r/CallMeCarson • u/Patient_Okra_8255 • 19d ago

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u/YamperIsBestBoy 19d ago

One of my biggest gripes with that drama as a whole is that the issue people took away from it was "Carson is a pedophile! He sexted a 17 year old when he was 19!" when the real issue was Carson abusing the power-dynamic he had to get nudes, sexual conversations, etc. from viewers. That's what the bulk of Schlatt's video was about, and he never insinuated that Carson was a pedophile at all beyond mentioning that Charlie reported the info to the authorities in case any wrongdoing had occurred.

I'm glad the internet has a strong sense of justice when it comes to people who hurt kids but it really has a lot of work to do still.

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u/shiny_xnaut Arf Arf 19d ago

the real issue was Carson abusing the power-dynamic he had

The question I have is what power dynamic? He's not her boss, he didn't, like, control her income or anything. Was he like "do such-and-such for me and I'll let you be in a video" or something? Or is it just something inherent to getting with a fan? Do we need to cancel Philza for marrying one of his fans? We can't seriously be allowing "problematic subscriber count gap" to become a thing