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5 min readThe Content Cop That Backfired
When Asmongold sat down to react to iDubbz's long-awaited "Content Cop" video targeting Ethan Klein, the numbers told an immediate story: 2.5 million views, 200,000 likes—and 200,000 dislikes. The video that was supposed to be a decisive takedown had become something else entirely. As Asmongold put it, the response online was "overwhelmingly negative," and the whole affair seemed to have made iDubbz "look worse than it's made Ethan look worse."
Why the Video Misfired
The central problem, as Asmongold saw it, was that iDubbz had abandoned the classic Content Cop formula. The old videos—memorable ones aimed at figures like Keemstar or Leafy—had a clear purpose: "getting somebody who's clearly in the wrong." They picked a single target who was obviously being a jackass, made the case, and moved on. This new video did the opposite. It brought in a constellation of controversial figures—Frogan, Denims, Sean, and by extension Hasan Piker—who had their own histories of inflammatory behavior. Denims had talked about "putting money out to kill people." Frogan had the PTSD controversy. Sean had said things about Destiny. As Asmongold put it bluntly: "How do you go and post up with these people and then act like for some reason that the hate was right?"
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:30) **Content Cop Verdict: Flop or Cop?** - Asmongold opens by assessing the public reception of iDubbbz’s latest "Content Cop" video, declaring it a failure that backfired on iDubbbz more than on its target, Ethan Klein.
- 2 (02:15) **The Mistake of Associating with Frogan, Denims, and Hasan** - Asmongold critiques iDubbbz for platforming controversial figures like Frogan, Denims, and Hasan in the video, arguing this undermines any objective criticism of Ethan.
- 3 (03:52) **The "Wife" Comment and Implicit Disrespect** - Asmongold reacts to a clip where iDubbbz refers to Ethan’s wife as "his wife" rather than by her name, calling it a minor point but an implicit disrespect.
- 4 (04:41) **The "Initiation Video" to Hasan’s Orbit** - Asmongold agrees with the take that iDubbbz's video feels like a "pledging video" to join Hasan Piker's waiting room, rather than a standalone critique.
- 5 (06:44) **A "Nothing Burger" and a "Content Slap"** - Asmongold dismisses the video as an underwhelming "nothing burger" and a "content slap" rather than a "content nuke," saying he almost called it off halfway through.
- 6 (07:26) **Who Gets the Most Hate? The Backfire Effect** - Asmongold lists who is receiving the most hate from the video: number one is iDubbbz himself, number two is USAA (a joke), and numbers three and four are Frogan and Denims.
- 7 (09:34) **Avoiding Personal Insults, But Not the Mess** - Asmongold refuses to insult Frogan’s appearance, stating it’s not important to him, but continues to critique the broader association.
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