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[Kaako]

http://i.imgur.com/Nl0ax5i.png

Good, very good. Hope more devs like this put their money where their mouth is.

 

[TsuWave]

He's European and was born in a low social class and thus has no concept of race. If you really sit down and think about it, the concept of racism is really a first world American privilege.

what the fuck

 

[Boke1879]

Yea it would be nice of the gaming industry, personalities and others came out and denounced this shit. There is a lot of this shit festering underground.

 

[Owari]

Meanwhile, at the Wall Street Journal offices ..

 

[OdysseusVA]

Awesome

 

[Flavius_]

When you are European and meant it as an insult.

I have honeslty never heard this argument before. Europeans can't be racist if they use that word, even as an insult? Woow. Where exactly is the line for you then?

 

[TurnipFritters]

That's great and all but as people have pointed out, he's not a child, he's in his late 20s.

 

[Orochinagis]

 

[ZeoVGM]

Yeah, I think this one is going to stick.

 

[starry sonata]

Holy crap did this thread moved fast. But ugh, this guy has so many kids as viewers and he puts on shit ass examples like these. When the time comes for when I have kids of my own, I'm going to have keep a good eye on the stuff that they watch. Hoping that parents in here are doing the same thing.

 

[Alienous]

I'd like to see publishers follow this example.

Don't be afraid, someone else (hopefully a better person) will take PewDiePie's place.

 

[……forgetit]

I knew this to be an absolute truth after that Emmett Till thread.

Yep,never forget the 'black child murderer" defence force

 

[Oersted]

I don't care

You do.

Thats why you defend him.

 

[Aikidoka]

damn. good on the firewatch team. I hope to see a strong response and action from Twitch soon

 

[RedRum]

He's European and was born in a low social class and thus has no concept of race. If you really sit down and think about it, the concept of racism is really a first world American privilege.

This thread just keeps getting better and better.

 

[Lastgengamer]

Promotes rape culture, anti semitic, racist Trump supporter. That list should have stopped him in his tracks at rape culture promotion imo but here we are because he generates money for someone so he is given a platform and is now large enough to carry a following anywhere he would have to go. I hope he gets bored faster so he can just go away and stop infecting impressionable unsupervised kids with his filth.

This right here.

I never understood what people see in his mindless videos.

 

[Nokterian]

Ah finally, now if the rest wakes up..sponsors need to go and every single person needs to drop him a like motherfucking rock.

 

[ShironRedshift]

Good.

I can see why so many are upset, but personally I don't care what vocabulary people use nearly as much as how they treat people in actual social interactions, and I've never seen anything to suggest that he isn't extremely sweet and polite to people of all types.

So what happened in the video doesn't count as a "social interaction," eh? Good to know.

In any case, it's real easy to be polite with people when they're face-to-face, in the same room as you. What's really revealing is how you treat them when they're not, when there are no consequences for treating them as a piece of garbage and you can say whatever you want about them if you want to. That's what PewDiePie did here. He made it real clear who he really is, and how he acts and treat peoples when there aren't any consequences.

 

[D i Z]

I can see why so many are upset, but personally I don't care what vocabulary people use nearly as much as how they treat people in actual social interactions, and I've never seen anything to suggest that he isn't extremely sweet and polite to people of all types.

Except for the the racial slurs, the misogynistic messaging, the Kill all Jews bit....

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

I think he was too polite in the "child" adjective, but that's an awesome move.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I knew this to be an absolute truth after that Emmett Till thread.

Uh oh...i know i will regret it.

But do you have a link to that thread ? Dont even know what people defended there....

 

[Ushojax]

Yea it would be nice of the gaming industry, personalities and others came out and denounced this shit. There is a lot of this shit festering underground.

Underground? I don't think YouTube comments and Xbox Live count as underground. This stuff is out there for all to see, at every level of gaming/internet culture.

 

[LUXURY]

I can see why so many are upset, but personally I don't care what vocabulary people use nearly as much as how they treat people in actual social interactions, and I've never seen anything to suggest that he isn't extremely sweet and polite to people of all types.

Are you kidding? This is why we have 9 year olds getting on video games and shouting worlds like this to everyone. Because they see it on video streams where people act like banshees. It's unacceptable.

 

[MetalGearZed]

Here is the rest of that section if it hasn't been posted from the stream

In which he says

and the first comment on that video says "who cares fa**ot". isn't Youtube just a wonderful place?

fucking christ

 

[avaya]

He's European and was born in a low social class and thus has no concept of race. If you really sit down and think about it, the concept of racism is really a first world American privilege.

His parents were high ranking business executives. His family had enough money for him to fuck about without a job making videos on YouTube.

 

[Skilletor]

I knew this to be an absolute truth after that Emmett Till thread.

I must have missed that. Do you have a link?

 

[wamberz1]

Les goooo

 

[Kthulhu]

No way. Like you said, he IS YouTube.

