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A popular gaming YouTuber, JonTron, has become the target of abuse for airing his views critical of the progressive left. JonTron, whose real name is Jonathan Jafari, is a Persian-American gamer with over 3 million subscribers on YouTube.

The YouTuber recently did a five-hour interview stream with Carl Sargon of Akkad Benjamin, who was temporarily banned from Twitter for reasons undisclosed by the platform (but whichapparently involved interracial gay porn). They discussed controversial political issues that ruffled the feathers of a few fans, prompting them to unsubscribe and create megathreads denouncing him.

Jafaris words were taken widely out of context by outraged crybullies who had long despised him for myriad reasons, including his opposition to GamerGate celebrity and Crash Override Network founder Zoe Quinn and his neutral stance tothe entire GamerGate fiasco.

During the conversation, Benjamin and Jafari were critical about the Womens March on DC. They said it accomplished very little and didnt amount to much of a protest because women in the United States did not face the same oppression as those living elsewhere.

In a tweet by Curtis Bonds, a lesser-known YouTuber with a significant following on Twitter, Jafari was painted as a misogynist. Among many false allegations, Bonds claimed that Jafari said women are in no way oppressed.

However, Jafari calls himself pro-choice, in his own words, and expressed that he had no problem with institutions like Planned Parenthood facilitating abortions. He stated his opposition to the governments funding of abortions overseas. He was critical of Muslim activist Linda Sarsour, an organizer of the Womens March who publicly supports Sharia Lawa system that marginalizes women as second-class citizens. Jafari has been branded a sexist.

Jafari was also critical of the feminist movement. He observed that intersectional feminists were ousting or silencing white women based on the progressive stack. He criticized liberalsfor insisting that everything is racist, remarking that reality is racist to these people, and pointed out how crybullies will often cannibalize their own (citing the mass shaming of Joss Whedon as an example) whenever anyone stepped out of line.

He did not hold back from criticizing political correctness, which he called Secular Sharia Law, but said he disagreed with equally hyperbolic arguments from the right that call liberals the real racists.

One side says you are crazy, the other side says you are racist, he said. Jafari highlighted his disdain towards the far-left for branding anyone they disagreed with as Nazis.

On cue, Jafari was branded a Nazi.

Some people even threatened to violently assault him for his opinions.

Jafari, who isnt keen on violence, stated: I fully encourage anybody on any side of the spectrum to talk it the f**k out. Dont condone political violence. Dont do that.

Throughout various points in the interview, Jafari was enthusiastic in his support of meritocracy, highlighting how America was founded on equality as an idealjudging people on the content of their character.

He alsopointed out how the political pendulum swung from one extreme to the next, and that it was imperative for millennials to recognize history and how far removed social justice activists are from the context of the past.

Regardless of the nuance inJafaris opinions, perpetually outraged progressives persist on demonizing him as a fascist because he, like many other classical liberals, has become little more than a bogeyman for them to focus their hatred onto. Theres nothing more they dislike than a liberal who points out their failings.

Ian Miles Cheong is a journalist and outspoken media critic. You can reach him through social media at@stillgray on Twitterand onFacebook.

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