u/Nonexistent_Scythe

Yeah, this is another thing. Whenever frauditors get into lawsuits or are in jail, they get their fans to post bail or help them in lawsuits sometimes on gofundme. And supporters ACTUALLY do it. I know they don’t have to and I also know they do it voluntarily but what they get in return is just the same repetitive content of their first amendment auditing videos where they don’t say anything until someone has a problem and they end up getting in a confrontation which leads to ragebaiting.

Dude, do they watch anything else that isn’t first amendment auditing videos? Like, less political and exercising rights and more of better content that’s actually entertaining and good? I’m just asking.

This is something that I want to criticize heavily on first amendment auditors/frauditors. I have nothing against the amendments and exercising your rights but I genuinely feel that they should do it in a better way that isn’t antagonizing towards anyone and actually educational.

What frauditors should do when making 1A videos is instead of this “show and not tell” thing where they stay silent in their videos when filming and don’t talk unless someone approaches them, they should actually talk and add commentary by talking to their viewers and educating them on the first amendment and other rights. And if they ever record in a government building, post office, DMV or even a History Museum, they could say things that they know about those public places to their viewers and politely ask questions to workers about how they run things there in those public places or learn some things that the frauditor didn’t know about, actually being educational with polite interactions and no conflict.

Another thing is that they should be respectful to not just people around them but mostly workers who do their job. Workers who work in public places that have policies and even though “policies are not laws” policies STILL matter. They matter a lot. Frauditors should respect those policies and if they are told that they cannot film in a specific area, then they can always find some place else to film. And if Frauditors do have a problem with being told that they can’t record in an area because of the policies they have, without antagonizing or ragebaiting they can handle it professionally by calling the police and being respectful towards police by explaining the situation. If the police say that they can film, they can go about their day and not antagonize the workers but if they can’t, then they should find another place to film and NOT always have to get badge numbers just to file a complaint and get in a lawsuit against them.

I really do dislike how they mostly just do ragebaiting in their videos to get a reaction out of people to the point where if that person reacts, they get pepper sprayed and claim “self defense.” As well as being straight up disrespectful towards cops. I get it, cops don’t have best reps but they still do their jobs and are still humans yet they are still undermined and treated harshly towards frauditors who in the end make 1A videos for their on personal gain of money. I would prefer if it was less ragebaiting and more educating and respectful. Now that would be content worth watching than the whole ragebaiting BS they produce.

To be honest, first amendment auditors pretty much do make these videos for money. I know that there are some who do it to educate people about the amendments and I do think that the amendments and rights are important as well as the first amendment. But then again, some do make money off of using their 1st amendment rights and recording in public. Just want to point that out.