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[bigjeffery]

You don't accidently say nigger. Yall are naive if you think that slips out in a heated moment. Of all the words to say during playimg a video game dude picks nigger and you're gonna act like its just a mistake?

I'm no fan of Max and literally nothing would be funnier for him to accidentally out himself as a racist by calling some guy the n-word on stream, but if you watch the whole thing in context it's pretty obvious his tongue just got tied trying to say ninja and dagger at the same time. It's not at all a similar case to the fifa guy or this guy.

 

[RionaaM]

I wish I could ignore people from the mobile site. All these fools excusing the use of the word, or saying "It's no big deal, who cares", I could live without seeing their posts on GAF ever again.

 

[EscoBlades]

The n word does not pop out of your mouth by accident. Of all the things that slip out of my mouth by accident, the n word (or any other ethnic slur) is not one of them. It's literally not in my vocabulary.

All that needed to be said on the topic.

 

[Gotdatmoney]

Holy shit. I don't even.

No, I don't say the fucking word.

When you act like people being offended by the word nigger is outrage culture I'm gonna assume you say the word. Because defending this is stupid and you dont need ti devils advocate for fucking pew of all people. Fuck outta here with that victim complex.

 

[Gattsu25]

This excuse is fucking stupid. It doesn't excuse you anywhere else in life. People get fired for less and it is precisely because of this attitude that the adpocalypse is happening to content creators. It's bad for business and rightfully so.

Exactly. Who in their right fucking minds would want their ads to run alongside the video in the OP?

YouTubers should have realized this for what it was back when he was making anti-Semitic comments instead of blindly coming to his defense.

 

[pretty done]

How do you accidentally use the word? Please explain.

He said "chinger chagger nigger dagger" or something like that

I don't know why everyone forgot so quickly but he's a "favorite" and pewdiepie is a dick.

 

[Owensboro]

How do you accidentally use the word? Please explain.

My understanding is that he was trying to say "ninja dagger", spoke too fast / jumbled the words in his head, and ended up saying "the word". I totally believe it was an accident, as I've jumbled words together too.

If I'm wrong someone please correct me.

 

[zelas]

Does this guy have sponsors? Or publishers who work with him for previews? Tell me who they are.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Holy shit. I don't even.

No, I don't say the fucking word.

Yeah I don't think acting shocked is going to get you out of this one buddy. That word is literally the most awful racial slur you can use in America and yet you're acting like people getting mad about it is just "PC Culture" as if it's no big deal that the fucking guy with huge influence over children and teenagers just dropped it like it was nothing.

 

[Nev]

Thought it was going to be something like "yo nigga why won't this guy die" and that kind of slang but turns out he really is using it as a plain insult. Apparently he uses it frequently judging by how easy it came to his mind.

Trash.

 

[Principate]

I would actually contest that the pejorative aspect of the word is that well-known in European countries. The slavery association definitely was not common knowledge where I went to school in the north of the Netherlands. But even then, it still doesn't make the use of the word the way Pewdiepie does it anywhere near justifiable: his use is pejorative no matter the understanding of the full context: it was just racist.

The perjorative aspect is very well known come on man. The slavery aspect isn't but it has always been known as a slur. That be acting like people don't know that fuck is a swear word dspite it's common usage.It's extremely well known some people just try to down play it.

 

[Majukun]

i really don't follow the guy,but from what i know he is not american,and for non americans that world isn't as horrible as it is for US citiziens, that would sometimes prefer scream blasphemy in public than to say the "n-word"

but as i say,i only know the guy by fame, so i can't really say what his stance is on race problems.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I'm pretty sure kids were familiar with the word before watching him.

And their idol normalizing the word should just be hand waived?

 

[WhateverItTakes]

How do you accidentally use the word? Please explain.

Here's the clip if you want to judge

He was spouting word salad, and he seemed genuinely apologetic when he got called out for it. Plus the fact he hasn't been involved in other shit like PDP makes me lean towards giving him the benefit of the doubt, but y'know, your mileage may vary.

 

[Seiru]

Whenever somebody says that a racial or homophobic slur might have just been a slip out of anger, I'm so damn confused. Like, I get angry when I play competitive games, quite angry in fact. Sometimes I yell and cuss. Never have I ever yelled out the N word though, or any other sort of slur. Because it's just not in my day to day vocabulary...it's not something that comes out of my mouth. I feel like this is a pretty simple concept, but maybe not.

 

[Lulubop]

How many times do you guys play CS:GO or Dota? You hear worse things all the time there. Well he is a well known person and shouldnt act this way. But its a problem of the overall gaming community. And keep in mind the guy is living in Sweden (as far as I know) not the USA so he comes from a different culture and dosnt get some of the things you US citizens find very offensive. Not trying to defend him.

*You're are defending him.

Man up, own it. You felt the need to defend this dude saying the N-word. Let's not downplay it.

 

[JordanN]

Black president for 8 years had to watch and say everything he did. Even when all was innocent, he was crucified at every turn.

White internet celebrity with a huge influence on kids says a derogatory slur clearly meant to disenfranchise a race. "Lol, why you gotta be so PC brah?"

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Does this guy have sponsors? Or publishers who work with him for previews? Tell me who they are.

i think he would have lost most of them by now

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Anybody who tries to defend the use of "nigger", a word with centuries of very negative baggage against a very specific group of people, as part of some kind of modern "outrage/PC culture" is a fucking moron. Period. If you are doing this, you are a fucking moron. Get some perspective, dipshits.

 

[Piers]

"pc outrage"

So actually give a constructive idea to stopping him from doing this any further.
He's been hammered by the masses for stupid, racist shit he's said before and it hasn't worked going by this news.

