Disney cuts ties with PewDiePie after he posts antisemetic videos

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Generalpsyduck said:
You don't really need context drawing swastikas is bad no matter who does it correct?
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well no it's not. My teacher once drew a swastika on the white board to illustrate how powerful some simple icons are to his graphic design students. We kinda laughed because of how absurd it was, but thinking that he's an actual nazi would be throwing context out of the window and being extremely dishonest

This is also why some people jump the gun the exact same moment they see an oriental use of the swastika (also known as manji) without having context
 
You either die PewDie Pie or live long enough to become a villain.

Lots of Youtubers who I used to like are coming out of the wood works and saying a bunch of stupid and racist shit. Like jesus christ.

I just hope Dunkey doesn't ever do something so stupid.
 
Has there been an impact to his subscriber numbers yet?

You can call literally anything a joke but seeing someone profit off of calling for the death of millions of people, notably at a time when instances of actual real-world hate crimes are on the rise globally, is pretty sickening. Then consider the average age of his audience, and there are a whole lot of people for whom this isn't a joke.
 
UltimaPooh said:
You either die PewDie Pie or live long enough to become a villain.

Lots of Youtubers who I used to like are coming out of the wood works and saying a bunch of stupid and racist shit. Like jesus christ.

I just hope Dunky doesn't ever do something so stupid.
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I can forgive a lot from dunkey because he spent so much time in league. It does things to your soul.
 
I think you people are too sensitive... I live in a country where reality slaps me in the face everyday and tells me I'm inferior compared to you just because I was born in a fucked up country... You see a "celebrity" dude making stupid jokes and think it's the end of the world... come'on guys, do you really have nothing more important to worry about?

He's stupid, so what? Who the fuck cares? I don't even understand why people waste their time watching stupid people playing games in a stupid way to begin with.
 
RiccochetJ said:
Unless he was an idiot with the money he's earned, he's set for life. He already talked about deleting his channel.
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That's my point. If he gets out of his contract with Maker, he can call his own shots and make content whenever, if he even feels like it. Making your channel painful for Disney to associate with would be one way of accomplishing that.
 
Generalpsyduck said:
The videos showed massive ammounts of ignorance and the use the idotic "both sides are the same" argument add that the sjw rants he frequently has in his videos and i think that adds up to someone thats not a very good person. I also apologize if i came of as a bit too strong in my last response i misinterpreted what you said.
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How do you get this from the Ken Bone video? It was genuinely disgusting how some news sites tried to paint him as some vile internet creep and held no regard for the consequences that those stories could have for both him and his family. Just read this post.

pork_gamete said:
I think you people are too sensitive... I live in a country where reality slaps me in the face everyday and tells me I'm inferior compared to you just because I was born in a fucked up country... You see a "celebrity" dude making stupid jokes and think it's the end of the world... come'on guys, do you really have nothing more important to worry about?

He's stupid, so what? Who the fuck cares?
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For better or worse, Pewdiepie is a big name in mainstream gaming culture. iirc, he basically pioneered the "youtube superstar" concept. It's not unreasonable to examine him more closely than the average person.
 
Perfectly fine that Disney dumped him, but the reactions in this thread are stupid.

But it's not surprising that many people have taken the opportunity to bash him.
 
pork_gamete said:
I think you people are too sensitive... I live in a country where reality slaps me in the face everyday and tells me I'm inferior compared to you just because I was born in a fucked up country... You see a "celebrity" dude making stupid jokes and think it's the end of the world... come'on guys, do you really have nothing more important to worry about?

He's stupid, so what? Who the fuck cares?
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Thats.. an odd argument. You shouldn't damn those for holding people to higher standards just because you don't. Just because its the standard for you to be made to feel inferior doesn't make it right, or right for others to do that to you.

