Overwatch Pro ends his Career with Racist Rant

[vivster]

VGPolyglot said:

vivster said:

The video shows a mental age of about 4.

He just tried to say the most offensive thing that came to mind. In the US it's "nigger". If he said "faggot" over and over he would probably be labeled as homophobe and if he said "bitch" then he'd be a sexist. But that's not how "-isms" work. You're not instantly it once you said the magic word. That's just prejudiced labeling.

if he said "faggot" "faggot" "faggot" "faggot" "gay homosexual faggot" "gay fat homosexual queer faggot" then yeah, I'd assume that he's homophobic too. If his intention was to be offensive, wouldn't that mean that he wants people to think he's racist?

Shock value. The shock value doesn't come from what people think of him but from the mere mentioning of a taboo word. And he was pretty much in a rage so I doubt there was a lot of any intention behind his words.

I just don't like the instant witch hunts as soon as someone says something naughty. People love to instantly stick labels based on buzzwords completely ignoring what's behind those words, which is most often simple stupidity.

Think of the actual hard working racists and homophobes how they must feel when suddenly everyone is labeled as them despite not having any intentions behind their words.