Vaush

Vaush is an American commentary YouTuber known for his far-Left views and work against the Alt-Right.

History
Vaush began watching a Progressive YouTuber named Destiny around 2012 or 2013. Vaush, who was former rather inactive in political discourse online, became a Liberal through his video.

Destiny's videos eventually caused Vaush to became even more extreme in his Left-wing views, going from a Liberally oriented Centrist to a Progressive, holding views similar to that of The Young Turks or Bernie Sanders.

After watching videos from others Progressive and Socialist YouTubers, especially ContraPoints, Vaush became an Anarchist. Then, around 2015 or 2016, Vaush began using the username Irish Laddy, stylized as IrishLaddie. Using this pseudonym, Vaush would debate Destiny, who was less extreme as a Left-winger, in the hopes of convincing Destiny to become an Anarchist like him, Vaush.

On January 6, 2019, Vaush stopped using the pseudonym IrishLaddie and registered the Vaush account. A week later, on January 13, 2019, Vaush uploaded his first video, a video entitled E N L I G H T E N E D C E N T R I S M, in which he, Vaush, explained why we believed Centrism to be an ineffective form of stopping Nazism.

Views
Vaush holds far-Left views. While he is not a Communist or Socialist, in fact having heavily fought against people espousing political positions similar to that of Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin in the past, Vaush is an Anarchist, meaning that he believes in the total abolition of all hierarchy in society. Vaush has fought against homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism. Vaush also believes in the abolition of private property, meaning that he believes no one person should be able to own a business, and that a business should be owned by everyone there, both the CEO and employees.

Sexual Harassment Allegations
Around August 2017, Vaush, a pansexual man, met a woman under the username Poppy through the message board site Discord. The two, both known for their provacutive views, began dating online. Either later in 2017 or early 2018, Vaush doesn't remember, the two broke up over their differing views on Feminism.

In the aftermath of the breakup, Poppy shared several sexually explicit messages Vaush sent to Poppy during the time they dated. Because of this, the discord server through which the two met became divided over who was in the right.