The case of Latinos is different because racism *within* La Raza. Latin America was built on racial oppression of whites against blacks and natives, so skin-color variation is huge there.
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JonTron (youtuber) speaks against demographic "invasion" of America by nonwhites
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The case of Latinos is different because racism *within* La Raza. Latin America was built on racial oppression of whites against blacks and natives, so skin-color variation is huge there.
I hate to say it but the gaming community is extremely toxic / full of weirdos.
I'm half Iranian and completely agree with Jon. The freedoms that I enjoy in Australia most certainly did not derive from my mother's ancestry. She left that mess behind and it boggles my mind when people suppprt the notion of importing it wholesale into Western civilization unchecked.
Just open your goddamn eyes and look at what's happening in places like France, Sweden and Germany. Across most of Europe actually. Open. Your. Goddamn. Eyes.
I'm not in any way shape or form a racist. How could I be.. Im half Middle Eastern.
Just open your goddamn eyes and look at what's happening in places like France, Sweden and Germany. Across most of Europe actually. Open. Your. Goddamn. Eyes.
I'm not in any way shape or form a racist. How could I be.. Im half Middle Eastern.
I doubt he's making his statements with the same outright racist intent that David Duke and Steve King are, but he seems too preoccupied with being outrageous and getting back at those darn SJWs to take a second and think about what the people he's aligning with are actually advocating... so basically he's a typical alt-righter. Disappointing, but not unexpected at this point.
I would assume that Jon is talking against the idea of like, sharia law lovers coming here or something. Hence the wording of "contempt."
The problem, assuming he's referring to such a group of people, should be obvious: that is sure as shit not what Steve King is referring to...
The problem, assuming he's referring to such a group of people, should be obvious: that is sure as shit not what Steve King is referring to...
Slackbladder
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Interesting. Seems to be more evidence in showing how Trump's Presidency has encouraged people to become quite open with their cuntish behaviour. Not that we didn't already know this.
KeyBladerXIII
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His gifs were gold, but if that's the only thing of worth he had for me, it's going to be no problem getting rid of his presence or opinions from me.
How About No
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Bobby Roberts
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It's an interesting look at the notion of audience algebra, and how people solve for it. Essentially, a lot of these personalities either strongly suspect, or flat out know, that a percentage of their audience is racist/sexist/homophobic. So the question becomes "Is it worth more to me to cultivate an audience base that more closely reflects me and my interests/beliefs/values? Or do I value above all the prospect of making more money by letting deplorables into my tent and making them feel safe enough to keep coming back?"
This is honestly the dilemma at the center of a lot of channels/blogs/podcasts. Businesses in general, really. They're forced to make a value judgment: Potentially smaller audience that isn't full of disgusting pieces of fucking shit, or larger audience that includes a lot of turds, but might make more money.
Many people will choose the latter. It's just more important to them to tolerate (and be known for tolerating) racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic beliefs so long as they're not directly, blatantly espoused, for the sake of maximizing their profit potential. "Oh, it's all about the games." "Oh, we keep politics out of our content." "We're not left wing or right wing, we're X-wing!" that kinda shit.
And for some content producers, once you make peace with that decision, maybe it's even easier to slide down that greasy, deplorable little hill into their valley and openly cater/pander to that mindset.
Which makes the projection about SJW's and White Knights all the more transparent. Of course they think people doing the right thing and standing up for the right thing are faking it for the hits and the empty plaudits. Because that's exactly why they've forsaken common sense and basic decency and thrown in with gaters, neo-nazis, misogynists and anti-LGBTQ. Because those people will love them for it—and more importantly, maybe they'll even kick them down a few bucks or two.
I don't think you have to worry about that lol
Max is pretty cool too, he did have that n-bomb slip up a while back but he was cool about it an apologized iirc
You're late.
What did he mean by this?
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Anytime some one says "Wake up!!" or "Open your eyes!!!", it let's me to know that...
aww fuck it
BoogieWoogie
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Pat's gf was on an alt-right podcast recently (The Dick Show). A little scary.
some weird skewing of the meritocracy ideal. He's successful in a fashion, is famous in some way, more infamous, but whatever. And he has a platform and money. In the American eye, he's a role model to emulate.
