I'm sorry you had that experience with him. It's sad how often it happens that someone you think has good ethics turns out to be problematic, and I've no doubt it's a lot worse when it's about a group you are a part of.

Beau has not been honest about his past, he has tried to say more than once that he was helping refugees get into the USA, and that's not what happened. Also, he didn't serve very long in prison considering what he did and was found guilty of. The reason I know about what Beau did when he was a military contractor is precisely because I heard him talking about it. He talked about it in a podcast interview in 2016, I found a video of it on KZbin, so that's just you trying to find reasons- I have a video about that if you look, published back in March. He does not reflect a path from the right to the left, he disseminates pro Biden, pro USA Gvt, pro Israel propaganda, having built a following on the left. James Somerton has not made any money from human trafficking, unlike Justin King, Beau of the Fifth Column. James Somerton has never been accused of human trafficking, let alone been convicted of anything related to it, so I'm afraid to talk about James scamming his viewers in this context as though he was the one who deserved two hours of video made about him by someone as big as Hbomberguy while apparently Beau of the Fifth Column just gets to carry on like he did nothing wrong does not wash with me. He also has not been accused of or talked about kidnapping anyone under any circumstances, whereas Justin King has talked about being involved with the extra judicial international kidnapping of a number of people on the behalf of the US gvt post 9/11. This is far worse than plagiarism, however you look at it.

@@mattiethemongoose3rd this is your video & you've decided this approach makes sense, I've seen Beau talk about this more often than on one video, so maybe I've seen more of his work than you, I dont know, sorry I'll check out your vid as well, he did the time & paid for at least part of it that he can be charged with, personally I would like him to mre transparent but its not going to happen & the idea he supports Biden is hilarious to me given his consistent perspective on politics, I've not seen his recent videos on Israel & Palestine but I would trust his years of experience & knowledge & access over mine or I'm afraid yours as I don't know your expertise. You have decided to focus on James Somerton as if that's the whole point of the video it isn't, h bomber guy was clearly using him as an example of stealing work & therefore potential income & audience from mostly smaller & also queer creators. You've decided to use that video to hammer Beau instead.

Try watching the number of videos I have made about Beau of the Fifth Column's takes on Palestine, including one which is specifically about him doing pro Biden propaganda, they are recent videos, it's not hard to find them. I can assure you, I have watched all the videos he has made on this subject since October 7th, unless they came out in the last few days. I used to be quite a fan of his and watched many of his videos over the years. I used to think of him as interesting and informative, then didn't watch him properly for a long time because I found I could never remember what he had said. Since Bad Empanada made a point of telling his viewers about Beau's past as a human trafficker, and the fact that he has fabricated his background as a Floridiain redneck, I've had another look at him and what he does. I can't be sure of when he started to say things I profoundly disagree with because I stopped really listening to him for so long, but I think the turning point was probably Biden becoming president. And yes, sure, Hbomb's video was about plagiarism, but the focus surrounding that video was essentially about running him off KZbin- at which they have been successful, while the others he discussed are still going. It's unfortunate you can't see that is a problem. @@Nazlairdie

Did you listen to what he said or watch his video yourself. His commentary is informative on foriegn policy. If you listen to all his videos you'll see this commentator is unrealistic and wrong.

He said what he said, repeatedly. It's terrible that he is telling people on the left to accept that the USA has no leverage over Israel to stop the genocide.

So you think the USA has no leverage over Israel, like he says? @@jorgebravo3251

@@jorgebravo3251 I'm referring to this video. I don't always agree with Beau, but this video strikes me as being made absolutely in bad faith.

@@obluraschibus My apologies. I assumed you were talking about Beau. You know what they say, when you assume you make an ass of U and Me. In this case I just made an ass of me.

He said Africa in his video. Still very sus, just means they're pivoting to expand their imperialist ambitions to Russia and China.

Perhaps I missed something but I don’t think that’s what he was implying there. Since 2012 the US has been working getting out of the Mid-East. So the it can focus on containing Russia and China I haven’t watched enough of this guy to tell if he just deflecting or is a true believer. Either way he’s swimming in prozionist propaganda. While vomiting beltway consensus. Apparently he has his head stuffed so far up is back side you can’t pipe him daylight Of course the US has leverage. although it really lies in resupply of munitions and in the diplomatic cover with the UNSC veto. (So he is being dodgy) Unfortunately, even if Biden was interested in disciplining Israel, attempting either would be political suicide.

