Brave man, love your vids/channel. You're getting lit up a little on 24hr campfire, some are setting things straight however.
that's an epic shot there, well done
Appreciate your comment, have thought a lot about your first statement in the context of asking myself “what is my motivation for choosing to share some of our adventures?” Is it narcissistic glory seeking/affirmation? Is it a sense of community? Is it the joy I get in the process of lugging the camera around and the feeling of accomplishment I sometimes feel when a plan comes together despite the self-imposed added difficulty associated with staging the camera around? I don’t exactly know why I share.
Am aware of the 24hourcampfire thread, and have been watching it with fascination. Have deliberately chosen not to participate; rather elect to watch passively as it feels a bit like a real-time microcosmic real-time study of the various dimensions around polarization that our civilization is so struggling with. Particularly interesting is the role/use of disinformation to demonize, and how easily some folks can go there despite facts that are right out in the open. Examples of this in that thread include:
- Acusation: trajectory test reveals rifle is only capable of 9 inch group at 300 meters. Actual fact shown on video: group measures 3.75 inches
- Acusation: Elk was luckily and sloppily hit in the spine back around its rear haunches. Actual fact = bullet path shown through upper thorax after transiting high front shoulder.
- Implied acusation: what we did is illegal in Canada. Actual fact: complete compliance with the law.
- Acusation: we must have wounded countless elk and selectively show only success. This is a good one because it’s difficult to refute unless somehow I provide verifiable providence and access to all footage we took this year. Essentially guilty till we can prove ourselves innocent.
- Acusation: we are greedily motivated by cash that comes from YouTube clicks, and will do anything to get them. Actual fact - there are no ads on my channel because I’ve intentionally chosen to not monetize anything. No ad revenue. Rather, I share these as a labor of love in their creation, and like exploring and developing what I think is a unique style and the type of television I myself would be interested in.
It goes on, and folks in the camp who consider what we did grossly unethical use this strategy to demonize + fuel anger in their like-minded. Nothing I can do (or want to) about their perspective - I respect their right to form their own opinion, but seeing how easily they bend/distort/misrepresent facts is fascinating.
While choosing myself to watch it all unfold as a 3rd party observer only responsible for the initial stimulus, I appreciate the counter narrative in the thread, and if you participate in that then I’m grateful for your efforts. Am a bit sad about the polarization, but grateful for this yet another dimension of things to study and think about.
Cheers,
Jason/aka Brobee
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