Sargon of Akkad

Carl Benjamin, better known online as Sargon of Akkad, is an English YouTuber dedicated to explaining anti-feminism, centrism, and criticism of social justice. He is known for his brash and controversial style, being popular among the "intellectual dark web". He has hosted conversations and debates with other YouTubers on a wide variety of topics from politics to religion, history, and skepticism.
==Channel History==
Benjamin created his channel on 13 October 2010.https://www.youtube.com/@SargonofAkkad/about His first video, "Anita Sarkeesian Doesn't Understand People", was uploaded on 21 June 2013.This was credited as his first video by his KnowYourMeme page, which was created in 2016. Although the video is currently down, it can be viewed through the WayBackMachine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130630141653/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8DV27FedHw
In 2017, he was permanently banned from Twitter for harassment after sending videos of interracial gay porn to white nationalists. He used multiple alt accounts before being unbanned in 2022. In 2018, he was banned from Patreon after calling white nationalists "white n******" in a debate.
In 2020, he retired the Sargon of Akkad channel, and began broadcasting for The Lotus Eaters.
==Other Channels==
*The New Memedia: His second channel, which is dedicated to uploading shitposting-related videos.
*Ancient Recitations: His third channel, where he reads ancient texts from around the world in a clear British accent, in addition to analysis of texts and history-related news and events.
*Sargon of Akkad Live: His fourth channel, a channel for discussions and debates, all of which he livestreams.
*Akkad Daily: a channel similar to his main, in which he uploads everyday.
*The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters: a podcast channel.
*The Thinkery: a discussion and debate channel, similar to the Livestreams channel.
*The Symposium: a historical, philosophical, and media channel.
*The Pondering: a gaming channel dedicated to nerd and gaming content
==Campaign to be MEP==
Carl Benjamin registered to be elected a member of the European Parliament in Southwest England in 2019 under UKIP. His campaign promises included never apologizing, many debates from that campaign are available on his channel. His announcement video is linked here. During the campaign, a tweet mocking politician Jess Phillips' complaint about rape threats resurfaced, and he was repeatedly pressed about it by British journalists. He lost the campaign to run for the European Parliament, but he was not upset and expected to lose anyway at just winning 3%. Due to the UKIP also losing many seats in that election, many people blame Carl for the party losing.
===Notable Works===
====This Week in Stupid====
This Week in Stupid is a weekly show where Carl talks about what he believes are the stupidest things that happened in the world during that week. Sometimes he dedicates an entire video to the one dumbest thing that occurred that week, and other times he picks several of the worst things that happened that week when none of them are worthy of making a video on themselves.
====Why Do People Hate Feminism?====
Why Do People Hate Feminism? is a series where Sargon attempts to explain why some people hate feminism.
====Forbidden Literature====
Forbidden Literature is a series where Sargon reads and analyzes written works made by feminists.
====Internet Sagas====
Internet Sagas is a series where Carl talks about the less-important internet drama topics.
====Liberal Ideas====
Liberal Ideas is a series where Carl discusses and analyses certain ideas, ideals, and concepts that he believes liberals believe in.
====#GamerGate====
#GamerGate is a series that Carl made about his perspective on #GamerGate.
==== Debates ====
He has appeared in debates, and debated Vaush in the Sitch and Adam Show.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXZogW_hzu0&t=2066s His 2018 debate with Richard Spencer was one of the most viewed livestreams on YouTube, at the time.
==Vae Victis==
His second channel, which is dedicated to uploading shitposting-related videos.
=== Notable Works===
*Make Greece Great Again
* Dungeon Mastery
*Amiga Classics
*Dev Streams: Necromancer
*Perfidious Albion
==Ancient Recitations==
His third channel, where he reads ancient texts from around the world in a clear British accent, in addition to analysis of texts and history-related news and events.
===Notable Works ===
*Ancient Greece
*Ancient Near-East
*The Ancient Podcast
*Ancient Explorations
==Sargon of Akkad Livestreams==
His fourth and final channel, a channel for discussions and debates, which he livestreams.
===Notable Works===
*Cyberpunk 2020
*This Week in Stupid Extras
*The Shitlord Streams
== Controversy ==
In 2017, Sargon and Akilah Obviously got into a fight when he used a clip from one of her videos to mock her. Akilah then filed a copyright strike on it,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyFLxPTolDA claiming he "stole" her video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd16eGCocRE She also filed a lawsuit against him as well and said that she had a case against him, saying that he would have to pay her,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrSr-eEKaJA and saying "Sargon ain't H3". She lost the case in 2020, was counter-sued and had to pay him thousands of dollars in legal fees.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBleiHXKvH0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpzyZh9rT4s
==Trivia==
* He is a fan of Fall Out Boy.
* He has two corgis.
* He has two kids.
* He had livestreams with Milo Yiannopoulos in 2015 and 2019.
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
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Category:Users who joined in 2010