Featured Video Hide Vaush, a self-described libertarian socialist who boasts more than 343,000 subscribers on YouTube, is being widely criticized after a video compilation of him using the racial slur began spreading on Twitter. Advertisement Hide In the footage, Vaush appears to suggest that his use of the N-word isn’t an issue so long as it’s used in what he deems as the appropriate context. “If you unironically think that me just saying the N-word alone with my girlfriend in a non-racist context is yikesy or problematic, then you believe in witchcraft,” he says. “You believe that the N-word is a magical spell that you cast with your mouth that makes the world worse somehow. It’s a very stupid take.”