Spyder_Monkey
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He's not racist, just an idiot. Yet again it's a thin line between the two.
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Disney cuts ties with PewDiePie after he posts antisemetic videos
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ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I don't know how you reach a point of your life where you'd rather risk losing a Disney sponsorship than not do offensive shit humor.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Yeah, must've been h3h3 brainwashing him with antisemitic rhetoric. h3h3 documented his trip to Israel and married an Israeli as a long con. It's all obvious now.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
Yeah. That's the joke. You may not like it, but it's so incredibly obvious the intention is mocking the people in the video, not spreading his own anti Jewish sentiment.
Darryl M R
Member
sat·ire
ˈsaˌtī(ə
r/noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
How is this satire? What is being exposed or criticized? They provide a service. It is not satire if a jackass requests a sign that contains a reference I do not know.
He has way too much money already and is sick of having to do the same old shit all the time.
To be fair, you don't actually need to be in a network. It's mostly to help you gain an audience and Pewds is the biggest youtuber out there. He'll be fine, there's plenty of youtubers who live off of youtube without being part of a network.
TheGeniusArcana
Member
Uh oh. What's this, now?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I think most of us were just indifferent towards him at a time when everyone mainly hated him cuz he made lots of money doing scare cams.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
sat·ire
ˈsaˌtī(ə
noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Yeah. Getting uneducated people to say stupid exaggerated shit for money is exposing stupidity.
benicillin
Banned
Man what a fucking bummer. I always respected him for growing the fuck up and admitting some of his edgy humor just wasn't funny or cool, then he has to go and do shit like this.
TheSaddestSort
Member
What an ass. I'll be waiting for the predictable non-apologetic "apology" video where where a young skinny white dude whines about how difficult his life is and how people have it out for him.
They still are. Anyone criticizing him is envious of his hot italian wife.
Never understood how her being italian is a plus, but I guess its me being italian.
Randomizer
Member
Yeah my mistake I meant satire not Parody.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Goddamnit I just clicked on the fucking Daily Stormer. Fuck.
I doubt he is actually a Nazi sympathizer IRL. But I guess the idea of the Holocaust being a punchline really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe that is political correctness.
We are living in a climate (at least in the US), where white nationalists have been emboldened by recent events. A major plank of that platform is Nazism. I wouldn't want my theoretical kids laughing about killing all the Jews. Since kids are Pewdepie's main audience perhaps he should know better.
Darryl M R
Member
That is not stupidity. Your post is stupidity.
Being uneducated and not knowing the reference to a phrase that someone is requesting from a service you provide is not exposing stupidity.
No, he just calls out bullshit. Doesn't matter if its something from the extreme left or the right.
The real long con Ethan did was make sure his parents were jewish. He's really going all the way with this con.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
The conceit that you will hold up signs you don't know the meaning of in exchange for money is stupid.
If someone handed me a sign in Arabic and told me to hold it up for a camera guess what? I wouldn't. Cos that's fucking stupid.
Aaand we're done.
Randomizer
Member
It's just a descriptor, like how most articles mention that PewDiePie is Swedish.
WeirdoStalkerJr
Member
Ugh, not funny.
Omega Kirby
Member
Well Pewdiepie probably has enough money for the rest of his life. But this was a shit thing to do, good on Disney
Randomizer
Member
Kind of like all those idiots with random Chinese and Japanese words as tattoos.
Darryl M R
Member
Or because you do not provide a service to hold up signs for money in good faith that the person just wants to send a message to someone else.
If I have a bakery and if a Spanish speaking individual asks me to decorate the cake with "Trujillo es Dios" I would not assume foul play. There is nothing stupid about expecting decency from people when you have ran your shop long before some jackass decided to make a "joke."
Last_colossi
Member
I cannot stand pewdiepie for the singular fact that I hate his content, I find his voice annoying, his jokes unfunny and the jump cuts, my god, but I don't see how someone could actually think he's serious about this, I mean I hate pewdiepie probably more than anyone in this thread and even I can clearly see that he is joking (although in bad taste as usual).
Also just because H3 defended jontron on twitter doesn't mean you have to blame him for pewdiepie own actions, he's a grown man for god sake (even though he doesn't act like one). I don't see how this video or any of his in the last 6 months have been any different from the shitty videos he made 2 years ago, pewdiepie has always been like this.
Pathfinder
Member
For the lulz, obviously.
FIREKNIGHT2029
Member
Exactly how I feel. It doesn't matter if it was a joke or not it's still fucked up.
Satire exposes a problem by highlighting the stupidity or follies of people or institutions, of which not knowing a language isn't actually a problem. If this is how low the bar is, then every single fucking practical joke would fall under satire.
What he did was a stupid-ass joke that included anti-Semetic language. He wasn't being satirical, he was being a loser.
What he did was a stupid-ass joke that included anti-Semetic language. He wasn't being satirical, he was being a loser.
The truth is that he'll probably be making more money now, since he doesn't have to pay a network to do nothing for him. The contracts they sign are usually close to impossible to get out of, so he could have wanted out too, lol.
