Hunter Avallone

Hunter Vincent Avallone is an American centrist political commentator, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his formerly Christian conservative views, his now-deleted video "The Truth About Transgenders[sic]";The Truth about Transgenders. Archived from the original at YouTube, 12 February 2016. and his video-responses to various liberal and left-wing YouTube commentators.
== Views on LGBT issues ==
Avallone initially had a socially conservative approach to LGBT issues; opposing same sex marriage and transgender rights. Avallone now supports LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage and transgender rights.Why I left the Right Hunter Avallone (2020) YouTube.com 
===Evolution of viewpoint===
Avallone first gained national recognition in 2016 with his video "The Truth about Transgenders". Several LGBT websites criticized his reputed transphobia.5 Blatant Lies in Hunter Avallone's Transphobic Rant, Pride.com, 3 March 2016YouTube Star Hunter Avallone Posts Egregiously Transphobic Video, Wet Paint, Function X, 3 March 2016 In the video, he quotes professor , a prominent opponent of gender confirmation surgery,Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution, Wall Street Journal, Paul McHugh, 26 October 2016 despite much of the research McHugh references being outdated or misrepresented.Brighe, Mari. Clinging to a dangerous past: Dr Paul McHugh’s selective reading of transgender medical literature. Transadvocate. Published 2014-06-15.The Wall Street Journal’s Ignorance on LGBTQ Issues Is Alarming, Slate, June 16, 2014 After being called out by anarcho-syndicalist BreadTuber Vaush for incorrectly using "transgenders" as a noun, as well as criticizing a number of his videos, Avallone retitled the video "The Truth About Trans People", but this did not last long as the video is now deleted, and a debate was held between Vaush and Avallone. He has since changed his opinion regarding trans people, now believing gender is different from sex, and supports trans rights.
	
Avallone's video on the Target bathroom boycott has also gained notoriety. Avallone believes that allowing transgender individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity affects the rights of others, and will risk the safety of children. Even so, he claims that he doesn't hate transgender people, and believes that "they should have equality and equal rights just like everyone else".The Truth about Target's Bathroom Policy. Archived from the original at YouTube, 13 May 2016.
His views on same-sex marriage evolved as well, most likely due to losing his faith and announcing that he is an atheist. In a podcast, he stated that he initially believed that it was a sin, but changed his mind about it.Warski Live #19 - Hunter Avallone. YouTube. Channel: Andywarski. Published 2017-05-05. In a discussion he had with fellow atheist Jaclyn Glenn during 2018, he stated that he was libertarian on the issue and supported equal marriage, so long as the pesky queers "don't try and shove it in my face."Hunter Avallone & Jaclyn Glenn - Live Discussion. YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2018-03-21. Avallone has some affinity for mocking and ridiculing LGBT activists, as seen by his "Dear Gay People" and "Trolling the Pride March" videos.Dear Gay People. Archived from the original at YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2017-07-11. Trolling the PRIDE MARCH!. YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2018-06-11. His current stance on these takes is not clear, given he published a video claiming he had "left the right" in 2020 and indicated he held some embarrassment about his earlier videos. He later started debunking some of his own earlier videos.Debunking MYSELF: Black Lives Matter, Hunter Avallone, YouTube 16 September 2020
== Political views==
Avallone supported Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.Why I Love Donald Trump. YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2016-09-16. He identifies as pro-life (although he believes abortion should be legal),The Problem with Abortion. YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2016-08-19.Taking the Political Compass Test! (FINALLY). YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2020-11-20. is a vegan,YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2019-05-06 and supports moderate gun control.The Truth about Gun Control. YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2016-06-24.
On June 25, 2017, Avallone expressed his intention to attend a "Freedom of Speech Rally" being held the next day in Washington DC, which featured alt-right leader and white nationalist Richard Spencer as the headlining speaker.Archive of Facebook Event page for Richard Spencer rally
From at least 2020 onwards, Avallone no longer identified himself as a conservative and instead opted to call himself a centrist "free thinker." He affirmed non-binary identities, claimed to like Bernie Sanders (while unsure of who to vote for), expressed an openness to the consideration of single-payer healthcare, and heavily criticized popular conservative figures such as Joel Patrick,i've been exposed. Youtube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2020-02-06. Kaitlin Bennett,Kaitlin Bennett is an idiot. Youtube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2020-02-03. Ashley St. Clair,Exposing Ashley StClair: Right Wing Fraud. Youtube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2020-08-11. Blaire White,Hunter Avallone explains why he doesn't like Blaire White. Youtube. Channel: Hunter Avallone Clips. Published 2020-02-21. and Steven Crowder. In a video titled "Why I Left the Right", published on April 12, 2020, Avallone confirmed that he no longer identifies himself as a conservative. Avallone recounted that the birth of his child, Rose, and his breakup and marriage, as well as his roasting at the Vaush debate, caused him to go through a low point in life which made him reconsider his political views. Avallone still holds conservative outlooks on topics such as abortion and immigration, but is more liberal in terms of topics such as the socioeconomic struggles of African-Americans.Why I Left the Right 
On October 13, 2020, Avallone announced his reluctant support of Joe Biden on Twitter, calling Trump "unhinged and a threat to our countries' founding principles."Hunter Avallone on Twitter. Published 2020-10-13.
