Shaming Dave Neal?! Wtf.

Here's what I know: I would not run around for weeks talking about "my friend Dave Neal" and then, without having a one on one conversation with "my friend" Dave Neal shame him on my YouTube show for saying he supports Mahmoud Khalil's right to free speech. Real friends don't do that!! Dave Neal wasn't trying to hurt or disparage Dana Bowling when he expressed himself, he simply shared an opinion with who he thought were 2 podcaster friends on a live collab. She could of done the right thing and said, I am really triggered by what you just said about Mahmoud Khalil and I want us to have a discussion about that soon when I've gathered my thoughts. Classy. Easy. Non confrontational. BUT INSTEAD she chose to go off about how wrong he was, making it clear that if he doesn't say what she wants him to, they won't be friendly anymore, etc etc in an emotional and strongly worded rebuke on her show. She's never going to get it, is she? Though he wasn't going after her, and She's been bragging on her "friend" for at least 2 weeks, she chose to shame him before even giving him the opportunity to hear her side. Dave Neal is a nice guy who has bolstered DDD numbers and reviews... didn't he deserve a conversation first? Her diatribe won't hurt his numbers. He's a nice guy, with TONS of followers, fans, and fellow peers (comedic AND podcast) who are loyal and support him. He doesn't trash his peers or deliberately involve himself in any drama and until now we haven't heard a negative word about him. No matter where it goes from here, I hope she apologizes to him for not having the respect to at least have a dialog with her friend before she threw him under a bus.
--Enough said.

Here's what I know: I would not run around for weeks talking about "my friend Dave Neal" and then, without having a one on one conversation with "my friend" Dave Neal shame him on my YouTube show for saying he supports Mahmoud Khalil's right to free speech. Real friends don't do that!! Dave Neal wasn't trying to hurt or disparage Dana Bowling when he expressed himself, he simply shared an opinion with who he thought were 2 podcaster friends on a live collab. She could of done the right thing and said, I am really triggered by what you just said about Mahmoud Khalil and I want us to have a discussion about that soon when I've gathered my thoughts. Classy. Easy. Non confrontational. BUT INSTEAD she chose to go off about how wrong he was, making it clear that if he doesn't say what she wants him to, they won't be friendly anymore, etc etc in an emotional and strongly worded rebuke on her show. She's never going to get it, is she? Though he wasn't going after her, and She's been bragging on her "friend" for at least 2 weeks, she chose to shame him before even giving him the opportunity to hear her side. Dave Neal is a nice guy who has bolstered DDD numbers and reviews... didn't he deserve a conversation first? Her diatribe won't hurt his numbers. He's a nice guy, with TONS of followers, fans, and fellow peers (comedic AND podcast) who are loyal and support him. He doesn't trash his peers or deliberately involve himself in any drama and until now we haven't heard a negative word about him. No matter where it goes from here, I hope she apologizes to him for not having the respect to at least have a dialog with her friend before she threw him under a bus.
--Enough said.