The collective cynicism here generated around this topic is completely undue.

Apparently no one is allowed to negatively comment on the Ghostbusters movie without it being construed as sexism.

Jesus, I’m so tired of this reductive bullshit.

it really is a shame how much shit he caught for the Ghostbusters videos, especially when you watch them, and he just calmly discusses why he’s not into them.

I’m not seeing the “soft sexism” in these videos. He pretty much ignores the fact that the new GB movie is all female cast other than mentioning the fact that people are referencing it as such (“female ghostbusters”) because there aren’t other good options, basically as a way to skewer the use of the name without the…

I met James at a convention a few years back and I’m happy to say that he is one of the most down to earth, friendly people i’ve met in that medium.

What Anthony fails to acknowledge is the fact that Ghostbusters is James favorite movie from when he was a kid, hes talked about his love of it in several of his videos.…

Yeah, unless I missed it there was zero mention of his association with Screw Attack and how his rise on Gametrailers probably helped his early career more than YouTube.

To be fair, Ghostbusters does look horrible.

I noticed that too. If the subject of the article was black and the author kept pointing it out, despite the fact that said subject’s output is completely unrelated to issues of race, people would be getting uptight indeed.

It should if you have half a brain. He’s a person, his name is James Rolfe. The author wasn’t pointing out his skin color as just an observation, there was an agenda behind mentioning it, and that’s wrong to do, no matter what color someone’s skin is.

Not only that, but the two videos he made don’t even come *close* to touching on the sexism point. It’s never brought up, never hinted at, never discussed. I’m honestly flabbergasted that people can say “you’re being sexist” with those two videos.

I’ve been watching James for his entire ten year run. I’ve watched everything he puts out, Monster Madness, Board James, James and Mike Mondays, and even the horror films he made when he was a kid. After a decade I still get super excited when I see a new AVGN video in my feed, and have a viewing party with my friends…

Following the Nerd, there is now a sect of voices on YouTube whose platform is entirely based around angrily criticizing what they view as “social justice”-infected media, often decrying when creators try to increase diversity, if not openly standing against critics using a feminist or other political lens.

It’s obvious this writer is only interested in stating their position on the Ghostbusters thing, but shrouded it with writing a history of James Rolfe. Anybody with a brain can see that.

Following the Nerd, there is now a sect of voices on YouTube whose platform is entirely based around angrily criticizing what they view as “social justice”-infected media, often decrying when creators try to increase diversity, if not openly standing against critics using a feminist or other political lens.

Like the dumbshits that think “lmao” is a word?

Skipped right over Silicon valley and ended up in jersey. Amazing work here!

“I don’t like his opinions therefore he’s bigoted”

This is a great and healthy way to view the world.

I love AVGN. Mostly just the AVGN videos but sometimes I watch the Mike and Matt Mondays. I’m a subscriber but I don’t watch everything everyone that I subscribe to puts out. That’s an option. I didn’t know he made a statement about the new Ghostbusters movie but I don’t see anything inherently wrong with saying it’s…

I like how you're making race an issue by repeatedly pointing out that he's white.