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In a November 2016 piece criticizing "right-wing British blowhards" [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']] said Benjamin typified the "British man who has become enamoured with America, its social politics and its machinations, and wishes to become an intellectual authority on it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/weird-british-conservative-commentators|title=Examining the Right Wing British Blowhards Using YouTube to 'Prove Everybody Wrong' - VICE|website=Vice|language=en-ca|access-date=2017-03-03 |
In a November 2016 piece criticizing "right-wing British blowhards" [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']] said Benjamin typified the "British man who has become enamoured with America, its social politics and its machinations, and wishes to become an intellectual authority on it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/weird-british-conservative-commentators|title=Examining the Right Wing British Blowhards Using YouTube to 'Prove Everybody Wrong' - VICE|website=Vice|language=en-ca|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> |
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Carl Benjamin, also known as Sargon of Akkad (born c. 1980),[1] is an English YouTube commentator and game developer.[2] . He is married, has two children and lives in Swindon, in the UK.[1]
YouTube career
In June 2015 YouTube took down one of Benjamin's videos when it received a YouTube copyright claim from The Guardian. Benjamin contested the claim against the video, which used substantial portions of The Guardian's video, but was not successful. The Guardian said it was offering "advice on how to engage with Guardian content without breaching copyright." The video was restored later the same day.[citation needed]
In using the entire Guardian video, Benjamin may have fallen afoul of the fair-use doctrine.[original research?] However one Los Angles Times columnist called it "alarming to see copyright law used to stifle debate in the public square."[3]
Notable events
Games development
In March 2014 a Kickstarter campaign was created to fund the development of a game called 'Necromancer'.[2] It raised £8016, just beating the goal of £8000, however by June 2016 the game had not been released and all supporters were refunded. [4]
Jess Phillips
In response to Labour Party politician Jess Phillips's statement that rape threats are commonplace for her, Benjamin said "I wouldn't even rape you. I wouldn't even rape you. Not even.” in a YouTube video and repeated this on Twitter. Benjamin declined to apologize for the comments.[1]
Kekistan
Personal views
Benjamin identifies as a classical liberal[citation needed] and left wing. His videos often concern Gamergate and antifeminism.[5][unreliable source?] Benjamin has been described as "alt-right" and an "alt-right sympathizer" by media outlets The Daily Dot and Salon,[6][7] although Benjamin rejects the label[8] In September 2016 Heat Street reported that he was "wrongly labeled as alt-right in [the] Daily Dot" and that he has even gone as far as to reply to alt-right followers on twitter with links to interracial gay porn, just to annoy them into unfollowing him.[9] Benjamin has opposed movements that purport to defeat online misogyny, such as the British group 'Reclaim the Internet', which he has labeled “social communism.”[1]
External views of Benjamin
In a November 2016 piece criticizing "right-wing British blowhards" Vice said Benjamin typified the "British man who has become enamoured with America, its social politics and its machinations, and wishes to become an intellectual authority on it."[10]
References
- ^ a b c d Daubney, Martin (5 June 2016). "I set out to troll her — why all this fuss about 600 rape tweets?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ a b Zombie slayers call for start-up funders; Swindon Advertiser,by Beren Cross, 26 March 2014
- ^ Healey, Jon (11 June 2015). "The Guardian uses copyright to shush a critic of its cultural criticism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
Sargon used seemingly every frame from Anyangwe's 3 minute, 49 second video. He found fault with most of the points she made, as well as the way she made them. After watching his piece, it's clear that there's no point in going to the Guardian's site to see the original because he's just shown you the whole thing.
- ^ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/80652106/necromancer/description
- ^ Rozsa, Matthew (9 April 2016). "Sargon of Akkad and the Importance of Free Speech". The Good Men Project. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Rozsa, Matthew (7 September 2017). "A Deep Dive into the Alt-right's Greatest YouTube Hits". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ Rozsa, Matthew. "How PewDiePie "fudged the labels" to avoid anti-Semitism claims because of his YouTube videos". Salon. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ "Sargon of Akkad on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "Popular YouTuber Fought Back Against the Alt Right by Sending Them Interracial Gay Porn". Heat Street. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ "Examining the Right Wing British Blowhards Using YouTube to 'Prove Everybody Wrong' - VICE". Vice. Retrieved 2017-03-03.