As much as I absolutely hate PewDiePie with every fiber of my being, this is probably the best thing that could happen to Linux’s mainstream popularity. That dude’s got so many followers that it’ll get a lot of people interested.
he did a stream in an SS uniform, he has said the n-word (as an insult) during streams, his earliest content was all about screaming “rape”, and he paid people on fiverr to hold up signs saying “death to jews”. he was never wholesome.
however, he did these things not out of reflex but because he cultivated an audience that want it. it was mutual radicalization.
i brought it up because it is indicative. he may not have started out courting nazis, but he developed an audience that tolerated it, and in turn got more extreme himself. mutual radicalization.
accidentally saying the n-word in a moment of frustration like he says it all the time off-stream and briefly forgot he was on camera is not a dark joke. It’s just using a racial slur naturally and automatically because that’s the kind of person he is. No need to make excuses for him.
Yeah you just think that if a white person does use the n-word it’s not such a bad thing. You’ve had several people explain this to you in this thread, and yet here you are, trying to minimize his behaviour.
I get the feeling you already had your opinion before your first comment, and you’re feigning ignorance to give your continual defence of his actions the appearance of neutrality.
Just because you think a word is offending anyone somewhere doesn’t mean that the person who used that exact word intended to be offensive against someone anywhere in the world.
The word just has a different meaning to some people.
So what are the “other” meanings of the n-word. Educate me. In fact, use it in a sentence if it’s not a problem. Use the full word in a sentence, without censoring it, right here, in the reply to this comment. See if anyone will agree with you then.
Be brave, do it, put your money where your mouth is.
Edit: adding a screenshot of your comment, just in case you get cold feet and delete it out of embarrassment :D
no, it is just as bad because it is in English. the swedish word derived from the Spanish “negro” has different connotations and has historically been used as a descriptor rather than an insult, but we can read american history.
As much as I absolutely hate PewDiePie with every fiber of my being, this is probably the best thing that could happen to Linux’s mainstream popularity. That dude’s got so many followers that it’ll get a lot of people interested.
Unfortunately Pewdiepie fans in 2025 aren’t the type of person you want more of in any community.
A few years ago I could see this but doesn’t he just do family content now?
I mean, he was partnered with Disney before “the bridge incident” too…
family content? maybe he’s concerned about the future of Aryan children
Were they ever?
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he did a stream in an SS uniform, he has said the n-word (as an insult) during streams, his earliest content was all about screaming “rape”, and he paid people on fiverr to hold up signs saying “death to jews”. he was never wholesome.
however, he did these things not out of reflex but because he cultivated an audience that want it. it was mutual radicalization.
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i brought it up because it is indicative. he may not have started out courting nazis, but he developed an audience that tolerated it, and in turn got more extreme himself. mutual radicalization.
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accidentally saying the n-word in a moment of frustration like he says it all the time off-stream and briefly forgot he was on camera is not a dark joke. It’s just using a racial slur naturally and automatically because that’s the kind of person he is. No need to make excuses for him.
I see that you have very strong feelings regarding the use of that word. Do you really want to put such a strong meaning into a word?
Why are you dancing around, I’ve asked you several times to demonstrate the “different meaning” the N-Word has for you. Should be easy no?
Stop trying to weasel out of it. be brave, put your money where your mouth is.
Finally satisfied?
Ecstatic. Thank you for eating shit, gremlin.
removed, chill
Another chud crawls back under their rock when confronted with their opinion.
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Yeah you just think that if a white person does use the n-word it’s not such a bad thing. You’ve had several people explain this to you in this thread, and yet here you are, trying to minimize his behaviour.
I get the feeling you already had your opinion before your first comment, and you’re feigning ignorance to give your continual defence of his actions the appearance of neutrality.
You are being ignorant not the other commenter.
Just because you think a word is offending anyone somewhere doesn’t mean that the person who used that exact word intended to be offensive against someone anywhere in the world.
The word just has a different meaning to some people.
So what are the “other” meanings of the n-word. Educate me. In fact, use it in a sentence if it’s not a problem. Use the full word in a sentence, without censoring it, right here, in the reply to this comment. See if anyone will agree with you then.
Be brave, do it, put your money where your mouth is.
Edit: adding a screenshot of your comment, just in case you get cold feet and delete it out of embarrassment :D
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Called out, deleted comment. The actions of an innocent man, lol. Crawl back under your rock.
no, it is just as bad because it is in English. the swedish word derived from the Spanish “negro” has different connotations and has historically been used as a descriptor rather than an insult, but we can read american history.
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Thats not me. Learn to read usernames.
Chill, she is ignorant, not you
still waiting for you to show me that the n-word has different meanings, as per your other comment:
Demonstrate to us how to use the n-word in one of the ‘other’ contexts where it is not a racial slur.
It took some minutes to write. Sorry for being too slow for you https://lemmy.ml/comment/16869109
I don’t see your demonstration anywhere in that reply.
Once again, show me the “different meaning” the n-word has, by using it in a sentence in the reply to this comment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38965377
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41222593
https://gametyrant.com/news/apgozfd35oqgls45hmip7d8f9pwp0w
It’s been clear for a long time.