Which crowd? Someone earlier said he's pandering to his audience of alt righters...!!! His audience is almost entirely adolescents and tweens who don't know what any of this is. At most he's irresponsible for influencing young minds that are not (yet) racists.
I'm saying PDP is the type who wouldn't join the KKK or Nazis because he factually finds them to be disgusting and terrible. His poor humor isn't meant as an indicator that he supports them in any way and he hasn't demonstrated any hatred of minorities.
Yeah, I agree that it can be but I personally don't think it's a line he crossed nor intended to cross.
Agreed. I think that's his primary crime here.
lastplace09
Neo Member
Yes--it was a joke, but people get "freedom of speech" and "freedom of consequence" mixed up constantly.
If you are going to make a joke about something very sensitive like that...be prepared to pay the price for it.
Sorry, but there is NO room for any more hate speech of any kind right now.
Also--Disney is allowed to make or break ties with anyone they want for any reason. This is as good of a reason as any.
If you are going to make a joke about something very sensitive like that...be prepared to pay the price for it.
Sorry, but there is NO room for any more hate speech of any kind right now.
Also--Disney is allowed to make or break ties with anyone they want for any reason. This is as good of a reason as any.
jacob armitage
Banned
What happened w/ h3h3? I'm way behind on my YouTube drama it seems
It makes him a piece of shit, but I don't think he actually believes in any of that crap.
Is he a Nazi? Does he believe in that ideology? I seriously doubt it. Does he know how hurtful his "jokes" could be taken? I really don't think he wants to hurt or offend anyone. I detect no malice. Same with the rape jokes he used to make. I never for a moment though he was a rapist or advocated rape.
But ignorance does exonerate.
When we normalize horrible things, they grow to be perceived as less horrible. And when we no longer find vile things to be vile we tolerate them a lot more.
He wants to make these "jokes". Go right ahead, but Disney is absolutely correct to not compensate him for doing it.
But ignorance does exonerate.
When we normalize horrible things, they grow to be perceived as less horrible. And when we no longer find vile things to be vile we tolerate them a lot more.
He wants to make these "jokes". Go right ahead, but Disney is absolutely correct to not compensate him for doing it.
Melkezadek
Member
Why is it that so many YouTube gaming personalities are pieces of shit?
kiunchbb
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The regret on his face is priceless. I watched the full video, the video purposely cut off his apology (it happen a few seconds after that). Still, it would make more sense not to upload this part in the first place. I had a few good laughs at this episode.
Chronospherics
Member
Comedians often feature holocaust jokes and whatnot. Jimmy Car in the UK does it quite frequently, presumably a few others, I don't watch much stand up.
It's not illegal (racism and prejudice is illegal in the UK) and I think most people see these jokes as harmless. But I don't get it, his 'joke', just said 'death to all jews', and other nonsense, it's not even a joke. There's no punchline there, it's just offensive.
The difference is that Jimmy makes these jokes with acknowledgement of the tragedy that the Jewish people faces, he never once jokes about anything that could be construed as he himself, hating Jewish people. He trivialises tragedy but doesn't express any hate.
It's a bit weird where people draw the line really, but PewDiePie's remarks are really weird here. Why would he show this content on his channel? Whichever way you spin what he featured on his channel, it's obvious anti-semnitism, it's not a joke, and in the UK at least it would be against the law.
It's not illegal (racism and prejudice is illegal in the UK) and I think most people see these jokes as harmless. But I don't get it, his 'joke', just said 'death to all jews', and other nonsense, it's not even a joke. There's no punchline there, it's just offensive.
The difference is that Jimmy makes these jokes with acknowledgement of the tragedy that the Jewish people faces, he never once jokes about anything that could be construed as he himself, hating Jewish people. He trivialises tragedy but doesn't express any hate.
It's a bit weird where people draw the line really, but PewDiePie's remarks are really weird here. Why would he show this content on his channel? Whichever way you spin what he featured on his channel, it's obvious anti-semnitism, it's not a joke, and in the UK at least it would be against the law.
Honestly, I'm surprised Disney ever even was onboard with Pewdiepie. I don't know about his newer content, but his old videos used to be incredibly inappropriate for kids to watch. Like him constantly screaming about wanting to rape people in his videos. Specifically I remember that being highlighted in this video: https://youtu.be/FFbVKL-Meo0
Some people have told me that he "cleaned up" his image a bit and stopped making constant rape jokes, though again I don't watch his garbage so I can't confirm that. But hearing that he is also now inserting nazi references doesn't surprise me. This dude always seemed vile.
Some people have told me that he "cleaned up" his image a bit and stopped making constant rape jokes, though again I don't watch his garbage so I can't confirm that. But hearing that he is also now inserting nazi references doesn't surprise me. This dude always seemed vile.
Makes no difference. He speaks to millions of other idiots who are going to parrot this. The damage in legitimating this shit is already under everyones eyes.
Pathfinder
Member
Because they think YouTube celebrities are real celebrities, therefore they get big heads and start acting out.
Baroquemantic
Member
Wow, what an idiot.
Okay, yeah, those guys totally knew what they were saying. It really is weird that they went through with it.
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