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Ian Miles Cheong doesn't miss a beat in defending racism!

The lack of self awareness that he doesn't even want to type out "nigger" while defending someone who said it....It's amazing really.

 

[Alucrid]

lol

and he said he changed after Charlottesville

WHELP

did he specify the direction?

 

[luulubuu]

Is n***r that offensive??? I'm from EU and had to watch the video to know what n***r actual means...

I'm not that in into US culture... were does the word really come from? sounds like a variation of negro.

I don't give a fuck about PewDiePie to be true I may have just whatsched it two times and quitted his videos 'cause found them annoying.

*Sees a thread with a heat reply time and massive amount of messages in no time*

is the word really that bad, you guys???

 

[Interface23]

YouTube is getting to the point where I would be disappointed but not surprised to see "Danny Sexbang punches an old lady" "Arin Hanson dropkicks a puppy" or "Markiplier eats a baby in an apparent satanic ritual"

Basically just don't get super attached to these folks because you don't actually know them.

 

[Suburban Thug]

Well said. There's been so much hate injected into this hobby.

I think it has always been there but social media and the rise of streaming have made peoples real thoughts much more accessible.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Honestly, this dude has always been a douchebag. I think I remember a time when GAF loved this dude, defended him at every turn.

That was bullshit because this dude has always been an idiot. But weird parts of gamer GAF thought hey a gamer guy succeeded let's defend him even though his ideas were always idiotic, his actions always puerile and misconceived.

"GAF" is not some singular entity. PDP has gotten his fair share of shit since the moment he because famous, by people who found his schtick obnoxious. If your argument is "hey the more he says racist and anti-semetic stuff the less people on GAF like him" then, well, no shit?

 

[Permanently A]

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

Why is it a mistake? He used the word of his own volition with negative intent.

 

[Dangansona]

Yeah... the fuck happened? Why are people on the internet that like games so angry?

It can just be left at that.

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

Yes hi.

 

[TheRazielim]

Is there any actual credibility that PewDiePie is behind adapocalypse or is he just being jealous?

 

[Ferr986]

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

That was not a mistake. And it wasn't the first time he did this """"mistake"""". He's a racist, he panders to alt right neo-nazis. That's enough case, I would say.

 

[Muffin1611]

H3H3 is gonna ignore this again, right

 

[Interficium]

Follow up, total biscuit is saying the same thing.

I love that his main concern is that this might impact his "revenue streams"

 

[Eumi]

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

Repeated examples of racist and hateful behaviour is not a 'mistake'.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

It is THE racial slur.

Fucking apologists.

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

 

[DrArchon]

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

The only mistake he made was getting caught.

He said it on purpose. He used it for it's intended purpose of insulting someone. He said pretty much the worst thing you can say in the worst way you can say it.

And you want to forgive him for "making a mistake."

SMH.

 

[Slayven]

Fucking finally, a Youtuber calls Pewdiepie out. The dude's actions led to adpocalyse and now he's doubling down on causing more damage to the Youtube platform for content creators. Good on DanNerdCubed.

Damn surprised some youtubers are starting to get it.

 

[Ivan 3414]

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[GhostTrick]

There's a big difference between saying an offensive word and using said word as an insult.

Even just saying the word is not ok, but can be excusable, but using it as an insult like PDP did is inexcusable.

Ding ding ding. Exactly. Even though I do believe no matter what, it's not ok, some people MAY have an excuse with context, even if it's difficult though.

In that case ? Context's against him. He used a racial slur... As a racial slur.
There's no way to twist it into a "one time thing" "slipped" "just a replacement word for bro".

It's a racial slur. He used it as a racial slur. Plain and simple.

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

Yeah sure. Total mistake to use a racial slur as a racial slur to insult someone. He didnt just said the word, he said it as an insult, with all the meanings of the word.

 

[Fat4all]

He really said that as an excuse?

he said sommit about toning down his rhetoric or sommit

i didnt believe him

 

[feelingkettle]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologyst. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

What he said was not a mistake.

