PewDiePie Apologizes

[jayzer 2,507]

Pewdiepie apologizes after saying the n word

read the full article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/12/pewdiepie-apologises-racial-slur-im-just-an-idiot-youtube

[tthen 4,621]

Of course he did. His group of mindless followers will forgive him (well tbh they were never angry at him since they were defending him the entire time), and others will forget since this happens everytime this guy does something like this. Outrage ensues->supporters defend him->people insist that this is the last straw->apology vid->people forget that this happened and the cycle repeats itself over and over.

[Jeff Stryker 29]

...I know you're only sorry you got caught.

[merlot 5,772]

i don't think his intention was malicious or anything but he really needs to be more careful, this isn't his first time saying something problematic 

and also the whole gaming and live streaming thing is a mistake 

[RAMROD 109,303]

Again?!!

 

So, earlier this year he said some slurs bout Jewish, now about African American. What's next? Asian? Latin people?

[ClariceStarling 1,020]

Until next time. 

He's disgusting. 

[August Blue 8,566]

He is a racist white guy and disgusting. 

[August Blue 8,566]

3 minutes ago, merlot said:

I don't think his intention was malicious or anything but he really needs to be more careful, this isn't his first time saying something problematic 

and also the whole gaming and live streaming thing is a mistake 

Being racist isnt malicious? 

Its not the first time he does this. 

He is just racist and very aware of the meaning behind what he says. 

Just like azaelia banks.. does shit and then apologizes, then does the same shit again and apologizise and then does the same thing again and apologizes  

He has this bad "values" and hatred inside him (racism) which will never leave him  

[Gohan 16,397]

An Azealia Banks tea. He'll be repeating that behavious and get away with it because he's a mayo with pennywise eyes.

[merlot 5,772]

1 minute ago, August Blue said:

Being racist isnt malicious? 

Its not the first time he does this. 

He is just racist and very aware of the meaning behind what he says. 

Just like azaelia banks.. does **** and then apologizes, then does the same **** again and apologizise and then does the same thing again and apologizes  

He has this bad "values" and hatred inside him (racism) which will never leave him  

i did not say being racist isn't malicious 

he said the word in the heat of the situation and it was not meant to degrade black ppl, don't get me wrong i'm not saying that what he did isn't wrong.

 

6 minutes ago, August Blue said:

which will never leave him

how are you certain of this  

[ryanripley 86,575]

21 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Again?!!

 

So, earlier this year he said some slurs bout Jewish, now about African American. What's next? Asian? Latin people?

technically he himself didn't say anti-jewish slurs, the media kinda twisted that one a little  even though what he did could have been avoided completely and easily without the use of slurs  

but yeah, i'm off the pewdiepie fan train now, his recent stuff was funny because he was over youtube but you really can't defend a racist mess  

[Slayer 9,227]

I bet he just does all this racist bullsh!t for the views. Scandal videos always do amazingly well on YouTube. 

I refuse to believe he would be stupid enough to "slip up" after the sh!tstorm and consequences caused by the first incident. He knows what he's doing. Disgusting man.

[ClariceStarling 1,020]

16 minutes ago, Slayer said:

I bet he just does all this racist bullsh!t for the views. Scandal videos always do amazingly well on YouTube. 

I refuse to believe he would be stupid enough to "slip up" after the sh!tstorm and consequences caused by the first incident. He knows what he's doing. Disgusting man.

Isn't it amazing how you can say something like "N***ER" and you won't face consequences because you're popular AND a man?

[August Blue 8,566]

2 minutes ago, ClariceStarling said:

Isn't it amazing how you can say something like the n word and you won't face consequences because you're popular? 

He is popular mostly bc trash supports trash  

I mean, who would still be a "fan" of his after his racists slurs?  

Racists  

[Bebe 17,093]

Well, apologising is the very least he could do. I'm not really impressed by his apology. I think it's dumb that he said things like "It was something that I said in the heat of the moment" and "it just sort of slipped out" just before saying he had no excuses for saying it. Those are your excuses Felix, those are the reasons you are giving to downplay what you said and excuse your behaviour as a 'stupid mistake'.

It's kind of crazy that there are people who defend him.

We've gotten to the point where there are people out there like "Yeah, he did say the n-word and that's not cool... but in context..." and people like "OMG SJW idiots are going after pewds because he accidently let the n-word slip"

Apparently now it's just fair play to use any racial slurs. Unless somebody just straight out says "I'm a racist!" then it's all just a little ambiguous and the offender might have just somehow accidently let a racial slur roll of their tongue unexpectedly.

I can't say that I'll stop watching his content, because I never really watched him at any time, but I would hope there are some consequences for this. Pewdiepie has an influence over those who watch him and they are of the opinion that it's no biggie and that since he apologised it doesn't matter anymore.

A better step would be if he made a video explaining why what he said was totally unacceptable, the history of the word, why it's such a serious thing to say, why people were right to criticise his language and why his audience shouldn't use the same language. Something without the excuses and the attempts to downplay what he said.

This is weak, it's just BS that people can say to just avoid the consequences of their words and actions. "I said something super offensive... Sorry, it was a mistake on my part and not at all cool - I'm super reflective and aware of how not cool this was of me - Okay, we've finished with all that now!! Lets all move on as if nothing ever happened and brush this all under the rug!!! Whooo!! More stupid videos!! No consequences for my words and actions!!!"