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PewDiePie defends Polish politician who believes women are less intelligent than men
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TetraGenesis
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Children watch this.
Children watch this and think, "Oh, I didn't realize that."
I've come to realize lately that racists will never die off, sexists will never die off, bigots and hate mongers and the protectors of the privileged status quo will not die off. They just keep breeding. They keep being told they're right and they stick to the same little corner of the internet where nothing could possibly challenge that.
I used to have so much faith in the inevitable march of progress. Ha.
*sighs, defeated*
Children watch this and think, "Oh, I didn't realize that."
I've come to realize lately that racists will never die off, sexists will never die off, bigots and hate mongers and the protectors of the privileged status quo will not die off. They just keep breeding. They keep being told they're right and they stick to the same little corner of the internet where nothing could possibly challenge that.
I used to have so much faith in the inevitable march of progress. Ha.
*sighs, defeated*
psychowave
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Normally I wouldn't give a fuck what this idiot says, but his audience is largely made up of young, impressionable kids. Millions of them, in fact. That's horrifying.
I'm totally out of the loop.
Wasn't he that youtube dude produced by some Disney subsidiary?
Keyword is "was", they dropped him when he went full nazi
JonnyDBrit
Member
I just don't get why celebrities, especially one who's trade is to stream videogames would ever throw their hat in anything political or social. What's your motivation? Just shut up, make your videos and cash checks.
Broadly, youtube celebrities reacting to stuff and giving their perspective on it is a thing. Positively, it can shine the spotlight on an issue and get their fandom involved to address it - see how DeFranco's involvement really rallied people against DaddyOFive. But it can also lead to results like this where the celebrity tries to reveal the 'truth' about a seemingly, obviously bad thing. PDP in particular has a problem since he's been pushed into the anti-mainstream media crowd, so I would wager like he's got a kneejerk reaction to assume that as the comments couldn't be as bad as they're presented, despite his claims that on first viewing it he was appalled as anyone reasonable should be. Add in that he gets brownie points from the alt-right crowd when he says stuff like this, and yeah...
WSJ wrote an article about when he dressed up as Hitler and it snowballed. Disney (I think) cancelled the show they were planning with PewdiepieDidn't he lose a TV show deal over something else?
Yaphett Kotto
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I await h3h3's defense video. I'd love to be proven wrong though.
Makes no sense how he would defend him knowing the videos he creates and his wife's origins.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
This stupid asshole doesn't know when to quit.
WSJ wrote an article about when he dressed up as Hitler and it snowballed. Disney (I think) cancelled the show they were planning with Pewdiepie
After it was filmed and he was paid.
Makes no sense how he would defend him knowing the videos he creates and his wife's origins.
Didn't stop him throwing in with Jon Tron. H3H3 is a hypocritical piece of shit too.
Children watch this.
Children watch this and think, "Oh, I didn't realize that."
I've come to realize lately that racists will never die off, sexists will never die off, bigots and hate mongers and the protectors of the privileged status quo will not die off. They just keep breeding. They keep being told they're right and they stick to the same little corner of the internet where nothing could possibly challenge that.
I used to have so much faith in the inevitable march of progress. Ha.
*sighs, defeated*
The other day I came across a 12 year old's twitter where all he did was talk about Clash of Clans and re-tweet dumb memes about how bad Feminists are. Youtubers are shit.
Makes no sense how he would defend him knowing the videos he creates and his wife's origins.
Youtubers protect Youtubers. They consider an attack against one of them as an attack against all. Anything that threatens being able to live/sustain yourself by being a youtuber is the enemy. PDP being a shitlord and making people lose faith in the idea of youtube celebrities is considered a risk to them.
Frozenprince
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People defended the hell out of him the last time. It will be the same again.
Yep. His stans will dance for him as much as he needs too, which is why he'll never want for money or sponsorship.
WSJ wrote an article about when he dressed up as Hitler and it snowballed. Disney (I think) cancelled the show they were planning with Pewdiepie
Disgusting and kids I know adore him.
WiiredShawn
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I sincerely hope all the "get these politics outta my vidjya games!" people will come out in full force to combat this unholy collusion.
Oh, but wait, it's dumb and involves shitting on women, so it's cool.
Oh, but wait, it's dumb and involves shitting on women, so it's cool.
We've made it, what, 200,000 years with homo sapiens not being to separate themselves from racism, hate, violence, etc. I'm starting to think it's hard wired into our DNA.Children watch this.
Children watch this and think, "Oh, I didn't realize that."
I've come to realize lately that racists will never die off, sexists will never die off, bigots and hate mongers and the protectors of the privileged status quo will not die off. They just keep breeding. They keep being told they're right and they stick to the same little corner of the internet where nothing could possibly challenge that.
I used to have so much faith in the inevitable march of progress. Ha.
*sighs, defeated*
GameAddict411
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Before, the WSJ did twist some of the video for him to appear worse than he, and He still fucked up though. This time there are no excuses. He put himself there.
SuperStiltzkin
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Look what happens when you find out you have an audience that will support you no matter what dumb shit you say and do. You just wallow in the stupidity knowing you'll be just as successful, if not more so because all the pieces of shit who agree with whatever dumb shit you spout will prop you up as their representative.
I await boogie saying we should meet him half way on women being stupid.
