Joking about jews or saying the n word never made anyone a fascist. Fascism didn't even include antisemitism, it was just added later on because of Germany's policies. Calling pewdiepie a fascist is wrong intellectually, historically, politically and ideologically.

The only people normalizing fascism are the ones calling everything fascist and making the word lose power and giving new blood to the idea of fascism.

Fascism is a very specific thing, born in a very specific country and with a very specific ideology. Not every authoritarian country is fascist. Not every racist idea is fascist.

People were idiots before fascism. And they can be idiots without being fascists now too.

It's the same as calling communist everyone that ask for minimum wage or free/cheap healthcare. It's dumb.

100% agree, but this logic applies to everyone, not just public figures.

they [public figures] have an extrinsic motivation to make others believe they've changed.

Replace public figures with people and its just as accurate. Nobody wants to be the bad guy, even demon-spawn incarnate, Stephen Miller tries to put everything in a positive light "detaining violent illegals" vs "breaking innocent families apart and sending them to concentration camps".

Judge people based on their actions, not their words.

You're exposing your privilege and lack of understanding other perspectives.

Not everyone grew up knowing the impact words or phrases have on marginalized communities. I reflect on the day I learned women think twice about going for a runs at night. Growing up a white-passing guy in a relatively safe neighborhood, the possibility of getting raped was a foreign concept, but a sad reality for many women. In that same vein, you lack the humility to consider people like me, who grow up in an environment where slurs were common and "just a joke".

I've educated myself, learned from my past, reflected on how my actions may have impacted others at the time and walked away from ignorance. I am not who I used to be, and we must allow people to grow, or would you prefer to see no change?

If you grew up perfect, you should feel blessed that you've had the opportunity. Not everyone gets that.

Why do you say that?

Look at all the so-called "subtle bigotry" that predominates western media and then ask yourself why you expect anything else.

I think he's already set for life and he's doing YouTube just for fun. I've heard that other YouTubers said that PewDiePie is incredibly wealthy because he invested a large percentage of his income on his heyday as a YouTuber. Looking back he only have two editors at most working at his videos and didn't do "flexing" content.

But the point is that he won't be able to reach people if he didn't post on YouTube. He already kicked up a storm on the move to Linux video and this kind of exposure really helps with the general population.

Also youtube is so widespread it's the best way to spread positive messages, even against YouTube and Google themselves

Black and White thinking is the death of any movement you're 100% spot on, everything has nuance

Even to your point about boots, there are some people who are vegan (by their definition) and wear leather boots. Arguments can be made that leather will (in specific circumstances) result in less animal harm in the long run, and while I don't personally justify leather this way, I can understand how some have these perspectives.

The real issue is labels. As soon as you apply one, you are subject to everyone else's understanding of that thing. In my experience, if you don't meet their understanding of said thing you're dismissed as not being a "true x", or it's "if you truly are X then why do you do y?"

This is why I never refer to myself as vegan/vegetarian and just "I don't eat meat" (or a more specific statement as needed).

I never say I'm a leftist/socialist I just gestures vaguely at American politics believe that's kinda fucked and shouldn't be done that way.

I even dislike saying I'm an urbanist because, even though I despise car-centric design, I've been called out for the sin of hiring a car when I visited my hometown last (generally I cycle everywhere or use PT, but I had an ankle injury so woe is me I guess)

At some level we're all hypocrites, ones intentions are far more important, and shouldn't be dismissed as easily as they are. What's more important is to align your actions with your beliefs, be open about what you believe in, be open-minded when someone's beliefs don't align with your own, be ready to adjust your beliefs based on new information and experiences but most of all:

Be kind.

You’re assuming OP watched the video at all 😁

No, and he apologized

As we watch Kanye, Asmongold, [random influencer] continues to say and encourage their fan base to believe in the most terrible shit...

Remember that if their actions start affecting too much of their pocketbook, they can just apologize. Oh, and pay PR shills to clean up their mess.

PewDiePie spent years putting that belief out in many different ways. What you saw in the news was just what was reported. There's no remorse. Just a "Well sorry that happened".

Do you have any evidence that he's made an effort to make up for his behavior that goes beyond words? This is an honest question, I never followed him because of random happenstance, so I don't know.

Pretty much. The whole "Internet is forever" doesn't mean shit if you can be a dick and then throw money to PR fix your reputation.

Wasnt yt adds laughably underpaid and thats the reason all the videos have sponsors nowdays? With that in mind, he is big enough to switch and keep his sponsors/clicks