The Federalist had a good article on the IDW movement- [thefederalist.com]
We seem to in the midst of a wave of hasty judgements. rather than take the time to find out what people think, what position they might hold etc they just make it up based on a 30 second look.
And that kind of sloppy ass work fuels a big slice of the YouTube community
You are perfectly on point with this. It is the age of short version, of skimming through, and of allowing a short YouTube video substitute for months-long (alas, maybe even longer!) educated research on any subject.
And even as poor examination in 2min snippets are singlehandedly responsible for, say, Jordan Peterson being wrongfully condemned as a fascist, I was stunned to realized a SUMMARY of his "12 Rules for life" is currently on sale by some obscure publishing house. Do you guys like apples...?