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Whatever you think about Shadiversity (he’s made some pretty controversial and offensive statements as of late), his old video covering the controversy surround

Whatever you think about Shadiversity (he’s made some pretty controversial and offensive statements as of late), his old video covering the controversy surrounding “boob armor” in the Mandalorian is amazing. That was where I first learned what a codpiece was for. The main point of critics was that “The design of armor in the show is overtly sexual and objectifies women,” and Shad’s argument was “Decorative armor was always meant to sexualize the wearer, including men, and what the Mandalorian did wasn’t particularly egregious.” Nothing like a history nerd making several hours of footage that can basically be summarized as “You’re wrong!”

zmgsabst 3y ago
> Shadiversity (he’s made some pretty controversial and offensive statements as of late) Do you have examples?
- subjectsigma 3y ago
  You can easily Google it.
- esperent 3y ago
  I've never heard of this guy and I do like well made Youtube history videos so I looked it up. I did find a reddit thread. I think this comment sums up the sentiment there (although I haven't seen his specific words): https://old.reddit.com/r/Shadiversity/comments/10sbcts/tldr_whats_up_with_the_hate_on_shad/j723ttz/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Shadiversity/comments/10sbcts/tldr_... > Personally: his prejudices against gay people and his tendency to jump to the conclusion that something is "woke" simply because it mentions a subject left-leaning people are concerned about. > (See the "knights watch" reviews of the new The Last of Us series for examples.) > I (a bisexual man) always found his material on historical practices and weapons, as well as his fantasy theory videos to be extremely entertaining and convincing. > But his views when it comes to pop culture are often his prejudice worded in a way that deflects criticism. > Comparing gay representation in the last of us, as if it was a foot fetish and having someone suck and/or lick toes in media. (see episode 3 of knights watch the last of us review) > I'm not going to claim hes homophobic 'because' he's mormon christian conservative. But he is homophobic, and a mormon christian conservatve.

zmgsabst 3y ago

> Shadiversity (he’s made some pretty controversial and offensive statements as of late) Do you have examples?

subjectsigma 3y ago
You can easily Google it.
esperent 3y ago
I've never heard of this guy and I do like well made Youtube history videos so I looked it up. I did find a reddit thread. I think this comment sums up the sentiment there (although I haven't seen his specific words): https://old.reddit.com/r/Shadiversity/comments/10sbcts/tldr_whats_up_with_the_hate_on_shad/j723ttz/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Shadiversity/comments/10sbcts/tldr_... > Personally: his prejudices against gay people and his tendency to jump to the conclusion that something is "woke" simply because it mentions a subject left-leaning people are concerned about. > (See the "knights watch" reviews of the new The Last of Us series for examples.) > I (a bisexual man) always found his material on historical practices and weapons, as well as his fantasy theory videos to be extremely entertaining and convincing. > But his views when it comes to pop culture are often his prejudice worded in a way that deflects criticism. > Comparing gay representation in the last of us, as if it was a foot fetish and having someone suck and/or lick toes in media. (see episode 3 of knights watch the last of us review) > I'm not going to claim hes homophobic 'because' he's mormon christian conservative. But he is homophobic, and a mormon christian conservatve.