Lil'DigiOp
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It also helps a fuck ton when you can immigrate with economic wealth instead being dragged over into slavery.
But let's forget that tiny tiny major piece of history to prove my point real quick.
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Colin Moriarty Says White Supremacy/Racism Doesn't Exist Because Asians
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It also helps a fuck ton when you can immigrate with economic wealth instead being dragged over into slavery.
But let's forget that tiny tiny major piece of history to prove my point real quick.
Yeah he and Miller left IGN a while back to do their own thing. Moriarty had to leave that after he made a sexist joke and made an ass of himself. Well more of an ass of himself.
reelbigtink
Member
Yeah. He has bad taste in video games as well as politics so they were right to get rid of him for many reasons.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
yes. He's a tool.
they quit to do their own thing. Was a blow to IGN for some time.
Ragelink26
Member
By being best friends with Greg Miller
It isn't about the substance of the argument. It is about getting reactions from angered commenters that can swiftly be taken down by some middle school debate techniques. Never respond, just signal boost the voices of individuals that can give a genuine account of their experiences as an asian-american.
digitalrelic
Banned
His Patreon has dropped significantly almost every week since it's creation. He disabled his earnings tracking back in June. Still has a ton of Patrons though; like 4,800. Well off of his high of close to 7,000 though.
I mean to be clear, plenty of Asian Americans have a history of poverty, but that gets glossed over by the big numbers. IIRC Asian Americans have the largest wealth disparity of any demographic.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
He will never get another job in video games making comments like this, so he better hope that patreon lasts for like the rest of his life
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Ding!
Racism is fueled by majority of the people thinking it is not a problem or doesnt exist at all or for certain groups.
Obliterator
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How the fuck does Asian Americans doing well in this country have any affect on there being no racism against Black people and other ethnicities?
Like this argument makes zero fucking sense
Like this argument makes zero fucking sense
Ploid 3.0
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Didn't he get a gig at one of the Fox news guys shows or something? Maybe he's trying to get at a desk beside that crazy Tomi person. The crazier you act on social media, the more likely you will end up at a high paying gig to spread crap to crazy people.
No, obviously. But I have had some "libertarians" trot this particular argument out in real life. And it's always some white racist guy who is using one minority group as a weapon against another minority group to prove that the "good ones" did it by their boot straps so the "bad ones" should just stop complaining. Then generally throw in how government programs are actually the reason black Americans have stayed lazy and poor.
So, I wound up doing a lot of research so that when some asshole friend of a friend at a party decides to throw this out there I can detonate a fact-bomb and shut them down.
I do enjoy the "let me be real racist to prove that racism doesn't exist" that gets ignored on the face of making this stupid argument.
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
I wonder how much it burns these right-wing faux-intellectuals that Chapos Patreon completely eclipses them and has only gone from strength to strength.
His Patreon has dropped significantly almost every week since it's creation. He disabled his earnings tracking back in June. Still has a ton of Patrons though; like 4,800. Well off of his high of close to 7,000 though.
He is saying if there actually was white supremacy (privilege) in this country, whites would be the best off.
BoosterDuck
Banned
oh right the Jews never have to deal with Racism or White Supremacy
great deduction Colin, it doesn't look like you're barking for attention because your patrons keep dropping or downgrading their pledges
great deduction Colin, it doesn't look like you're barking for attention because your patrons keep dropping or downgrading their pledges
Bob Mackey and Hank the Tank are great guys for angering Colin enough to make passive-aggressive comments even though he has them both blocked
It only makes sense if you're a racist imbecile.
Frankie Williamson
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Bob Mackey does pretty often now too in the face of a constant bombardment from Colin's fans.
Word. His platform has been steadily growing more and more tenuous over time. I think he did some legitimately solid work at times with IGN but he has long since ceased with putting his best foot forward in terms of his public persona. If he wants to embrace those parts of his identity then he'll only have himself to blame once his Patreon starts to run dry.
I do think he'll eventually make the jump to a right wing Brietbart-like outlet that is targeted more towards a younger, impressionable audience.
YuriLowell
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The "DEBATE ME BOB IN IRL" tweet was pretty good. It's also great watching other games press come out and defend Colin.
His Patreon has dropped significantly almost every week since it's creation. He disabled his earnings tracking back in June. Still has a ton of Patrons though; like 4,800. Well off of his high of close to 7,000 though.
Went to this site cause it seemed interesting (and it is) but some of the patreons I saw are a little disconcerting. Lol. I should probably avoid checking out the site too much
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
"Forget it GAF, it's Colin."
