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Pewdiepie just can't help himself with the N word...the 4th time
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Muffin1611
Banned
Pretty sure that I read that he got one strike for it with three strikes resulting in takedown of the channel.
Edit: Ah here: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/14/16309430/pewdiepie-campo-santo-strike
Not three strikes, one more than that.
Jaguar Victory
Member
I let my son listen to Kwing or ZackScott. That's about it.
Tbh I thought something would happen after Sandyhook. Dead children in their own school. Deranged gunman who very obviously shouldn't have a gun.
But no. NRA is too strong and congress too cowardly.
Big tobacco's back was broken but I have no idea what will ever break the NRA.
IIRC, Billy Bush was defending Ryan Lochte after he was caught lying about being robbed at gunpoint to save face about vandalizing a gas station in Rio. Roker didnt like how Bush was sugarcoating the incident.
Only thing that will make them do something is more advertisers pulling out cause of this.
rakkadakka
Member
At this point GAF is just doing free publicity for him.
People sure are ballsy behind anonymityMan, I wonder how the Firewatch fair DMCA strike went
But again, saying the n word aint racist, guys
I think he realizes it's wrong, but the issue is that he's "grown up", or failed to, read it as you will, in a vile environment where everyone says this kind of thing for shits and giggles. Unfortunately, it seems like it's something that's become second nature for him by now, but the fact he's at least saying he doesn't want to say it anymore is... well, better than nothing.
I know some peeps will take this reply as being apologetic to PDP, which really isn't what I want to come off as, but at the end of the day I think the guy is simply an idiot. For the longest time he looked at this word, and many other things, as just some dumb things people repeated online and threw around as insults without a real care in the world. Now, be it because he's growing a conscience or because everyone's onto him and it's affecting him, he seems to be realizing, slowly, but surely, that he won't get a free pass. As such, he's at least trying to avoid it. Sure, babysteps, but you gotta start somewhere.
Does that give him an excuse? Does that make it less of a racist act? Nope. In a way, this 'brand of racism', so to speak, is even more worrying because it treats racism as a whole as something completely normal. But, on the other hand, PDP also comes across as a guy who wouldn't mistreat a random POC person on the street or whatever. He's not going to march on those white supremacists riots or whatever. For him, it's about learning to be less stupid and realize that even if it doesn't cause direct harm, the word itself being used is still something that can fuel other kinds of racism.
Maybe I'm too naive, and maybe I'm just missing the mark completely, because I never suffered racism of any kind. If so, I'm sorry, but I'd like to believe even something as dumb as PDP can eventually grow to be better, indeed.
Dice//
Banned
ScientificPizza
Banned
Which is exactly why youtube need to do something about it
Baraka Obama
Banned
I'm just gonna say this, if you're not a person of color you're not allowed to ever say the word unless you're trying explain something that requires the usage. People defend this idiot by saying he's not racist just stupid are silly, a white dude from northern Europe who says the n word enough for it to slip in his videos isn't someone who you should give the benefit of doubt.
My thoughts exactly.
Bully for you.
I absolutely can't wait to "learn" from individuals who believe that the "gene pool" is being "diluted by immigrants". Their beliefs are clearly very important, and totally something that I should be shaping my own on.
Boogie's a fucking idiot. -_-
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...does he?
Baraka Obama
Banned
YouTube is run by absolute cowards that will let racism and sexism both go unchecked. Dont expect anything from YouTube besides maybe statement at most.
I entirely agree. Just saying that YouTube is concerned with their numbers first and foremost.
I mean, we hear basically this same defense everytime he does something fucked up. That he's this idiot, he needs to grow up, "I think he'll learn from it", etc. etc. They even said it when he actually went through with saying the N word...
Sorry to say, I've run out of forgiveness. If you or anyone else wants to give him yet another chance, go for it. But when we're back here again (and it feels safe to say that we will be), it'll be interesting seeing if he continues to get that forgiveness.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I don't think he's gonna act the way he does on the Internet in front of someone just because of their color or whatever. I think a lot of this comes off from being behind a computer screen, when he isn't talking to "anyone". As I said, it's worrying because he fails to realize that this "anyone" can still be hurt and be affected by his words, but I don't think he actually feels any sort of hate towards individuals.
