Ignoring that being part of Gamergate isn't something you can just go "oops my bad" on, you should also take a look at his current antics like openly retweeting Infowars and joining streams with the likes of Sargon of Akkad.
Maker is Disney? I thought Polaris was Disney?
Or is Maker Polaris?
Anyway Pewdiepie is trash for this, but he became popular on the back of rape and r*tard jokes so it's not that surprising
The joke is he's getting people to say outrageous stuff. It's the definition of satire. You don't have to like it but the point of the video was not "Jews are scum". It's the absurdity of paying somebody to hold up a sign saying it and them doing it.
Why would you even make a joke like this when kids make up a huge percentage of your fanbase?
How is ok for shows like South Park and Always Sunny to parody such topics but not an online entertainer such as PewDiePie?
I don't assume Matt and Trey are Nazis because of the shit Cartman does and the same goes for the Sunny cast. I don't even watch PewDiePie but it's a slippery slope to assume anyone who jokes about such topics support them.
It was a terrible joke, but this article and post are completely taking it out of context to push an agenda which many gaffers are falling for. I don't like the guy but he's not antisemitic, and if you want the full context he posted a video response days after the event explaining his thoughts. Tbh this is a really bad thread.
You can make jokes about anything but not everybody will like it. This is how jokes work.
It's ok to find this unfunny or even to be offended by it, that does not make him a bad person
Wait, what did h3h3 do?100%
It's because of h3h3
I felt like Pewd improved in quality since collaborating with h3h3 but then when h3h3 turned out to be a piece of shit, I'm not surprised that he ended up being a bad influence.
No, these sorts of edgy jokes were never funny, regardless of who you are or who your friends are.
Better question is: Why did he think it was a good idea to pay people to hold up a sign reading "Death to all Jews". And then edit the video. And then upload it.
He's an idiot :\
You can make jokes about anything but not everybody will like it. This is how jokes work.
It's ok to find this unfunny or even to be offended by it, that does not make him a bad person
Wait, what did h3h3 do?
It's fuckin HARD keeping up with this youtube drama
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
Yes a lot of people are saying it's PewDiPie's responsibility to watch or for the kids watching him. Hate to break it to you guys but kids only make up a portion of his viewers. A huge chunk of his viewers are 16-25. He doesn't have to stifle whatever he wants to make because kids happen to watch him. It's free speech.
100%
It's because of h3h3
I felt like Pewd improved in quality since collaborating with h3h3 but then when h3h3 turned out to be a piece of shit, I'm not surprised that he ended up being a bad influence.
No, these sorts of edgy jokes were never funny, regardless of who you are or who your friends are.
I'm not saying he's a bad person, but anti-Semitic jokes normalize anti-Semitism which results in actual bad things happening. PDP is likely poorly informed and immature.You can make jokes about anything but not everybody will like it. This is how jokes work.
It's ok to find this unfunny or even to be offended by it, that does not make him a bad person
Wait, what did h3h3 do?
It's fuckin HARD keeping up with this youtube drama
Ohhh. That whole thing confused me. I always associate Polaris with ATVs anyway 🤷🏽*♀️Pewds was part of Polaris which was owned by Maker, then Disney bought Maker and pewdiepie was roped into it.
I highly doubt he cares about losing his ties to them.
I really only see his videos when there's a thread about them here, like that call out video about the fine bros and the one about csgo lottoI mean, his whole channel is about 'those damn SJWs destroying everything' isn't it?
Oh, gross. That's disappointingTo quote myself:
In his mind it's "just a joke," but the problem is the 10% of kids who take this shit seriously. I bet the mosque shooter read a lot of jokes on the internet too.
no, sounds like a nazi piece of shit to me.
At this point, can someone point me to people in gaming culture who aren't nazis?!?
Wait, what did h3h3 do?
It's fuckin HARD keeping up with this youtube drama
I see. The goal isn't anti-Semitism. The goal is to laugh at poor foreigners that don't speak English.
To quote myself:
Yeah this was really in poor taste, even though he clearly didn't have any bad intentions. Bad joke is all.
more coming?
Glad to know you can speak for every Jew who had a family member in concentration camps.Sure are shit if it was his family that ended up in a concentration camp he wouldn't be making jokes like that. That's the problem here.
My guess is everyone here who sees no issue with this sort of repeated thing at all likely has no personal connections to what happened either.
And he was old enough to distinguish, so that's hardly something that pushed him into the corner.
Not really the smartest connection you can make.
more coming?
I'm not defending it but he was clearly attempting generalized absurd/outrage humor. "Can I get these people to do this crazy thing? Let's see."
Serious question: terrible sense of humor aside, do people think he's a genuine Jew-hating Neo Nazi? The kind who wants an all white nation and push "inferiors" into ghettoes and ovens? Or is it more plausible that he's an idiot edgelord who overestimated his ability to be cutting edge and funny?
I'm not defending it but he was clearly attempting generalized absurd/outrage humor. "Can I get these people to do this crazy thing? Let's see."
Serious question: terrible sense of humor aside, do people think he's a genuine Jew-hating Neo Nazi? The kind who wants an all white nation and push "inferiors" into ghettoes and ovens? Or is it more plausible that he's an idiot edgelord who overestimated his ability to be cutting edge and funny?
Yeah, I'm sure it was that known antisemite piece of shit h3h3 putting him up to these stunts. What are you on about?
I'm not defending it but he was clearly attempting generalized absurd/outrage humor. "Can I get these people to do this crazy thing? Let's see."
Serious question: terrible sense of humor aside, do people think he's a genuine Jew-hating Neo Nazi? The kind who wants an all white nation and push "inferiors" into ghettoes and ovens? Or is it more plausible that he's an idiot edgelord who overestimated his ability to be cutting edge and funny?
h3h3 is Jewish tho100%
It's because of h3h3
I felt like Pewd improved in quality since collaborating with h3h3 but then when h3h3 turned out to be a piece of shit, I'm not surprised that he ended up being a bad influence.
No, these sorts of edgy jokes were never funny, regardless of who you are or who your friends are.
So saying "Hitler did nothing wrong" as a joke is also clever satire?
And come on. Like some other poster would have said. He even edited the video, submitted it. And if they wouldnt have done it, who knows? Maybe he would have found someone else to do it.
h3h3 is Jewish tho
Feel like a lot of people have been cutting ties with Polaris either because they wanna go independent or because they just dont care for political correctness anymore.
Not that you should be doing this stuff if you work for Disney but im seeing it a lot. The comparisons to H3H3 are unfair honestly.
It's not about pushing someone into a corner. It's about slowly leading people into the corner as they grow up on YouTube, reddit, and 4chan and become desensitized to racism, misogyny, and bigotry. The internet has made a mockery out of every group besides straight white men, and if you criticize them you're a SJW. Internet celebs are a really terrible influence on young people.
h3h3 is Jewish tho
Also keep in mind that he cost those men their account on Fiver, which is likely their only source of real income.