RoseKnight said: I dont really see the issue behind Princess Bubblegum choosing to avoid some random youtuber because she disagrees with the mans political views. Its her life, and while I understand the impulse to make sure we should all retain broad perspectives, everyone has limits. Click to expand... Click to shrink...

Right. I understand the argument for exposing yourself to diverse political commentary. I agree with it to a large extent, especially since the internet makes it easier and easier for you to curate your media and social lives such that you only ever hear opinions you agree with. It is important to engage broadly, I would argue in real life as well as online. Sometimes I go to events where I feel like the only progressive in the room; other times I go to meetings where I feel like the only conservative on the entire block. It is important to encounter and understand a range of perspectives.However, that doesn't mean that it's not legitimate to still make some choices about who you're going to listen to. Everyone needs to use some judgement in deciding where they will spend their limited time. As part of that, it can also be legitimate to judge a source based on who that source associates with. There are very few sources that are so essential by themselves that you must listen to them. If you dislike Benjamin, and find that Jafari associates with Benjamin, it can be reasonable to decide that maybe you'll get your diverse political commentary from someone else. Neither Benjamin nor Jafari are essential political commentators. Heck, Jafari isn't a political commentator, as I understand it.(Disclaimer: I have never watched or listened to anything by Jafari. I believe I once watched one of Benjamin's videos - something about the British Empire and the abolition of the slave trade - and didn't have strong feelings on it. My opinion on them is basically that Jafari sounds like a generic YouTube game critic, and I'm not into that scene personally, so I have no reason to listen to him. As for Benjamin, honestly, my main feeling is that it's obnoxious for internet commentators to use the names of real historical figures as screen names. Thus why I tend to call him by his name, rather than his username. If I say "Sargon of Akkad", then I darn well mean Sargon the Great of the Akkadian Empire, not some guy on YouTube.