Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
so sick of this phony freedom of speech that conservatives like to hide behind while they spout racism.
Colin Moriarty is leaving Kinda Funny Games.
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so sick of this phony freedom of speech that conservatives like to hide behind while they spout racism.
Baroquemantic
Member
They'll be better off without him. Colin is awful.
You said he supports someone because he follows them on Twitter. A follow doesn't indicate support.
Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
I mean, that pretty much assumes all people raised Catholic are going to be shitty forever. When you hear that in your ear 24/7 as a kid, yeah, you're gonna believe that. I changed my mind at like 16 and that was in the 2010s, so it's not hard to suggest that someone changed their mind at probably 19-20 several years earlier. You can grill him for a whole lot of things, but criticizing someone for changing their mind and joining the right team is frankly ridiculous
7DollarHagane
Banned
I'm not saying this isn't possible but I follow Colin and kinda funny pretty casually and would be very surprised to see evidence of this.
I also don't think the simple fact of him being a conservative is evidence of racism, although some may feel that way.
Would you follow Colin shortly after he went on a racist tirade saying that immigrants are diluting the gene pool of America?
If he suddenly went on a tirade claiming that immigrants were diluting the gene pool of America and you were one of his followers would you unfollow him?
Yep. I've never been able to stand him or Greg to be honest. Their personalities are just so grating.
Look at all these dangerous people who he just today chose to follow
and his willingness to entertain far right demagogue Glenn Beck
And an endorsement of libertarian policies fucks over minorities. As well as his embrace of hard right conservatives like Mitt Romney or thinking that Paul Ryan is intellectual with good points.
Finally, his comments about Bolivia were based on racist stereotypes and his show only had five white men as guests and when called out, he acted like a little victim that can't handle feedback.
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...
IceBringer
Banned
So you don't understand what freedom of speech is?
Goldenroad
Member
Thank god the alt-right presence on this site is somewhat mitigated by proper moderation.
Please find a tweet where he says something you consider racist. He spouts a lot of stupid shit, and he does seem to have a shocking lack of empathy. But that isn't racism.
CheesecakeRecipe
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It's not just the JonTron follow which is setting off alarm bells, though. Any knowledge on a good chunk of the people he followed would shed a lot of light onto why people are concerned. That it has happened the day of his resignation shouldn't be chalked up as merely coincidence.
Thank you for understanding! I hope to see you around again sometime.
I wouldn't use the YouTube vid as proper evidence. The subreddit and KF forums are where it becomes clear what the KF community thinks of Colin's departure.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
Bolivar687
Banned
Do you believe that everyone that supports him is alt-right?
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
People dont like Colins political views, and with this opening they have taken the oportunity to basically shit on him like its open season.
Its just what the internet is now. I dont agree with almost anything he thinks and says, but its insane that he is being labeled a racist because people literally dont like that he is conservitive.
If he starts sprouting JonTron type of shit ill eat crow, but Colin has never fucking said anything remotely close to the JT meltdown
He was a founding member right? Seemed like he was just as invested as the rest of them. I wonder how often did he have to keep his mouth shut about certain things, because it always seemed like they were open to discuss many things in public. I don't think they ever tried to censor him.
So that makes him a racist? Is that actually what you believe? He supports Mitt Romney and he appeared on the Glenn Beck show: racist. Is that it?
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
I'm not saying alarm bells shouldn't be ringing. But saying he's racist is jumping the gun.
On PSIloveYouXOXO he took someone to task for not liking recent diversity in games, hardly racist.
Yes, he's apathetic, but that isn't the same as racism. I'm not saying he definitely isn't, but it's way to early to start jumping to conclusions.
speedomodel
Member
I think this means you're a racist. Sorry to be the one to tell you.
Conciliator
Banned
i still don't understand at all why you guys are so obsessed with this dude.
Goldenroad
Member
No, but I do believe a larger percentage of people on Twitter and Youtube are than on NeoGAF...or at least a larger vocal percentage of people on those sites.
BuggeryBugz
Member
Careful, we know how well that went for Colin.
Maybe don't be so harsh or just ignore them.
WrenchNinja
Member
Still eye-rollingingly stupid
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Why do you think he is leaving Kinda Funny?
greatnorthern
Member
I just started watching some of the KF stuff, and as a newcomer, I can't stress enough how cringeworthy Colin comes off - his views are so amateurish and infantile, lacking any real complexity or profundity. He reminded me a lot of a 12-year-old - just really excited to hear himself speak, regardless of how off-base he was.
So, yea, I guess I'm not too upset by this. Sucks that the "joke" lacked any and all humor in the first place - what an embarrassing way to go.
