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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/news/p/1395876/streamer-troll-johnny-somali-found-guilty-on-all-counts-sentenced-to-south-korean-prison-l

Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 2 days ago

There are a lot of enablers, the viewers that find all that bullshit funny. Guilty by association, I suppose

[-] LePoisson@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I think the viewers of streams like his should get a swift kick in the nuts or vag and maybe kept from reproducing because nobody consuming his content is a good person.

Like, you're right the streamers getting money by acting like assholes are only making money because of the audience. Said audience members are just as shitty as people.

Hopefully they are just young and dumb and will grow up and get smarter. But yeah, they could just be shit.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

like, fuck people who watch these absolute shitheads, but I don't really buy that. people look at car crashes. i don't think reckless drivers are "enabled".

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

I don't think a car crash is an apt comparison in this case, that is usually an accident and not something easy to ignore and pretend it didn't happen - it affects everyone who wants to use the road where the crash happened. Nobody is clapping and cheering.

What this asshole does isn't an accident, it's intentional. People follow him expecting bullshit and praising him for that. He's akin to people who like to drive recklessly and post and brag about it online.

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