Disney cuts ties with PewDiePie after he posts antisemetic videos

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Like the teens in Texas shooting Nazi salutes and saying heil Hitler during their class photos, those impressionable teens? Audience that leaves comments like these on his videos

Oh gosh, you got me. Clearly his millions of 9-13 year old fans are Nazis. Your scant examples of some older Texas teens acting like shitheads, and some handpicked posts of racist adult trolls, has exposed the truth of Pewdiepie's legions of racist alt-right fanatics.

This is crazy. PDP's fanbase of preteens are Nazis now?
 
Watched the video on wsj,fuck this guy

"Hurr hurr look at this Nazi stuff, kill the Jews hurr hurr I'm so funny and satirical guys" is a good look
 
Comedians only really ad-lib to the extent you're suggesting if they're being heckled or if the setting calls for it, like Whose Line?. But jokes intended for a set tend to be thought about, written, and re-written until it feels right, at which point it's test run on an audience wherein they may fine tune it later if they didn't get the response they wanted. But the main point is, a comedian worth their salt won't make the mistake of fundamentally writing a Holocaust joke wherein the ultimate punchline is the Jewish people for having the gall to be victims to it. It's such an easy trap to fall into that most just, well, don't, which shows just how thoughtless PDP was. He, like most other people, think that just by kidding around you get a free pass to say anything you want to.


A joke misfiring doesn't make a Nazi. However, being an asshole to strangers while also slapping on crude Nazi jokes does at least make one not all that sympathetic to Jewish people either.

And just as I said before, satire is meant to expose a problem with people or society by highlighting their flaws while also making a call to action. There's nothing flawed with not speaking English, nor is he providing a call to action for anything even if not speaking English was a problem. Seriously, if just pointing out how every human being on Earth is subject to persuasion is satire then literally every practical joke would fall under satire.
This is just factually untrue for a bunch of comedians. You can listen to comedy podcasts and a bunch of them talk about how they just get up and ramble about topics that are on their mind when they need to make a new set.

The only way those jokes ever get to the point where they're well thought out is by either ad libbing until they find something that hits, or taking something that they think will hit and saying it to the audience to see if it will land. They have no metric of what they need to polish up and what they don't if they don't get up on stage and say things that don't work along with it.
 
Oh gosh, you got me. Clearly his millions of 9-13 year old fans are Nazis. Your scant examples of some older Texas teens and handpicked posts of racist adult trolls has exposed the truth of Pewdiepie's legions of alt-right fanatics.

This is crazy. PDP's fanbase of preteens are Nazis now?

A popular youtuber with a young viewbase who has a perchance of speaking anti-Semitic rhetoric for jokes or whatever is not a problem because his fanbase haven't converted into nazis yet?
 
Some people in here really need to lighten the hell up. It was only a joke. Then again, people can't seem to do that these days considering how anal society is in regards to that.
 
Its weird that actions like his are defended while if this happend to a hollywood star they would be appropriately ostracized for it (Mel Gibson for example) i guess internet stars get more leniency with hatespeech.
 
Oh gosh, you got me. Clearly his millions of 9-13 year old fans are Nazis. Your scant examples of some older Texas teens acting like shitheads, and some handpicked posts of racist adult trolls, has exposed the truth of Pewdiepie's legions of racist alt-right fanatics.

This is crazy. PDP's fanbase of preteens are Nazis now?

Anything I put up here you are going to excuse. I'm glad you're ok with this type of humor and influence on kids and teens and pandering to a movement that has absolutely no reason to be pandered to. I don't find it ok and will stand against it while you continue to defend the people pushing this shit.
 
I've never liked this guy really. I am sure he is pretty normal in his actual life, and every now and then he can be funny. But his humor and attractiveness in work is low grade and extremely conventional. I would never watch his videos because there is nothing there for me. Entertainment not a chance.

I have no idea why anyone but kids can watch this guy, but hey whatever. I have no idea about his jokes and stuff but from his more outlandish acts I don't find this shocking.
 
