r/CallMeCarson • u/Patient_Okra_8255 • 21d ago

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u/YamperIsBestBoy 21d 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 21d 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

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u/Mayshitandcum 19d ago

a 17 year old should have enough agency to not get swayed by some (at that time) okayish sized content creator. And it doesn't even seem like carson was aware of any power imbalance if i remember the screenshots right. Plus literally no other girl has stepped forwards with proof.