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Post by spidershinobi on Mar 26, 2017 15:24:55 GMT
Some weeks ago (at least a month now, I guess) there was some outrage over something that JonTron said during a 5 hour-long conversation. Needless to say, I won't dig through it to find out what he said, but as someone who enjoys his work I can't help but wonder if what he said was actually offensive or if the internet was just being the internet.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 26, 2017 16:51:28 GMT
I've heard of that guy. The parrot is the cool one.
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Post by Cervantes on Mar 27, 2017 1:19:01 GMT
I haven't read about it too much as I only ever watched one or two videos of JonTron (they were pretty meh), but, from the things I read, it wasn't just the internet being the internet: the guy really used a deeply racist rhetoric, like talking about racial purity or how black people were predisposed to commit more crimes. It's especially jarring when you know he is of iranian descent.
It seriously seems he went full Fox News in his debate.
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Post by MeleeMonk on Mar 27, 2017 3:37:37 GMT
Cervantes  Well, I despise white people for creating slavery and plundering nature, so IMO it's reasonable. However, I don't think there's any good reason to hate blacks as a whole. There's also a rumor that he's a conservative, which, if true, means that I have absolutely positively no respect for him whatsoever now.
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 27, 2017 4:34:42 GMT
I heard of this, but I have no idea what he said or who he is. All I know is that despite how lefty most of my views are, I really despise SJWs, and I wish they will disappear because they tend to get related with the left, and as a consequence make everyone else with some lefty ideas look like total asses. They remind of the Evengelical censorship movements of the 90s, which means their days are counted. However we are still at a point where they may get bigger before they start going down.
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Post by centipede on Mar 27, 2017 4:53:38 GMT
I've heard of that guy. The parrot is the cool one. The parrot was the one in charge lol He said something about blacks being criminals or something and so the makers of this Banjo Kazooie successor, who offered hima chance to voice the main character in it, cut him off to avoid controversy. |
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Post by centipede on Mar 27, 2017 4:57:49 GMT
Cervantes Well, I despise white people for creating slavery and plundering nature, so IMO it's reasonable. However, I don't think there's any good reason to hate blacks as a whole. There's also a rumor that he's a conservative, which, if true, means that I have absolutely positively no respect for him whatsoever now. Give me one good reason why any regular white person, alive today, should be held accountable for something some rich merchants of the same race did centuries before. |
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Post by fsfsxii on Mar 27, 2017 6:06:07 GMT
Cervantes Well, I despise white people for creating slavery and plundering nature, so IMO it's reasonable. However, I don't think there's any good reason to hate blacks as a whole. There's also a rumor that he's a conservative, which, if true, means that I have absolutely positively no respect for him whatsoever now. Would you hate asians for Holako Khan? |
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Post by scipioafricanus on Mar 27, 2017 10:55:12 GMT
Cervantes Well, I despise white people for creating slavery and plundering nature, so IMO it's reasonable. However, I don't think there's any good reason to hate blacks as a whole. There's also a rumor that he's a conservative, which, if true, means that I have absolutely positively no respect for him whatsoever now. You shouldn't really talk about not respecting people when you think white people invented slavery. That "institution" has been around since before recorded history. How would you explain it existing in Pre-Columbian America, before the "white-man" arrived? Did the Chinese took it from Rome when they existed as a nation-state prior to the settling of the 7 hills? If anything you should be thanking white people for the campaign to end slavery (it still exists in certain parts of the world). William Wilberforce of Great Britain and the Abolitionists in the US might be confused on their racial makeup with your accusation. As for plundering nature, how do you feel about the Chinese and their polluting ways? |
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Post by Balder on Mar 27, 2017 11:56:35 GMT
Cervantes Well, I despise white people for creating slavery and plundering nature, so IMO it's reasonable. However, I don't think there's any good reason to hate blacks as a whole. There's also a rumor that he's a conservative, which, if true, means that I have absolutely positively no respect for him whatsoever now. As for plundering nature, how do you feel about the Chinese and their polluting ways? Maybe America should stop setting up polluting businesses in other countries and then blame them for polluting. |
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Post by billspreston on Mar 27, 2017 13:48:23 GMT
I thought Balder had player1 whacked for his progression aggression. You'd better watch yourselves.
I could give you all a history lesson on the Gamorrean 10000 years war.
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Post by Balder on Mar 27, 2017 14:04:16 GMT
I thought Balder had player1 whacked for his progression aggression. You'd better watch yourselves. I could give you all a history lesson on the Gamorrean 10000 years war. You better watch yourself dude or else I may watch Kill Bill for some inspiration. |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 27, 2017 15:04:13 GMT
As for plundering nature, how do you feel about the Chinese and their polluting ways? Maybe America should stop setting up polluting businesses in other countries and then blame them for polluting.  |
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Post by spidershinobi on Mar 28, 2017 0:44:18 GMT
Oh wow! So he's full on racist then. That kinda sucks, and I bet around half of his subscribers may be black - or were, since they can just unsubscribe. And MeleeMonk, really now? White people did those all alone? You should review that idea. |
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Post by Armored Core Raven on Mar 28, 2017 1:04:45 GMT
What Jon has to say about what he said
I think it's funny how anyone can take his words seriously on any level when he's proven time and time again that under even the slightest amount of pressure his brain completely shuts down and the dumbest things imaginable spews out of his mouth.
Just watch the episode when he visited James and Mike and played 3 player bomberman 2 on entertainment system... the game that according to Jon in the heat of the moment, and I quote; "[...]does barely even have not graphics."
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