Like I said, I've no interest in actually defending him, I think what he did is serious and deserves all the backlash. The fact this backlash even happened is what made him apologize. Heartfelt or not, the action has to count for something. Ideally, he'd be moving from actual regret, but... yeah. It was just an attempt at really describing how I see the guy, and he's not really alone there. It seems like a very common stereotype amongst the gaming community, as unfortunate as it is.
ebullientprism
Member
I get that YT dont wanna ban him and cause a shitstorm of "muh free speech" but holy fuck how have they not demonetized his videos yet?
I have that rule for myself.
Baraka Obama
Banned
I hope my comment wasn't out of topic, if so sorry.
TheContact
Member
I rly hope he loses all his sponsors and becomes homeless
Little kids are his main audience
Little kids are his main audience
Wishmaster92
Member
Ok I would understand if it slipped once by accident considering online trash talk circumstance, but how many times after that? Yeah this is getting weird for sure, almost like he doesn't care anymore because he's making so much money and has nothing to lose. That's not good man, you have to respect everybody that got you to where you are today. An accident is fine nobody is perfect, this is something else clearly.
ClosingADoor
Member
Thanks. See if others follow. Sounds like a bad business model when you built your company around using copyrighted material and trust that nobody will claim it forcing your channel to go offline.
His actions did lead to the whole advertising trouble Youtube channels are going through. A lot of stuff is labeled as sensitive content now, and advertisers are avoiding that. Google is also pushing that label through to their other ad networks, so that advertisers can more easily avoid websites with hateful messages.
I'm not going pat Felix on the back just because he's too much of a coward to be as racist to people's faces as he enjoys being behind their backs. There's still nothing worthy of pride there.
sunshine and gasoline
Banned
Disgraceful behavior. If he was smart he would have shut the hell up and let the controversy die but he couldn't refrain from throwing fuel on the fire.
If he was smart we wouldn't be here at all.
You can't be smart and pull the shit he pulls.
Isn't it a really stupid move, though? Suspending him and losing a few days/weeks/whatever of revenue is much better than losing their partners and having to regain their trust all over again.
ScientificPizza
Banned
GametimeUK
Member
It is 100% allowed. You have light skin people like Fat Joe dropping N bombs on songs with black artists collaborating with him whilst doing so. They all accept the fact he says it.
It's a perspective thing and you don't have to agree with it, but you should try and understand that different perspectives exist instead of just the 1 correct one you believe in.
You're right but then again you would need to take action for that...
Btw good luck with that Red subscription Youtube.
SprachBrooks
Member
If he is a racist, I sincerely doubt economic ramifications are going to help him grow and change his views. Itll probably just entrench them and weaponise his followers.
I honestly think its himin the 4th instancehim making light of it because thats his personality ever since he started YouTube. Either way, the point is that whether hes a racist or someone whos just an idiot, he wont change.
I honestly think its himin the 4th instancehim making light of it because thats his personality ever since he started YouTube. Either way, the point is that whether hes a racist or someone whos just an idiot, he wont change.
Hidden One
Member
Its a shame its bascially financially set for life. Fuck this guy.
Boy Wander
Member
The only way to hit this guy is in the wallet, which means boycotting his channels and banning your kids from watching him.
ScientificPizza
Banned
Especially considering how wide reaching advertiser withdrawal will be for the platform
The smart *and* right thing to do is to suspend him
at a minimum. In a perfect world they would have zero tolerance for this and nuke his entire channel
The worst thing about boogie is that he can (and apparently has, since he had weight loss surgery) choose to not be fat anymore if he wants to and suddenly the fat hate would no longer apply to him.
A poc can't decide to stop being a poc and have the racial slurs stop affecting them. How can he not see the hypocrisy of his statements.
A poc can't decide to stop being a poc and have the racial slurs stop affecting them. How can he not see the hypocrisy of his statements.
It doesn't matter if he won't change at this point. Youtube needs to get off it's ass and do something. He has way too much influence.
Son Of Sparda
Member
And people will keep on defending his racist ass.
what if we start a gofundme and send that jazz musician over there to befriend him
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