== Creationism ==
Back in the day, Avallone used to make creationist videos, which sometimes resulted in Jaclyn Glenn making response videos. However, in a video about fat-shaming, he made an evolutionary argument as to why fat people are overall less attractive, implying that he has dropped his creationist beliefs.
== Atheism ==
Avallone made an Instagram post on June 11, 2017 announcing that he turned to atheism.Avallone, H. (June 10, 2017). . Instagram. Retrieved October 29. 2017. He began heavily criticizing Christianity and religion in 2022, later posting a video “Why I Left Christianity” detailing his loss of faith and how Christianity negatively affected him. Avallone has also criticized Islam and Muhammad as a pedophile, calling Muslims who worship him pedophile apologists in reference to Muhammad’s alleged child marriage.
== Ableism ==
Avallone has a history of ableist comments. In several now-deleted videos from back when he was a conservative, he ridiculed Antifa, Cenk Uygur and actor Jon Hamm as being autistic and claimed that Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants "acts autistic". Although he later retracted many of his conservative views, this is clearly not one of them, as since becoming a centrist he has used the term "sperg", a slur used to refer to people with Asperger's syndrome, against white nationalist Vincent James"Who can blame them?!" Nazi Vincent James DEFENDS Incel Violence, mocked fans of gay conservative Christian Walker by calling them "autistic cringelords"Pride Month Successfully Triggers EVERYONE!, accused Matt WalshLosing it as Matt Walsh "Debunks" Gay Marriage and Michael J. KnowlesThe SAD TRUTH about FBI Trump Raid of being special needs and insulted a particularly stupid conservative he argued with on his stream by calling him disabled."CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WAS WRONG!" - Debating Unhinged "Classical Liberal" In general, Avallone appears to imply with all these comments that stupid people he responds to must be autistic or otherwise disabled because only someone like that would be so stupid. In fairness though, he has indicated that he regrets using autism as an insult in some of his old videos.Debunking MY OLD RACIST VIDEO! - Hunter REKTS Hunter
This is especially hypocritical because Avallone acknowledges the harm that edgy humour can do to marginalized groups, refusing to make jokes about gay or trans people anymore because of this.Hunter vs Hunter: LGBT DEBATE But apparently this doesn't apply to people with disabilities like autism which, like transgenderism, are heavily stigmatized due to people with views being perpetuated by people like Avallone. Almost as if he doesn't actually care about normalization so much as what edgy humour he can still get away with.
== Vaccines ==
Avallone is pro-vaccine and has debated several anti-vaccine activists, having taken the COVID-19 vaccine twice. He has also claimed that he had a strange side effect on his second shot that gave him a “nearly uncontrollable urge to download Microsoft Internet Explorer” and refused to get any boosters afterwards.https://www.youtube.com/live/lfE6eQKyF_w?feature=share&t=1170 https://www.instagram.com/p/COOSkSvn-uZ/
== Online debates ==
Avallone has taken part in several online debates against Youtube and other online figures from a variety of political backgrounds, including Destiny,Bonnell, S. K. II. (Dec 5, 2017) Destiny, Blaire White, Andy Warski, and More - Pedophilia Debate. Youtube. Channel: Destiny. Published 2017-12-05. a progressive twitch gaming streamer who has also become known for political debates, Vaush,DEBATE w/ Hunter Avallone. YouTube. Channel:Vaush. Published 2019-06-15. an anarcho-syndicalist and anti-reactionary Youtuber and Vegan Gains,Hunter Avallone vs Vegan Gains LIVE Abortion Debate attempt 2. YouTube. Channel: Vegan Gains. Published 2019-07-31. vegan Youtuber and bodybuilder. Avallone has also debated individuals with little to no online presence from friend groups and individuals he met at public protests.Hunter Avallone vs College Liberal - Offended America #1. YouTube. Channel: Offended America. Published 2017-08-07.LIVE DEBATE with CRAZY LIBERAL CHICK!. YouTube. Channel: Hunter Avallone. Published 2019-02-21.
==See also==
*Blaire White - Former arch-nemesis, transgender woman, another fellow conservative, used to call each other "faggot" when asked about the other. How adorable.
*Mel Gibson - Favourite actor/director, fan of his work on screen (especially his rants).
*Andrew Jackson - Greatest President in the history of the United States of America, race-relations expert, knew how to deal with foreigners, treated black people with the respect they deserved, wanted to disband the Electoral College to stay in power.
*Kaitlin Bennett - Arch-nemesis.
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