EPTOrb, racist remarks on ladder and personal stream - Page 63
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The subject of this thread is not a license to roll out your inaccurate, misinformed, poorly conceived, tired, and downright offensive theories about race relations. | ||
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Onlinejaguar
Australia2823 Posts
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Arcanewinds
United Kingdom197 Posts
Orb should be spoken to, but not severely punished at all. | ||
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RampancyTW
United States577 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:38 jnsjr wrote: Painting a broad brush of the community as "white and privileged" because of the posts in this topic.Not sure if serious? I'll take the troll bait, please enlighten me, how is this racist? But racism against white people doesn't count, amirite? | ||
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pirates
United States701 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:40 Onlinejaguar wrote: He got a bit mad while laddering, who cares honestly? People need to grow up and not care about this shit. 100% agree sir | ||
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VanGarde
Sweden755 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:38 Dental Floss wrote: Hmm, thats a really good point. I hadn't thought of that. Man, it'd be crazy if there was a context where black people have been oppressed, murdered, and enslaved for hundreds of years by brutal imperialists. You'd sure look like a heel calling people "dumb niggers" if that were the case. The problem with this reasoning is again the complete lack of balance. This shit only happens when people use the words nigger and fag, and in there lies the bias. When IdrA calls someone a retard no one stands up and say that this is offensive to mentally challenged people. When someone calls someone a cunt or a pussy there is no one who starts a thread about how this disrespects all women. The reason people don't do that is that even people who think that we should censor society to get rid of "bad" words that could offend people realize that if you push that line of reasoning to its limits you can barely use words at all because there is always someone who will be offended by something. | ||
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Xann
United States17 Posts
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Castrophy
United States232 Posts
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Lixler
United States265 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:37 Leporello wrote: Makes me glad, I think that kind of language we're discussing is deplorable, insulting, and offensive. Beyond that, this kind of "typical" BM just affirms to every decent, thinking adult that the video game community is a haven for childish people who think nothing you say or do matters unless someone "makes it a big deal", and as such will say whatever mean thing they can think of because inside that's just who they are. While I don't like slander and bandwagoning, I'm really tired of the carte-blanche attitude some people take towards civility, just because it's on the internet. You write someone a hand-written letter calling them racist and homophobic slurs, it's practically a hate crime. You say it in public, and people might call you a pig for the rest of your life. But on the internet, "it's only a big deal because other people make it a big deal". Yeah, people who agree with me are reasonable adults, whereas people who disagree with me are just dumb kids. Reasonable adults like to make horrible fallacies, so I know I'm one. | ||
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RampancyTW
United States577 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:41 Xann wrote: Fuck off, you racist sack of shit.i'm still waiting for orb's apology, the white man continues to spread their hatred and racism while black men such as myself are hurt despite the hundreds of years of brutality i've had to suffer. The white man should be ashamed Or masterful troll. Whatever. Just fuck off. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
We have some evidence that would indicate that the original story of the first incident being a friend may be false, but it is not incontrovertible. It is a screenshot with similar hotkeys at one moment in time. I have yet to see entire replays compared, which could without a doubt prove that there has been an effort to lie and cover up the truth. Until this or some other evidence comes forward the proposed "cover up" is a matter of debate. | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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LaM
United States1321 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:41 Xann wrote: i'm still waiting for orb's apology, the white man continues to spread their hatred and racism while black men such as myself are hurt despite the hundreds of years of brutality i've had to suffer. The white man should be ashamed One of the more understated and solid trolls of this thread. | ||
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:37 dcemuser wrote: Interesting; I didn't know I had to include my Starcraft 2 ladder experiences on my resume. In some hypothetical situation where you're a relatively well-known person in the SC2 community for being bad mannered and saying racist shit, it actually would affect your chances of getting hired. If I google "Jake Sklarew" (that's orb), I get linked to his twitter, which then links to a bunch of people calling him out for being racist... I sure as hell wouldn't hire him. | ||
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mrtomjones
Canada4020 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:41 RampancyTW wrote: Painting a broad brush of the community as "white and privileged" because of the posts in this topic. But racism against white people doesn't count, amirite? Yah I'd second this post here. All colours of people can be racist, and ideally none should. Orb went way overboard in his rants regardless... I don't think any of the kids online have ever raged that badly at me  Although that may be because I left the bleep thing on... lol | ||
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Synche
United States1345 Posts
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Dental Floss
United States1015 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:41 VanGarde wrote: The problem with this reasoning is again the complete lack of balance. This shit only happens when people use the words nigger and fag, and in there lies the bias. When IdrA calls someone a retard no one stands up and say that this is offensive to mentally challenged people. When someone calls someone a cunt or a pussy there is no one who starts a thread about how this disrespects all women. The reason people don't do that is that even people who think that we should censor society to get rid of "bad" words that could offend people realize that if you push that line of reasoning to its limits you can barely use words at all because there is always someone who will be offended by something. You're right; there are degrees of social acceptance for all words and ideas. One way to measure how socially acceptable something sounds is to ask other people. Here in this thread we've discussed how socially acceptable Orb's comments were. After reading this thread do you feel that Orb's comments were socially acceptable? Does it look like this social group in general approves or disapproves? | ||
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Dental Floss
United States1015 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:44 SimDawg wrote: This is a gaming community, you can't compare what happens in his personal stream and on ladder with that happens in a professional setting. Riddle: When is a game not a game? Answer: When its your job. | ||
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Gryffes
United Kingdom763 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:35 TheBlueMeaner wrote: And its really funny how everyone keeps bringing Idra out, he is bad mannered at times, but I have never heard of him using racial slurs to insult his opponents... I've never seen idra use a racial slur, but he's definitely used a lot of homophobic slurs. | ||
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Joedaddy
United States1948 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:44 SimDawg wrote: This is a gaming community, you can't compare what happens in his personal stream and on ladder with that happens in a professional setting. Good luck selling that to corporate America when you want a major sponsorship. | ||
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zodde
Sweden1908 Posts
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