Colin Moriarty Says White Supremacy/Racism Doesn't Exist Because Asians

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We should've known he was an idiot attention whore as soon as he made his Twitter name @notaxation.

Go find your libertarian paradise, Colin.

dragonelite said:
Didn't they fired him?
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Yeah, they parted ways with him and went through months of alt-right losers shitting up the community surrounding their content. Asking them to come out and "denounce him" at this point is silly.
 
Demoskinos said:
Did Greg or KF actually ever get a backbone and just outright denounce the shit he says?

Cause that was the shit that got me to unsub from KF's patreon.
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I mean, Greg wrote this and Colin left the company shortly after:

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Albino_Yeti said:
Yea Colin has a lot of left-leaning views that people don't give him credit for.

He also has some out-there views that make people scoff at him, but what can you do.
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Racism is a myth!

All Asians are smart!

Black people are where they are because they’re too busy pointing the finger at other people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps!

Oh, and global warming is probably real.

Yep, he’s basically a liberal with a couple crazy opinions. Amirite?
 
Cyframe said:
I'm tired of seeing this echoed in this thread. When someone is saying regressive racist things, is ignoring systematic structures, conflating demographics and ethnic groups under the Asian moniker, they need to be called out. Ignoring racism doesn't address it.

People like to believe that ignoring people works and it doesn't. It doesn't work with HS bullies. It doesn't work with workplace harassment, and it doesn't work online either. Not addressing people like this allows a wound to fester. And the infection can spread, and it needs to be addressed.

We need to stop giving x attention is the worst way to solve anything. It's lazy. Confronting racists with an audience needs to happen, and it's not like most of the people on this site are Colin's patrons.
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Yeah but people like Colin thrive on attention. Like someone else pointed out in this thread, Colin's Pateron took a nose dive after the first month because he stopped being in the limelight. This is him trying to get his name out there again.
 
Michael F. Assbender said:
Racism is a myth!

All Asians are smart!

Black people are where they are because they’re too busy pointing the finger at other people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps!

Oh, and global warming is probably real.

Yep, he’s basically a liberal with a couple crazy opinions. Amirite?
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People always think being for weed or not liking religion automatically makes you liberal
 
My god, his responses on Reddit are hilarious. People challenging him and him trying to play the victim and the saying "it's just my opinion!". Someone told him he didn't do a lot of research into this and he only responds with "you don't think I did research on this" while still not providing any research on this.
 
Cyframe said:
What is your point?
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Make him richer, makes him happier and gives him more ability to continue spreading his shitty viewpoint. People like this are better ignored, but make a big enough deal out of the guy and before you know it, he's working as a talking head on CNN or Fox making 6 figures to say nationwide how white supremacy doesn't work because of Asians existing.
 
To give some perspective from someone who's followed Colin/Greg/Beyond/KFG for a long time... I started listening to Beyond around episode 100 and have followed C&G pretty much right through to this year (I no longer follow Colin's stuff but still listen to Kinda Funny Games Daily).

It was fairly clear from the start what Colin's politics (he supported Romney in 2012) but he was also pretty good at his job and well spoken on video games for the most part (his histories of... were decent reads for example). He also had some fairly left-leaning views for a Republican, on same-sex marriage for example, which I think is one of the reasons why you didn't see a lot of people calling him out back in the day - he was that typical "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" type and so people mostly got along with him.

For what every reason, over the last year or two that changed and it now seems like he's far more right-leaning, at least socially, than he ever was in the past. My guess is it was combination of being independent (first with KF and then with his own thing) and the fact that a lot of people have felt more open about racist views since Trump/Brexit over here in general.

That's why I think it's somewhat unfair to criticise people for not calling him out earlier - it's difficult to call out a colleague or friend for having different political views than you (obviously this is just my view from the outside - I have no idea on the innerworkings of IGN/Kinda Funny). Now that those views have turned into something much worse, I feel like most of the gaming press, KF included, have decided to just ignore him rather than call him out.