The guy is a moron with a shit rethoric and a bunch of alt-right followers. I liked him in the Beyond days but fuck him. He's not worth talking about.
The guy is a moron with a shit rethoric and a bunch of alt-right followers. I liked him in the Beyond days but fuck him. He's not worth talking about.
Bless Mackey.
digitalrelic
Banned
He's had videos with 50k+ views condemning Trump, defending transgender people, calling confederates traitors, supporting gun control laws, etc.. etc.. There was enough there for him to have a decent amount of left-leaning followers.
This new rant of his will undoubtedly be the straw that broke the camels back for a lot of his followers.
But there absolutely is white privilege and whites are the best off, so he's a ridiculous idiot either way.
Its one of the biggest myths. Asian-Americans as model minorities face their own kind of racism.
From This article:
https://psmag.com/news/ghosts-of-white-people-past-witnessing-white-flight-from-an-asian-ethnoburb
It would say that racism is a spectrum and just because asian americans who are one of the smaller minorities are somewhat successful. They face their own kinds of racism vs the larger minorities of brown and black. I hope to see more and more asian people come out about the racism they face.
From This article:
https://psmag.com/news/ghosts-of-white-people-past-witnessing-white-flight-from-an-asian-ethnoburb
It would say that racism is a spectrum and just because asian americans who are one of the smaller minorities are somewhat successful. They face their own kinds of racism vs the larger minorities of brown and black. I hope to see more and more asian people come out about the racism they face.
Raylan Targaryen
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White people still do slanted eyes with their fingers and mock Asian culture. What is he talking about? Some people refuse to be seen by Indian doctors and will go with a lesser doctor who happens to be the same skin color
Hari Seldon
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I came across his channel as he was linked to some history vids that I watch. He should stick to making history stuff and drop this worthless political commentary.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
The transcontinental railroad was built on Chinese blood. They were excluded from citizenship while being laborers.
See Chinese Exclusion Act.
What a dumb motherfucker this guy is.
See Chinese Exclusion Act.
What a dumb motherfucker this guy is.
For someone that's a history buff to deny white privilege is even worse. Since it's literally a core part of recent human history.
IggyChooChoo
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I have heard this weak "defense" before, usually in relation to arguments around The Bell Curve. But I do think white supremacy can be a bit of a misleading term. Racism as practiced in America usually takes the form of believing that black people are *inferior* and white people are *normal*, IMO. So you will find IQ racists often say "hey, I'm not racist because I think ashkenazi Jews and East Asians are genetically intellectually superior to me!" Because, again, the main motivating force in their racism is the inferiority of black people more than demonstration of their own superiority. Similarly, outlets like Breitbart are way more focused on the idea that black people and immigrants are inherently criminal rather than focusing on their own actual virtues and demonstrations of superiority.
Knuckle Sandwich
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Imagine being this dumb and getting paid for it. The internet is so weird. Also that's such a cool name wasted on such a dumb dickhead. :-/
daemissary
Member
Yeah, I generally liked Colin for all of the things you mentioned but man....this opinion of his sure is shitty.
Yup and chinese resturants have been firebombed before etc.
Yep. Typically nearly anyone who comes to this country as a minority does well, Which lends to say just how much slavery,jim crow etc has done a number on black americans. Also black people who are known to NOT from be here are treated way differently as well. Its so odd.
Glass Shark
Banned
Hes already headed down the Ian Miles Cheong path of mindlessly blowing right-wing dogwhistles and saying the most heinous and controversial stuff he can just go get attention. The guy is a fucking clown who does not know how to speak or think for himself. Literally everything that comes out of his stupid mouth is just parroting what some other right-wing fuckhead said before him. He has nothing of value to offer to any discussion.
Colin Moriarty is an idiot and I am never not surprised that people pay attention to him in the first place. Why does anyone on Earth give a shit about the political opinions of an ex-IGN writer? Who cares?!
The only thing more miserably stupid than this guy is the flock of morons who actually give him their money.
The only thing more miserably stupid than this guy is the flock of morons who actually give him their money.
Ghost Rider
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Ah the old model minority trap that gets thrust on to Asians.
VeryGooster
Banned
Dunno that I have ever seen a lazier more clichéd bigot than Colin Moriarty
Yes they are. A Majority of whites are astronomically better off even if you remove the top 1%.
It does loop back around to white supremacy when the logic goes Asians may be technically more intelligent, but they lack the creativity, charisma, and leadership qualities of whites
Skellig Gra
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Michael F. Assbender
Banned
Yep.
