Logan Paul Goes Viral (for the Wrong Reason)
Logan Paul, a 22 year old vlogger on YouTube, recently made mainstream news for the wrong reason. On January 2nd, he uploaded a video featuring him and three friends walking and planning to spend the night in the Aokigahara Forest in Japan. Logan filmed the whole experience on Youtube, but it was taken down 24 hours later. Logan showed a dead man hanging from a tree, and was standing there making sarcastic remarks which included, “What?, You never seen a dead guy before?” He has since been bashed by the whole youtube community. Many other figures and YouTubers expressed how they felt about the situation and, to say the least, they were very upset and disappointed.
Since the release of the video, Logan did apologize twice. Though he did apologize, he is still getting massive amounts of hate. Logan has 15 million subscribers on YouTube and a large amount of those subscribers are below the age of 12.
“Kids look up to what he does, and the message being sent to them is not positive.”
One apology was a video on YouTube, and the other was a note on twitter. In his apology on YouTube, he seemed apologetic and realized he made a huge mistake. Though in his Twitter apology he stated that he didn’t do it for the views; he said he made the video to bring awareness but was caught in the moment and did not know how to react when he saw the body. Kids look up to what he does, and the message being sent to them is not positive. Since he posted his apology video, Logan has not posted another video and is not sure when he will return back to YouTube and creating content. He has lost many ad opportunities and is no longer able to make money from advertisers using YouTube. He has still been gaining subscribers, even with the massive amounts of hate he has received. If his channel is deleted, it could ruin Logan’s career.
Suicide is not a joke and should never be taken lightly. Nobody should make jokes about suicide. We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but we all deserve a second chance to make it right. To make jokes while laughing and mocking a dead body is terrible and Logan definitely should be punished, even more than losing sponsors and money his account, though I do hope Logan realizes he messed up and can learn from his experience. Hopefully he will never do something this irresponsible, and insensitive, again.
