Daniel Sulzbach AKA Mr Repzion is no stranger to controversy and being disliked by fellow YouTubers. The name Onision comes to mind. But recently, he’s had to answer to an entirely new level of hostility. Fellow YouTube gamer and bodybuilder Vegan Gains made comments during a Twitch stream recently, allegedly not knowing that the footage was being recorded.
Talking about how much he hates Mr Repzion, Vegan Gains (real name Richard Burgess) mentions that he if he had a chance, he would slit Mr Repzion’s throat and kill him. The gamer then produces the knife he would use, a wicked looking switchblade.
Obviously, the gaming world went a little haywire over the video which was captured and posted to YouTube. It got to the point where Mr Repzion even made a video explaining how seriously he takes threats like these. Mr Repzion shows parts of the captured video as a means of having a public record and proof of Vegan Gains’ words.
Vegan Gains’ reasoning for wanting to kill Mr Repzion stems from him finding MrRepzion too smug. “He’s a turd, he should just be killed,” Vegan Gains goes on to say.
Mr Repzion sagely points out that threats like these are more worrisome for people who live in Vegan Gains’ town and whom he doesn’t like. It appears Vegan Gains has either cleaned out his entire Twitter account or never posted anything to begin with. Either way, very odd.
It’s an interesting situation, we’ll have to see what comes of it.
Richard is an interesting character, I’ve seen some of his videos in the past. Although its great he stands up for a lifestyle that he believes is healthier, he came off incredibly condescending and (the biggest turn off) like a total misogynist. Needless to say I didn’t continue watching him.
I took a look at his response video to the situation, and WOW. He turned it into essentially a platform for going vegan. Its wonderful to be passionate about animal rights, but this was a threat to a human life that clearly made people uncomfortable (regardless of whether he was joking), would it have killed him to be a little humble and give a short apology?
He admits using outrageous statements to get views, which isn’t shocking, but there’s a line between outrageous and threatening/offensive. He seems lackadaisical about his influence, and personally I think influencers need to be aware that what they say/do has an impact on others and use that responsibly. I work with a YouTuber who essentially relies on shock humor, and its not that hard to determine when you’re crossing a line into harmful territory, or at the very least give a genuine sorry and clear up your intentions. Its probably earning him too many views for him to stop making psycho statements, unfortunately.
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