His 13 videos have become a YouTube sensation, approaching 1 million hits over the last four weeks, making ChristianU2ber the thirteenth most-viewed YouTube contributor in the "Gurus" channel over the past month.
The Christian Conservative blog World Net Daily covered the story reported on how the young Christian was subjecting himself to ridicule, but racking in the views. The online bullying of Christianu2uber, and his responses caught the attention of a number of blogs. Videos (starting with Blueswimmer's) dedicated to him being a "homo" were created, prompting him to make one of his final videos: Soon, comments on his videos, especially "Stop Calling me a Homo," were met with ridicule. It's not a bad thing really, but it's just not normal."Īt one point, Christianu2uber's videos became the subject of threads all over 4chan. So gay marriage is wrong and you may think it's right but really it's wrong because if you can picture this, picture getting married to your hand … I know that's a stupid example, but how abnormal does that sound? That's exactly how abnormal that gay marriage is. The original account was deleted.)Īt first I had no idea that it was a sin to get married if you're gay but then I heard it on the news and, well, I figured it out and I used to be and then I decided it's wrong and I stopped it and now I am very interested in girls. (Note: this is not ChristianU2ber's original account.
After mindlessly stating that he had "used to be gay," ChristianU2ber opened up the floodgates for ridicule and, naturally, parody. However, being 12 years old, he did not completely understand what he was saying.
In April of 2009, a 12-year-old YouTuber ChristianU2ber, identified only as Scott, released a series of videos in which he expressed the need to "shape your views" to his own anti-gay, Christian, 12 year old world-view. Exhibit A: "Stop Calling Me a Homo" YouTube Drama. Troll bait is a term used to describe any individual who unknowingly attracts trolls or easily falls prey to such scheme.