What a smart and educated man.
Wow, looks like I passed the oppression test. Nothing to see here, folks. Islamophobia isn't just not a thing, it simply never was.
Last_colossi
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ಠ_ಠ Jontron is being an idiot again and now the off-topic thread is saying the gaming side is full of racist scumbags...
When you keep producing games filled with whiteness, always centering heterosexual masculinity, and revolving around dominating others, you end up with fragile gamers who become toxic and vioelently lash out against the presence and voices of marginalized people.
Developers might be liberals, but the marketing and the culture in and around their products is not particularly progressive.
"Fuck you i got mine"
StrawberryJam
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What the fuck?
It legitimately enrages me that such a huge portion of gaming culture is full of racist cunts. This guy is extra fucking stupid since he's from an Iranian family. I'd laugh if it wasn't so god damn insane.
Nikodemos
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I'd say it's the other way around. Larger audience, but less engaged/involved, or smaller audience that produces more added-value for the creator.
Basically, the mobile industry's whale dilemma applied to shitlords.
It's why Facebook and Twitter have not dealt with the fucktards among their subscribers, despite them hurting other people (and causing image problems, especially in Twitter's case). The shitbrains interact with their product more.
Hierophant
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you're the exact opposite of what an Australian should be
God, it really, really bummed me out when all this shit started coming out about Jontron. He was one of my favorite Youtubers for a really long time. At first I was just like "well as long as his content doesn't get political I can still enjoy it." And then it just kept getting worse.
hydrophilic attack
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the fuck kind of website is this
the author seems to pretty much agree with jon
that website said:
clicking around a bit on that site, it seems to be full of anti-feminist rants
do you not read a page before linking it or do you agree with that shit
No no his mom is one of the good ones.
(Who would have been turned away at US customs)
Hyrule Warrior
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lol, good use of that gif.
That movie is far from one of Mel Brooks' best, but it certainly does have some really funny moments.
Conkerkid11
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Since when is H3H3 alt-right?
EatinOlives
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Bizarre that at one point Jon was considered the "victim" when he left.
Fuck him. Bizarre that a child of Iranian immigrants who lives in NYC could have such warped views of reality, but it goes to show this is 100% nurture (i.e. brainwashing).
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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
What a smart and educated man.
I'm trying really hard to get it but that tweet makes no sense to me at all :-/
I don't think its funny personally, these guys are making a whole new intolerable generation who are intolerant of other people with their soapbox
H3H3 is not as far as I know; he seems to do certain things to appeal to his community which tends to veer in the direction at least of the alt-right e.g. "DID YOU SEE THIS CRAZY FEMINIST?!?" as clickbait for reaction videos) and has a few questionable beliefs... Nothing nearly comparable to Jon though.
The idea is that you are not forced to wear a hijab. It took me some time to realize what he meant too.
I don't know how accurate this site is, but I would really love to see racist assholes like JonTron take a huge hit to their YT subs for shit like this.
https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/jontronshow
Mechanized
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Jon. Please stop using Twitter.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Being right about JonTron from the beginning has been a real jewel in my "You should listen to me more" crown with some real life friends recently.
Thanks for outing yourself as a piece of shit Jon!
Thanks for outing yourself as a piece of shit Jon!
For PDP, he's already back at it again and just a day ago made a nazi concentration camp "joke" on his Twitter.
Professor Beef
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He thinks that because any ol' Muslim wearing a hijab (or not) can freely walk into any McD in the country, they aren't being oppressed.
I don't fault you for not getting it, because it's incredibly stupid.
Jon. Please stop being a hateful bigot.
EatinOlives
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"You're so stupid for calling X or Y a Nazi!" is one of the classic deflections of the alt-right. It's similar to racism. The absolute worst thing you can do to a person in their eyes is call them Nazi or racist, even if they behave 100% in lockstep with that of Nazis or racists.
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