#ive had enough people yelling at me.over this shit recently.

[dimonds456]

I have a lot of mixed feelings about MatPat.

On the one hand, he definitely has a streak of bigotry. The pyro episode really comes to mind on that one, and his refusal to they/them Kris was also not cool, and there have been a lot of other examples here and there.

But he has been getting better. One of his Livestream hosts uses they/them from what I can tell, and I haven't heard any word that he's misgendered them anywhere.

But also, his theories have just been getting lower and lower quality as his channels kinda turned into something one step below a content farm. His Digital Circus theory, for example, he came up with ON GTLive and then just cleaned it up for the episode.

But he was also hosting all four channels. Each channel will have its own host now.

He made a lot of mistakes, but so does everyone.

Am I defending him? I dont know. Do I forgive him? No. Do I honestly care? ...I don't know.

I'm glad he's stepping away. But I'm also gonna miss him.

Like he said in the goodbye video, he was a lot of peoples childhoods. Mine was one of them. He's definitely not the best person nor was he the best influence, but he did help me realize that being a nerd and being passionate are good things. And his passion helped me want to create.

I'm glad he's leaving, but it also feels like my childhood is going with him. One last step towards that all-encompassing 21 in a few months from now.

I'll miss you, Mat. I hope you can continue to grow as a person and support others more in the future. Teach your son what the world failed to teach you when you were younger.

Also read the tags, please, okay Tumblr? Thanks.

#im scared to post this. i know people on here dont like him and i 100% understand why #but i also fear that people assume he can't grow #i may be wrong as ive been staying away from matpat drama but from what ive seen? #mat makes mistakes. then he listens to people when they tell him he fucked up. and he tries to do better. #people forget that hes a person sometimes. #and like i said i could be wrong. there might be evidence out there that hes an evangelical or something #but i havent seen it. i do know about the homophobia and transphobia from the past #but i also know hes apologized and that stuff hasnt really resurfaced #i want him to do better and continue to grow away from the internet #but if im wrong then im wrong. #just please dont harass me for this post okay? #if hes worse than i think he is you can tell me but please dont be mean about it #ive had enough people yelling at me.over this shit recently. #mat if youre SOMEHOW reading this? thanks. your stuff helped me watch to enrich my stories more #give people something to hunt for #you aided my passion #and i wouldnt be who i am today without you man. #so please. keep growing. keep doing better. and i guess i'll see ya when i see ya. #dimond speaks #not maintagging this cuz i dont wanna get killed lol