Prithee Be Careful
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He was either trolling hard or a walking stereotype - one way trip either way.
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PewDiePie calls someone a "fucking n****r" during PUBG livestream
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He was either trolling hard or a walking stereotype - one way trip either way.
There's always an #all post when someone criticizes a certain community.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
It'll usually come out eventually
I am a European and I don't understand other fellow Europeans defending Pewdiepie saying he probably didn't know what the word meant. He is a 27 year old guy who made his carreer out of the Internet. He is not a 15 year old boy, he is a full grown man. You really, honestly think he doesn't know what this word means? Either you are too naive or you are trying to stealth defend him. I am 100% sure he knew what the word meant and used it anyway. He is inexcusable.
Man, all that quoting work for nothing. Yeah, some of us are aware of the connotations of the word and others aren't.
PDP UNDERSTANDS THE REAL MEANING OF IT. HE TRIED TO BACKTRACK INMEDIATELY. HE USED IT IN A CLEARLY PEJORATIVE WAY.
Spare yourself all that effort next time.
Helscream
Banned
It seems my previous post has been misinterpreted because people are too busy Virtue Signalling instead of understanding the context of what I am saying.
I will try one more time.
A person may understand not to use a racial slur because its offensive. But you cannot equate deep knowledge that is aquired first-hand to knowledge that comes by being told about the subject.
He realized he "fucked up" because he thought about all the PR and $$$ it would cost him. Not the pain it may cause.
With what bullshit? Do you live here in the United States? Have grown up with racial tension that exist within America? Specifically the grievances of Black Americans. Whatever knowledge you may have does not compare to those who lived with it in the United States.
No this is not satire. This is a simple statement of observation. The only context PewDiePie has with the N-Word is the bad PR and Money it will cost him. He is just as retarded as the rest of the internet clowns that don't understand the dark legacy the N-word carries in American history.
To further clarify I was specifically speaking of the online gaming community. I did not say the history of the word would be forgotten generally speaking. And while it was somewhat of a rhetorical question (neither was it to be taken seriously). The word "Nigger" is thrown around so carelessly on mutliplayer games is it not a legitimate question to ask "Do these young people not know American history? "
The word "Nigger" is a English word. The United States is a English-Speaking country. PewDiePie did not use "Negro" or "Niger" or any other language variation of the racial slur. The English variant of the racial slur he did use reacts no stronger than in any country besides America. When you say the N-Word the ethnic group of people you are effecting the most are Americans who are dark in skin complexion. It is specific to a Ethnic group of people relating, originating, and most frequently used during a specific portion of American history.
TL,DR
PewDiePie is Swedish born Internet personality who lives in the UK. What does the fuck does he know about American History? Nothing. Neither does care about the legitimate grievances of Americans within the Black Community.
This will be my final contribution to this thread.
I will try one more time.
A person may understand not to use a racial slur because its offensive. But you cannot equate deep knowledge that is aquired first-hand to knowledge that comes by being told about the subject.
He realized he "fucked up" because he thought about all the PR and $$$ it would cost him. Not the pain it may cause.
With what bullshit? Do you live here in the United States? Have grown up with racial tension that exist within America? Specifically the grievances of Black Americans. Whatever knowledge you may have does not compare to those who lived with it in the United States.
No this is not satire. This is a simple statement of observation. The only context PewDiePie has with the N-Word is the bad PR and Money it will cost him. He is just as retarded as the rest of the internet clowns that don't understand the dark legacy the N-word carries in American history.
To further clarify I was specifically speaking of the online gaming community. I did not say the history of the word would be forgotten generally speaking. And while it was somewhat of a rhetorical question (neither was it to be taken seriously). The word "Nigger" is thrown around so carelessly on mutliplayer games is it not a legitimate question to ask "Do these young people not know American history? "
The word "Nigger" is a English word. The United States is a English-Speaking country. PewDiePie did not use "Negro" or "Niger" or any other language variation of the racial slur. The English variant of the racial slur he did use reacts no stronger than in any country besides America. When you say the N-Word the ethnic group of people you are effecting the most are Americans who are dark in skin complexion. It is specific to a Ethnic group of people relating, originating, and most frequently used during a specific portion of American history.
TL,DR
PewDiePie is Swedish born Internet personality who lives in the UK. What does the fuck does he know about American History? Nothing. Neither does care about the legitimate grievances of Americans within the Black Community.
This will be my final contribution to this thread.
Ah yeah, well my apologies then I did not see those posts mostly just as I said people saying "maybe over there..." kinda stuff. Good to see the majority of them got got!
Seriously, feigning ignorance is just unacceptable. Of course people in Europe know. We've known for a long time. I listened to 2Pac, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes in the 90s and even back then people knew that the n-word was a racial slur.
Don't try to act dumb or use it as a defense or excuse for his blatant racist behaviour.
Edit: To clarify, my country has their own version of the word with only two letters difference.
ronaldthump
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He shouldn't be using the word. Not after the Nazi fiasco.
PDP needs to grow up but when you're cloistered in that world of twatty annoying "performance" and living with the idea that he is a superstar, I wonder if he can.
