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I guess I just am never exposed to these Youtubers. Are these people popular? Seems like I'm better off staying ignorant of them!
They are regrettably popular and influential with a certain swath of fans, particularly among those who are Berman-era fans.
Terry Matalas courted them assiduously to bring a target niche of disgruntled and vocal fans back to the franchise for season three of Picard. It was successful to some extent, but now they are campaigning for all new Trek content to be ‘Terry Trek.’ They have hats and t-shirts and everything.
Good to know, but... ick.
I noticed that he did exactly this, despite the fact that he isn''t a conservative AFAIK.