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[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 44 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Guy does a few Nazi things and anti-Semitic things a few years ago and he has to live with that reputation forever? . And come on, why are you living in the past? Just because Kanye straight off said some Nazi shit every few months? Dude, separate the art from the artist!

Oh, and Kevin Spacey did a bit of rape back then. But it was so long ago!

And while we're here, Bill Cosby drugged those girls in the 70s. Like my dude, who wasn't a little edgy back then?

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 48 points 1 month ago

Yes, because those are all equivalent situations

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're going to equate a word with being a Nazi and rape? Using a racial slur is literally a small subset of being a Nazi.

If you think calling people Jews was the big issue with the Nazis, well...

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 17 points 1 month ago

Nah I'm saying you say racist shit, you don't get off the hook.

[-] triptrapper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Is there an avenue to getting off the hook? Apologizing and not doing it again? Or does he lose everything for the rest of his life?

For context, I barely know who pewdiepie is. I just have to imagine that when public figures fuck up, maybe there's a spectrum of available consequences other than "they must lose their job and never been spoken of again."

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He didn't really apologize at all. He brushed it off, moved on, and then everyone pretended like it didn't exist.

His PR machine worked hard to clean up his mess.

Imagine if JK Rowling's got quiet then two years later, came back and everyone gaslight you into saying they just went through a phase.

And yet, I'm the one getting heavily down voted.

[-] triptrapper@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the context. I read your comment as "you don't get off the hook ever" which is not what you said.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I think your original argument just wasn't fully fleshed out. Seems you don't like the guy for a lot more reason than the one you gave, which might be legitimate.

[-] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Damn, so according to you anyone who played COD or Halo back in the day should also be banished from society?

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I was thinking QtPie, who is a much nicer person.

Pretty sure PewDiePie is an ass, but "he said a racial slur once ten years ago" isn't a great argument against anyone, generally.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So I decided to look up the article, and see what the defense was.

Here's the article: https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-16.04.33.jpg

And indeed, it does seem to be a Vetements piece he's wearing. I could not however find the exact outfit, but those are the Georgian designer's signature, in Georgian letters, which can be compared here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demna_(designer)

In looking through some videos from that era, he is wearing multiple articles of clothing from Vetements which tracks. So it's not a one off piece of clothing he was wearing from that company.

As for the cross, it is a design used in Georgia, including on their traditional flags:

And it is known as a Bolnisi Cross

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolnisi_cross

And can even be found in ancient Georgian architecture, specifically with a circle around it:

It is similar to the German iron cross, except the iron cross always has white or iron bolding, which the Bolnisi Cross does not

(You can compare them in these search results: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=german+iron+cross&ia=images&iax=images)

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

PewDiePie's PR machine got you so good you're defending a multimillionaire for his BS.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nah, I just actually look up claims rather than taking them at face value, and live in Europe.

[-] prole 4 points 1 month ago

Didn't the dude literally dress up like a Nazi as a joke? Or am I misremembering.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

You're not misremembering.

He had a team scrub that off the internet and now a bunch of people have been gaslit.

[-] prole 3 points 1 month ago

Ok thanks... I can picture it in my head so I was confused when people here were so focused on the iron cross thing.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not that familiar, tbh.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

For what it's worth, Kevin Spacey has not been found guilty of anything. He was found not liable in New York and acquitted in the UK.

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