Oh gosh, you got me. Clearly his millions of 9-13 year old fans are Nazis. Your scant examples of some older Texas teens acting like shitheads, and some handpicked posts of racist adult trolls, has exposed the truth of Pewdiepie's legions of racist alt-right fanatics.

This is crazy. PDP's fanbase of preteens are Nazis now?

No but he is a major influencer with a ton of followers, the kind of shit from JonTron, Notch and this jackhole are not what young people should be hearing
 
Well, one I didn't know he had a deal with Disney. Two, that's just his type of edgy humor. I don't take him for being politically correct, I mean hell I can totally see some influence by FilthyFrank on him when it comes to his latest sense of humor.
 
Some people in here really need to lighten the hell up. It was only a joke. Then again, people can't seem to do that these days considering how anal society is in regards to that.
People are so up in arms when people say everyone following a specific religion should fucking die. Oh no! PC culture, am I right?

You must be fun at parties
Make a lot of death to Jews/christians/muslims jokes at the parties you go to?

That could just be called a rally, if so.
 
Some people in here really need to lighten the hell up. It was only a joke. Then again, people can't seem to do that these days considering how anal society is in regards to that.
Like I has been said many times saying something is just a joke is not an excuse.
 
I'm not downplaying antisemitism, but didn't Disney have Br'er Rabbit fight a Tar-Baby?

I bet that joke killed in 1946!

Yes, Disney had its own issues with racist stuff. Organizations can evolve as easily as people. Pewdiepie can evolve and be a better person but that doesn't mean he should not feel consequences and criticism for his actions.

Disney was also criticized for their racist shit.
 
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Boogie2988 Verified account ‏@Boogie2988 33m33 minutes ago (this was deleted)

Disney drops @pewdiepie for making antisemitic JOKES. Meanwhile this is an actual screenshot from an actual disney cartoon. So drop disney?
 
Oh gosh, you got me. Clearly his millions of 9-13 year old fans are Nazis. Your scant examples of some older Texas teens acting like shitheads, and some handpicked posts of racist adult trolls, has exposed the truth of Pewdiepie's legions of racist alt-right fanatics.

This is crazy. PDP's fanbase of preteens are Nazis now?

Well, you can hardly argue that a foul, familiar stench is sweeping the nation. So many things that would have been unacceptable yesterday are totally fine today, barely worth a reprimand. Kids are Just parroting What they hear from their parents so yes, many of Them are becoming openly racists. This is not going to help of course.
 
A popular youtuber with a young viewbase who has a perchance of speaking anti-Semitic rhetoric for jokes or whatever is not a problem because his fanbase haven't converted into nazis yet?

No one said any of this.

I'm strictly arguing earlier posts that "PDP is clearly pandering to his racist alt-right fanbase" which is a laughablly untrue statement because his fanbase are kids who have not yet aligned themselves to hate groups, racist ideas and detrimental political groups.
 
He did, it was his "apology" video, which was one of the three videos he pulled. The apology was "people are making a big deal about this and it was just a joke, they don't get it" and look at all these media outlets attacking me for this and lying about me to get hits. Yea they are right about what I did, but they are still lying about me and attacking me because i'm famous, boo hoo. If you search he still has some videos up playing the victim about being called out for this stuff.

That's the first I hear of this. I also did check his youtube channel for anything remotely close to an apology and have yet to find anything. Can you point me to these videos? Maybe a re-upload of the apology one or anything really?

Edit: I hope this is not a stealth edit but nevermind, I found what you were talking about and yeah, it's pretty bad. He should grow up honestly

Im sure Disney gave him at least a couple warnings about his antisemitic actions.

No, you're not sure. Stop spinning your conjectures as facts.
 
He's a scumbag. I don't care if he hates Jews or not, he paid for the creation and distribution of anti-semitic propaganda, full stop. What he "feels" ceases to be of any importance when his actions are clearly anti-semitic.

No one knows what he actually believes,regardless of which side they fall. That's why we judge people on their actions, not what they think. What you say and what you do -- you're responsible for these things. Think whatever you want in complete freedom from consequence, by when that force evolves a form, you're responsible for bringing that into the world and people are going to -- fairly -- judge you on your works.

Right on the button.
 
