Imagine if he killed a black character and titled the video "Went Lynching on RDR 2". The reaction from men and women alike would be of horror. But if he promotes political violence against women, it's suddenly okay. That's the issue here.
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Replying to @DouggieJones @ShirrakoGaming and
Dude. When it comes to video games, anything goes. I don't care what ideals you hold in reality but in games, everything is fiction. If you get bothered by something that occurs in a world that's literal consisted of 0s and 1s, then you're priorities are out of line with reality.
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Replying to @Blaze33405 @DouggieJones and
We've all been through this before with Jack Thompson and just like him, this is nothing but a hack job.
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Replying to @Blaze33405 @ShirrakoGaming and
This is not Jack Thompson trying to ban all violent video games. This is a company banning one video on YouTube because its creator specifically advocated for political violence under the guise of it being a joke. You're comparison is extremely lofty.
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Replying to @DouggieJones @Blaze33405 and
This isn't a condemnation of RDR2. This is a condemnation of 1 person. Anything goes, but this one person behaved in a deeply shitty way. He isn't owed anything from YouTube either.
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Replying to @DouggieJones @ShirrakoGaming and
Shitty things have been done in these sorts of games for a long time. Worse if anything. Difference is that people like myself understand that this is fiction and losing your mind/calling something advocating X is retarded since those that do have lost touch with reality
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Replying to @Blaze33405 @ShirrakoGaming and
Of course it's fiction, but when you use a work of fiction to push political messages and advocate for violence against real people, then you're taking a work of fiction and applying it to the real world. Fiction does not exist in a vacuum. It never has. Stop being naive.
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Replying to @DouggieJones @ShirrakoGaming and
I don't think i'm the one being naive here. I just have my priorities straightened out and know that crying about someone treating a fictional character badly for their fictional views is idiotic. Hopefully he gets his channel back. Youtube's decision is wrong.
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Replying to @Blaze33405 @ShirrakoGaming and
Nobody is "crying about someone treating a fictional character badly". We're condemning a person for using a video game to promote violence against feminists (see the title of the original video and the comments) and how this is a much broader issue.
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Replying to @DouggieJones @Blaze33405 and
What's naive is doubling down on this uncritical insistence that because something is fiction, it can't be used in a damaging way. Would you extend that rationale to religious texts and the wars waged on the backs of them? If not, then you're being inconsistent.
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The problem isn't the work of fiction itself, it's the person who is using that work of fiction to spread a particular message to an audience who are clearly stirred up by it. This is a condemnation of one person based on their actions. Not anything to do with gaming specifically
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