Colin Moriarty is leaving Kinda Funny Games.
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maybe colin brings a ps4 for joe
Sword Of Doom
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Yes he suffers from the same issue most outspoken conservative do....lack of empathy.
They don't understand until they experience something themselves.
FinaruDensetsu
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He's spreading shit to his many followers (many of whom have far more extreme beliefs than even he has) such as scolding minorities and telling them how to act given the current political climate. He's supporting people who are proven racists (and not just the kind of support where you do it at the ballot box), but to shoot it out there to his hundreds of thousands of supporters. As a person in the minority, sorry but I'm not going to shut up about that. You calling valid criticism "mean" really isn't going to do a thing.
You know that quote, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."?
I'm not saying Colin is evil, but some of the ideas he's propounded are.
paragonpro
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Man it sucks seeing him go down this road. I have such fond memories of listening to gim greg and clements on beyond. I guess this was always coming, i just never picked up on the signs but started to more and more as i got older and more into politics
Floyd
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Go watch the video. He didn't start crying because he was being criticized. I think the entirety of his predicament dawned on him suddenly and he got over whelmed.
Floyd
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I have no problem with that. Thanks for clarifying why my post bothered you.
excelsiorlef
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What predicament? He's going on a media tour to set up a new solo political career...
SolidSnakex
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Joe's shows are 2-3 hours long. He's not going to sit there talking about that one subject for that amount of time.
Morrigan Stark
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Bahahahaha
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
So Vince Ingenito is also getting harassed by the StandWithColin crowd for apparently liking a tweet that called out Colin's women's day tweet.
And Colin's the one who complains about a witch hunt.
And Colin's the one who complains about a witch hunt.
The predicament of saying regressive stuff, doubling down, cultivating a toxic fanbase, going on a maryrydom tour, and setting up a new business venture for himself to play off of it? That is a generous interpretation of the word predicament.
meanspartan
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I think now I'm mostly just sad that one of the best duos in the industry, Colin and Greg, are over. Been listening to them for the better part of a decade.
Floyd
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There are numerous things in life that drive peoples emotions, money being just one part of that.
He is in such a perdiament, that is why he almost immediately lined up multiple appearances on popular podcasts to tell his story which just coincides with him not wanting to just talk about games anymore. This obviously blindsided him and he was suprised by what transpired.
*roll eyes*
chromatic9
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Colin's vocal fry is really bad in the Rubin interview.
Might want to get rid of that if he's planning to be a dishevelled Milo 2.0
Might want to get rid of that if he's planning to be a dishevelled Milo 2.0
Floyd
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Very cynical of you. I don't know the man personally. I don't think you do either. But sure he might be completely full of shit. But he appeared genuine.
Oh look, another post positing blame on those speaking out against the shit being spewed rather than at the person spewing it. Original.
It's never great for anyone to get into a situation that's overwhelming and frightening. It also has to suck to have a lot of people criticizing you.
You know what also sucks, and I would argue sucks even more than that? Institutionalized sexism and racism, the kinds of things that Colin's comments and behaviors support. Imagine if instead of you spending years spewing regressive comments about other groups and then being treated poorly for it, people just treated you that way naturally. And also, instead of critical tweet replies being the thing you have to worry about, you had to worry about your safety and well-being every day?
I'm not sure how much empathy people are expected to show for someone who seems to posses very little for the groups he goes after.
Omnistalgic
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Guys is their really a way to say Colin is evil though? Like really? I just dont know if thats possible without personally knowing someone. but regardless, thats not my point. Its really not about being wrong or right. We are just being ugly.
And in the end, what is it really doing?
pretty sure colin called him out on the show today which is probably why
he brought up someone who he claimed responsibility for getting employed which I think is vince and ign. he didn't name names on the show but I believe he's spoken about being responsible for vince's hiring in the past so his followers likely just connected the dots.
the only post you quoted with the word "evil" in it said that he wasn't evil but the ideas were
Has anyone actually called him evil? Personally, I made it a point to say I didn't think it was even worth engaging in discourse over whether anyone is "truly racist/sexist" or whatever is in their hearts or whatever people want to say now. That said, his comments and actions are unambiguous. That tweet on women's day was sexist. His other comments aren't much better. Look at those tweets.
