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- Jul 23, 2018
Long post, feel free to skip if you want, it's just a lot of my thoughts on this insanity. I've seen Kevin's videos before and liked them (stopped a while back), so I have no idea why he chose to do this.
There is no way his community is "the most kind and supportive group of people" when you can see in the Reddit (liberal as it may be) thread alone that:

"In England and trans and a 'political activist'" Reddit user. Can't get any more liberal than that.

Pink: "I totally know a lot about it because I'm part of the mentally insane group."
Orange: That's just an outright lie. Also citing the video comments that are probably full of people going "I don't care about your kinks or views, just let him play the game" as "slurs" and "hate speech" and "harassment" of a "very vulnerable minority."
Yellow: Reading comments on some content creator's video is not going to make someone want to kill themselves.

I agree with this comment, not much else to say.

"Calm down, no need to get angry right now" as they type up a response saying "W-Well the comments were full of hate, and our (probably full of transgenders) Discord hated the video, bigot!" It's less likely the video brought in "transphobes" and more likely the video brought in regular people who didn't care about your agenda.

Somehow every sane comment keeps getting downvoted... I wonder why...


And these sane comments were deleted by mods. There's definitely an agenda going around.
Here's some Reddit comments close to my beliefs:
This is just stupid. If you play the game, I don't care who you are. If you don't play the game, I don't care who you are. I think the game looks alright, and that's pretty much it.
CallMeKevin, the Irish YouTuber who dared take WarnerBros money and early-streamed Hogwarts Legacy has left a long, cuckolded, embarrassing statement about the entire affair on his subreddit. I skimmed it to be honest, I have little patience for this much sperging, so if anyone spots any gems let me know.
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to address the recent Harry Potter video that I posted on the channel. I've seen the feedback and first of all I'm very sorry for any hurt I've caused any and all of you. I make videos to try and give you a little entertainment and in no way want to be putting out something that causes pain or harm in any way.
Aside from apologizing for any hurt I've caused you I wanted to explain a little bit from my side why I posted the video in the first place. Just to explain how I feel a lot of us were on different pages.
I'm not sure how this whole thing was covered in other countries but as someone who does not use social media this boycott was pretty much invisible. I'm surprised that I've not heard any discussion within my recent streams or on my comment section given the scale of it but as an "offline" person who does not use social media it just wasn't a visible campaign.
I had heard in the past about Rowling making hateful comments on Twitter but aside from everyone being in mutual agreement that she seemed like a shitty person that's as far as my knowledge on this whole situation goes. I had also heard of there being a boycott of some kind on the game but honestly assumed this was not a big thing, every other day I hear of someone/something being a problem and I just don't engage with that news.
When it comes to boycotts in a general sense I would disagree that buying something is endorsing the view of everyone involved. I also had heard early in development that Rowling (much like the recent special) was not involved in this whatsoever so I didn't see the issue at all on a surface level.
I also wanted to address the comment section. First of all, to clarify I fully support you giving any feedback and opinions regarding all this.
Second of all, there are a lot of different "bubbles" in my community. There was a lot of people commenting coming from a similar place as me and I'd guess a lot have likely never even heard about this whole situation. My audience has a lot of people who are very casual internet users.
Lastly, this video brought in a lot of people from outside my audience and there is hate that comes with that. Whenever a video reaches an outside audience it brings more hate than I'd normally recieve. It could be as simple as they hate my humour, or they hate my voice but that's just how it is when your video is pushed to people that it normally is not pushed to. Unfortunately this hate was amplified by the situation, especially given people will click just because of the controversy around the game and I will be disabling comments to just shut that hate down. I've already seen people saying that a lot of comments were being made by bots or trolls with the same copy pastes. To be 100% clear, I do not support anyone attacking you for who you are as a person and I'd wager neither does 99% of this community who from my experience have been the most kind and supportive group of people.