Millions of people have watched a Jan. 11 video by YouTube’s biggest star that included two men laughing as they held a banner that read, “Death to all Jews.”

Pewdiepie said this was a joke? Where's the funny?
 
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Boogie2988 Verified account ‏@Boogie2988 33m33 minutes ago (this was deleted)

Disney drops @pewdiepie for making antisemitic JOKES. Meanwhile this is an actual screenshot from an actual disney cartoon. So drop disney?

Isn't this old WW2 propaganda for the US to go after Hitler?

Also why did he delete his tweet?
 
So must you be, for hiding behind an Alt account.

Wow, cannot even have an opinion without being accused something. Stay classy.

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By the way: I'm not condoning his actions, but i don't think the overreaction that is obviously prelevant here is warranted, either.
 
I'm willing to believe that it was only a joke, but he just doesn't know when to stop. And if you're gonna apologize, just fucking do it and leave it at that, no inserting more inappropriate "jokes" into the apology, no "the media takes everything I say out of context, uses me to get clicks". It's really annoying how he makes himself the victim of every controversy he stirs up.
 
Isn't this old WW2 propaganda for the US to go after Hitler?

Also why did he delete his tweet?

I'd guess that he's smarter than what he posted and know that he was reaching and that his argument is flawed since this animation was done 70 years ago at different circumstances than the one that PewDiePie finds himself today
 
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Boogie2988 Verified account ‏@Boogie2988 33m33 minutes ago (this was deleted)

Disney drops @pewdiepie for making antisemitic JOKES. Meanwhile this is an actual screenshot from an actual disney cartoon. So drop disney?

Haha, what a goon. Der Fuhrer's Face was not anti-Semitic jokes, it was something that was designed to make Hitler and the Nazi party look bad, and nowadays they are careful to discuss the historical significance of the cartoon and the context of time and racial depictions.
 
sat·ire
ˈsaˌtī(ə)r/
noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.


What is he exposing and criticizing?

Umm..Social Experiment, yeah let's go with that. :P
 
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Boogie2988 Verified account ‏@Boogie2988 33m33 minutes ago (this was deleted)

Disney drops @pewdiepie for making antisemitic JOKES. Meanwhile this is an actual screenshot from an actual disney cartoon. So drop disney?

Just keep throwing them on the pile. Glad these folks are outing themselves
 
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Boogie2988 Verified account ‏@Boogie2988 33m33 minutes ago (this was deleted)

Disney drops @pewdiepie for making antisemitic JOKES. Meanwhile this is an actual screenshot from an actual disney cartoon. So drop disney?

Probably the worst thing he could have tweeted. Those WW2 cartoons are meant to be preserved as a part of history.
 
It'd be amazing if he ended up getting banned by YouTube. I don't get why he would even take this chance and potentially throw it all away. I guess everyone now knows who he is a little better now though. Smh
 
Anything I put up here you are going to excuse. I'm glad you're ok with this type of humor and influence on kids and teens and pandering to a movement that has absolutely no reason to be pandered to. I don't find it ok and will stand against it while you continue to defend the people pushing this shit.

Really, dude? Give it a rest and stop digging for something that isn't there. At least read the damn thread because I've made myself very clear about how idiotic I think Pewdiepie is and how he's irresponsible for what he's spreading to very young and impressionable minds.

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I doubt he is actually a Nazi sympathizer IRL. But I guess the idea of the Holocaust being a punchline really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe that is political correctness.

We are living in a climate (at least in the US), where white nationalists have been emboldened by recent events. A major plank of that platform is Nazism. I wouldn't want my theoretical kids laughing about killing all the Jews. Since kids are Pewdepie's main audience perhaps he should know better.

Agreed. I think that's his primary crime here.
 
Some people in here really need to lighten the hell up. It was only a joke. Then again, people can't seem to do that these days considering how anal society is in regards to that.

You make a joke with anti-semitism as the foundation, you have a terrible sense of humor and it reflects something deep within you. Jokes come from a place within a person, good or bad, and used in ways to get things out. Saying "it's just a joke" does not exonerate a person for making terrible jokes like this.
 
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