A List of Reactionary and Far-Right YT Channels. Feedback Welcome!

So, long, long before I ever became aware of this particular subreddit, I was already all-too-aware of the sheer volume of reactionary nightmares populating Youtube. Enough so that I finally resolved to make a list of them to keep track of them all. But of course, I also knew that for every one I found, there were others I wasn't yet aware of. So I decided to share this list, both to get some assurance that my conclusions about these people are valid, and ALSO to get feedback regarding any names I may have missed.

First though, some things:

1.      I am someone who considers himself politically “purple”, and so I will not necessarily have the exact same perspective as folks to the left of me. With that said, I do still try to recognize clear bad actors. But things like "he thinks boob armor is OK" or "he likes sexy female characters" are not going to rise to the level of proof for me (especially considering I myself am not opposed to sex appeal in things like video games).

2.      I do think some of the things alt-righters love to go after (the obvious example being the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy) DO have flaws and that there are valid and legit criticisms to be made. With that said, constantly raging about Rose Tico is not one of them.

What these two points mean, is that I’m not necessarily going to consider an alt-righter anyone who thinks, say, TLJ, is something other than 100% perfect. Because I don’t see it as perfect myself. Obviously, where legitimate and good-faith criticism ends and bad-faith stuff begins can be difficult to discern, but that’s part of why I’m sharing this list. To separate the innocent (if there are any) from the guilty.

Finally, I should say what I believe are the “red flags” that make me inclined to put someone on the list:

  1. Use of the word “woke”: This is the big one. For me, the word “woke” is a tell; anytime I see someone using it in the context of criticism of ANY work of art, it immediately lets me know that I’m dealing with a reactionary rage-farmer. There has been only one (and I do mean only one) time I have sympathized with someone using this word in an argument, and it wasn’t a Youtuber complaining about comics, video games, movies, or anything else. It wasn't a Youtuber at all. So again, this is the big one.
  2. Hyperbolic / Constant Negativity: Again, some of the things that the right-wingers go after DO have legit flaws or problems…some of them. But when a channel is complaining about 90% of all media they’re looking at, including things that really aren’t all that bad, and making them ALL out to be not just mediocre or poor but hot trash, it’s a red flag (for example, something like the Ahsoka series wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible either, so acting as though it is, and especially because of a “Disney agenda”, isn’t persuasive to me).
  3. Bashing Batman: Caped Crusader: This one is closely related to #2, but I still felt like making it separate. Batman: CC is a perfectly fine Superhero cartoon, and acting like it’s a 1/10 is just ridiculous. And the fact that most if not all of the folks doing it are calling attention to Penguin being female just confirms it.
  4. Disney Bashing: Any sort of going on about how Disney is “evil”, “morally bankrupt”, etc. or celebrating Disney’s supposed failing/downfall/demise/etc. is also a red flag to me. Irony is that Disney traditionally is a conversative company with conservative values. So the fact that all of these people are constantly whining about how “woke” Disney is more just shows how far off the deep end the alt-righters are. EDIT: Since apparently multiple commenters have taken exception to this one, permit me to clarify: no, this is not merely disliking or criticizing this or that Disney product. This is more folks CONSTANTLY complaining about Disney because "wokeness", using the phrase "woke Disney", complaining any time a Disney movie or remake is less white and male than the older stuff, etc. If you're still not satisfied, think of this as a symptom rather than the disease; that it's presence alone may not be proof, but in conjunction with other things, it's a good indicator.
  5. Constant whining about Hollywood/Modern Hollywood/Modern Movies: Pretty much the same as #4, just replace the word "Disney" with the word "Hollywood".
  6. Use of the word “agenda” in a negative context when talking about modern media and the left’s supposed influence over it (again, I’m purple and even I find this eye-roll worthy).
  7. Videos “showing” some right-wing darling or icon “owning” or one-upping a liberal/leftist/feminist critic, the obvious intent being to celebrate right-wingers one-upping left-wingers.
  8. Blaming Kathleen Kennedy for everything under the sun / constantly bagging on Kathleen Kennedy: Pretty self-explanatory I think. Obviously this also applies to folks who do this for Amy Pascal.

I’d also bring up things like actively promoting conspiracy theories like QAnon, Covid being a hoax, the Great Replacement Theory, etc., but (thankfully), the channels I'm personally aware of don’t spend much time focusing on those things specifically, instead preferring to just shriek about this or that thing being “woke”. But yes, any channel that is subscribing to bile like that is also fit to be included.

Anyway, all of that out of the way, here’s the list:

  1. 1 / 4 Black Garrett
  2. ActualJusticeWarrior
  3. Adam Patch
  4. Adam Post (Possibly an alternate account for #3).
  5. Albeleo
  6. Alteori
  7. Andromeda
  8. AndyPants Gaming
  9. AntiSimp
  10. Arch (Formerly Arch Warhammer)
  11. The ArchCast (Almost certainly an alternate account for #10).
  12. Asmongold
  13. Asmongold Clips (Alternate account for #12).
  14. Avram
  15. Baggage Claim
  16. Benny Jones
  17. BoldDebate
  18. Bounding Into Comics (also a “news” website, and while I'd argue not literally ALL of their articles are bad, enough of them are)
  19. Bowlestrek
  20. Captain Meta
  21. Chrissie Mayr
  22. Chuck Dixon (man this one's a heartbreaker, as he was one of the best writers of Batman and Batman-adjacent comics there ever was. But a right-wing extremist is a right-wing extremist).
  23. Clown Planet
  24. Clownfish TV
  25. Comic Artist Pro Secrets (real name Ethan van Scriver)
  26. Comix Division
  27. Culture Casino
  28. Daily Insight
  29. Dark Lord Mountain (at least he's honest XD)
  30. Darth Aristysus
  31. DDayCobra
  32. Despot of Antrim
  33. Disparu
  34. Doctor Disaster
  35. Drunk 3PO
  36. Eat Garbage
  37. Echo Base Network
  38. ENDYMIONtv
  39. Enrobria
  40. European Lore
  41. Fan Advocacy Network
  42. Fanscape
  43. Flashgitz
  44. FreedomToons
  45. Game Knights
  46. Geeks and Gamers (probably the single most notorious example of this that I know of, although Nerdrotic is a close second).
  47. George the Giant Slayer
  48. Graham Cast
  49. Greg Owen
  50. GriffinGaming
  51. Grizzy
  52. HeelvsBabyFace (AKA AZ)
  53. Hero Hei
  54. Hypnotic
  55. Jedi Brooks (I hate this one especially. His "why X sucks, a scene comparison" videos are just the pinnacle of reductive reasoning).
  56. Jesse Grant
  57. JesterBell
  58. John Talks
  59. Jon Del Arroz
  60. JosiahRises
  61. JUST A ROBOT
  62. JustSomeGuy
  63. KNIGHTWING1
  64. Knights of Melvin
  65. KNIGHTS WATCH (you know, as someone who loves knights as a concept it's extremely depressing to see so many alt-righters with "knight" in their username and using that imagery).
  66. Liberal Hivemind (Username is clearly sarcastic / ironic
  67. Literature Devil
  68. LostChord
  69. Matt Walsh
  70. Mauler
  71. Mecharandom42
  72. Memology101
  73. MGOW
  74. Michael Fitzgerald Troy
  75. Midnight’s Edge
  76. Midnight’s Edge Live (Obviously alternate account for #75)
  77. Millennia Thinker
  78. MooLer
  79. Moon
  80. Nerd Word
  81. Nerdrotic
  82. No Bullshit / No BS
  83. Nyrion
  84. Odin’s Movie Blog
  85. OMB Reviews (Clearly alternate account for #84)
  86. Overlord DVD
  87. Paul Joseph Watson
  88. Phil’s Father Factor
  89. Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
  90. Polite Leader
  91. PowerfulJRE
  92. Rafe Heydel-Mankoo
  93. Reaper (this one also frustrating for me personally, as I like the word "reaper" and use it a lot when naming characters of mine).
  94. Renaissance Nerd
  95. RenownedZ3r0
  96. Robot Head
  97. Ryan Kinel
  98. Salty Cracker
  99. SC Reviews
  100. Shadiversity (as an aside, I NEVER liked this guy. I know a lot of people liked him before it became obvious how bad he was, but to me, he always seemed kind of pretentious, and his constant whining about double-bladed weapons and other "realism police" stuff was just so eye-roll worthy to me).
  101. SimpSaverSam
  102. SKizzle
  103. Smudboy
  104. Snarky Jay
  105. Star Wars Theory
  106. Stefan Molyneux
  107. Sydney Watson
  108. Synthetic Man
  109. Testify (pretty clearly an Islamophobe, or at least that was the sense I got).
  110. That Star Wars Girl (and a damn shame too, because as much as I find her repulsive she DID do one heck of a Jaina Solo cosplay. Good Rogue cosplay too).
  111. That’s Retarded
  112. ThatUmbrellaGuy
  113. TheCommonNerds
  114. The Babylon Bee
  115. The Based Conservative
  116. The Comments Section with Bret Cooper
  117. The Critical Drinker (my personal least favorite. I really do hate him most of all).
  118. The Critical Drinker After Hours
  119. The Daily Wire
  120. The Movie Cynic
  121. The Poor Man’s Podcast Reacts
  122. The Quartering
  123. The Rubin Report
  124. The Trent Report (Real name John F. Trent)
  125. The Uber Geek
  126. The Woke Critic (Username is clearly sarcastic)
  127. Think Before You Sleep (should follow his own advice)
  128. Thinking Critical (ironically named)
  129. Thorias Unlimited
  130. Timcast IRL
  131. Tyrone Magnus
  132. Valutainment
  133. Virtuous Men (another one whose ironically named)
  134. Vito Gesualdi
  135. WaywardCulture
  136. Weaponized Nerd Rage
  137. Woke Busters
  138. Woke Watchers
  139. Word of Wolf
  140. Words of Paradise
  141. WorldClassBullshitters
  142. Xray Girl
  143. YellowFlash
  144. YinkaThatGuy

Yowzers, that’s a lot of names! But wait, there’s also ones that I’m not sure on, but am suspicious of:

  1. baldbookgeek
  2. Black Pigeon Speaks
  3. Book Furnace
  4. Bread Boys
  5. Buddy Brown
  6. Charlie Hopkinson
  7. Critical Crackpot
  8. FearTheBeardo
  9. Just Judah
  10. Lack of Entertainment
  11. Legion of Men
  12. Let’s Review Crap Writing
  13. Lion of Judah
  14. Little Platoon
  15. Living Anachronism
  16. Man Talk
  17. Mannix
  18. Master Samwise
  19. Metatron
  20. Minimal Effort Gaming
  21. Possum Reviews
  22. PSA Sitch
  23. Raven Knight
  24. Sheev Talks
  25. The4thSnake
  26. The Gents
  27. The Scene Surgeon
  28. Theophilus
  29. Truff’s Stuff
  30. ZimoNitrome
  31. zvnazul

OK, that’s everyone. Let me know if I missed anyone and/or got anyone wrong (though if you do think the latter, please articulate your argument respectfully).