Its like making a thread for shocking shit Richard Spencer says. Fuck that clown and punch him in the mouth if you see him in public.
If diversity is so important to liberal whites, why do they keep fleeing ethnically diverse suburbia?
Bust your ass to get ahead and do the right thing just to have white people find that as an excuse to run away from you.
Sociologist Samuel H. Kye, the author of Segregation in Suburbia: Ethnoburbs and Spatial Attainment in the Urban Periphery, examined segregation patterns in 150 middle class metropolitan black, Hispanic, and Asian ethnoburbs from 1990 to 2010. By focusing on middle-class, as opposed to lower-class ethnoburbs, he hoped to eliminate poverty as a factor for white flight. In a phone interview, he relays that the relative economic prosperity of an ethnoburb does not diminish white people's decisions to abandon it. ”Across the board, any time you see a significant presence of minority residents, there is a near perfect predictor of exodus of white residents," he says.
While the term ”model minority" substantiates a myth about how whites value Asians, Asians are only ”model minorities" when they are small in number with minimal influence on a community. When Asians ”set the norms of academic achievement by which whites are evaluated [and] ultimately usurp those previously in place," once heralded Asian achievements are critiqued with suspicion. In a school district near Princeton, New Jersey, last December, parents claimed that the academic tutoring Asian students received outside of school resulted in the ”elementary school curriculum ... being sped up to accommodate them."
Whites often blame the demographic shift on Asian achievement instead of the forces behind it: skyrocketing college costs, with fierce competition for grants and scholarships, the excessive weight given to standardized test scores, an arguably unhealthy fixation on STEM, and the College Board, the organization that administers the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Advanced Placement exams. Little attention is given to the fact that Asians must earn anywhere from 50 to 140 points higher on the SAT to have an equal chance at college admission as whites. Or that many students are the first in their family to attend college in the United States, and, as a result, do not possess ”legacy" preferences in admissions like some of their more privileged white classmates. Moreover, not all Asians share the same education or economic advantages. Southeast Asians, particularly Hmong, Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese, have far lower college attendance rates than other Asians. Only 21 percent of Hmong Americans have a high school degree compared to the U.S. average of 28 percent.
Stereotypes may also be a catalyst for white flight. In a seminal essay about discrimination against Asians in literature, Jenny Zhang writes, ”Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror — robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hell-bent on excelling, products of abusive tiger parenting who care only about test scores and perfection, driven to succeed without even knowing why."
Indeed, Asian ambition is cast as an inherent evil. Blame, not praise, abounds. Though predominantly white school administrators, such as district superintendents and principals, design a school's curricula, white fury is directed at Asian students for taking full advantage of it.
While the term ”model minority" substantiates a myth about how whites value Asians, Asians are only ”model minorities" when they are small in number with minimal influence on a community. When Asians ”set the norms of academic achievement by which whites are evaluated [and] ultimately usurp those previously in place," once heralded Asian achievements are critiqued with suspicion. In a school district near Princeton, New Jersey, last December, parents claimed that the academic tutoring Asian students received outside of school resulted in the ”elementary school curriculum ... being sped up to accommodate them."
Whites often blame the demographic shift on Asian achievement instead of the forces behind it: skyrocketing college costs, with fierce competition for grants and scholarships, the excessive weight given to standardized test scores, an arguably unhealthy fixation on STEM, and the College Board, the organization that administers the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Advanced Placement exams. Little attention is given to the fact that Asians must earn anywhere from 50 to 140 points higher on the SAT to have an equal chance at college admission as whites. Or that many students are the first in their family to attend college in the United States, and, as a result, do not possess ”legacy" preferences in admissions like some of their more privileged white classmates. Moreover, not all Asians share the same education or economic advantages. Southeast Asians, particularly Hmong, Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese, have far lower college attendance rates than other Asians. Only 21 percent of Hmong Americans have a high school degree compared to the U.S. average of 28 percent.
Stereotypes may also be a catalyst for white flight. In a seminal essay about discrimination against Asians in literature, Jenny Zhang writes, ”Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror — robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hell-bent on excelling, products of abusive tiger parenting who care only about test scores and perfection, driven to succeed without even knowing why."
Indeed, Asian ambition is cast as an inherent evil. Blame, not praise, abounds. Though predominantly white school administrators, such as district superintendents and principals, design a school's curricula, white fury is directed at Asian students for taking full advantage of it.
Bust your ass to get ahead and do the right thing just to have white people find that as an excuse to run away from you.
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