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Ethan Ralph
Ethan Ralph - Fall 2020.jpg
Ralph in 2020
BornSeptember 20, 1985[1][2][3]
Memphis, Tennessee[4]
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationPodcaster, alt-right internet personality
Years active2014–present
Known forKillstream, The Ralph Retort

Ethan Oliver Ralph (born September 20, 1985)[1][2][3][5] is an alt-right[5] American podcaster who came to prominence as a leader of the Gamergate harassment campaign,[6][7] during which he doxed and harassed game developer Brianna Wu.[8] His primary platform is his podcast, the Killstream (stylized #Killstream).[9]

Ralph has been banned from services including YouTube,[10] where he formerly hosted his show. As of January 2021, the Killstream was hosted on Trovo Live, after receiving a month-long suspension from the alt-tech streaming service DLive earlier in January.[11][12] The show is also published on Apple Podcasts.[13]

Career[edit]

Killstream[edit]

Ralph hosts a podcast called the Killstream.[9] Among the Killstream's guests have been Red Ice co-founder Henrik Palmgren[14] and Lana Lokteff.[15] According to Washingtonian, the Killstream "frequently shares extremist propaganda".[16]

Ralph's political views are alt-right,[5] and Politico has described Ralph as a "white supremacist-sympathetic livestreamer".[9] According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Ralph has "featured numerous prominent white nationalists" on the Killstream.[17] Ralph self-identifies as a right-wing conservative, though in 2016 he told The Washington Post, "if you want to call me alt-right, that's probably fair".[5][18]

Originally hosted on YouTube, the show was distributed on the alt-tech platform DLive after YouTube banned the account in November 2018.[19] In January 2021, DLive suspended Ralph's account for a month and Ralph began broadcasting on Trovo Live.[12] The show is also published on Apple Podcasts.[13]

In the period of April–October 2020, the Killstream earned Ralph US$24,346 on DLive.[11]

Controversies[edit]

Gamergate[edit]

Ralph came to prominence as a leader of the Gamergate controversy,[6][7] during which he doxed and harassed game developer Brianna Wu.[8]

#Healstream[edit]

After accepting donations via YouTube's Super Chats[note 1][19] feature to be donated to St. Jude's Children Hospital, some of which had attached messages written by Ralph's fans which denied the Holocaust or which celebrated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting,[20] St. Jude's refunded all of the donations from YouTube that came from the Killstream.[10] After a report in the Wall Street Journal on the incident, YouTube terminated Ralph's account in November 2018.[19]

Bitcoin donations[edit]

Payments in bitcoin worth more than $500,000 were made to 22 different virtual wallets, most of them belonging to far-right activists and white nationalist personalities, before the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. Ralph received a donation of approximately 0.5BTC, then worth US$9,595.[18][21]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Killstream is a podcast which was simulcast over YouTube. Super Chats are a YouTube feature where users can pay to make the message they write appear for longer than other messages which appear in the chat section of a livestream. Ralph also read Super Chats aloud, taking time out of the stream, to encourage more donations.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b @TheRalphRetort (November 27, 2021). "The DMV, lmao what is he talking about? There's no DMV evidence from these idiots. They don't measure you, they just ask you what your height is. I have my license right here lol And it's not suspended, which is another lie they're making up now" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 27, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Ethan Oliver Ralph - PUBLIC DISORDERLY CONDUCT South Carolina, Mugshot 63759771". July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ethan Oliver Ralph - PUBLIC DISORDERLY CONDUCT South Carolina, Mugshot 63759819". July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  4. ^ @TheRalphRetort (May 18, 2020). "I was born in Memphis, but I lived across the bridge in West Memphis until I was 21" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c d Moyer, Justin Wm (September 9, 2016). "Gamergate activist charged with assault on officers, public intoxication in Virginia". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 1, 2021. "If you want to call me alt-right, that's probably fair," Ralph said.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Gilbert, Ben (September 7, 2016). "A prominent leader of Gamergate was just arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer". Business Insider. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Florentine, Sharon (September 15, 2016). "Gamergate leader's arrest doesn't signal change". CIO. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b Wu, Brianna (September 7, 2016). "Gamergate Leader Arrested on Two Felony Counts of Assaulting a Police Officer". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b c Nguyen, Tina (November 11, 2020). "MAGA nation tries to rally around Trump with MAGApalooza". Politico. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b Koh, Yoree (November 3, 2018). "Hate Speech on Live 'Super Chats' Tests YouTube". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Gais, Hannah; Hayden, Michael Edison (November 17, 2020). "Extremists Are Cashing in on a Youth-Targeted Gaming Website". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b Ethan Ralph [@TheRalphRetort] (January 13, 2021). "DLive has suspended me for one month. The rest of this week's Killstreams will be broadcast on Trovo. We'll see how that pans out going forward. I have reason to think it might go well! Time will tell! Please follow me there!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ a b "#Killstream on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  14. ^ Gais, Hannah (October 23, 2019). "YouTube Yanks Second Red Ice Channel". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Holt, Jared (August 21, 2018). "'Alt-Right' Radio Host: Alex Jones Is A 'Gateway Drug' To 'Our Side'". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Beaujon, Andrew (November 12, 2021). "There's a Very Real Potential for Violence at Saturday's MAGA Events in DC, Say Extremism-Watchers". Washingtonian. Retrieved January 19, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Extremists Are Cashing in on a Youth-Targeted Gaming Website". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  18. ^ a b Kharif, Olga; Mehrotra, Kartikay (January 19, 2021). "Far Right Groups Get Bitcoin Windfall Weeks Before Capitol Riot". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 25, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ a b c "YouTube's Super Chat hijacked for hate speech". CNET. November 3, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Alexander, Julia (November 5, 2019). "YouTube live streams get even more Twitch-like with Super Stickers launch". The Verge. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  21. ^ Reuters Staff (January 14, 2021). "Large bitcoin payment made to far-right individuals before U.S. Capitol attack: report". Reuters. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

External links[edit]

source: https://web.archive.org/web/20220223134331/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Ralph

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