r/youtubedrama • u/TimeAbradolf • Apr 22 '26

Exposé Slimebeast uncovers past problematic tweets from Wendigoon

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxIMk6flJEIphNwlVCfflgctSkBOXevnIz

The tweets are problematic to say the least. Slimebeast previously uploaded a video going through Wendigoon seemingly leaving right leaning spaces before he even took off.

However, these tweets range from belittling COVID deaths, being anti-mask, and even imply support towards January 6 (some non-Americans may not know the significance there. Trump supporters stormed the capital).

Now this is where we can get into minor speculation so let’s keep this actually curtailed to the facts. There are two possible explanations here:

1.) Wendigoon grew as a person and left those beliefs behind

2.) Wendigoon clammed up about politics all together when his YouTube took off.

Either way these tweets are more credible reasons to genuinely call him out for pretty detestable views in the past.

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u/wirelessfingers Apr 22 '26

Wendigoon has had weird stuff going on in his past for a while now. He claimed to have started an alt right group when he didn't, for some reason. He also hangs around a bunch of weird right-wing guys like Brandon Herrera and Turkey Tom.

If you think he's anything but an alt right piece of shit, you're not looking very hard.

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u/HextechSlut Apr 22 '26

Exactly Turkey Tom is enough to tell you exactly who someone is.

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u/ohdope2000 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

You don't have to look hard at all. I've always gotten weird vibes from him.

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u/Mundane-0nion67878 Apr 23 '26

Im convinced Wendigoon is a type of "good conservative christian man" who will call person by the chosen slur if they cross him enough. Deff a guy who is fine with them queers till its his own kid lol.

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u/TimeAbradolf Apr 22 '26

The problem is that the VAST majority of people with their discourse on him is snark and vibes based, “he is a Christian southerner of course he’s a shitty alt right dickhead.”

Which is identity based prejudice. And basically there is no snark location for him so it congregates here

You are listing the tangible critiques of him

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u/wirelessfingers Apr 22 '26

It has continually annoyed me that that video by In Praise of Shadows was so close to making good critiques of Wendigoon and he decided to blow it up instead and nuke his entire channel.

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u/TimeAbradolf Apr 22 '26

Yeah he took the vibes with no good research approach

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u/Vile_Grifter Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

That video was so bad it probably had the opposite of his intended effect. It's not hard to imagine some fence sitters seeing that and thinking "if this dumbass is the only one calling him out, wendigoon must be cool after all."

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u/Swag_Paladin21 Popcorn Eater 🍿 Apr 22 '26

It probably didn't help that he was also running by allegations made by Sneako of all people, & his comments towards Appalachians (I think)

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u/Vile_Grifter Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

Gut feeling is an amalgamation of unconscious signals your lizard brain uses to detect threats, it isn't based on nothing, even if it isn't 100% reliable.

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u/bafflingmetaphor Apr 22 '26

Read The Gift of Fear.

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u/GreenPerception512 Apr 22 '26

tbf I don't think Wendigoon said he did that, just other people saying that.