 

[cw_sasuke]

but he knows it can be an issue,nobody is arguing that
but it's (probably,as stated on my first post here,i only know the guy by fame of being the guty with the most subscriber on youtube and being hated on gaf,that's all) a way bigger deal for an US citizien than it is for other people in the world (in the main examples in this thread,some countries in europe), so it's possible for a guy that isn't racist to use that world lightly, even if he knows it's wrong.

even risking bringing out godwin's law..think about nazi imagery...in the US you have people parading with swastikas flags, and people debating if that's or not their right to do that...in germany,where nazism is a topic that has even more weight than in the US,doing so would bring your ass straight to jail no questions asked.

it is possible that something that it's universally considered bad or inappropriate,it's considered WAY more inappropriate on certain countries than in others...what I said in my first post,it's just that the weight of the word in the Us culture is immense, way bigger than in any other culture i heard of, so while in the US only someone who is racist to the bone or wants to go for shock value would use the word in public...outside of it it's possible that someone will not use the same care when using it,that's all.

it has nothing to do about "europe does not have racism" or "pewdipie didn't know what the n word means"

Do you you any public person or celebrity that uses that word freely in the western world ? You are going through alot of length to paint this picture of European values being this different when it comes to racists slurs and terms compared to the US.

Again this isnt about what a couple kids tell or joke about in private...but what can and cant be said in public. This would be a scandal or mayor issue in every big EU country. More or way more appropriate doesnt really matter at this point...because its appropriate full stop. NO public person uses the term here and debating about whether its a bit less inappropriate compared to the US misses the point.

Yes, nazism display in the US wont get you jailed like in germany. This doesnt mean that its more accepted in the US or that citizens wont have mayor issues with it

 

[Interface23]

I don't care for the guy since I don't even follow his videos or anything. He made an ugly mistake, fact, but I think some people just want to destroy him for whatever mistake he commits.

It's not a mistake when he makes Jew jokes all the time, talks about admiring Hitler, says stuff about rape etc etc. it's his personality

 

[McMoneyman]

Fucking finally, a Youtuber calls Pewdiepie out. The dude's actions led to adpocalyse and now he's doubling down on causing more damage to the Youtube platform for content creators. Good on DanNerdCubed.

Good to see.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Honestly, this dude has always been a douchebag. I think I remember a time when GAF loved this dude, defended him at every turn.

That was bullshit because this dude has always been an idiot. But weird parts of gamer GAF thought hey a gamer guy succeeded let's defend him even though his ideas were always idiotic, his actions always puerile and misconceived.

Never underestimate the appeal of the 'boy in a man's body', particularly while said person has done some charitable work and appears laid back and generally nice. Then comes the line where they feel comfortable enough with their community to let the mask slip, hoping years of investment towards their friendly persona will excuse them of controversy and repercussion.

Sad thing is, it often works, at least to the bulk of their audience.

 

[Ferr986]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

Educate yourself about what Pewdiepie has been doing before calling anyone else.

 

[LionPride]

Fucking finally, a Youtuber calls Pewdiepie out. The dude's actions led to adpocalyse and now he's doubling down on causing more damage to the Youtube platform for content creators. Good on DanNerdCubed.

I don't fuck with Nerd cubed anymore, his vids got stale and shit, but this is good to see


ALSO NIGGER AND NIGGA ARE DIFFERENT HOLY SHIT WE DON'T GO AROUND SAYING NIGGER IN SONGS

 

[Fat4all]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

He paid $5 for people to make a video saying "kill all the Jews"

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

Your quoted post is 100% apologizing for him and trying to minimize what he did. What would you call it?

 

[besada]

I'm shocked that PDP is the racist douchebag we thought he was.

And for the defenders in here, when you call someone a "nigger" because they did something you didn't like? That's fucking racist. You may not wear a Klan hood, and you may not cheer when black people get shot, but that's fucking racism. You don't get to dip your toes in it and claim you aren't a part of the problem.

 

[Muffin1611]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

You literally said it was a "mistake" and the outrage is just manufactured to destroy his career.

How is this not excusing him? You're downplaying what he did and he's doing this for months and years at this point.

 

[afternoon delight]

Man I forgot playing videogames makes it okay to use the word nigger as a pejorative.

Some people, man. Some people.

Like, what in the actual fuck am I reading? How does one logically type out that "defense"?

