That's a tough question to answer because you want to find balance and the question is where is that balance? And that balance is different for each creator and at a different place and encompassing different things for each creator. The easy part of that question to answer for me is that I strongly believe you have to be true to yourself, and within topic. So a gaming channel that never speaks of politics never has to speak about these things to their audience. But when certain topics within the niche present themselves, they can still be true to themselves, giving unique perspectives and such. Someone who more openly speaks about their stance should remain open minded but true to their beliefs and not change to appeal to each single viewer. This goes for creators who never speak politics too. They will have opinions on other things. Keep and open mind, show understanding to others' viewpoints, all while staying true to yourself. 

I follow a few creators who tend to get political. I noticed many who engage in the comments with their audience, even big creators, have more respectful viewers. They show the example and promote respect on their channel. You can vent, have an outlet, comllain about the other side, but do so respectfully. I had to unsubscribe from Tim Pool because he does not promote respect from his audience or even "please do so respectfully" like some people I follow do. No matter what my viewpoint was, I was not matched with opposition respectfully. I was disrespected in the comment section and torn to shreds and made to feel lesser. So I left. I will not tolerate being treated as such by anyone. On other channels, even if we have opposing views, we can debate, consider each other's viewpoints non-confrontationally and everyone is respectful with each other. The pattern truly is that the creator garners respect in some way and promotes it in some way. Those creators seem to know their audience a lot better than those who let them run rampage at anyone they feel like attacking. Perhaps then that is the key, engagement with the audience and promoting respect in some way.

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