| Nem said: The real issue here is indeed that his co-workers threw him under the bus. Patreon is based on trust. If you don't like those people anymore, you naturally won't support them. They were so worried that those few vocal SJW's were gonna cost then, that they ignored all the other ones who aren't overeacting douchebags and actually enjoy the type of humor KFG uses. The people who burned Colin probably weren't even their supporters. They shot themselves in the foot. Again, this has nothing to do with politics. It is disenginuous to sugest that. Also, there beeing consequences from this type of situation is what empowers them to do it again. Twitter is an evil thing. |
I mostly see that colin is brilliant at self marketing. He appeals to all sides by making himself out to be the stoic victim. He has everyone rallying around him by staying incredibly vague about what actually went down with KF and if he was going to leave anyways.
I don't agree with the reaction to his joke, but I also don't think he was neccessarily thrown under any sort of bus. I think he reconized an incredible marketing opportunity for his new show when it was staring him in the face and took it. He had so much publicity from the tweet and making it seem related to why he left KF made it an elegant exit solution without alienating fans of his prior work by going into more political and history related topics.
His transition has been spectacularly successful.
