTuber and debunker of viral video hoaxes Captain Disillusion apparently broke a decade-long silence about his political views and appeared to be at the very least a sympathizer of the regressive leftist social justice ideology. In other words, as the meme was back then (although it seems to have fallen a bit out of use), he has chosen the metaphorical "blue pill" of the political spectrum. In a live presentation he gave at Skepticon Australia 2017, he went on a completely unnecessary and superfluous attack against prominent famous anti-SJWs, calling them "assholes" (to what appeared to be a rather agreeing audience).
Back then I hoped it doesn't become a pattern for him. While he hasn't exactly become a YouTube activist, unfortunately it appears that it has become a pattern, at least when it comes to his live presentations at conferences.
Recently he gave a live presentation at the Blender Conference 2018. Blender is a popular free open source 3D graphics rendering software. Absolutely nothing to do with politics or sociopolitical ideologies. Surely he wouldn't start injecting leftist politics into his presentation?
Well, if there's one thing about social justice activists, it's that they can't shut up about it. And sure enough, he disappoints once again.
At the 4:28 mark he says: "It's so great to be here in the beautiful, vibrant, adventurous, liberal city of Amsterdam."
Uh... one adjective stands out like a sore thumb among the others. "Liberal"? What does that have anything to do with anything? Where's that coming from?
Ok, it's just a very minor thing. If the rest of the presentation has zero sociopolitics in it, then there's nothing wrong. Just a very small oddity, that's all. Let's just move on.
And what do you know, at the 7:15 mark he makes sarcastic comments at the Blender Animation Studio company because the team consists solely of white men. "And at one point, as I understand it, briefly even a girl! So the diversity is inspiring!"
And he keeps taking similar small jabs here and there throughout the presentation.
Once again, this kind of sociopolitical commentary in the middle of the presentation is completely and absolutely superfluous, unnecessary and out-of-place. This is a 3D graphics rendering software. It has absolutely nothing to do with politics. Those comments could have very well be left out of the presentation and absolutely nothing would have been lost.
So why? What's the point?
Back then I hoped it doesn't become a pattern for him. While he hasn't exactly become a YouTube activist, unfortunately it appears that it has become a pattern, at least when it comes to his live presentations at conferences.
Recently he gave a live presentation at the Blender Conference 2018. Blender is a popular free open source 3D graphics rendering software. Absolutely nothing to do with politics or sociopolitical ideologies. Surely he wouldn't start injecting leftist politics into his presentation?
Well, if there's one thing about social justice activists, it's that they can't shut up about it. And sure enough, he disappoints once again.
At the 4:28 mark he says: "It's so great to be here in the beautiful, vibrant, adventurous, liberal city of Amsterdam."
Uh... one adjective stands out like a sore thumb among the others. "Liberal"? What does that have anything to do with anything? Where's that coming from?
Ok, it's just a very minor thing. If the rest of the presentation has zero sociopolitics in it, then there's nothing wrong. Just a very small oddity, that's all. Let's just move on.
And what do you know, at the 7:15 mark he makes sarcastic comments at the Blender Animation Studio company because the team consists solely of white men. "And at one point, as I understand it, briefly even a girl! So the diversity is inspiring!"
And he keeps taking similar small jabs here and there throughout the presentation.
Once again, this kind of sociopolitical commentary in the middle of the presentation is completely and absolutely superfluous, unnecessary and out-of-place. This is a 3D graphics rendering software. It has absolutely nothing to do with politics. Those comments could have very well be left out of the presentation and absolutely nothing would have been lost.
So why? What's the point?
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