I also find it difficult to blame Greg too much. It just be hard to have a close friend who changes like that and takes up bigoted views as Colin has and trying to disassociate those kind of views from a decade-long friendship can't be easy either. Multiply that by being in the public eye and relying on that friend for part of your income. I'm not defending Greg but I can see why he never called Colin out before he did.
 
Lol, the term model minority doesn't exist. It's just used as an excuse to bring down the other side or try to end an argument you can't win.
 
Shorter Colin: If White Supremacy exists, then how come we're only beating 80% of minorities, libtards?
 
Asinies said:
For real though, why did we let the rest of Kinda Funny Games off the hook? They enabled this guy for years, and we just let them go? Lots of other people from IGN have defended him too, and some like Mitch Dyer barely can muster an emotion about Colin other than "Well geee, sure wish he'd turn the racism down but I don't dislike him!"
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I still don’t interact with their brand and content because of Colin way after he left.
 
Hubbl3 said:
Ignoring for 1-second that he's a complete fucking idiot, just because one group is accepted by the majority and is doing well that doesn't mean other groups don't face harsh discrimination or conditions. Anti-blackness is very much a thing in the US and other minority groups sometimes even embrace it to help further their acceptance by the majority demographic.
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Which makes the "But I didn't say that. I was merely complimenting Asian Americans on their success!" level of reply laughable and toothless. There's clear context and implications behind the statement.

Although I'm sure he's reading the criticism and finding solace in "living in people's heads" or whatever he does to rationalize it. Believe me, at this point it's in one ear and out the other.
 
Michael F. Assbender said:
Racism is a myth!

All Asians are smart!

Black people are where they are because they’re too busy pointing the finger at other people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps!

Oh, and global warming is probably real.

Yep, he’s basically a liberal with a couple crazy opinions. Amirite?
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That's not what I was saying but I can see how it would be misconstrued as that.
 
Sephzilla said:
Yeah but people like Colin thrive on attention. Like someone else pointed out in this thread, Colin's Pateron took a nose dive after the first month because he stopped being in the limelight. This is him trying to get his name out there again.
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So, tell me how you're addressing the model minority myth Asians are dealing with. Tell me how ignoring racism makes it go away. Link the speculation that his racism is getting him more patreons even though you stipulated that his pateron is taking a dive.

Steeped in a Sea of Games said:
Make him richer, makes him happier and gives him more ability to continue spreading his shitty viewpoint. People like this are better ignored, but make a big enough deal out of the guy and before you know it, he's working as a talking head on CNN or Fox making 6 figures to say nationwide how white supremacy doesn't work because of Asians existing.
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Prove it. Prove that ignoring racism addresses the problem. I can tell you that it doesn't, and most minorities can tell you that as well. So give me a solution here. Where are you getting this idea from? Oh wow, he could get a job at fox news, better not call him out. That's a really pathetic reason not to address someone spouting toxic racism.
 
Cyframe said:
So, tell me how you're addressing the model minority myth Asians are dealing with. Tell me how ignoring racism makes it go away. Link the speculation that his racism is getting him more patreons even though you stipulated that his pateron is taking a dive.
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I'm not saying anything about ignoring it making racism going away.

I'm saying ignoring Colin makes Colin go away.
 
Sephzilla said:
Yeah but people like Colin thrive on attention. Like someone else pointed out in this thread, Colin's Pateron took a nose dive after the first month because he stopped being in the limelight. This is him trying to get his name out there again.
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Maybe we need to call out his virwpoint and not him.
 
jipazidi said:
To give some perspective from someone who's followed Colin/Greg/Beyond/KFG for a long time... I started listening to Beyond around episode 100 and have followed C&G pretty much right through to this year (I no longer follow Colin's stuff but still listen to Kinda Funny Games Daily).

It was fairly clear from the start what Colin's politics (he supported Romney in 2012) but he was also pretty good at his job and well spoken on video games for the most part (his histories of... were decent reads for example). He also had some fairly left-leaning views for a Republican, on same-sex marriage for example, which I think is one of the reasons why you didn't see a lot of people calling him out back in the day - he was that typical "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" type and so people mostly got along with him.

