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Tyler Oliveira, a 25-year-old YouTuber from the US, found himself in a spot after he shared a teaser of the Gorehabba festival in Karnataka’s Gumatapura the previous month. The content creator was suited up in a hazmat suit as he attended a “poop throwing festival”. “I Survived India’s Poop-Throwing Festival…,” he captioned his teaser video. Oliveira also promised to deliver a documentary, stating that the teaser video was “nothing” compared to what he had actually experienced during the festival. His expedition video resulted in massive backlash and pushback from the Indian community, many of whom labelled the YouTuber as “racist” who was attempting to propagate hate and further negative stereotypes against them. Days after posting the clip, the YouTuber has decided not to upload the complete footage of his experience amid alleged doxxing threats he received in the past couple of weeks or so. Tyler Oliveira Oliveira has a massive following of over 8 million subscribers on YouTube. His content, however, is scrutinised more often than not. Decoding his content on Reddit, many accused Oliveira of propagating sensationalism through his “man-on-the-street” brand of journalism that was laced with highly exaggerated claims, clickbait thumbnails, and video titles. Oliveira was accused of being hateful, who acted in a manner that disrespected the community, rather than being critical of the festival itself. But he defended his stance and hoped to kickstart a conversation around “cultural reform”. “My video should begin a broader conversation of cultural reform if you are going this far to attack anyone who filmed it. Redirect this energy positively rather than trying to censor reality,” the YouTuber wrote in response to an X user. However, after days and weeks of backing his video and his thought process behind the project, Oliveira decided against uploading the complete video online as he couldn’t face “1.5 billion Indians”. “Doxxed And Threatened” The US-based YouTuber took to X and updated his fans that he would not be posting the video on his channel because he could not continue fighting with Indians online. He also alleged that “tens of thousands of Indians” had made his life a “living hell” in the past few days, and uploading the unusual festival documentary wasn’t simply worth it. He urged Indians to leave his family alone and expressed that he had no intentions of offending Indians to begin with. Also Read: Who Is Tyler Oliveira And Why Is He Facing Severe Backlash From Indians? Here’s what he wrote: “After much consideration, I have decided I will NOT be releasing my documentary capturing India’s poop-throwing festival… I have been doxxed, and threatened by thousands of Indians over the last 2 weeks… Tens of thousands of Indians have turned my life into a living hell. My family has been attacked in ways I never could have imagined. Showing up to this poop-festival was the worst decision of my life, and I severely underestimated the power of India…” The YouTuber continued that he was one man against 1.5 billion Indians. “I simply cannot continue fighting this war, and must choose my battles. This one simply isn’t worth it. I never meant to offend Indians, their religion, or their culture. I just wanted to participate in this unusual poop-throwing festival and share it for the world to see. I ask that all Indians reading this please leave my family alone. Thank you.” Reaction From Indians Indians did not buy his response and mocked the creator for pushing the “victim card” to show his innocence in the entire fiasco he had himself birthed online. They also expressed that the creator had successfully peddled hate against Indians and encouraged racist comments from his community, thereby achieving the massive amount of engagement and views he had sought. “He knows what he was doing. He is still not showing any regrets, just hiding behind his victim card. Obviously he should call the authorities if anyone is trying to harm him or his family. But he put this upon himself by jumping in the bandwagon of racial-trend that is going on around the world for this country (sic),” wrote one Reddit user. People, however maintained that harassing his family was plain wrong. “Just trying to get more white racists to watch/follow him. Literally, this sounds like: “Guys, these Indians are attacking me. I am alone. Please save me.” Surely, some sepoys would also support him. Keep reporting him. I don’t support harassing his family, but a fu**ed up guy they raised.” He fully went in there to get rage bait content to make fun of India Which he did Put it on YouTube Missed any and whole point of culture. Make cover images asking help or saying he regrets this like he got forced to do this. And then now posts an apology that’s not even an apology like he is the bigger man. I don’t support his family getting threats but he did f**k around and found out (sic).”