Really have no idea why you are expecting me to tell you.

Which gay men were hogging the mic in Left wing KZbin? James Somerton is not a good answer here. And I'm not sure when they were hogging it anyway. You know that nearly a whole generation of them were wiped out? They didn't get their voices centred. Those were wiped out in the 1980s-90s, so unless they've been hogging the mic since 2000, which I don't think they have, your analysis doesn't really track. The vast majority of gay men alive today would have come of age since around 2005, they've hardly had decades to hog the mic.

Did you know that James said that all the interesting gays who had any worthwhile ideas died of aids and only the boring ones who couldn’t get laid survived? Real monster behavior, that.

Yes, I did know that. So how was he stopping other Gay men from having a voice again? Because that was the subject of this particular thread. He wasn't the one who was responsible for all those deaths. He is in fact, not considered responsible for the death of anyone so far. Seems like you want to deflect from the issue here. @@OneMillionLimes

@@mattiethemongoose3rd " plagiarism aside, " ffs are you off your meds? PLAGERISM WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE VIDEO not 'people mattie doesnt like for other reasons'; 'plagiarism aside' ? ANYTHING not 'plagiarism' was simply a flavor note..................... are there worst PLAGIARISTS out there or just 'people who you like even less than james sommerton' that are the 'real problem'? you sound demented harping on this non point..................... like you believe HBOMB owes you a specific video, about a specific subject and people you specifically dislike........... KINDA sounds, in fact, like youve got some sort of personal axe to grind with some specific person and since Hbomb didnt make a video about THAT, he somehow missed the point of his own video.................. F F S

It may have been the point of the video, but I was talking about other things that have been discussed in relation to James Somerton in the wake of that video that were not about plagiarism. That is what I was referring to. And considering the mess your reply is in it's a bit rich for you to ask if I'm off my meds. @@SwolllenGoat

@@SwolllenGoat​​⁠​​⁠​⁠gotta say, man. I think her takes are bad, but the energy you brought in here is also pretty uncomfy. Let’s not make medication comments pls. Harris would not approve :(

Not that he went after the wrong people, more that his priorities seem very skewed to going after people who have garnered personal dislike rather than people who have a documented history of abuse and exploitation far worse than anything James Somerton has been accused of.

I don't know why you think I think he should have discussed Beau of the Fifth Column in a video about plagiarism, I know that you can't just put everything into one video, but I do think that he should be concerned that Beau of the Fifth Column has a very problematic history that he has so far refused to acknowledge. Beau of the Fifth Column is inside his house. Beau of the Fifth Column has many people in his audience who are also in Hbomb's audience. Beau of the Fifth Column is currently manufacturing consent for genocide in Gaza, I have made several videos about this and am planning another. Hbomb does not have to make a video about Beau, but he could at least highlight the shitty things Beau has done and continues to do, but he has so far point blank ignored issues with Beau. I am aware that James has refused to acknowledge what he did over some time, but this is generally also the case for people subjected to investigative journalism and they still get the right of reply and are usually presented with all the evidence before publication. It would have been very credible for Hbomb to tell James he was going to get a long video made including a lot about him, and that he was going to have to reckon with what he had done. I have no doubt that Hbomb could really have cut it down to about an hour about James having already given him the evidence and this would have done the job. @@-eight-

If Hbomb is going to claim to care about Gaza he should care about what Beau of the Fifth Column is saying about it. So you're now claiming Beau of the Fifth Column is not manufacturing consent for genocide? You are beyond a joke. @@-eight-