 

[FallingEdge]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

He has a history of racist behavior. At this point, it isn't a mistake.

 

[Bronx-Man]

H3H3 is gonna ignore this again, right

Yup

 

[diaspora]

I said he comitted an ugly mistake, Im not an apologist. Fucking internet judges that believes never did anything wrong and is pretty fast at judging people!

I haven't done anything this bad or really... anything close so yeah I'm clear to judge this dickhead.

 

[kulapik]

Fucking finally, a Youtuber calls Pewdiepie out. The dude's actions led to adpocalyse and now he's doubling down on causing more damage to the Youtube platform for content creators. Good on DanNerdCubed.

YT's John Cena lol

 

[Bendeavor]

Following the thread, it looks like TotalBiscuit called out PewDiePie and his defenders too.

I wonder if that will start a rift between different factions of GamerGaters.

 

[bob_arctor]

Did somebody here really say "Puertoricans from the Bronx get a free pass for saying the N-word"?? I ain't even gonna directly quote that fucking garbage, talking shit about things he doesn't know about. Smh. I swear people are getting fucking dumber the older I get.

 

[Random Human]

It feels hugely telling that the YouTubers calling him out are doing so because they're worried they might make less money now. 🤔

 

[IcyRhythms]

I love that his main concern is that this might impact his "revenue streams"

That does look bad

 

[James Scott]

While I can get forgiving someone for a first offense, it's a reoccurring thing for him.
For someone with as much influence, it shouldn't be tolerated

 

[AniHawk]

Yeah... the fuck happened? Why are people on the internet that like games so angry?

my guess is that they tend to be social outcasts by introversion or a simple lack of desire to get out there and interact with people. and they find a thing they can disappear into which empowers them. said thing is 'threatened' when some perceived outside force wants inclusion too, leading them to believe that said outside force wants to take their toy away. so they act like shitlords to the women, poc, and/or people of the lgbt community which just wants to have a good time too or would at least like to feel a little bit included since they're more socially outcast than most white guys and from a systemic level.

beyond that, it's probably the internet bringing together a lot of america, which continues to be pretty [fill-in-the-blanks]ophobes on the whole.

 

[Camjo-Z]

i don't care if you want to defend max. But if someone uses a word that is taboo and hurtful, you should not dismiss their usage of it. I don't consider Max a bad person or a racist

If you don't think he's a bad person or a racist then it makes little sense to bring him up in a thread about a bad person being racist. Not much more to say really.

 

[kulapik]

I wonder if that will start a rift between different factions of GamerGaters.

Totalbiscuit is not a GamerGater, he's just an idiot in general when it comes to certain opinions

 

[Toxi]

YouTube is getting to the point where I would be disappointed but not surprised to see "Danny Sexbang punches an old lady" "Arin Hanson dropkicks a puppy" or "Markiplier eats a baby in an apparent satanic ritual"

Basically just don't get super attached to these folks because you don't actually know them.

Look, eating a baby isn't that bad. Overpopulation is a huge problem. And besides, it wasn't really "satanic", that's just what easily offended Christians call any ritual involving human sacrifice and pentagrams and goat statues.

And really, who hasn't thought of eating a baby before?

 

[Orochinagis]

Follow up, total biscuit is saying the same thing.

Welp, money is first I guess

 

[reKon]

It feels hugely telling that the YouTubers calling him out are doing so because they're worried they might make less money now. 🤔

yep this is exactly what I was thinking

 

[Beefy]

Got some dude on my Twitter timeline saying him using nigger when he is annoyed isn't racist. Then says he and his mates say it now and again when they are pissed of gaming. 🤔

 

[Quixzlizx]

Egg on my face. I wanted to believe he was innocent. Fuck him.

You're fine with Holocaust jokes, but this was too far?

 

[Tagyhag]

YT's John Cena lol

It's a good comparison.

Cena is the face of the company, there's a reason why he broke the Make-A-Wish record.

Imagine if he had a racist video leaked? Dude would get dropped QUICK.

Pewdiepie tends to be safe because he has connections and all the other huge youtubers vouch for him.

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

I wonder if that will start a rift between different factions of GamerGaters.

They don't like TB anymore because he's against using transphobic slurs.