Tom Nook Sawyer
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Well gamexplain stopped having him on because of how shitty he is. One of their staff members, Ash, even posts here and seems pretty cool
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Playtonic removes JonTron from Yooka-Laylee.
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Well gamexplain stopped having him on because of how shitty he is. One of their staff members, Ash, even posts here and seems pretty cool
RichiRamjag
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Who was the youtuber? Never heard about that one.
Ninja Scooter
Member
They aren't even American.
Aren't they based in the UK anyway?
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
But speaking out against racism makes you the Real Racist.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Found these gems on twitter
That 1st amendment takes the cake though.
The idea that all "opinions" are equal is so fucking harmful and needs to die.
aGuyInaBearSuit
Member
Seriously. Once arguments about the purity of the gene pool get rolling, you're in Nazitown. No two ways about it.
Hbomberguy is very political and actually focuses more on takedowns of idiots than gaming content. That being said though he has made some incredible gaming opinion videos like Bloodborne being amazing and Fallout 3 being awful. Even if you disagree with his view he explains it really well.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Those were the easiest questions in the history of humankind and you still got it wrong.
Pff yeah right. Maybe in dictatorships like the European union but certainly not in the US and A
Tom Nook Sawyer
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FantasticMrFoxdie
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Good stuff Playtonic
A Link to the Past
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I'm speaking in generalities and responding to his points in context of what he's expressing. I don't know anything about Che (besides knowing that a lot of people who idolize him are inadequately familiar with him), and am merely replying to the user about his views on Che.
casey_contra
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But, if "just having a guy do voices for you game" means that people won't buy it and it will affect your bottom line and ability to continue making great content then the answer to remove it is simple.
They could just not want a racist sullying their game that they worked hard on.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
They probably also don't want to be associated with a racist dickhead.
They didn't have to, but they did. The shit Jon said is not OK under any circumstances, and then doubles down on it. I definitely wouldn't want my product associated with that kind of person.
also stupid fuckers don't get that no one has to give you a platform for your garbage hate-speech or people who are associate with it. You're completely free to say it, but no one has to accommodate you in any way shape or form.
hahahahaha, this one is good.
also stupid fuckers don't get that no one has to give you a platform for your garbage hate-speech or people who are associate with it. You're completely free to say it, but no one has to accommodate you in any way shape or form.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
The bolded. If you think otherwise, you're part of the problem.
Can I just say that people like you are exactly why I hate how so many Americans seem to venerate the first amendment as part of a divine commandment. If your free speech is actively causing harm to other individuals and enabling the tyranny of the majority, fuck your free speech, and yours specifically. Barring hate speech does not create a police state, but enabling it empowers the people who want one.
Are you really this dense? Companies have reputations that are defined by the people they employ. I would have fired his ass from my project team in a heartbeat.
Clearly that's what the creators wanted to avoid yes. Don't even know why you're upset, it's their content.
Having a racist do voices for their game certainly wouldn't help sell units.
Jonneh3003
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Found these gems on twitter
That 1st amendment takes the cake though.
I actually can't fathom what I'm reading. How are people like this?
This is always what it comes down to. It's textbook and tired.
The gamers who exalt the first amendment the hardest for the sake of being virtue-signaling champions to the oppressed artists suddenly back off that hill when they notice that freedom of expression also applies to everyone as everything they don't agree with, including the right to be fired for racist shit that they may or may not also subscribe to (although they sure like stanning hard for racists. 🤔
Then they want to pussyfoot around the fact that this outrage- this gnashing protest against the first amendment right of companies to fire those they find shitty- means they're in actuality just as sensitive and touchy, if not moreso, as the SJWs they've been shitting on for the same reasons this entire time. It's pure cognitive dissonance.
I want someone to just come out and say that they don't believe people should have the right to disassociate from bigots even if that is a fundamental violation of the free speech they use as a bludgeon to defend upskirt shots of underage girls. More honesty would make the world a better place.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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You wonder how truly dumb they must be, I have to imagine at this point everyone who has gotten it wrong has at least seen someone else get corrected on it.
Whiners who don't understand or value personal responsibility. They just want to be safe in their cliques.
The second bigots should have been in air quotes.
Jimmyfenix
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Playtonic are not even american
Dyson Industries
Banned
Good for PlayTonic and fuck JonTron and his apologists right in the ear.
Freedom of choice doesn't mean freedom from consequences, children.
Freedom of choice doesn't mean freedom from consequences, children.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Nevermind, totally misread what L was saying.
afternoon delight
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I dunno, 'diversity in opinion' being used as an actual slam against diversity (in defense of advocating the purity of the white race's "blood lines") is like four dimensions of irony and stupidity.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
We got people saying "nazi jobs matter" so poe's law. Clear indications of sarcasm like /S or
sarcasm
Christ, the lengths people think they need to go to carry water for racists.
JordanN
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The core tenet of Nazism is a deep seeded belief in racial theories.
Now look at all the things Jon Tron said. He focused on portraying blacks as instinctively violent people. Cries about white countries not allowed to be "white". Even citing Japan (a country that went on a near genocidal crusade during WW2) as "why can't white countries be like that?". Immigrants are a ploy in destroying every country they enter.
He may not have killed anyone but everything he said lines up with what the Nazis were doing last century. In fact, name another group of people whose beliefs are all about "non whites are evil/violent, don't let them into your countries, focus on the white race above all others"?
Death Penalty
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I agree with you that their ideas are abhorrent and that they should face consequences as JonTron did. I don't agree with you that stripping away their rights is an appropriate solution. I've seen applause and advocacy for violence against these people on these very forums, and it saddens me deeply. Any company has a right to hire who they'd like to hire and if they want to exclude a known racist I can't fault them, and the instant an employee even hints at doing something improper to a customer, coworker, anyone they should be axed. But barring people from the job market altogether? Advocating violence? That reeks of the sort of extremism that I hate from the other side. I really would like to see my own side held to a higher standard than that.
Gai Murakumo
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Good for them.
You seem pretty uncomfortable by the removal of a racist asshole from a video game
A Link to the Past
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