 

[Tangled Up in Blue]

::reads thread::

Wow.

PC outrage.

Jesus Christ.

I know, right?! I mean, why would people get upset at the biggest YouTuber in the world casually dropping THE SINGLE MOST OFFENSIVE WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? I totally don't get it, either.

 

[.....]

Indefensible.

Still, after his anti-semitic comments I'm not the least bit surprised.

Was nothing casual about it.

"What a fucking nigger"

It was hate drenched.

Straight up.

The racist dumbass realised what he'd said immediatly but he cant hide that shit anymore.

 

[Skilletor]

In what world is unironically using racial slurs OK?

Just quoting the poster who actually said that. I am not okay with this.

 

[Alienous]

He said "chinger chagger nigger dagger" or something like that

I don't know why everyone forgot so quickly but he's a "favorite" and pewdiepie is a dick.

They didn't forget, it was just clear it was an accident.

And, beyond that, it wasn't used specifically as an insult, unlike PewDiePie.

It also helps that Maximillian doesn't dress up like Hitler and do Nazi salutes.

 

[IamDodongo]

Fuck PewDiePie

 

[Psychoward]

So actually give a constructive idea to stopping him from doing this any further.
He's been hammered by the masses for stupid, racist shit he's said before and it hasn't worked going by this news.

Here's a constructive idea; take away his fucking brand.

 

[SleepingDragon]

The fuck? He definitely said it.

Ah shit must have remembered it wrong whoops. It was just a bunch of nonsense thrown together that came out very wrong though, nothing really racist about it.

 

[Buckle]

Who cares

The people who know this piece of shit has a large fanbase of kids.

 

[demosthenes]

IIRC he was just intentionally yelling out a bunch of rhyming gibberish and something that sounded like the n-word slipped out. And even then he was incredibly apologetic.

It doesn't just slip out if you don't say it.

 

[jrush64]

After reading through the thread I don't think anyone is outraged. They're just saying they're not surprised he used it.

Don't know why some of you are claiming outrage here.

 

[- J - D -]

It'll be a fun game to see how many more deals/sponsorships he can lose, assuming he still has any.

 

[Easy_D]

Care to elaborate? Are you saying people are overreacting to racial slurs? Choose your response carefully, this isn't 4chan or The Donald.

At this point the apologists are pissing me off more than pewdiepie ever could. Fuck sake people.

 

[FeenixRising]

The caping for this guy in here.... smh. Someone must've accidentally knocked over the trash bin and let some of you out.

 

[Einchy]

So actually give a constructive idea to stopping him from doing this any further.
He's been hammered by the masses for stupid, racist shit he's said before and it hasn't worked going by this news.

Your second sentence contradicts your first.

 

[Ferr986]

i really don't follow the guy,but from what i know he is not american,and for non americans that world isn't as horrible as it is for US citiziens, that would sometimes prefer scream blasphemy in public than to say the "n-word"

but as i say,i only know the guy by fame, so i can't really say what his stance is on race problems.

He knows the word because it's not the first time he gets into trouble for saying it. He's just a racist and panders to alt right nazis.

 

[Nairume]

So actually give a constructive idea to stopping him from doing this any further.
He's been hammered by the masses for stupid, racist shit he's said before and it hasn't worked going by this news.

He lost a huge chunk of his business by saying/doing shit like this.

If that didn't teach him, sitting him down for a dialog won't.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Fuck him.

 

[ffdgh]

I'm surprised something like this didn't happen sooner.

 

[Akronis]

Tbh I don't think a knee-jerk reaction like what Felix had because he was in the moment doesn't constitutes his account being closed. Get invested in a game, say some stupid shit when your filter isn't a priority. He'll most likely just apologize about it and move on.

I have one of the shittiest filters on the planet and I don't say racial slurs, what the fuck kind of excuse is this?

 

[Username1198]

Pewd is a fucking moron and so is anyone defending him, full stop.

Can't believe even now he has a defense force. What a shitty person.

 

[FireBeaver]

I have a distinct feeling that this thread is going to devolve into a lot of pointless arguments and baiting. Just a guess, but I'm gonna say this thread gets locked after a while.

Anyway, curious to see how Pewdiepie can defend this moment and what the reaction of other youtubers will be.

 

[daviyoung]

So actually give a constructive idea to stopping him from doing this any further.
He's been hammered by the masses for stupid, racist shit he's said before and it hasn't worked going by this news.

Get him on Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan

 

[bigjeffery]

My understanding is that he was trying to say "ninja dagger", spoke too fast / jumbled the words in his head, and ended up saying "the word". I totally believe it was an accident, as I've jumbled words together too.

If I'm wrong someone please correct me.

No, this is exactly right. He was doing the same moronic jumbled wordplay shit for other words for like twenty minutes before he accidentally combined ninja and dagger in his horadric cube. It was 100% an accident.

 

[Mr Swine]

I feel ashamed being a swede and that he has so many followers that just take that in and think that is normal :/

 

[takriel]

Can't believe you snowflakes get triggered so easily. He said something dumb, okay. Who doesn't from time to time? You mean to tell me that y'all are saints that never say something they aren't supposed to? And what's the damage here, anyway? It's not like he's a racist, it was just a joke. Jeez.

Spoiler

/s

 

[FZZ]

How many straws until this camel's back breaks

 

[Necron]

I'm really concerned about the impact these youtube celebrities have on the younger generation.

 

[Buckle]

Edit: Oh, he was just quoting. NVM.

 

[Ferr986]

After reading through the thread I don't think anyone is outraged. They're just saying they're not surprised he used it.

Don't know why some of you are claiming outrage here.

The ones screaming PC outrage are the ones that tend to be truly outraged.

 

[mavericktopgun]

This YouTube wannabe...