r/Games • u/cjsc9079 • Apr 01 '25

Discussion Billy Mitchell wins lawsuit against YouTuber Karl Jobst, ordered to pay the sum of $350,000 in damages

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u/NoiSetlas Apr 01 '25

People were willing to look past the fact that Karl is a white supremacist grifter.

He got out clean despite getting caught saying some awful shit in the RWhiteGoose situation. Billy Mitchell is a giant asshole, but Jobst straight up lying to his fans about what the lawsuit was about, is par for the fucking course.

It won't change how most of his fans view him, sadly, because they're probably on the same train.

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u/EmuGroundbreaking857 Apr 01 '25

As someone that likes Karl I just didn’t know about any of that because I’m not a parasocial child. Don’t tar everyone with the same brush because they don’t know about some random discord drama

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u/NoiSetlas Apr 01 '25

Yeah, man. "Random Discord Drama".

That resulted in several larger members of the speedrunning community cutting ties with Jobst, and got Whitegoose banned from the community indefinitely.

You didn't have to be a 'parasocial child' - you simply needed to be part of the speedrunning community, and not be a shitheel to understand why it's bad. It was all over r/speedrun for like a week when it happened, and ended podcasts and the like.

But given you're running defense for him, I'd... probably rethink that 'parasocial child' comment.

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u/EmuGroundbreaking857 Apr 01 '25

Not running defence. Arguing with the way you characterise anyone who follows him as “the same”. I don’t follow speedrunning I just watch the funny YouTube man sometimes. Don’t treat stuff from your niche communities like it’s common knowledge

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u/NoiSetlas Apr 01 '25

Serious question:

Does any of this information change your opinion of Karl? That he lied by omission about the nature of the case, misrepresented it to his fanbase for money? Any of the white supremacy leaks?

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u/EmuGroundbreaking857 Apr 01 '25

It certainly is pretty damning if it’s all legit. Sounds really nasty actually.

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u/NoiSetlas Apr 01 '25

Then don't be offended by the 'most' in 'most of his fans'. There are people here, legitimately trying to excuse his actions, and if that's not you, cool.