Yeah, that definitely is a reference to Kekistan flag. I don't think we have to treat "kek" as a white supremacist symbol, but the Kekistan itself and the flag is a different story.
I know I learned a lot by reading this, but I can't help but feel less intelligent somehow. This has GOT to be the stupidest thing I've heard of. How in the world did people get this ridiculously dumb and cruel??Well....there it is.
At some point, someone at 4chan happened to seize on a coincidence: There was, in fact, an Egyptian god named Kek. An androgynous god who could take either male or female form, Kek originally was depicted in female form as possessing the head of a frog or a cat and a serpent when male; but during the Greco-Roman period, the male form was depicted as a frog-headed man.
More importantly, Kek was portrayed as a bringer of chaos and darkness, which happened to fit perfectly with the alt-rights self-image as being primarily devoted to destroying the existing world order.
let's get some Anita Sarkeesian gear
I know I learned a lot by reading this, but I can't help but feel less intelligent somehow. This has GOT to be the stupidest thing I've heard of. How in the world did people get this ridiculously dumb and cruel??
Yeah, that definitely is a reference to Kekistan flag. I don't think we have to treat "kek" as a white supremacist symbol, but the Kekistan itself and the flag is a different story.
Best to retire old memes altogether
They certainly seem more important to assholes than the general populance
We dont need this old internet shit. We can leave it buried and move on
oh cmon, those aren't even close...
If a Kekistan flag has been inserted into game assets by someone on staff, I think there's every reason to also be wary of any assets that have blatant green/purple colouring. Just wary. Its non-innocent inclusion would be absolutely unsurprising given the Kek-flag inclusion.
Well, I think this gives them power to turn basically anything into a hate symbol. Suddenly we have to be careful of using any harmless picture or character on social media as it may have been turned into a meme on 4chan. As people said, WoW changes horde "lol" as "kek" for Alliance members. Should they change it now?
Aaanyway, different discussion. Bungie should remove it as they said and it's pretty easy to find who did it, as they surely use version control for their development process.
If a Kekistan flag has been inserted into game assets by someone on staff, I think there's every reason to also be wary of any assets that have blatant green/purple colouring. Just wary. Its non-innocent inclusion would be absolutely unsurprising given the Kek-flag inclusion.
Why is everything turned into a white supremacist thing? Wasn't kek translated lol in WoW when you were the other faction? How do we go from that to white supremacy? And who decides who owns something? Who makes the most memes?
So a Vertical Line, backwards K, 4 Horizontal Lines, a K and a Vertical Line is the same as a backwards K, 3 Horizontal Lines with a K on top and underneath the Horizontal Lines and a K....
I mean there is enough to see a difference between the two.
and KEK = LOL has been for years Star Craft > WoW then most the web.
So a Vertical Line, backwards K, 4 Horizontal Lines, a K and a Vertical Line is the same as a backwards K, 3 Horizontal Lines with a K on top and underneath the Horizontal Lines and a K....
I mean there is enough to see a difference between the two.
and KEK = LOL has been for years Star Craft > WoW then most the web.
Imagine being this dense
So a Vertical Line, backwards K, 4 Horizontal Lines, a K and a Vertical Line is the same as a backwards K, 3 Horizontal Lines with a K on top and underneath the Horizontal Lines and a K....
I mean there is enough to see a difference between the two.
and KEK = LOL has been for years Star Craft > WoW then most the web.
Oh very mature, straight with an insult and no content. Grow up.
Oh very mature, straight with an insult and no content. Grow up.
I don't really get what you're trying to say with this.
Read the thread dude...
You've got a whole thread to educate yourself with. A good start would be under the OP! I'm not responsible for getting you past grade 6 context and comprehension.
My bad, that would how the design slipped throught since that weapon line up was green in on the DLCs, that or Bungie didnt really checkup up all gear design with the exception of exotics which they design personally
Yeah, don't think i'll be buying another Bungie game again.
I have read the thread and you can see clear differences. While there is no denying there is some similarities there is a still gap between the two.
Yeah, don't think i'll be buying another Bungie game again.
Thank god i didn't support this game, this should have been taken care of before release
Thank god i didn't support this game, this should have been taken care of before release
Why? Because they immediately denounced it and moved to remove it from the game before most people even noticed it?
Wow, it finally makes sense.Thanks for this.
For the ppl in the thread:
There you go. How an innocent word become an anthem for hate speech and white nationalism.
Holding Bungie responsible for this is baffling. Most people didn`t even noticed before they did and took it away.
Let`s boycott the company actually doing something to stop hate speech from spreading. That will send a good message all around
People are entitled to their opinions. Bungie should have known about this ahead of time and not let this through QA
You might wanna bring it up subtly in a conversation. "Yo dude, I remembered that green flag thing you posted and I've seen it on the internet a couple of times, what's it about?" If he denounces it, then he's probably cool, if not, well, he might just be doing it because it's "fun to troll the leftists".Wait is this Kek thing actually white supremacist? I can't keep up with all this meme nonsense. My friend was posting stuff a while back about Kekistan and I didn't really get it - seemed like weird 4chan memelord stuff. Has it become full on alt right? Was it always? Is my friend a white supremacist?
People are entitled to their opinions. Bungie should have known about this ahead of time and not let this through QA