People like Onision like to say horrible things and then hide behind the, “but that’s just my opinion” card. I’m sorry, it doesn’t work like that when your “opinion” is that it’s ok to rape your spouse in their sleep. That doesn’t work when your “opinion” is that it’s ok to rape someone who has had 20+ sexual partners because they can’t possibly not want sex. These surpass the realm of “harmless opinion” and breech the territory of dangerous hate speech.

I made the mistake of reading the comments to his latest video and I saw a user disputing what he said. They were talking about how your wife is not your sex toy. I was like, “DAMN RIGHT SHE’S NOT!” But then they ended it with, “That’s just my opinion and I respect yours.” Umm, what? How can you, knowing full well what the right thing in this scenario is, say that you respect the opinion that he just spouted? Stuff about his partner belonging to him, completely objectifying them as if their body is not their property. Let’s be real here, having sex with or groping someone while they are sleeping is treating them as if they are an object for your pleasure. If you’re into feeling like that, do you man, but for him to tell people that aren’t into being objectified that they are just boring…. what?

I then see comment after comment of people like, “Why are you mad, it’s just his opinion.” I just can’t stress enough that this is not an “opinion” that I’m capable of tolerating. This isn’t someone telling me that Nickelback is a quality band. This is someone telling me that if, heaven forbid, I ever get married, I should be ok with my husband using my body as if I were a blow up doll. This is someone telling me that I must be boring because it would bother me to know that my husband was having sex with me without my consent.

This is not opinion, this is a call to action. This is him reinforcing in men that it’s ok to rape their wives, something that women have been fighting to put an end to for decades. This is him telling women what their boundaries should be and shaming them for wanting the right to give informed consent every time someone has sex with them. These are things that people are going to hear and it’s going to either cause or continue the victimization of spouses and significant others because they were told that it was ok by someone they, for some reason, respect.

A more reasonable response which would not have caused this type of damage would have been, “Well, I personally like to be woken up to sex. My partners and I have enjoyed doing this, but we also discussed that it was something that we were ok with in advance, and if one of us changed our mind I would be totally cool with that too. If you’re not into that, your partner needs to respect that and vice versa, and they should never do it without making sure it’s something that you’re into first.” I think that would’ve been a pretty solid answer to the question. It wouldn’t have made such bold implications, it wouldn’t have reinforced the notion that spousal rape is ok, and it would encourage people to communicate their feelings on these types of encounters prior to performing them instead of just diving in and hoping for the best.

But this is Onision we’re talking about here. He only knows how to dive in and hope for the best. Research, understanding of psychology, listening to how things make people feel, those aren’t things he does before opening his big mouth. If he feels this way, everyone should feel this way. There is no truth beyond the realm of what he can come up with in his tiny little brain.

But I’m digressing. I cannot respect nor tolerate these types of opinions because, bottom line, they hurt people. They cause pain, they cause victimization, and they are not even close to harmless. Any opinion that says it’s ok to harm or take away the basic human rights of another person is not an opinion that I am willing to accept.

(Source: youtube.com)

It’s been over a week since youtube partner Onision made an incredibly personal attack on his ex girlfriend public for his tens of thousands of youtube followers and fans to see. He then created a series of videos (mirrored) which only exacerbated the situation. In doing so, he also deeply offended thousands of people with his statement,

“And then she goes to insinuate that when we did make love that I was forcing her into it, that I was pressuring her into it and she didn’t really want to. That’s funny coming from someone who has slept with over 20 people.”  - A Horrible Rebound (mirrored)

This statement cut deep for many viewers who have been the victim of rape, and not been believed because they’d had too many past sexual partners. One woman made a very brave and honest video in response, saying,

“You practically said that if you’ve been with over 20 people you can’t get raped. Greg, your personality reminds me of my rapist… You know what my rapist told me? After he raped me, he told me nobody would believe that he raped me because I’d been with over 20 people. You basically said the same thing my rapist said which is why I compare you to my rapist. You, in my eyes, are just as bad, if not worse than him. You’re showing kids that it’s impossible for a ‘slut’ to be raped. You know what Greg? I’m a ‘slut,’ and I got raped.” - Onision is Like My Rapist

She was just one of dozens of videos which expressed disgust at his statements. A petition, which had been created back in December after his last scandal where he and his now ex-girlfriend Shiloh scammed everyone into believing that she had sepsis, suddenly found it’s signature count shooting up over a thousand more than it had previously. People were outraged, and rightfully so. Yet youtube and adsense, the companies which sponsor him, haven’t batted an eyelash. They don’t seem to be responding to our protest, causing Onision to feel more invincible by the day.

This is unacceptable. It is more important now than ever before to take a stand against him and not stop until his sponsorship is revoked. He should be ashamed of his actions and he should not be profiting off of manipulating minors into following his dangerous and despicable opinions. Do not underestimate his power, this is not some rogue troll with ten followers that is easily ignored. You saw the figures in his facebook statement. He has influence over too many people, people who treat his opinions like gospel, to let his actions go unchecked.

DO NOT BE PASSIVE! DO NOT WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

This will not be rectified by a few people complaining. We all need to voice our opinions so that youtube and adsense cannot turn a blind eye to this. Please take a few minutes of your time to do the following:

-Sign the Petition to get his sponsorship revoked
-Report his accounts to Adsense (report both accounts OnisionSpeaks and Onision)
-Flag his offensive videos, (Here is a step by step on how to flag them) the category for each is listed in their descriptions (this is a playlist of the videos on his accounts for you to flag. Only click on these videos to flag them, if you just want to watch his videos, please use the mirrored account OnionChronicles so that you don’t give him ad revenue. Do not flag the videos on OnionChronicles, for they are to document and prove his behavior)
-Report his facebook pages, Onision and OnisionSpeaks for Other/Abusive Content > Contains Hate Speech
-Write to Vidcon, an upcoming convention which he is speaking at, and request that they revoke his invitation. We wrote and they listened! As of January 20th, he has been removed from the speakers list!!

-Upload your own reactions to his videos on youtube.
-Reblog (don’t just like, reblogging spreads the word) and repost this to other social networking sites, along with other posts from OnionChronicles, OnisionDrama, and HoldTheOnion, that show the horrible things that he’s done.
-Send this post, or your own take on the subject, along with the playlist of his offending videos (mirrored) to popular websites which discuss internet issues and support women’s rights. (Ex: Jezebel - Email, Gawker - Email, Bitchmedia - Contact, Feminist.com - Email, The Good Men Project - Email)
-Tweet about it (we need a good hashtag, send me ideas!)
-Send me a video anywhere from 10-60 seconds, saying that you want Onision’s partnership revoked (any brief comment why can be included, but keep it brief, I will edit them together for a youtube video. Please send these asap)

Please do at least one of these things. But the more you do, the better. Our voices will be heard!

EDIT Jan 20, 2012: We have made some progress. Vidcon listened, and removed him from the list of speakers and he is super pissed. Good job guys. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to e-mail them. This is just more motivation to continue fighting the good fight. Let’s give youtube a wakeup call! Keep flagging! Keep writing to adsense! We can do it!



If you have difficulty expressing your opinions on the subject, here is the letter I sent to Adsense. Feel free to use this as a form letter or to help you come up with your own ideas if you would like to: