Shaun

{{significantly problematic}}[[File:Shaun skull.jpg|thumb|right|165px|The Shaun skull, his most-recognised icon.]]
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'''Shaun''' {{lived|16 June 1988|}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/VUbxVfSqtt8?t=1278 He states that in 2050 he'll be 62 years old https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1669702589707845633 birthday on 16 June]. 2050 minus 62 is 1988.</ref>, initially '''Shaun and Jen''' ('''S&J'''), is a [[leftist]] [[YouTube]]r that debunks [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and other [[lie]]s promoted by [[far-right]]/[[alt-right]] media and YouTubers.

==Origins==
The channel was originally a let's play channel run by two old school friends, Shaun and Jen.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6o36XL0CpYb6U5dNBiXHQ/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=da Old S&J Let's Play videos]</ref><ref>{{a|1=https://ibb.co/mu6EQq|2=Shaun and Jen have known each other a while}}</ref> Shaun began making videos about other YouTubers (such as LeafyIsHere<ref> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=972W5Cq6GMI Leafy Video]</ref> and CinemaSins<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ti3chBx2Pc&list=PLB8NXe_on1cV3bJvw_FA1FX-FI7PGZnV_ Cinema Sins Playlist]</ref>) in 2016, and soon after began making videos refuting the arguments of popular right-wing, alt-right<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHW3Y_p2llo Stefan Molyneux's Fall of Rome - A Response]</ref> and anti-SJW YouTubers.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9E2iEi6vMY Sargon of Akkad Can't Read]</ref> The videos became increasingly popular as a new wave of leftist YouTubers (such as [[ContraPoints]] and [[Hbomberguy]]) began to gain traction on YouTube through their critiques of right-wing politics. Jen doesn't participate in these videos beyond occasionally drawing the thumbnail art,<ref>{{a|1=https://twitter.com/deaths_cool/status/864852188593520643|2=Jen drew a thumbnail}}</ref><ref>{{a|1=https://ibb.co/cBrLyA|2=Jen has nothing to do with the videos}}</ref> and eventually left for Twitch. By September 2017, the title of the Shaun and Jen Youtube channel was changed to simply "Shaun" (pending a new name), and Shaun's twitter handle and Twitch Channel also no longer have Jen in the title.<ref>{{a|1=https://curiouscat.me/Shaun_Jen/post/179604202|2=What Happened to Jen?}}</ref><ref>{{a|1=https://ibb.co/gxTdkq|2=Why Jen is still in his twitter handle}}</ref> The symbol of the channel is a human skull wearing sunglasses, allegedly in order to "reclaim the [[Foppington's Law|skull]]" from the alt-right. {{efn|As an example of how the Alt-Right co-opted skull imagery, [[Davis Aurini]], maker of ''The Sarkeesian Effect'' and ''Alt Right Dogs'', keeps one on his bookshelf.}}

==Sample videos==
* {{web|'''Outrage News'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9qiCN7CcB8}}: A response to shitty Islam-baiting/Arab-baiting [[fake news]] distributed by [[Breitbart]], [[Rebel Media]], [[Sargon of Akkad]], [[Black Pigeon Speaks]], TL;DR, Vee, [[Secular Talk]], and [[Christopher Cantwell]]. 
* {{web|'''XY Einzelfall'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PuXoOvDYPE}}: A response to a "migrant crime reporting map". As an example, S&J shows that ''almost all'' of the "arson" cases are tipped toasters.
* {{web|'''A Response to #Feminists4Autism'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YqC3zV3WDQ}}: A response to [[Sargon of Akkad]]'s claim that [[feminism]] and [[autism]] are related.
* {{web|'''Do women destroy civilizations?'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rUFX7YhjQ4}}: A response to [[Black Pigeon Speaks]]' claim that, well, women destroy civilizations.
* {{web|'''Stefan Molyneux's Fall of Rome - A Response'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHW3Y_p2llo}}: A response to [[Stefan Molyneux]]'s shitty sources and corresponding shitty ideas about the fall of [[Rome]].
* {{web|'''Thunderf00t the Cherrypicker'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVqfQvXP2o}}: A response to [[Thunderf00t]]'s 
obsession with
 interest in [[Anita Sarkeesian]].
* {{web|'''Ghostbusters 2016 Review & Analysis'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXszrAs5ik}}: A response to the "''Ghostbusters'' is feminist propaganda" meme.
* {{web|'''The Truth About "The Truth About Star Wars: The Force Awakens"'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iqN68PejEc}}: A response to the "[[Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white|''Star Wars'' is anti-white propaganda]]" meme.
* {{web|'''Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcoYKuoiUrY}}: A response to [[James Allsup]]'s (a [[Unite the Right|Charlottesville protestor]]) claims about the alt-right and showing the neo-Nazi, racist, and anti-Semitic elements the movement has.
* {{web|'''How PragerU Lies to You'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM7BgrddY18}}:A response to [[Dennis Prager#Prager "University"|PragerU]]'s videos on feminism, economics, etc.
* {{web|'''Abolish the Monarchy! - A response to CGP Grey'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiE2DLqJB8U}}: A response to CGP Grey's arguments against the abolition of the British monarchy.
* {{web|'''Transphobia in the UK'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91_5OOmK1TQ}}: A response to [[transphobia]] in the UK, specifically in the British press.
* {{web|'''TL;DR - TL;DR Doesn't Understand Anita Sarkeesian'''|2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ-gXvWTIRI}}: A takedown of anti-SJW YouTuber TL;DR's embarrassingly weak pedantic arguments against [[Anita Sarkeesian]].

==Typical video==
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==See also==
*[[ContraPoints]]
*[[Steve Shives]]
*[[Hbomberguy]], Shaun's friend
*[[Philosophy Tube]]

==External links==
===Social media links===
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6o36XL0CpYb6U5dNBiXHQ Main YouTube channel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb1CTqe49VP4Zd5EOA5KE5A Jen's channel (also has old stream uploads)]
* [https://twitter.com/shaun_vids Shaun's Twitter]
* [https://www.twitch.tv/shaunfromyoutube Shaun's Twitch]
* [https://www.patreon.com/shaunfromyoutube Patreon]
==Notes==
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==References==
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