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PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is the most popular YouTuber in the world. He's gotten himself into another controversy, this time for shouting the n-word while livestreaming a video game. The 27-year-old Swede has repeatedly been criticized for hate speech, and just last month said he would no longer make Nazi jokes after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent. But while playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Sunday, Kjellberg, who has over 57 million subscribers on YouTube, called another player the n-word before erupting into laughter. "What a fucking n****r," he said. "Jeez, oh my god. What the fuck? Sorry, but what the fuck? What a fucking asshole. I don't mean that in a bad way." Kjellberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and has yet to publicly acknowledge the incident.
In response to Kjellberg's use of a racial slur, a number of video game players and developers have condemned the creator. Sean Vanaman, the co-founder of video game company Campo Santo, decided to use copyright law to push back against Kjellberg. On Twitter, he said he was filing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown request against the famous YouTuber regarding a video in which Kjellberg plays Campo Santo's game Firewatch. There are compelling reasons to [remove hate speech from major internet platforms] by any means necessary, but DMCA overreach is among the least compelling options, considering that it unilaterally puts power into the hands of what are essentially uninvolved parties and allows for little arbitration or defense on the part of those who have their content removed.
In response to Kjellberg's use of a racial slur, a number of video game players and developers have condemned the creator. Sean Vanaman, the co-founder of video game company Campo Santo, decided to use copyright law to push back against Kjellberg. On Twitter, he said he was filing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown request against the famous YouTuber regarding a video in which Kjellberg plays Campo Santo's game Firewatch. There are compelling reasons to [remove hate speech from major internet platforms] by any means necessary, but DMCA overreach is among the least compelling options, considering that it unilaterally puts power into the hands of what are essentially uninvolved parties and allows for little arbitration or defense on the part of those who have their content removed.
Yeah! Anyone who objects to the word "n---er" being used, this time clearly as a pejorative -- that's who's wrong....
His post is evidence.
"SJW" means more or less "I'm a fuckwit and I say... " which of course you can then follow up with whatever random shit you like. The GP is a fine example.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
The problem is that the racism behind the word n*g**r is is being selectively applied. A person of African descent can apparently use it among friends, but non African descent cannot use it ever.
That's right. Context absolutely matters. So does intent.
Because it's not just "a fucking word."
Yeah, someone who doesn't give half a fuck about the left's ever-escalating PC insanity. Once you start rioting over pronouns, you lose all reasonable expectation that anyone will take you seriously ever again.
My God, ever since the Civil Rights movement, being an open racist used to mean you'd get the deserved disgust and shunning even from those close to you. That word and what it represents used to be anathema, and deservedly so. Now it's "left-wing PC insanity" to get pissed as someone who calls someone else a ni**er. And not cutely/affably, even if tone-deaf. No, it's meant as an insult, as derogatory, and still you're pretending this is some "left-wing" issue. At least you didn't go full moron and say SJW.