Mentalist DaiGo | Is flaming of homeless hate speech Ryogo's conspiring?

Guess what Mentalist DaiGo said

■ The existence of the homeless being targeted

Among the homeless people I have worked with, one that left a deep impression on me was an elderly man who spent most of his pension of 100,000 yen on the cost of food and treatment for cats abandoned on the dry riverbed.

From the fact that his pension was more than 100,000 yen, it can be inferred that he worked in a fairly good place and paid his pension properly, but he was angry that there were people who frequently abandoned cats and kittens.

Not only that person, but also homeless people and cat combinations and families are seen quite a lot.

They also have dogs.

On August 7, DaiGo, who has the unusual title of Mentalist, went viral on his YouTube Live for making racist remarks about the homeless and welfare recipients.

Mentalist DaiGo "Flaming'' with hate speech to homeless people | Mainichi Shimbun (mainichi.jp)

About this matter

1. Is flaming of homeless hate speech Ryogo's conspiring? ◄ current page

2. What Mentalist DaiGo really wanted to say in homeless discrimination

3. Mentalist DaiGo who was tossed by capitalism like homeless people

4. Business strategies of really smart people

5. Mentalist DaiGo and the Beggar master Warashibe Choja

6. Is the criticism of Mentalist DaiGo correct?

I would like to state my thoughts on these six themes.

Chapter 1. To what extent was his younger brother Ryogo Matsumaru involved?

By the time I became aware of this topic, the internet was already full of denunciations of Mr. DaiGo's discriminatory remarks, and there were many voices demanding that he retract his remarks and apologize.

Afterwards, his younger brother Ryogo Matsumaru took to Twitter to criticize DaiGo.

While the majority of people responded that Mr. DaiGo was causing trouble to his brother and family, and that he was glad that his brother was decent, some people tried to make a flaming business with his brother's conspiring.

Now, if one speculates on this case with a very skeptical perspective, it may indeed be conceivable.

People who think this way may be because they knew that they were trying to attract attention in the past with self-made actions, or because they often saw people doing self-made acts on Twitter and message boards.

Since Mr. DaiGo and Mr. Ryogo Matsumaru are celebrities, they are in a position to constantly provide topics, so it seems that they provided a variety of things on SNS, such as things that moved people, things that made them laugh, and things that surprised them. is.

Among them, it seems that there was also a transmission that was suspected of being self-produced in the past.

However, it has not been clearly proven that they are self-produced.

From a skeptical point of view, if brothers wrestle, the older brother will become a villain and the younger brother will become a good young man, as in the story of "The Red Demon Crying", and the younger brother's popularity in the mass media will increase. The polar opposite brother can be expected to have the effect of strengthening the unique character active in the underground, and it is thought that he aimed for that.

As a cheap script, the story is pretty neat, so I understand why someone want to think that way.

I have no clear arguments against this hyper skeptic view.

However, I think this is a strongly biased way of thinking influenced by the characters that they have established from the beginning.

As for whether his younger brother, Mr. Ryogo Matsumaru, was involved or not, we only know the superficial fact that he complained about his brother's remarks and urged him to rehabilitate.

It is undeniable that Mr. Ryogo Matsumaru's tweet, which is said to be a fireman, sounds a little light.

"The next time we meet, I will continue to get angry until I absolutely refute it."

It's a rather unserious choice of words, considering it's a serious issue that is described as "remarks that disrespect people's lives."

There is a strong feeling that it has not escaped from the realm of ordinary entertainment.

If you're skeptical, you can't imagine the public reaction from his words, and it doesn't sound like preconceived words.

But I think the reason Ryogo chose this way is because he is young and doesn't know formal language.

Or, to avoid destroying his character. (I think the latter line is stronger)

I think that Mr. Ryogo's character is like a genius who is pure and innocent without poison.

Therefore, it is thought that he spoke in front of his fans while protecting his own character so as not to break his usual tone.

If you're skeptical, it's not surprising that the tweet posted the next day also looks like a pre-envisioned script.

He tweeted, "I sent a very long message to his brother and talked about it, but the beginning of his apology video today was 'I didn't study enough', so I wonder if it worked a little..."

However, I think that this is not the weird acting that follows the script, but the weird acting that continues to play the usual character even in the face of serious problems. (This performance does not mean that Ryogo, who appears in the media, is not his true form, but it is a performance in the sense that he does not change his stance even in the face of an emergency.)

So, for those who have been following Ryogo's tweets for a long time, I don't think there is much discomfort.

On the other hand, I think those who feel uncomfortable with this tweet are either those who have been touched by his behavior in the past, or those who saw some of Ryogo's tweets in this case.

Also, the view that there must have been a script comes from the prejudice of "again", remembering past flaming commercials.

This is also a kind of bias. Other YouTubers' flame problems in the past have resulted in remarks being flamed, apologies, convergence, and a certain amount of recognition and followers remaining.

Judging from the results and the ongoing case, it seems that the viewers suspect that it is a script.

I think it's a bit of an overstatement to think that it was set up from the beginning.

For that reason, I don't understand the theory that Mr. Ryogo Matsumaru cooperated and planned with respect to Mr. DaiGo's flaming problem this time.

I think it's reasonable to think that it's the first time he has been involved since the convergence of the flaming problem.

In the first place, it is very difficult and low probability to intentionally put out a flame in the same way as to put out a buzz.

Also, looking at DaiGo's past remarks, it seems that this is not the first time he has made discriminatory remarks about the homeless, and there have been many other radical remarks.

Therefore, I think it's more like the fact that I didn't intentionally cause a fire during this live broadcast, but that I was constantly holding back viewers with my extreme words, which was leaked to the public and criticized.

However, it is possible that Mr. DaiGo used a personal contact method such as LINE to ask for help from Mr. Ryogo, and Mr. Ryogo undertook it.

Chapter 2. What Mentalist DaiGo really wanted to say in homeless discrimination