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Forums - Gaming - Yooka Laylee remove 'controversial' Youtuber JonTron from game

Aura7541 on 23 March 2017

Last chance. If you guys do not drop the topic or take it somewhere else, moderations will be handed out.



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Lawlight on 23 March 2017
Soundwave said:
Lawlight said:

So did JonTron mobilised people to go around and harm people? Unlike Madonna I don't think he did that. And notice how Madonna was not arrested. If JonTron was creating rallies asking people to go around and harm people then it would be different.

Imagine if a company decides to fire someone if he says that he doesn't believe in god. Well within their right but it is actually right?

How is that "well within their right" ... lol? That would be applicable in situations where religion is part of the business, maybe, but that's an odd analogy. 

And JonTron is not going to jail. He's losing some silly Youtube endorsement or whatever the fuck is so life altering. 

Madonna's music label is welcome to drop her if they want on the basis of her comments, that's their choice. 

Well within their right as in the law allows them to do that. And it's a great analogy - goes on to show that companies' choice to drop someone isn't always the right thing.

Side note - we know the left-leaning media backs Madonna so there'd be no repercussion to her actions. Funny how that works.

 

 

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Soundwave on 23 March 2017
Lawlight said:
Soundwave said:

OK, Lawlight so if you owned a restaurant and someone at your work came out and said "Death to infidels, death to Westerners, submit to Islam or die ... hey it's just my opinion that I want to share every five minutes even as I'm serving your hamburger" you'd stand up for them? 

And yes you agree on slander, that is speech, so not all speech is covered then. 

Again - a different scenario. A restaurant isn't a platform for you to express your religious opinions and that's on top of that employee being unamicable. What that person says on social media is not my problem though.

Slander isn't just speech - it targets a particular. Like how Colin Moriarty was slandered by the media. Get this right - people should be able to say what they feel as long as they don't promote bodily harm or don't mischaracterise or attack individuals baselessly.

Kinda like being a small potatoes "Youtube personality" isn't the correct platform to express your white supremasist opinions? Where is social media suddenly sacrosant? Even so, if you had an employee who was posting support for ISIS on social media, you'd be OK with that as an employer because "well ... it's social media, guess we just have to tolerate it because it's on Twitter"? 

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Lawlight on 23 March 2017
Aura7541 said:
Last chance. If you guys do not drop the topic or take it somewhere else, moderations will be handed out.

Fine, fine. I'll stop.



Normchacho on 23 March 2017

Not surprised, and I certainly won't be shedding any tears for Jontron.



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thismeintiel on 23 March 2017

We celebrate diversity. Well...unless that is diversity of opinion. That's ok. I'll not be purchasing this game.



 

Torillian on 23 March 2017
thismeintiel said:
We celebrate diversity. Well...unless that is diversity of opinion. That's ok. I'll not be purchasing this game.

I'd argue that saying we don't celebrate diversity of opinion because we don't abide racists is like saying I don't celebrate diversity in my diet because I don't eat literal shit.  



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Ultrashroomz on 23 March 2017

I don't blame Playtonic for their decision, bad press is just a headache that people really don't wanna deal with when possible.



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thismeintiel on 23 March 2017
Torillian said:
thismeintiel said:
We celebrate diversity. Well...unless that is diversity of opinion. That's ok. I'll not be purchasing this game.

I'd argue that saying we don't celebrate diversity of opinion because we don't abide racists is like saying I don't celebrate diversity in my diet because I don't eat literal shit.  

Please.  The left throws out the word racist so much it means absolutely nothing anymore.  It's how they even go into arguments anymore, since they can't defend their positions.  So, just because someone who wants borders for their country to block out illegal immigrants, while we still allow legal ones in, is not a racist.  But, it doesn't matter.  They want to kowtow to a few lefties whining about his comments, I'll speak with my wallet and not buy their game.



 

thismeintiel on 23 March 2017
CaptainExplosion said:
thismeintiel said:

Please.  The left throws out the word racist so much it means absolutely nothing anymore.  It's how they even go into arguments anymore, since they can't defend their positions.  So, just because someone who wants borders for their country to block out illegal immigrants, while we still allow legal ones in, is not a racist.  But, it doesn't matter.  They want to kowtow to a few lefties whining about his comments, I'll speak with my wallet and not buy their game.

How many times do I have to say it?

NOT BUYING A GAME OVER POLITICS IS FUCKING STUPID TO ME!!

Fixed that for you.