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[โ€“] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand, your comparison was fine. The person responding to you makes it sound like PT is ripping off Contrapoints though. Comparing their ideas, their production value and choices is fine, they do exist in a similar space, but there's nothing wrong with PT existing in a similar space. Straight white men are allowed to coexist with identical videos on YouTube. But someone in a marginalized group? Their channels are constantly pitted against each other.

Vaush/Xanderhal, Asmongold/Penguinz0 are all allowed to be successful even though they pretty much make the same videos and stream clips on the same topics. But for some reason creators from marginalized groups can't have similar tastes and ideas.

[โ€“] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure the person you were responding to is also trans like me and presumably you