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"'Destiny 2' Included a Legendary Gauntlet With a White Supremacist Logo"
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it's pretty well-known in more neutral places like Twitter or Reddit (and all over pol of course)
Filament Star
Neo Member
I believe it's a coincidence but probably best to remove this asap.
DeviantBoi
Member
I saw the gauntlet and thought that it was being removed because it had two KKs that could've maybe been a reference to the KKK.
I thought that it was ridiculous.
Then I saw the flag.
Oh, yeah, that shit was on purpose.
I thought that it was ridiculous.
Then I saw the flag.
Oh, yeah, that shit was on purpose.
Nah it's green white and black.
The lettering is black.
DrROBschiz
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;248731931 said:
I think his intention was for it to be found
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That may be true, but Ive always heard kek came from World of WarCraft. In game Alliance players spoke Common and Horde players Orcish, making it impossible to communicate with words cross-faction. When a Horde player typed "lol" the Alliance player would see it as "kek"
I mean I'm not positive myself. Those are after all just chevrons.
I'm sure Bungie is looking into it with due diligence but god damn....maybe people should know the details before they call for the ruination of someones job and possibly life.
I mean if the guy did it on purpose then sure, hang his ass out to dry. But leaping to conclusions is dangerous and uncalled for.
Same, I was confused by the design, but next to that flag with the color scheme, it's intentional. Good on Bungie for fixing it asap.
Mithos
Member
Maybe we should stop allowing them to steal logos/symbols/phrases, and fight them instead of running the other way every time and letting them steal them.
MarineMountie
Member
I get so confused by these things. So this is an alt right symbol. Got it. What is the far left/antifa symbols I need to be aware of?
I need to get caught up on all the hate, lol. I am seriously oblivious to this.
I need to get caught up on all the hate, lol. I am seriously oblivious to this.
The person who did this needs to be fired. This kind of crap shouldn't be tolerated in the industry.
Is this some kind of "both sides" post or what?
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
I guess, just career suicide to that extent is mind boggling to me.
If Bungie finds out who, the person would essentially be blacklisted from the industry.
It's in WoW as a reference to Starcraft which as you probably know was very popular in South Korea.
Activision being caught in a public flap with ties to racism and white supremacy means someone's head is going to roll regardless of the unlikely possibility that it was an accident. Companies are more risk-averse to this stuff than ever as a result of the Youtube adpocalypse.
DrROBschiz
Member
Alt righters arent going out of their way to hide themselves
Im sure once they check into the employee responsible he will check all the boxes of the internet trolls we have come to "know and love"
Star Orpheus
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;248733755 said:
Maybe in there deluded mind they think losing there job would martyr them or something.
Yeah, this sounds like the kind of thing a contract worker with little to lose - short term contract - would do and hope it gets through the reviews. If not, the artist needs to be fired.
Bungie as a whole clearly didn't mean for this to go through, but there's no way the design itself was an accident. Glad they yanked it so fast.
Bungie as a whole clearly didn't mean for this to go through, but there's no way the design itself was an accident. Glad they yanked it so fast.
DrROBschiz
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;248733755 said:
Some people in such a huge "political correctness is the devil" frenzy that they believe they are doing nothing wrong
And Im sure that will be his response when confronted about it
I mean the twitter comments are already dominating the conversation "oh its just a joke that not many people would get! Its harmless"
But the context they are missing is
It absolutely would be harmless internet jokery if bad people didnt conscript this shit and use it as a rallying cry to justify hurting people
Maybe if the creators of this content didnt ignore the bad elements of their communities they could go one making dumb internet memes without issue
The problem lies in their inability to accept that they function as enablers for complete assholes
ramoisdead
Member
I hope Bungie fires and blacklist the person responsible for that shitty ass Kekistan design from the games industry.
Thelonelykoopa
Member
As an Alliance player I feel vindicated that the Horde are fascist not that there was any doubt with Sylvanas and all. lol
CountAntonius
Member
Good on them for reacting so quickly.
I'm around the internet a lot and I had no idea what this 'kekistan' or it's flag were until today. As far as racist douchebag symbols go, it seems relatively low profile. I imagine a lot of others in the thread, and possibly the people reviewing art at bungie are in the same boat.
It's not just the 'kek' part, but it's specifically referencing a flag made by right wingers.
Also, in general, Bungie tends to not have memes as armor/guns in any of their games. They ain't Gearbox or Epic. Outside of the newer dances, their injokes and references are internal to themselves or their own community.
Orochinagis
Member
I guess HAKKE manufactures are in trouble
DrROBschiz
Member
The internet does a poor job policing its communities
not surprised but some communities prefer the wild west "anything goes" mentality
I mean.. no one thought twice about the antics on reddit and 4chan until their communities started negatively impacting people in real life
Well....there it is.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
Member
oh cmon, those aren't even close...
bizzarewars
Banned
I don't really get what you're trying to say with this.
DrROBschiz
Member
have you frequented 4chan?
They dont police anyone
hence why anything created there can be copted by hate groups with little to no resistance
Im not sure why people are surprised.
PhantomThief
Banned
It was.. and thats the only way I know of the word kek. I used it as a joke in many instances as well, kek this and all that.
Holy shit, damn alt right bastards :s
Teasing_Pink
Member
Huh, wonder if Blizzard had lol translated into kek because of the Korean laugh connection.
You can't really police the Internet.
4chan mods even pushed out some of the most egregious stuff off their boards from time to time - communities like this just move to smaller platforms.
PhantomThief
Banned
Why would anyone want to frequent tbat shithole? Honestly.
st1nk nuts
Member
Just google image flags? I found it and a million others.
I'm not an artist so I don't know where they get their insperation.
Thelonelykoopa
Member
Kek is what happened when Hangul lol comes up if you lack the korean language support on Starcraft it became a Blizzard in joke afterwords.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
I'm hopeful that it's a design pattern instead of a direct reference. It's not exactly the same, so it might just be an unfortunate coincidence.
I'm not ruling it out, but I'm giving the hopeful benefit of the doubt.
I'm not ruling it out, but I'm giving the hopeful benefit of the doubt.
DrROBschiz
Member
I know
Im glad Bungie is doing the right thing here
I just with the PC police understood why there is kickback instead of complaining about how people are too sensitive these days
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
I don't know if kek is now the property of white supremacists, but "kekistan" was outright created by them, which is what the item was referencing.
I've honestly never been to 4chan, not even once, but always here that all the bad shit on the internet usually originates from there. Why hasn't it been wiped from the internet yet?
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