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PewDiePie Responds after using racial slur

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Ethan Klein is a friend and supporter of bigoted assholes like JonTron and Joey Salads. No surprise here.

Joey Salads? Hes made multiple videos reacting on his videos and making fun of him. h3h3 is probably one of the best youtube channels out there.
They have done a great job with copyright and false video flagging on youtube, and helping out youtubers to sort out video take-down strikes.
 

trh

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Yes, I did. And this is not misrepresenting at all - yes, they have said that what PDP did was undefensable, but they still said that he isn't racist or more importantly that his actions were not racist.
"There's no way to defend this, but let me minimize it as much as I can"


Has anyone mentioned drdisrespect's rants about this, where he defended PDP? I only started watching him a couple of weeks ago and only sparingly, but I'm done with that.
 
Sounds like Ethan is condemning Felix for what he said, and Hila is talking about how she just learned the severity of the word recently after Bill Maher said it on air, but now she gets it and knows to never use it.
 

Armorous

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In general I am tired of seeing gamers using racial slurs and cursing so freely. It adds nothing to the topic, just garbage filler words, and in my mind dumbs down their opinion. Frankly I would like to see a crackdown on behavior like he showed and constant foul language in general.
 

Nanashrew

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Sounds like Ethan is condemning Felix for what he said, and Hila is talking about how she just learned the severity of the word recently after Bill Maher said it on air, but now she gets it and knows to never use it.

How do they even not know about the word and what it means?! This feels like feigning ignorance
 
You either care about what your ridiculous amount of viewers feel when you use that word, or you don't. Pewdiepie clearly doesn't.
If the money he is raking in from subscribers overrides the feeling of shame he should feel from failing as a broadcaster then he not only is false in his apology but is also inviting governance which will potentially hamper future, more talented broadcasters, that could take his place.

The only acceptable apology is to quit.
 

ckaneo

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In general I am tired of seeing gamers using racial slurs and cursing so freely. It adds nothing to the topic, just garbage filler words, and in my mind dumbs down their opinion. Frankly I would like to see a crackdown on behavior like he showed and constant foul language in general.

Yeah, why has this kinda behavior become acceptable in games.
 
Like I've said before I cannot see an apology as sincere if he feels the need to say " If I offended someone..." It is pretty clear that he offended a ton of people so in my book it makes him seem insincere

Maybe it is just me, but I've heard too many people that have no remorse "apologize" along those lines.

Yeah, why has this kinda behavior become acceptable in games.

Because it has been normalized in society in a certain way so it is more acceptable to hear people say it. There is also the whole identity/race thing that doesn't come across in an anonymous setting, so in the end, it becomes a lot worse.

There is also no way to filter the words out b y voice recognition and the reporting parts of many games never get anything done because people just use them to troll.

It's a lot more complicated than people saying racial slurs on voice chat. In PewDiePies case he is a moron because he is in a very public setting and he knows this. That slip is more than that. Maybe he normalized the word into his everyday online life.
 

shandy706

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AESplusF

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This is a fair point. I just though the post I was quoting wasn't really giving an accurate description of the general tone that the podcast had taken over the issue. They were both incredibly critical of both Pewdiepie and those defending his use of the word.

I think ppl should watch it for themselves before jumping to conclusions.

That would be asking for far too much frankly

WOW he is an awful and ignorant person.

He said that he could understand how a foreigner may not have the context to know better, and made it very clear that Felix has context, and has no excuse
 

Nanashrew

Banned
Remember when H3H3 went after the Wallstreet Journal thinking they had some evidence to say WSJ was in the wrong?

What credibility or integrity does H3H3 have? Absolutely none and it continues to show even today.
 

Bodom

Banned
Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their supportrers considered that dumb and easy to influence?
 
H3h3 are streaming their podcast right now on this issue and their response is pretty much how I thought it would look like:

"We're disappointed, but he's not racist. He hasn't beaten up a black person, so his actions are not really racist ... Is this an issue that mostly white people are raving about? ... Developers that are distancing themselves from PDP are evil and just seek revenge..."

https://www.twitch.tv/h3h3productions
you guys are never going to believe this but ethan is actually a giant sack of shit and this shouldn't be surprising to anyone

i love that the bar for racism is now physical assault, because you *know* that if any of these dickheads actually assaulted a person of colour that all of these worthless morons would break they're backs screaming "it wasn't about race! it was about some other thing!"

they're manipulating every situation to make it so they can never truly be at fault
 
Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?

Can you repost this in English please
 

Salaadin

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Joey Salads? Hes made multiple videos reacting on his videos and making fun of him. h3h3 is probably one of the best youtube channels out there.
They have done a great job with copyright and false video flagging on youtube, and helping out youtubers to sort out video take-down strikes.
He makes fun of him but then asks him to be on his podcast and, just a few days ago, had him on his hurricane harvey charity stream. Check his Twitter page. They're buds now.
 

pompidu

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This is just stupid, you can't hold YouTube, as a company, responsible for what one user on their website said. If YouTube wants to, they have the right to dole out some form of punishment onto him, but they are not responsible for what someone said on their platform that has thousands of racist videos uploaded by people who are actually racist.

YouTube has made millions of dollars off of PDP, they are supporting a racist and profiting from him.

They are responsible for enabling this type of behavior.
 

Veldin

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H3h3 are streaming their podcast right now on this issue and their response is pretty much how I thought it would look like:

"We're disappointed, but he's not racist. He hasn't beaten up a black person, so his actions are not really racist ... Is this an issue that mostly white people are raving about? ... Developers that are distancing themselves from PDP are evil and just seek revenge..."

https://www.twitch.tv/h3h3productions

On the bright side, they called up a guy who went ahead and said the "is it only white people upset?" rationalization is bullshit and just a way of downplaying the incident. Also said people who think "it's just a word, don't give it power" are fuckin stupid.

h3h3 is still garbage anyway.
 
Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?

No matter what you think of the word he used, don't fail to see the difference between it being spoken by a white person as opposed to a black person.
 
Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?
Do you guys have a template you copy/paste your concerns from or ?
 

FiggyCal

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He makes fun of him but then asks him to be on his podcast and, just a few days ago, had him on his hurricane harvey charity stream. Check his Twitter page. They're buds now.

He also had Jake Paul on. No one really hates each other on youtube. It's all for shits and giggles.
 

KayMote

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The last thing I heard him say before closing the tab was that foreigners get a pass

I think Ethan fucked up with his weak ass response, but to clarify this quote:

He said that basically a Chinese foreigner who just arrived in the US might not know the heritage of the word, but that PDP basically has become American at this point and that he should definitely know better.
 
Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?

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Now if you're not just trolling, to quote Childish Gambino there's a difference between using the hard R and not using it.
 
If H3h3 thinks that to be classified as a racist you need to beat up a person then he's sadly mistaken.

You can easily be a racist without ever laying a finger on the person and by letting his good buddy Felix off the hook he's pretty letting him get away with his action and will never understand how Felix's action has made it worse for other youtubers to make ad money when they got spooked with his Nazi "joke."

But nah it's easier to pin the blame onto Youtube and sweep the real problem under the rug and moan about how the professorial media doesn't take them seriously and how doesn't understand them.

Lol the vast majority of racists never lay a fucking hair on anyone because the vast majority are huge cowards who are all talk and deathly afraid of everything.

By their definition the united states has a very small number of racists then.
 

GamerJM

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It didn't feel sincere to me.

That being said, even if it was, I wouldn't defend him. Hell, he'd have to do a lot more than just suddenly turn a new leaf for me to be okay with this. He's crossed the line too many times.
 

pestul

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Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?
I'm fucking tired of this argument. Over and fucking over again...

A white dude on a stream cannot and should not say 'fucking ni**er' ever. Period.
 
H3h3 are streaming their podcast right now on this issue and their response is pretty much how I thought it would look like:

"We're disappointed, but he's not racist. He hasn't beaten up a black person, so his actions are not really racist ... Is this an issue that mostly white people are raving about? ... Developers that are distancing themselves from PDP are evil and just seek revenge..."

https://www.twitch.tv/h3h3productions

Ah yes, back to the whole racism only equals violence against black people defense. Not surprised H3H3 is like this. It's a racist action, he said a racist slur as an insult to a person. Ethan Klein, grow up.
 

Beefy

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Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?

What is this?
 
Did you watch from the beginning, coz this is grossly misrepresenting what has gone down in this podcast. He said many times that he was extremely disappointed in Pewdiepie and that he refuses to defend him this time.

I too was very worried that Ethan would end up defending him given his history but was pleasantly surprised.

Well here you go then.

Listen up to the 50 min mark. Gotta love when this fucker starts out with, "Thanks PDP for giving the media ammo to say look at all these pieces of shit." First of all, the media wouldn't be calling you pieces of shit if you STOP acting like pieces of shit...you know, the "jokes" PDP has been doing??

Around the 47 min and 30 second mark, that's when he says that what he did isn't the same as "it's not the same as beating a black guy or burning a cross across someone's lawn."

Fucking pathetic.

EDIT: With clips.
 

zeorhymer

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If H3h3 thinks that to be classified as a racist you need to beat up a person then he's sadly mistaken.

You can easily be a racist without ever laying a finger on the person and by letting his good buddy Felix off the hook he's pretty letting him get away with his action and will never understand how Felix's action has made it worse for other youtubers to make ad money when they got spooked with his Nazi "joke."

But nah it's easier to pin the blame onto Youtube and sweep the real problem under the rug and moan about how the professorial media doesn't take them seriously and how doesn't understand them.

You're the one that's mistaken. A racist denies or discriminates people because of their race. You can call him a bigot, supremacist, intolerant, prejudiced, etc, but as far as a video goes, he's not a racist.
 

Bodom

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Can you repost this in English please

What part do you do you not understand? I am actually Luxembourgian and might not be fluent in your language.... I am certain you on the other side speak at least 5 languages.

Edit: I noticed I misspelled Supporters with Suppers :p
 
Sorry but what is it about the hypocrisy of the US? Basically any artist can sing using the N word as long as they are black but any popular white person is getting crap for doing so? Being a frickin sexist in songs is ok too it appears, racism as well.. sorry I don´t get it.

Are their suppers considered that dumb and easy to influence?

You were only right about one thing in all that shit you just typed. You don't get it. Actually I think you get it just fine you're just a fucking racist.

You live in the age of internet everywhere and Google if you fucking wanted to know why black people use it it would take all of three seconds so fuck right off with your bullshit I'm a European shit.
 
Remember when H3H3 went after the Wallstreet Journal thinking they had some evidence to say WSJ was in the wrong?

What credibility or integrity does H3H3 have? Absolutely none and it continues to show even today.

Sick burn to their credibility that was an incredible short sighted and poor video.

I'm all for uncovering shit, but you better make sure you have something more concrete.
 

Bodom

Banned
What is this?

What I am trying to say is that depending where you come from you either get shit for using the N word or you don´t. A whole lot of musicians are not getting any negative feedback for being sexist or or using racial slur, whereas Youtubers do...
 
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