Re:Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper ...
by mercer on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:52PM
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> Edit: I'll leave the comment for what it is, but after thinking on it a bit I feel that this is not something worth arguing over. While I do think there should be more nuance in these things, the fact of the matter is that PewDiePie acted racist and I do disagree with that. And he doesn't need (or perhaps deserve) random internet people to defend him against other random internet people. I guess I'm just in 'hating the media' mode but that's another discussion best not conflated with an issue such as this one. So my apologies for raising a stink.
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Re:Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper ...
by foldr on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @07:37AM
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It might not seem like something worth arguing over to you as a straight white man, but Jewish people and gay people don't have the same luxury of being able to ignore these issues.
Re:Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper ...
by mercer on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @10:21AM
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"Not worth arguing over" was in reference to my misguided attempt to distinguish between 'having racist beliefs' and 'acting racist to be edgy'. I feel I went down the wrong path arguing over that. Sorry if I wasn't clear on that.
So, to be clear: I absolutely agree that these issues are worth arguing over, and that we shouldn't ignore them, and it was good that you challenged me on that.