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I dunno, this seems basic information theory. Meta can't be decoded without other info, ie if you share the signal as another meaning there is no way for the receiver to disambiguate, without extra info.
Now your Bayesian based on his work etc leads you to conclusion X. But you also have to account for his potentially hiding his true views. Perhaps he's hiding his true depth of nazi feeling, trying to fly undercover with a few subtle references here and there?
Perhaps he actually doesn't know his own Nazi sympathies because coming from 4chan world he has constantly engaged with meta that can't be unambiguously decoded as meta, and his mind is the same superposition?
I think honestly if this is the state of the evidence, I would not take it seriously. Sarcastic references don’t mean much, especially if he doesn’t seem to hold any position that Nazis actually hold. It’s never been my experience with political radicals that a person can hide a set of beliefs far outside of the mainstream for long periods of time. There don’t appear to be any posts or comments on his Twitter or other accounts that even the Nazi-hunters find out of line — and they were definitely looking for it. How is it that someone could seriously believe in Great Replacement and be putting “references” in his videos yet never ever talk about that belief anywhere. I follow some breadtubers and it’s very obvious where they’re coming from. They don’t make vague references, they’re definitely on the left.
Yeah, I can imagine finding it humorous to get the internet a-stir with these things, and there is a legitimate point you can make so sounds credible.
My go to tell over whether a person actually means what they’re (accused of) saying is watching what they do. If you’re only making jokes about a topic, but never expressing the belief behind that action anywhere and not acting as if you think it’s true, I see no reason not to be charitable and say that sometimes a joke is actually just a joke or a story is just a story, or whatever the case may be. People do take creative license with their art and their shows. IH may well be playing a character that’s nothing like who he actually is. His persona doesn’t seem to be him.
I think so many people especially on the left have no understanding that someone might well create a persona for the purpose of making a video much like an actor might take on a role that’s nothing like who they are off the set. John deLancie has played a demigod, a Nazi, an evil pony, and I’m sure lots of other things. None of those things are who he is. Why couldn’t an influencer on YouTube do the say thing and create and play a character who isn’t them?
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