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Blender Guru was my inspiration into Blender as well, but since I've seen the at-worst homophobic and at-best tone deaf comments he's made in tutorials and on Twitter, I can no longer recommend him. Go watch his rant about how he misses using the word "fag" like he used to in highschool.

I'm not saying cancel the guy, but I am saying consider seeking out an alternative source of tutorials.

https://twunroll.com/article/1347630835235573761

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I was expecting much worse but he repeatedly mentions in that clip that “of course you should never say it because its demeaning”, and that its stupid how he has nostalgia for it.

There _was_ a time when that word was used like that by kids, I think we can allow people to have nostalgia for their childhood as long as they acknowledge how bad it is according to 2021 sensibilities.

Sorry, but no, "nostalgia for your childhood bad behaviour" is just dumb.

People can’t exactly control what they have nostalgia for.

That's just not true at all. You feel shame over things you did as a child that you now know was wrong.

And even if you don't, you also have control over what personal views you go talk about in a Youtube tutorial about Blender.

The thread you linked to is definitely problematic. And I'm not referring to Andrew's tweets but to the person who decided to launch a passive aggressive smear campaign.

Mel Gibson has said and done some unsavory things yet I still enjoy and recommend Braveheart. Calling for boycotts in order to force a behavior change of someone whose speech you disagree with is lose/lose in my opinion - you usually don't get the desired outcome and everyone is worse off. I say: recommend Blender Guru but don't recommend following the guy on Twitter. Why is that such a bad option?

Apart from the question whether he still acts this way; those homophobic comments were not in the public view anymore.

Now with your comment and the link they are again.

Congratulations, you have just reproduced homophobia. Sometimes it's better to let the past rest.

These videos were always in the public view. After all, (as of this comment) are still publicly available for anyone to view.

Anyone doing a deep dive into this channel would have come across these videos on their own.

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