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Disney cuts ties with PewDiePie after he posts antisemetic videos
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And your point is caller?
TimeEffect
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Wtf? He says fuck and shit constantly
How is he partnering with disney
How is he partnering with disney
Silent Hill
Banned
Hes becoming a bit of a dick if im honest. This whole youtube thing has really got to his head.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
What do either of those things have to do with one another?
Because his girlfriend is good looking and he's wealthy he can get away with anti-Semitic images?
Did you actually think that through?
Time Flashes
Neo Member
I don't see what the problem with this is. Whether you find it funny or not, it is clearly a joke. As for kids who watch Pewdiepie's videos, well, that's bad for their parents because his videos are not entirely appropriate for certain ages.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Psychology Gaf is in full effect here. :')
Well you heard it here folks. As long as you make money, it's perfectly ok to say and do shitty things.
I know lifelong conservatives in their 60s who make jokes at Trump's expense. Finding Trump ridiculous is not in any way limited to liberals.
Which they got back
-Pyromaniac-
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What a fucking stupid joke. I'm the least uptight person imaginable and I personally don't care but that doesn't stop the obvious fact that it was a bad fucking idea lol.
It's also not funny which is the real offense.
It's also not funny which is the real offense.
Disney owns a LOT of stuff.
There was the "both sides are bad" video he did.
Frozenprince
Banned
Humor is not a catch all excuse for behavior and actions.
Especially when you have impressionable kids watching you and emulating you.
"It's just a joke" is not an excuse.
Especially when you have impressionable kids watching you and emulating you.
"It's just a joke" is not an excuse.
Rellik
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It's a company that Disney own.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Joke about Nazis while they're on the comeback brehs
So obviously I'm getting a lot of flame for the post I made, but I made it simply because I think it's outrageous that people jump the gun all the way to "PDP is nazi scum shitbag".
I'm not saying he doesn't deserve what happened to him, especially when dealing with Disney, but come the fuck on guys.
Ya'll gonna watch that video and immediately jump to the conclusion that he's a nazi? Not to mention the "subscribe to keemstar" part, who is a real piece of garbage.
People complained.
I assume people didn't complain with his swearing, or at least not enough for Disney to care.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
After the course of events over the past year or so, I think you gotta be smarter about how you approach Nazi shit now.
And while I've watched very little of this guy's material, "smart" would be the last word I'd use to describe it.
And it could be argued that one who uses nazi advisors and implements nazi policies is probably at least a quasi-nazi himself.
You just accurately described the majority of Trump's cabinet. Except the Italian girlfriend part.
Yeah, that's starting to sound a lots less like an innocent mistake and more like a theme.
People make mistakes, but nine times? When you work for Disney?
I as an adult don't really care. But I as a father of 3 don't want my kids to come up to me and ask "Why is killing the jews funny?". Not a conversation I want to have.
Yep this does not fly with me I have zero tolerance for it.
Randomizer
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I assume the humour is the shock value that the two Indian guys would actually write and record the message in the first place. Saying 'Death to All Jews' isn't funny but getting someone who is unaware of the meaning to say or in this case write and display it, could be perceived as funny.
CosmicGroinPull
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Did he get tired of making a shit ton of money, or was it getting too easy?
Chairmanchuck
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Darryl M R
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Ethan, PhillyD, Boogie, and GradeAUnderA all came out with videos like that, and they all left my subscription list. I can admit I found their videos [very] entertaining at times but I couldn't listen to them after they hit me with that crap.
Now back to PewD he really has an obsession with Nazi themes for his videos. Like I mentioned before I am a fan of his darker humor but he has crossed the line with this video after already testing his limits in prior videos.
I'm surprised to hear that he is banned from Twitter now.
Yup. PewDiePie's audience is full of 10-13 year old kids. Saying "fuck" is one thing - ultimately harmless. This kind of shit? Completely unacceptable.
Not to mention that actual Nazis love, love to hide behind that "it's just a joke!" bullshit.
WSJ video report about this article showing clips of the videos mentioned in the article: http://www.wsj.com/video/disney-cut...pie/AF3B6886-3245-4C48-AD5D-098F1E1ABEA9.html
I think the jokes are very bad and he deserves to lose his partnership over this. I also think that he's clearly being ironic and edgy and isn't actually a nazi, but given how visible he is it's an extremely poor choice of actions to do what he does, but he doesn't give a shit.He's too detached from reality to empathize with the consequences of his jokes. It's just shock value to him, he doesn't get it.
Not saying this to excuse him at all.
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That one, was him showing videos of things people created in his game. He was saying "please don't do this" when showing that image. It's disingenuous to mention that one. The rest is legit though.
Explain how that relates to using he has money and a hot girlfriend as an excuse?
So you did, thank you sir.
Sigh, you can't act surprised when an act occurs that you literally requested.
Indeed.
It certainly wasn't.
That was more of me just making a shitty post, I'll admit to that.
I think you are looking for the phrase "Jumping the gun".
But I think a lot of Youtubers have indeed "Jumped the Shark".
Frozenprince
Banned
I don't think he's a Nazi either. I agree he's probably just been in the bubble his game created for him for so long he didn't see the forest for the trees.
But yeah, he should know better. He's 27 years old.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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I think the jokes are very bad and he deserves to lose his partnership over this. I also think that he's clearly being ironic and edgy and isn't actually a nazi, but given how visible he is it's an extremely poor choice of actions to do what he does, but he doesn't give a shit.He's too detached from reality to empathize with the consequences of his jokes. It's just shock value to him, he doesn't get it.
Not saying this to excuse him at all.
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That one, was him showing videos of things people created in his game. He was saying "please don't do this" when showing that image. It's disingenuous to mention that one. The rest is legit though.
Did you see the text put on that image by SPLC
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Holy fuck. You can tell right when they reveal the message he knew he fucked up.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
I dont recall that one.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
I generally like him, but that is such a totally moronic thing to do, sheesh.
He did several ones. I complained about them in the H3 OT and got called a SJW. Many of my friends stopped following H3 over those videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzz6gx09zLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OG8tqbxLR0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTc-EiwHqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7E-NFJaAgk
Earthbound64
Banned
And it took over a month for anyone to realize that was unacceptable?
ClarkZuckerberg
Neo Member
Maybe parents should learn to, you know, parent. Monitor your kids. It's your own fault if they watch PewDiPie. All of his content is R rated. He swears like a sailor.
Darryl M R
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Then why upload and publish the video?
That's the thing the bothers me the most, if he wants to apologize and say he didn't think they would do it then explain why you had to make the video instead of just referencing it.
Did he? I mean it's not like it was live or her had to upload it. Don't be gullible
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