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The whole situation made me really uncomfortable watching at first as it could have gone in the completely opposite direction, and understandably so. Like if I give Phil the most charity possible, he's a socially isolated autist who has pretty valid reasons to not trust what is said about anything or anybody at face value. Also, even with his long history on the internet, I don't think Phil has had to deal with this kind of situation where someone you're connected to is accused (proven) to be on pedo shit, and how the consensus is, it doesn't matter what kind of excuses they make, if someone is on pedo shit, you cut them off and condemn them entirely. There is no room for nuance.This may sound cringe-y to some, but I did get little nervous yesterday when Phil was *looking for excuses to not ban De(gene)rich.
*Then either he realized Ash/Andy/Josh had good intentions bringing that pedo's antics to his attention, or he masterfully read the room when he backed out and announced that he will banned the guy (which he did on follow-up stream). It's probably former, since King apparently has hard time reading social cues and understanding the "sneak-disses" or something. Whatever is the case, he really saved his face at the last second there.
Now however, someone posted on Xitter that Derich is Phil's chat again (?), acting as if nothing happened. Maybe he's autistic and doesn't realize yet he became public enemy number one? Maybe it's just a troll account that wants to fuck with Phil again? Or maybe it's Doody trying to get his revenge? Hard to say, but it is pretty suspicious and the King shouldn't rest on his laurers yet.
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Source: https://x.com/bale40952062/status/1828305610753950036?t=Yp7IHSvLEOhlMVziT6y9ug&s=19
Going back to my original point though, I really felt like this could have gone south fast as I don't see PPP and especially Null going along with the "hear me out" arguments for very long. I really thought this could be the end of the redemption arc, and I was resigning myself along with the rest of chat that, once a lolcow, always a lolcow. Shockingly though, Phil managed to beat the lolcow gene that dictates a cow must always make the worst possible decision, and he denounced the pedo. To me this was one of the most promising signs Phil can change for the better and actually succeed, as a lessor cow would have ODD'd their way into burning their one chance at redemption, but not Phil. Fucking W Phil.