From everything I've read after posting, I get why someone wouldn't want to give her financial support. I also get why someone would buy the game and not feel that it is supporting or endorsing Rowling directly and I can also see how people can be unaware of the situation entirely never even hearing the words Harry Potter and Boycott side by side.
Needless to say I won't be posting any more of the game, I don't want to be putting more hate and hurt out into the world when god knows there's enough of that already. I got nothing but love for all of you and just want to provide some mildly entertaining videos and a nice community for everyone to have a good time and escape for while. I'm sorry for any hurt I've caused you, I have felt terrible knowing I've hurt a group that have been nothing but nice to me.
I read the last line, he's refusing to play anymore Hogwarts Legacy.
edit: kf hates when I add archive links for some reason? But it's archived: http://archive.md/p8eRT
Almost nobody cared, Kevin. Aside from the usual "well JK was always a (insert "protected class")-phobe/hater" people nobody gave a damn."I'm not sure how this whole thing was covered in other countries but as someone who does not use social media this boycott was pretty much invisible."
contradicts"...aside from everyone being in mutual agreement that she seemed like a shitty person that's as far as my knowledge on this whole situation goes."
Kevin, what social media are you on besides YouTube? If he's on Twitter I'm not even surprised he'd think that Rowling is somehow equivalent to the devil for being majority liberal aside from "transgenders are a problem if they do this.""...as an 'offline' person who does not use social media..."
If they're just like you then they wouldn't have heard of this either, Kevin, and so your argument makes no sense."My audience has a lot of people who are very casual internet users."
Really? Just "IT WAS THE BOTS/TROLLS ALL ALONG!!!" is not an excuse to cave."I've already seen people saying that a lot of comments were being made by bots or trolls with the same copy pastes."
Correction, you don't support anyone attacking others unless the attackers support transgenders, apparently. When did it suddenly become not okay to say "well I just don't like them pushing their ideals in front of my face"?"I do not support anyone attacking you for who you are as a person..."
And "99% of this community" doesn't have anyone who says "well, I think Rowling's right" and agrees with her? I have more to say about the "most kind and supportive group of people," but for now I'll just say it's a parasocial relationship that should not exist."I'd wager neither does 99% of this community who from my experience have been the most kind and supportive group of people."
Okay, Kevin is definitely lying when he says he's an "offline" person."...I don't want to be putting more hate and hurt out into the world when god knows there's enough of that already."
Why are you caving then? Isn't this your job or at least brings in a lot of money? Sacrificing "playing popular game for money" over "well I want to appease the loud people" is not a good decision."...just want to provide some mildly entertaining videos..."
So a "safe space." You want to appease the "very casual internet users," in your own words, and make a "safe space." Maybe make a safe space for people who are being attacked for supporting Rowling instead if you care that much."...and a nice community for everyone to have a good time and escape for while."
aka "I need money so don't unsubscribe and don't cancel me please!""I'm sorry for any hurt I've caused you... I've hurt a group that have been nothing but nice to me."
There is no way his community is "the most kind and supportive group of people" when you can see in the Reddit (liberal as it may be) thread alone that:

"In England and trans and a 'political activist'" Reddit user. Can't get any more liberal than that.

Pink: "I totally know a lot about it because I'm part of the mentally insane group."
Orange: That's just an outright lie. Also citing the video comments that are probably full of people going "I don't care about your kinks or views, just let him play the game" as "slurs" and "hate speech" and "harassment" of a "very vulnerable minority."
Yellow: Reading comments on some content creator's video is not going to make someone want to kill themselves.

I agree with this comment, not much else to say.

"Calm down, no need to get angry right now" as they type up a response saying "W-Well the comments were full of hate, and our (probably full of transgenders) Discord hated the video, bigot!" It's less likely the video brought in "transphobes" and more likely the video brought in regular people who didn't care about your agenda.

Somehow every sane comment keeps getting downvoted... I wonder why...


And these sane comments were deleted by mods. There's definitely an agenda going around.
Here's some Reddit comments close to my beliefs:
This is just stupid. If you play the game, I don't care who you are. If you don't play the game, I don't care who you are. I think the game looks alright, and that's pretty much it.