So, yea, I guess I'm not too upset by this. Sucks that the "joke" lacked any and all humor in the first place - what an embarrassing way to go.
Barajas_201
Member
Good for Greg on co., Colin was poison to their brand. Still boycotting Kinda Funny, the damage done by Colin is already set for me.
boredandlazy
Member
Just in case it's misinterpreted I'll clarify, I'm poking fun at skynidas in my post.
Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
This is a another debate for a whole other time
Well, for one, as someone who was raised that way and grew out of it, kindly go fuck yourself
Secondly, you could have at least addressed my point, but instead de-railed the thread by saying you weren't going to de-rail the thread
Willful ignorance is more harmful than plain ignorance
Don't come into a topic being ignorant as hell on purpose when you have the resources to learn. Ain't got time or patience for that level of stupidity.
So what you are saying is that by not agreeing with you we should be banned.
That's logical.
Bolivar687
Banned
Don't care for kinda funny, tried listening to the podcasts but the people rub me the wrong way. Feels like every episode Greg/Colin have to remind us that they were at IGN or that Greg won an award. Tim we get it you like Nintendo and crap from the 90s move on. Oh and I'd love for someone to do a super cut of Greg talking about the PS4 launch and how sony came out with the message to gamers blah blah blah
If you have views that line up with the Alt-Right/Neo-Nazis...you have a problem
MadLaughter
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Colin really should answer why he's following JonTron.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
I'll say this period point blank, if I knew of anyone supporting bigotry or who stands behind political or socioeconomic views that are discriminatory in nature, I would bail immediately. No fucking way that ends up on anything associated with me. So if Moriarty isn't a bigot but associates with or agrees with others that are, I can't fathom or relate to that.
Goldenroad
Member
I simply mean it is a little easier to get an anonymous Youtube or Twitter account than it is a NeoGAF account and maybe people think about what kind of comments or actions can get them banned from this site a little more than on other sites. Nice baiting though...you almost had me.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
"Hey just because I like attending and listening to KKK rallies doesn't make me racist!"
This rabbit hole is going deeeeeeeep
Alot of aspersions being thrown around here just because people don't find a problem with Colin.
This is hilarious.
So you admit to being alt-right then, because that's exactly how that reads.
Read the post again. Throwing minorities under the bus because of his economic ideology should tell you enough about his priorities. And when he gets called out for only having white dudes on his show he acts indignant and refuses to change.
It might not be full on Grand Wizard of the KKK, but it's still dirt racism of maintaining the white supremacist status quo and he shows that he's more than fine with maintaining and reproducing it, despite being told otherwise.
Fool someone said shit about people who are alt-right being banned here
You said "So you think people with different opinions should be banned? Logical."
I said "If you identify with Alt-Right/Neo-Nazi you have a problem."
Nowhere did I mention Colin Moriarty, who is a dumbass, but not Alt-Right
He does follow philosophies that would fuck over minorities tho...
Agreed on this. Not racist though.
Doesn't absolve him of responsibility though, and his apathy towards racism does help enable it.
It's interesting though, because he did leave the Republican Party due to Donald Trump's overtly racist attitude. So props to him for that.
But for some reason he was happy to ignore the fact the fundamentally the same party, with the same attitudes as today, was just as bad back then as it is now. The difference being, was that Romney dressed it all up nicely and only used dog whistles that Colin couldn't hear.
I agree, with you. But Colin has neither associated nor said anything in agreement with Jon Tron lately. He's just followed him on Twitter.
Officerrob
Banned
IGN was good for Colin, as he obviously needed to be constrained from his own sense of self-importance and bigotry. I won't miss his snark, his talking down to people, and his vastly overstated knowledge of history and politics.
As for Colin himself, those that blindly followed him because he was a loyal lapdog (up until recently) of your favorite video game company, don't waste your tears or your time. Colin doesn't need your well wishes. This is a guy was was born on second base, has never had a job interview, never written a resume, and is about to tap into the wealthy stream of alt-right money. For all the talk about "echo chambers", he's about to dive head first into one, and the video game industry will be better of for it. So long Colin, you won't be missed.
As for Colin himself, those that blindly followed him because he was a loyal lapdog (up until recently) of your favorite video game company, don't waste your tears or your time. Colin doesn't need your well wishes. This is a guy was was born on second base, has never had a job interview, never written a resume, and is about to tap into the wealthy stream of alt-right money. For all the talk about "echo chambers", he's about to dive head first into one, and the video game industry will be better of for it. So long Colin, you won't be missed.
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