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PewDiePie calls someone a "fucking n****r" during PUBG livestream
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It has to be noted that Europe at large is very oblivious when it comes to their racism.
But he wasn't. So its irrelevant.
A lot of you people don't realize how much "nigger" hurts African Americans emotionally on the inside when used.
Its not something we can throw back at anyone else with an equivalent phrase. we have a history of hundreds upon hundreds of years of traumatization ingrained in us from that word.
There is no word like it, that is why it is specifically used by white people for shock value either online or offline to dehumanize black americans. You have to understand this before dismissing criticism of someone using that word. We only became 'free' 40 years ago or so, and its obvious we still have a long way to go.
Its not something we can throw back at anyone else with an equivalent phrase. we have a history of hundreds upon hundreds of years of traumatization ingrained in us from that word.
There is no word like it, that is why it is specifically used by white people for shock value either online or offline to dehumanize black americans. You have to understand this before dismissing criticism of someone using that word. We only became 'free' 40 years ago or so, and its obvious we still have a long way to go.
In this case him being from EU doesn't explain him using the n word. Especially like he did.
It might've been relevant if he was singing a song and slipped or a more innocent context but here he uses it as an insult and a very deliberate one.
Racial slurs aren't a worldwide thing but here he knows that shouldn't use it and still did.
It might've been relevant if he was singing a song and slipped or a more innocent context but here he uses it as an insult and a very deliberate one.
Racial slurs aren't a worldwide thing but here he knows that shouldn't use it and still did.
Are you for fucking real? Educate yourself for crying out loud.
First, Davis didn't have a history. Second, do you remember Ryan Davis's response? He was clearly mortified, very apologetic, promised never to do it again, and then never did it again (it's this last part that's especially important).
People make mistakes. That's not what's happening here, this is a sustained pattern of behavior.
BottleFlip
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Strongly agree with this. Thankfully I think this is the second to last nail in the coffin for pewdiepie.
Are you six years old or is this the first time you've had contact with the outside world?
Messofanego
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Gamergate dude. Most recent idiocy was he went after a journalist for his bad Cuphead gameplay which led to a whole host of harassment.
Dumb. A conversation about the situation isn't giving him anything. What is happening is the opposite. It's exposing him for the shitheel that he is. And with the added bonus of having an illustration of "This is unacceptable. This is what you should not do" for those that don't quite get it yet.
Daffy Duck
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I'd love to know what country you are from that the N word is not known to you.
It'll be pretty hard for Pewdiepie to weasel his way out of this one. You don't just accidentally call someone that word.
Yup, that's him.
Yup, that's him.
Even if you think we live is a parallel universe where the term isn't offensive; He still used it to refer to someone negatively.
His second description, and thus substitute for the n-word, for the one he was insulting was "asshole". Therefore he's calling someone black as if that's a negative thing to be; literally, the person is apparently black and thus an arsehole. So, even if you don't believe the n-word to be offensive, the context he used it is would still be offensive.
Also, he said "sorry" (casually, not sincerely), so he was clearly aware what he just said was wrong.
His second description, and thus substitute for the n-word, for the one he was insulting was "asshole". Therefore he's calling someone black as if that's a negative thing to be; literally, the person is apparently black and thus an arsehole. So, even if you don't believe the n-word to be offensive, the context he used it is would still be offensive.
Also, he said "sorry" (casually, not sincerely), so he was clearly aware what he just said was wrong.
Orochinagis
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You cannot simply say nigger without being specific about it.
CaptainClaw
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I'm not a teacher I don't have to tell someone about the context of a word...they should take it upon themselves to know.
"Do the best you can to know better. Then when you know better, do better"
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I don't see how you could possibly defend that. He's clearly a racist shitheel.
Copper
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We need multiple 50+ page threads about it. I don't think we've quite established he's a racist ass yet.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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lol
At this point, I have to wonder if Americans deserve the reputation for being ignorant because if you talk to any Black person living in outside the US they'd tell you that they get called the n word or regional variants of that word because anti-blackness is a global affair.
Does the education system touch on how the US was built? That slave labor was the economic force? How they treated slaves and their decedents? I find it hard to believe that topic was never even touched on.
I feel like people are lying just to create a strawman.