@@mattiethemongoose3rd you misunderstood their point so badly. They were just saying as an example that if someone made a documentary about Hitler, no one would get mad at them if they didn’t also talk about other dictators throughout history because that’s not what the documentary was about. And it feels like that’s what you’re doing. They were not literally saying that Hbomb needed to talk about Hitler, or that “hitler was also bad so what’s the point.” You invented some arguments to get mad at there. Hbomb choosing to make his video on James does not mean that he’s “covering up” this other creator you’re talking about that I’ve never heard of. That’s frankly a wild leap in logic and making big assumptions about someone else’s intentions that you can’t really back up. Hbomb made this video about plagiarism after he happened to look into a few of James’ past accusations to see if they were true, and then he found SO MUCH MORE. So he made a whole video on plagiarism to address it. It’s literally in the title, “Plagiarism and You(tube).” Therefore talking about the guy you wanted him to talk about (even though I agree he sounds very shitty) wouldn’t fit with the premise of the video because kidnapping/abusing women and plagiarism are not even remotely the same things. Hbomb started making this video over a year ago, I just did some research and it looks like a lot of the discussion around Beau really kicked off around 10 months or so ago, so it’s likely that he was already underway making this video anyway once people started talking about Beau. So changing his topic would have ruined a few months of work. Also if you know anything about Hbomb you’d know that he doesn’t usually make hit pieces. He’s only made one other one and that one was just a funny thing he found that led to a bunch more things. He wasn’t morally outraged, it was just a rabbit hole he fell down. He states explicitly in the video that he doesn’t like doing what he did in the James Somerton video and doesn’t want to do it again. He likes making content that he is passionate about and enjoys making, but he felt like he had to say something on this specific case because James was harming the Queer community (a community that Hbomb is a part of and cares deeply for) and James was silencing people that tried to call him out. Hbomb doesn’t want to make drama videos and he’s not going to look to make more. This one was just personal. So again. It doesn’t mean he’s covering up for Beau. It just means that beau’s actions weren’t what the video was about and that if he covered every person that was shit on the platform then he would become a drama channel, which he doesn’t want to do.

Thanks! Yes I do know about that video, and this was partly inspired by that. Unfortunately I didn't take it seriously until Bad Empanada made a point of talking about it, but after that I started wondering about what Beau did when he was a military contractor, something he had mentioned but never given any details about. This video is the result of that.

@@mattiethemongoose3rd beau of the fifth is a woke neocon larping as a redneck but talking 'progressive' in order to dupe gullible bluenomatterwhos into supporting and apologising for GenocideJoeBiden. The mental gymnastics unfolding between beau and his fans required to defend Biden is hilarious but scary!

That wasn't what I was saying, in fact what I was saying was that being a Gay man seems to mean you don't get to be in Breadtube. Being a Gay man isn't well recognised as a distinct group of it's own, a point I made several times in this video. I suspect the lack of recognition of Gay men as a distinct group of their own has lead to their marginalisation in Breadtube.

I don't know about all the situations in which you heard about this, I can only talk about what I heard, and I definitely heard James saying that Gay content specifically was not much available, and I definitely heard Jessie Gender lumping "Gay" in under the "Queer" umbrella for a whole video, and failing to make a distinction between Gay content and other LBTQ+ content.

Are you familiar with the sentence, "Watch the video before commenting?"

I did watch the video. You said almost nothing about James Somerton and a whole lot about a bunch of other people. If you showed somebody who has never heard of Somerton your video, they would come away knowing that he’s gay and that’s about it

It's not just whataboutism, what about the conspiratorial nonsense about taking down competition in the lgbtq+ movie making space?

Liking your own comments is so cringe. I said many times that James Somerton had been plagiarising people, if they didn't get that they weren't attending. How many gay men can you think of who are well know in the online left? @@MooTV

Well it's a bit odd really, very well timed. And what about Beau of the Fifth Column? He's made millions from exploiting Eastern European women, that's been known about for years. When are you all going to care about that? Did you like your own comment or get your friend too? @@LachlanEaston

As long as he is continuing to manufacture consent for genocide anywhere, he is worth my attention.

I don't know why you made this comment since I made it clear in the video I was not disputing what he said about Irish Republicanism. I am also confused about what side you think Beau is on, because let's be clear, he is pro Israel, not in favour of freeing Palestine. He was clearly saying he thinks that Irish Republicans who support Palestine do so out of misplaced emotional attachment to supporting those they see as oppressed by colonialism, and don't see the situation in a clear logical way, and that clear logical stance as far as he is concerned is to support Israel.