They're going to tough it out. They always do.

If they think they can get away with it, they will.

They decreased the amount of money he makes and cancelled his show.

Plus even if they did nothing, advertisers may not decided to let their ads run on his videos.

 

[Moosichu]

He's European and was born in a low social class and thus has no concept of race. If you really sit down and think about it, the concept of racism is really a first world American privilege.

As someone who has always lived in Europe.

I really really really really really hope you are being sarcastic.

Turns out it was sarcasm. Phew.

 

[Chobel]

Here is the rest of that section if it hasn't been posted from the stream

In which he says

Fuck

🎵 I got nothing to lose, nothing to prove 🎵

 

[Squishy3]

That's great and all but as people have pointed out, he's not a child, he's in his late 20s.

Then he should probably stop acting like the things he says don't have consequences. The video of the bit after the "fucking asshole" part clearly shows he hasn't learned anything from the last incident.

 

[MKIL65]

See, that's how game developers and publishers should respond!

I hope more follow suit.

 

[Random Human]

Okay, this is an interesting development.

 

[Nesmaster75]

That's great and all but as people have pointed out, he's not a child, he's in his late 20s.

I think the implication is that he acts like a child at his current age. The guy is a fucking millionaire from being a jackass.

 

[Upinsmoke]

That's great and all but as people have pointed out, he's not a child, he's in his late 20s.

Yeah also, a decent child knows the word is wrong. He's not a child, he's a moronic adult.

 

[Randam]

I knew this to be an absolute truth after that Emmett Till thread.

Yep,never forget the 'black child murderer" defence force

What? I have to see that.

 

[Lifeline]

Jesus, 38 pages over this?


Hope more devs follow Campo Santo's lead and not only to Pewdiepie.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Just want to be clear.

99.99% of the time, saying nigger isn't a slip of tongue, it's a slip of the filter between public and private speaking where you won't be rightfully shit on and called a racist for using such disgusting language.

Let alone the fact he has a public history of racist behavior.

If you're defending him because of "benefit of doubt", you're a shit head who is too lazy to understand context of this.

part of the stream after the "fucking asshole bit"

There you go everyone

 

[paperboywriter]

Also: saying that word in that context is not normal. No one other than racists talks like that.

 

[GlitchyDegree]

Then he should probably stop acting like one.

And people shouldn't treat him like one.

 

[LotusHD]

Uh oh...i know i will regret it.

But do you have a link to that thread ? Dont even know what people defended there....

I must have missed that. Do you have a link?

What? I have to see that.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1338325

 

[Zero315]

Here is the rest of that section if it hasn't been posted from the stream

In which he says

Wooooow... As if him just saying it wasn't damning enough, this fucker doubles down and even mocks the fact that nothing will probably happen to him.

Just straight fucking racist trash, him and the other guy.

 

[TurnipFritters]

Then he should probably stop acting like one.

Absolutely. But just because he acts like one doesn't mean we have to treat him like one.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Firewatch is fucking good, get it. That guy is awesome and I'm glad to have played the game.

 

[CannonFodder52]

Good shit

 

[Kuraudo]

Well now, this is excellent.

 

[Anung]

More! Please more!

 

[UberTag]

Promotes rape culture, anti semitic, racist Trump supporter. That list should have stopped him in his tracks at rape culture promotion imo but here we are because he generates money for someone so he is given a platform and is now large enough to carry a following anywhere he would have to go. I hope he gets bored faster so he can just go away and stop infecting impressionable unsupervised kids with his filth.

Is that what we're depending on in order for PewDiePie to go away and stop spreading racist and hateful ideology to children? His boredom?

Good lord if that's what it ultimately comes down to... because good parenting and holding people accountable for their actions sure as hell don't seem to be priorities any more.
Here's hoping more people take a stand on this one. Because if it really is only going to come down to Felix getting bored... well, that's a sorry state of affairs right there.

 

[A Link to the Past]

Look, PewDiePie is just saying it because his friends say it. It's only natural that he might repeat it.

If Jewish people can say "All Jews Must Die," why can't PewDiePie? It's a double standard!!

Is that what we're depending on in order for PewDiePie to go away and stop spreading racist and hateful ideology to children? His boredom?

Good lord if that's what it ultimately comes down to... because good parenting and holding people accountable for their actions sure as hell don't seem to be priorities any more.

The people not holding people accountable are those who decided that PewDiePie shouldn't be held accountable for the things he says and the ideas he promotes. He literally is an influence on millions of children.

 

[Boke1879]

Underground? I don't think YouTube comments and Xbox Live count as underground. This stuff is out there for all to see, at every level of gaming/internet culture.

I still view that in the lens of animosity. You've had people like JonTron and now Pewdiepie come out and show their true colors. But there is STILL a huge sector of the gaming populace that shield these same sentiments from the public.