PDP needs to grow up but when you're cloistered in that world of twatty annoying "performance" and living with the idea that he is a superstar, I wonder if he can.
RoaringMdog
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This was on youtube though. If youtube bans him, he can always still hop onto twitch or any other platform that'll take him.
I'm not really sure how Europeans would get comfortable enough with that word to put it in their repertoire. I've never heard anyone use it in person. Ever.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Yeah, it's the second worst excuse after "it's just a word". It's just completely false and you are very unlikely to hear the word in Europe unless you're looking for it corners where you expect it to drop with some regularity by people who know exactly what they're doing.
Ethan has publicly said "nigga" in his early videos and I just pulled up a tweet from his wife using the word. Doubt he will ever even mention/defend PDP's use unless he want his card pulled.
Kingpin Rogers
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I'm now just getting annoyed when I'm looking around twitter and seeing all these dumb excuses from people trying to defend him. Why can't people just accept that what he said was absolutely racist, no excuses and because of that although you can't say for sure he likely is a racist himself.
CannonFodder52
Member
Too bad the mods can't delete Pewdiepie from existence as well.
Yea he speaks English like a native/primary language so it's insane people use that as a excuse.
Username1198
Member
Hopefully it's your final "contribution" to this site.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
ScientificPizza
Banned
Oh my bad
Then yeah YouTube should still do something. I don't know how bans and stuff work in that ecosystem, but this shouldn't go unpunished
Telephone Man
Member
If that's your TL;DR, I'm glad I didn't read the rest of your post. Like others have said, he's an adult with a computer.
And being in the UK hurts his case, not helps it.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Who was it?And they had a tagged account too! Such a waste.
If some idiot who listens to rap doesn't have the empathy to understand why they shouldn't use a racist slur, then maybe those two groups aren't as far apart as you think.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
Don't be fucking dense. You know as well as I do that N-word is not exclusive to America. At this point it is the alpha and omega racial slur of western society. This isn't some esoteric epithet. Especially when you take into account that the U.K. is home to a wave of white nationalist internet presence similar to the US.
The people doing mental gymnastics to defend this fuck boy are almost as bad as he is.
Indeed.
I know. Who doesn't know what it means? I'm saying I have no idea how someone especially outside of the US could get accustomed to that word to a degree to just "let it slip" unintentionally. It's just a bad excuse.
I don't even use the word fucking. It's just unnatural for my language sense.
ScientificPizza
Banned
lol imagine writing that much just to try and say someone who is using racial slurs can't possibly know what they mean
how fucking stupid can some people be
anyone pretending that the n word is a uniquely american slur are being intentionally dishonest
how fucking stupid can some people be
anyone pretending that the n word is a uniquely american slur are being intentionally dishonest
Box of Kittens
Banned
Ooooh, "virtue signaling." There's another one for the bingo card.
You're not aware of the conversation I was replying to, but cute post.
Theres a Portuguese hip hop song where 4 white dudes do like a comedy sketch and use the word (abbreviated). They aren't from the band, the band is made of black people. I don't think this would fly in the US.
I don't think the word having less meaning in Europe is false, at least from my anedoctical perspective.
It's not a defense of this dude, and it shouldn't be used as such, but it's also not a lie I don't think.
I don't think the word having less meaning in Europe is false, at least from my anedoctical perspective.
It's not a defense of this dude, and it shouldn't be used as such, but it's also not a lie I don't think.
Berserking Guts
Member
Does he just not care anymore? Or was he always like this?
Tangled Up in Blue
Banned
He totally apologized: "Sometimes, I forget that I'm streaming."
In other words: "I'm sorry that I let my mask drop for a second and exposed my racist views in a way that I can't backpedal or obfuscate."
Doctor Bat
Member
There seems to be a ton of disingenuous reporting on this whole thing, and not for why you'd think. We ought to stop minimising what he did as a simple 'Pewdiepie says the N word' story - he called someone "a fucking n****r". There must be a way we can hammer that home. Because, honestly, it seems so many of the people reading these stories won't even watch for the context of that word and how he meant it. They seem to read it as a slip. It's just unacceptable.
Everyday it's sinking in that these are the people who are raising our kids when we're not looking. It's an open door to the worst kind of behaviour and intolerance and it seriously disturbs me.
Everyday it's sinking in that these are the people who are raising our kids when we're not looking. It's an open door to the worst kind of behaviour and intolerance and it seriously disturbs me.
Psychoward
Banned
KiA? and yeah I still don't even understand what it means other than usually crappy people using it.
I think all people really meant is that the word carry less weight here in Europe, not trying to defend this guy or even excused what he said, that's all.
I personally don't care about what he said as long as it's not directed at someone but only at a video game, I would be pissed if he was saying that word at someone, I don't like racist fucks, I've heard my fair share of "fucking jap" online so I know the feeling when it's directed toward a person, but if I hear someone killing a samurai in For Honor, saying "fucking jap" I wouldn't mind at all...but that's just me and my sensibility, to each their own.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
People exposing themselves smh
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