For what every reason, over the last year or two that changed and it now seems like he's far more right-leaning, at least socially, than he ever was in the past. My guess is it was combination of being independent (first with KF and then with his own thing) and the fact that a lot of people have felt more open about racist views since Trump/Brexit over here in general.

That's why I think it's somewhat unfair to criticise people for not calling him out earlier - it's difficult to call out a colleague or friend for having different political views than you (obviously this is just my view from the outside - I have no idea on the innerworkings of IGN/Kinda Funny). Now that those views have turned into something much worse, I feel like most of the gaming press, KF included, have decided to just ignore him rather than call him out.

I also find it difficult to blame Greg too much. It just be hard to have a close friend who changes like that and takes up bigoted views as Colin has and trying to disassociate those kind of views from a decade-long friendship can't be easy either. Multiply that by being in the public eye and relying on that friend for part of your income. I'm not defending Greg but I can see why he never called Colin out before he did.
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Good post, I agree with this summary.
 
Frankie Williamson said:
He did and even offered to fly him to LA and give 2000 dollars to charity.

Holding charity money to ransom for something so stupid sucks. It's the Moriarty way!
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Everytime I read a offer like that, my first question is "Why not just give the money to charity anyway?"

I don't think Colin would do it regardless however.
 
jipazidi said:
It was fairly clear from the start what Colin's politics (he supported Romney in 2012) but he was also pretty good at his job and well spoken on video games for the most part (his histories of... were decent reads for example). He also had some fairly left-leaning views for a Republican, on same-sex marriage for example, which I think is one of the reasons why you didn't see a lot of people calling him out back in the day - he was that typical "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" type and so people mostly got along with him.

For what every reason, over the last year or two that changed and it now seems like he's far more right-leaning, at least socially, than he ever was in the past. My guess is it was combination of being independent (first with KF and then with his own thing) and the fact that a lot of people have felt more open about racist views since Trump/Brexit over here in general.
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he didn't change at all, right-libertarians very often claim to be "socially liberal" but 1) support politicians and policies that are outright reactionary and 2) only support surface level aspects of social liberalism. they will say that black people should have equal rights but oppose any policies designed to address the racial wealth or education gaps. they will say that gay people should be able to get married but businesses should be able to discriminate against them.

in 2017 you'll see these people as "never trump" conservatives who loudly decry the way the president presents himself and at the same time support 95% of his political appointees and policies.
 
This is a whole new level of stupid. For someone supposedly so well versed in American history, he sure has a piss poor understanding of it.
 
Sephzilla said:
I'm not saying anything about ignoring it making racism going away.

I'm saying ignoring Colin makes Colin go away.
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I don't feel like going back and forth on this anymore. Ignoring a racist (Colin) doesn't make it or him go away. People need to get a backbone and call out and fight against racism when they see it. Colin having platform, a dying one, doesn't preclude him from being called out. In fact, the lack of calling racists out and holding them accountable makes the problem worse.

You can disagree, but I'm not having this conversation anymore.
 
I don't understand how the presence of Asians who excel has anything to do with white supremacy. What is the argument he's trying to make?

Like what are the steps to his logic? It honestly just seems like a poorly thought out drunk or high statement.
 
Sephzilla said:
In the replies he also puts Mitch Dyer on blast a little lol
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Just noticed myself. Mitch blocked Bob apparently after their exchange(I suppose Bob was accurate in his accusation that Mitch aggressively defended such views from Colin in the past?)

I quit reading IGN like in 2002, so my knowledge of the staff in the years since only exists due to GAF discussion surrounding KF and dumb gifs surrounding things said on podcasts. Sounds like I missed nothing worthwhile during that tenure.

Still, am now kind of hating the idea of supporting Mitch through BF2 if these allegations are true. Have had enough of these clowns.
 
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