I remember you were well into the MauLer for years now and I'm curious what brought you to the KiwiFarms in particular?
I hadn't returned to the topic until just recently. Most of what I'm garnering is second-hand from folks I've met on smudboy's circle and here from this thread. I've been a KiwiFarms lurker for a bit, following the degeneration of Ethan Ralph, Carl Benjamin, and others.
So, Southpaw reached out to me. I had no idea who he was, but he saw my stupid anti-Mauler video on YouTube and must've though I was a kindred spirit. I joined his and SK's Discords for a while and got called a transphobe because I told someone there that troons oughta shut up and just be happy with the way God made'em. This led to my being banned from SK's Discord. Southpaw said nothing about the matter, which was a heavy indication that--ultimately--he really is just a coward and a fink. SK seems to be the one mostly calling most of the shots and Southpaw just follows along.
I jumped that ship shortly after Southpaw announced that he "made up" with Mauler and EFAP. Details were not given to any of us as to how that conversation went down which also made me highly suspicious. Mind you, this came after he had told me about how he and SK were compiling "evidence" against EFAP for the better part of a year. I got into a call with him after his announcement and basically asked him, "So, just like that, you're all just friends again?"
And he said, "Yes" as if it were the most matter-of-fact thing he could have said.
Later, SK releases this video which indicates the whole "made up with Mauler" bit was completely fabricated as well.
As for being "well into the Mauler" I stopped following Callum and EFAP 3 years ago. I wanted to focus solely on my own content. I jumped the Mauler/EFAP ship shortly after I posted a 2-hour video which I inflated by repeating several clips over and over. I did this solely for the purpose of exposing the "took me out of context" hypocrisy and because I got really bitter about being told I was insane for comparing Callum to Carl Benjamin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8fXdrXVBaI
He actually commented below the video too. The way I laid things out was that he didn't watch my whole video but came to a conclusion about it anyway. I called him out on this, basically showing how he was doing exactly what he had accused Hbomberguy and Folding Ideas of doing with his videos.
To be frank, Callum has always been a hypocrite. The problem isn't exposing him, that's already been done time and again. The problem is getting his fans, followers, and subs to actually care about the fact that he is a hypocrite. Which, for the most part, they don't.
What the whole Southpaw debacle has shown me is that there's folks out there who are taking EFAP to extremes that even make Callum and his ilk cringe. But, fundamentally, there's little that's different between the two. They both say whatever they please and if caught in a lie, it's never their fault. It's always someone else who took them out of context.
I still stand by my statements that Callum is one of a number of YouTubers who was spring-boarded by what he was talking about rather than what he actually is. Hence, my comparison to Carl Benjamin who was spring-boarded out of obscurity much like Ethan Ralph was by the whole #GamerGate fiasco.
If I'm to be absolutely fair, Callum has an excellent video on Yooka-Laylee which still stands up today. You know why it's great? He provides sources for everything he says. In other words, he does actual criticism and analysis. He even has segment in his TLJ critique on how the movie writes like it's in direct response to fan theories was also spot-on, but from what I remember he actually references what the fans say. He used to do that a lot--he'd take portions of what others said and show how what they were saying was false. These were compelling arguments.
EFAP, however, doesn't really support that. It's mostly off-the-cuff garbage that hasn't been substantiated by any forethought or true consideration. These people have become lazy leeches, pulling actual content that other people write scripts for and edit videos for, and it's just four people talking over its segments like YouTube elected them judge, jury, and executioner.