Pewdiepie is just trying on a new hat!
Where are all his defenders now? I remember that thread of many people on this forum defending him and acting like he was just innocently ignorant or some shit like that.
Give H3H3 and Boogie some time man!
I batted for Felix before. I regret it now.
I really thought he'd realise and make a change after last time.
All his buddies, fans, and alt-righters came out to defend him. No way would he self reflect when so many are telling him that he's right.
If I had the choice to get millions from Disney for relatively simply routine every second day or so or have the ability to make anti-semitic jokes and (kinda?) defend sexist people, I'd probably not choose the later.
But I guess too much money just makes people stupid.
I can see why people who are essentially self-employed and mainly famous for their personalities would end up becoming more conservative, but I'm at a loss on the sexism/racism/fucking stupidity angle.
Yaphett Kotto
Member
Didn't stop him throwing in with Jon Tron. H3H3 is a hypocritical piece of shit too.
Didn't realize that.
I'm just going to stick to content creators that I know aren't fuckboys.
Frozenprince
Banned
Fifty bucks says he's one of those "Sweden is a Caliphate now" types. Who sees a Somali man on the street and thinks horrible shit.
DontBeThatGuy
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There's a generation of kids being raised on Youtube and Twitch. I worry about that.
ReplacementPelican
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Why is he even taking about this politician? Do they have a connection or something?
Yep. His stans will dance for him as much as he needs too, which is why he'll never want for money or sponsorship.
I like to think that it is a little less each and every time.
I like to think a lot of things
I remember reading an article that it's very common among those working at Silicon Valley to be strict with how much exposure their children have to tech because they understand it's dangers first hand (Steve Jobs famously never let his kids use an iPad iirc)There's a generation of kids being raised on Youtube and Twitch. I worry about that.
Garrett Hawke
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56 million kids.
Absolutely terrifying.
Absolutely terrifying.
Isn't he still making tons off YouTube?Guess he accepted his career tanked so he went full Alt-right.
Broadly, youtube celebrities reacting to stuff and giving their perspective on it is a thing. Positively, it can shine the spotlight on an issue and get their fandom involved to address it - see how DeFranco's involvement really rallied people against DaddyOFive. But it can also lead to results like this where the celebrity tries to reveal the 'truth' about a seemingly, obviously bad thing. PDP in particular has a problem since he's been pushed into the anti-mainstream media crowd, so I would wager like he's got a kneejerk reaction to assume that as the comments couldn't be as bad as they're presented, despite his claims that on first viewing it he was appalled as anyone reasonable should be. Add in that he gets brownie points from the alt-right crowd when he says stuff like this, and yeah...
DeFranco went off the deep end for me a long time ago.
In fact, fuck YouTube personalities in general - the sooner their well dries the better.
I'll still rep for proper content creators though, like RealLife Lore and factual content people.
People defended the hell out of him the last time. It will be the same again.
First time there was a case to make for him. This time tho... yikas.
There's a generation of kids being raised on Youtube and Twitch. I worry about that.
We saw it happen with 4chan, but i think it will be marginally better. Because Twitch and Youtube have massive amount of shit on them. But they also have some actual good people on there. They might not be as popular as the shit heads but I am glad they are there and people are watching.
Fifty bucks says he's one of those "Sweden is a Caliphate now" types. Who sees a Somali man on the street and thinks horrible shit.
I would assume this about him as well. I'm sure he'll let that slip on his channel sooner or later.
Isn't he still making tons off YouTube?
Im not sure, i think he was cutoff his main source of income when disney cut ties with him, im not sure if he's still doing "millions" without that.
mavericktopgun
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Please ignore such 'Youtube Stars'. Enough hate in this world.
Psychoward
Banned
And here come all the moderate youtubers to tell us that we've gotta meet him in the middle and hold hands
Frozenprince
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Y'all imagine children's programming 30 years ago saying this kind of shit?
Mr. Rodgers told me every damn morning that I was just as special as the white kids living next door to me. Reading Rainbow taught me that everybody is equal when you've got knowledge.
Pewdiepie is teaching kids that rape is funny and women should shut the hell up.
Mr. Rodgers told me every damn morning that I was just as special as the white kids living next door to me. Reading Rainbow taught me that everybody is equal when you've got knowledge.
Pewdiepie is teaching kids that rape is funny and women should shut the hell up.
Now imagine this person feeding this drivel covertly to your children three times a week via youtube.
This reminds me of that thread about alt right video game you tubers radicalizing the youth. There's a whole generation of trolls coming soon that are going to make my life a living hell/ They turn into lawyers, doctors, cops, firefighters, EMTs, bondsmen, prosecutors, chief of police etc.
PDP doesn't know when to stop. He recovered some of his fame but now goes back to where he was before to an extent. The extent that he has his fan base but shouldn't gain conventional fans.
This reminds me of that thread about alt right video game you tubers radicalizing the youth. There's a whole generation of trolls coming soon that are going to make my life a living hell/ They turn into lawyers, doctors, cops, firefighters, EMTs, bondsmen, prosecutors, chief of police etc.
PDP doesn't know when to stop. He recovered some of his fame but now goes back to where he was before to an extent. The extent that he has his fan base but shouldn't gain conventional fans.
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