I'm unsure of how he's not deserving of criticism here. I don't know him personally, and it doesn't matter either way. I don't need to comment on who he is in the depths of his soul to know that his comments contribute to regressive discourse that serves only to further marginalize groups that have already been so for centuries now.
If you want to make Colin a victim for experiencing the consequences of speaking out poorly on behalf of a brand, go ahead. But there's millions of people out there getting much worse simply by virtue of who they are and his comments and attitude facilitate it.
Darryl M R
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What does he mean by his "culture"? Gaming? Conservative? White?
paragonpro
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Idk if id say hes a racist or sexist, but I think he needs to step back and put himself in someone elses shoes before he makes comments about triggers/ safe spaces. Its easy to say that it sounds rediculous as a straight white dude but thats because we are not in the minority. He needs to consider how a trigger warning may have helped someone avoid reliving the stress of a tramatic experience, or how a safe space helped someone find themselves and come out. I used to be the same way, infact im sure you can find threads from earlier last year where i bemoned someone for being offended at something, but after soul searching i realized its wrong of me to tell someone what should and should not bother them when im not in their shoes, i hope he realizes the same thing.
Anton Sugar
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He's already banned but don't bite too hard on that. That kind of absolutist strawman is exactly what leads to the arguments we've been curtailing this whole thread.
Colin needs to be called out for his hypocritical "benign" bigotry. It is benign only in the sense that it's piecemeal and hidden under the guise of centrism/libertarianism. It makes it hard to point at a single thing and say "bad man" but when you add all those instances over the years, it paints a pretty clear picture of who he is and what he believes.
Colin needs to be called out for his hypocritical "benign" bigotry. It is benign only in the sense that it's piecemeal and hidden under the guise of centrism/libertarianism. It makes it hard to point at a single thing and say "bad man" but when you add all those instances over the years, it paints a pretty clear picture of who he is and what he believes.
IDontBeatGames
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What? did he actually cry?!
lol, oh Colin
Just watched it:
"When I was out there drowning you were the first person to offer me your hand. You are my newest friend but you acted like my oldest when people I have known for years abandoned me. Thank you"
Agreed. There's been way too many posts where someone pops up for their first comment, creates a strawman, then tries to defend Colin as the victim. "I can't believe people here are calling him a puppy-murdering cannibal! Outrage culture needs to stop." No one has accused him of holocaust denial, being evil, etc.
Wait is this an actual quote?
yes
IDontBeatGames
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Yes, he then started tearing up and wiping his face. They took a break and then started answering questions from the stream.
I hope so, I found his discussion with Rubin pretty level headed.This was my first exposure to Rubin also who I went back though his YouTube video list and saw some other shows I'd like to listen to.
Ninja Scooter
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Should have told him to stop overreacting since the sun will come up tomorrow.
Time to grow the fuck up!
Darryl M R
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This is the Rubin video? I had it casually on in the background but I didn't catch that line. Can you provide a timestamp?
Wait is this a different stream?
Haven't watched this, but...
...really? I mean, is he referring to the KF guys here?
Man, they had a good thing going. Sad to see it fall apart. I'll continue to follow both sides, but nowhere near as much as the old KF.
...really? I mean, is he referring to the KF guys here?
Man, they had a good thing going. Sad to see it fall apart. I'll continue to follow both sides, but nowhere near as much as the old KF.
ShironRedshift
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You'd think if that's how he really feels that this whole thing would give him empathy toward women and that if he's bothered by the criticism of his "joke" to then imagine how that made women feel to begin with and maybe, just maybe realize that wasn't such a cool thing to say after all, but yet...
It's obvious the guy is scrambling and completely overwhelmed by the predicament he finds himself in. Instead of apologizing for that tweet and taking the hit, he chose to stand by it and attack dissenters, and has been slowly watching himself lose friends, fans and people that respect him, myself included.
I don't think he was referring to the KF guys since he thank them several times during the stream. I think he was probably referring to some people from the industry, IGN people for example.
That was a great stream. Hats off to Rubin and wishing the best to Colin.
greatnorthern
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This. For all of the "aww, special snowflake" pejoratives thrown from the right at the left, it's actually those levying those insults that are the most sensitive. Transference is real.
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