People would be upset if it was a celebrity dude making stupid jokes but the bigger issue here, and what has guided most of the conversation in the thread, is the "dudes" youth audience and the normalization of hate speech and antisemitic humour in a world that is seeing a rise and platform given to white nationalists. Its very dangerous.

pork_gamete said:
I don't even understand why people waste their time watching stupid people playing games in a stupid way to begin with.
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You know, i never understood it either until i found some Let's Players personalities that i quite enjoyed and found it to be really enjoyable, its far less about them playing the game and more so about finding a personality you like and watching/listening to them having fun and joking around.
 
pork_gamete said:
I think you people are too sensitive... I live in a country where reality slaps me in the face everyday and tells me I'm inferior compared to you just because I was born in a fucked up country... You see a "celebrity" dude making stupid jokes and think it's the end of the world... come'on guys, do you really have nothing more important to worry about?

He's stupid, so what? Who the fuck cares? I don't even understand why people waste their time watching stupid people playing games in a stupid way to begin with.
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So...what is your argument here exactly?

We should not vocalize our dislike of someone who did something we disagree with because...?
 
Fix The Scientist said:
So he's not just annoying but also a piece of shit person. It's a shame this will barely dent his "career".
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Heh, you're dismissive of his "career", but his "career" makes him millions a year. You probably wouldn't want to watch his earlier videos where he threw out homophobic slurs like they were going out of style.
 
It was only a matter of time before this guy's bullshit shenanigans caught up with him. Hopefully the first of many dominoes to fall and pull the plug on this hack.
 
Arby 'n' the Chief said:
Here's some of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkcdKKVuLg4&t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYEbLQM2dg&


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4DEdPaFDNE&

edit

time marks are a mistake on my end
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What.

The first one is making fun of the "youtube heroes" system by comparing it to nazis shutting things they dont like down.

Second one uses hitler as transitions? It's just random. I dont see the problem here.

In the third one hes saying nazis are shit. Again, what is the problem here? Am i missing something?
 
this guy has an opportunity to do something he loves and make millions (more than he already has) doing it and decides to appeal to a sect of immature edge-lords instead of actually acting like a 27 year old man and growing the fuck up even a bit

0 sympathy from me. hopefully he makes an apology video with that stupid voice he decides to do, pretending that holocaust jokes are OK or especially OK in this political environment we are in
 
Mathiassen said:
What.

The first one is making fun of the "youtube heroes" system by comparing it to nazis shutting things they dont like down.

Second one uses hitler as transitions? It's just random. I dont see the problem here.

In the third one hes saying nazis are shit. Again, what is the problem here? Am i missing something?
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The three main videos have been removed, like we've said many times in this thread. You should check the WSJ article in the OP before joining in on this conversation so foolishly, so many times. They even have a well put together summary video for people too lazy to read, i'm sure you'll find it helpful.

You may still feel its an overreaction but given Felix's platform and audience, it should be at least a little disconcerting to everyone. The normalization of antisemitic humour is not acceptable and standing up to hatred (intentional or not) is not hatred.
 
sensui-tomo said:
got the image and the quote.


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?
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Jesus Christ, the fucking hills this guy seems hell bent on dying on never cease to amaze me. What a clueless jackass.
 
If one can't make rape jokes, then the only other resort for the untalented is the Holocaust. No big fucking shock. The guy's a hack. Disney are right to cut him. Hate that he lives where I'm from.
 
Ratrat said:
It was an awful joke. Thats all.
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You could read the article that kotaku posted:
According to WSJ, Pewdiepie has posted nine videos that include anti-Semitic content since August. Three, the one from January 11 and two others from January 17 and January 22, have been taken down. One of those depicted a man dressed as Jesus Christ saying, "Hitler did absolutely nothing wrong."
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http://kotaku.com/disney-drops-pewdiepie-over-anti-semitic-jokes-1792324412

Rushing in here to say it's only a joke is pretty asinine as well.
 
Oh my...the SJWs are strong in here. Never liked Pewdiepies videos but some guys need to calm down before demonizing everybody. So he made some jokes you don't like. Is there ANY evidence he is a nazi besides the jokes in the video? I swear some people here would also call Charlie Chaplin a nazi because of The great Dictator. Stop with the hyperbole. I have nothing against calling him out on these jokes that they may have been in bad taste, but instantly calling him a nazi is just stupid.
 
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