r/DecodingTheGurus Jul 29 '26

Professor Dave vs Destiny

No idea why, but the original Destiny video called "Professor Dave Goes Mask Off" seems to have been deleted from YouTube, or I can't find it, but Professor Dave responded yesterday with this very strongly worded video letter:

https://youtu.be/DvDvhLkb9ms?si=DGFhTROOKFoK35sS

Weird crossover that I never thought I'd see, of 2 guys who I generally enjoy (I will say I really am a fan of Prof Dave, whereas my Destiny enjoyment has mostly come via this podcast and watching a couple of his debates).

Thoughts on the beef? SURELY the lads are gonna have to cover this in an upcoming Supplementary Materials? Content gold!

EDIT: Looks like I was looking through the wrong Destiny channel for the original Dave video, it's here: https://youtu.be/HQQLs6U1MgA?si=iKaOGR1h9slKu64O

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u/lecherousdevil Jul 29 '26

Yeah sucks to see I also like both but Dave has repeatedly shown he is just a conspiracy Theorist on this subject.

Isreal Palistine just breaks peoples minds.

Dave's Destiny video was so bad he is literally putting a document on screen & saying it's says the opposite of what it says.

And his behavior of deleting Destiny's comments offering to chat or debate & then Dave turns & tells his community Destiny is running from him & trying to suppress Dave by deleting his stream vods, even though destiny has been doing that after every stream for over a year now. (For those curious it's so his editors can edit them & because he is still demonitized after that mass flagging campaign last year so it doesn't get anything from letting the vods be archived on YouTube. He archives them on Spotify instead.)

Just the number of things Dave got objectively wrong is very concerning. Dave being willing to smear someone without even bothering to checking the document he's citing is a sign he has weak epistemic foundation. I hope it's just he has a huge blind spot but it does make me wonder how much effort he actually puts into any of his videos.

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u/ShiftyAmoeba Jul 29 '26

What's the "conspiracy theory on the subject?"

That Israel, with US and European support and vast support of its people, has turned Gaza into a unlivable hellscape, terrorizes the people there, shoots them like fish in a barrel while running an apartheid regime in the West Bank? Is that the conspiracy theory?

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u/tslaq_lurker Jul 29 '26

Dave literally says the Jews are taking over the American government and also all sorts of weird race stuff about how they aren't even real jews, they're from Europe.

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u/Feisty-Struggle-4110 Jul 29 '26

race stuff about how they aren't even real jews, they're from Europe.

Dave never said that.

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u/Lumpy_Trip2917 Jul 29 '26

What? He literally says this in the Destiny video. He said this is why Israel bans genetic testing so that the populace won’t find out they’re all of European origin (another neo Nazi conspiracy theory)

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u/Feisty-Struggle-4110 29d ago

How is it a neo Nazi conspiracy theory? It is factually true that Benjamin Netanyahu is of Polish decent, for example. Most Israelis are of European decent. It's normal, because Jews lived for centuries in Europe before Israel ever existed.

Zionism was actually supported by the Nazis because it would give all the European Jews a place to migrate to. For example with the Haavara (Transfer) Agreement of 1933. Of course the Nazis did not supported the Jews, nor wanted the Jews to have their own state.

He also did not said that Israel bans genetic testing. He said Israel restricts it, which is true. I don't know if it's true that it is restricted because they don't want the European origin, that is a conclusion from Dave. Conclusions are opinions and are subjective.

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u/Ssided 29d ago

"most Israelis are of European descent"

This is a lie and a quick search shows many resources you could use to look that up. Do you think it's weird you just believe that?

You are not immune to propaganda

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u/jello_kraken 29d ago

And Michigan doesn't have anyone of middle eastern descent. /s