The word itself is considered an extreme slur in Sweden as well. So there's some context for y'all. He knows what it means and that's all that matters.
HarryDemeanor
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I'm shocked.
Not really. The guy is trash.
Not really. The guy is trash.
Bobby Roberts
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Question is how many of his colleagues/friends on YouTube are gonna actually cut him off/cut him out finally?
One?
Half of one?
Any?
One?
Half of one?
Any?
BossDarkseid
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I have no idea who Ryan Davis is but whataboutism doesn't exactly help, considering its not the first time PewDiePie has been embroiled in race-related controversy...plus he's a fucking grown adult, you could call someone a fucking bastard or cunt in a heated moment but how many times does someone "slip up" and say the N word?
Unless you're predisposed to thinking that's acceptable, even as some slur/curse. I still occasionally hear people say faggot in the same way that people still say autistic/retarded...bunch of stupid idiots who think these words are either acceptable or a form of insult.
I guess also there's a case of how many times do you give someone a pass for something before you wonder if they're even trying to learn from their mistakes.
GuessMyUserName
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soundscream
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Glass Shark
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Ignore him, he literally plays a character like Rush Limbaugh or Tucker Carlson. He only actually believes any of this shit to the degree that it will get him Twitter followers. He literally has nothing important to say about anything and his only contribution to conversations is jumping on the most controversial side of things immediately.
This is a guy who said we had never been to space and then tried to explain it away when he was called out for being a fucking moron.
NoMoreTrolls
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That'll definitely help his image. Dumbass.
the anime man
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Spoilers: none of them
Carnby
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Ian Miles Cheong doesn't miss a beat in defending racism!
I literally had this same argument with my white coworker who said he should have the right to say the n word. Except he actually said the n word.
He's a writer for a far right website who retweets racist people like PrisonPlanet and Notch.
So clearly, PewDiePie has some solid people backing him up.
Yep.
Just keep the names of these other people out of your mouth. Ryan Davis didn't lead up to it with MONTHS of racist commentary, didn't watch archival Nazi videos on his stream, didn't immediately equate the word to another insult seconds later, and he went out of his way to apologize over that.
It's not even remotely comparable.
Like, it's continents apart.
Just keep these other people's names out of your mouth.
Defend PewDiePie's racist comment straight up or admit that it was indefensible.
Please tell me this is a photoshop.
What's the point of asking rhetorical questions Bobby
Honest question here so don't burn me at the stake.
Do we need to censor words if we're just talking about someone word using the word? If you're not using the word yourself and just use it in a context not directed at someone, does it need censoring?
How do people feel about this?
Do we need to censor words if we're just talking about someone word using the word? If you're not using the word yourself and just use it in a context not directed at someone, does it need censoring?
How do people feel about this?
Negative number, as he'll gain some new friends like the Sargon of Akkad crowd.
I'm genuinely curious how the word cracker came to be. I assume it has something to do with "cracking the whip"?
Eh, it's just a courtesy to do it, I feel. We all know what's being said, but it's not like adding asterisks in place of the full word is ruining anyone's day
Ninja Scooter
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There are enough alt-right/gg shitheads with money to burn on the internet who will turn him into a martyr and support someone like Pew Die Pie even if everyone else cuts him off. See: Moriarty, Colin.
lowhighkang_LHK
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Who the fuck is still donating to this guy. A POS who's already a millionaire? Fucking kids, stop taking mommy and daddies credit card to "support" this guy.
I mean, I'm not necessarily surprised that a Youtuber who built his audience by screaming and making rape jokes is a racist too.
On a side note, I tend to notice people who say discriminatory slurs in heated moments are people who use them in private. I grew up saying the word retard as a pre-teen and only once I cut it out from my vocabulary did I stop instinctively saying it in heated moments.
On a side note, I tend to notice people who say discriminatory slurs in heated moments are people who use them in private. I grew up saying the word retard as a pre-teen and only once I cut it out from my vocabulary did I stop instinctively saying it in heated moments.
Messofanego
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The N word is absolutely known to N30RYU, why do you think he censored the word? If he was apparently from some part of Europe where the N word wasn't offensive at all and he doesn't know the history of it, he would have said the whole word.
chromatic9
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Said it so casually too.
Does seem like the word is popular with 20 somethings online.
Does seem like the word is popular with 20 somethings online.
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