Racial Slurs in QuanticDestiny's Stream - Page 89

On May 02 2012 04:58 Zoesan wrote:
Do you really think razer will care? Seriously?

My opinion on this is: if you get offended by words, you deserve to be offended. Destiny is famous because he cusses and sweards and uses slurs. Don't like it don't watch. I don't watch his stream, I don't like him particularly. But I'm not crying and bitching about the use of words. If he started killing asians (or what have you), that would be something else.

It's just like gay and faggot, words I use all the time. Hell, one of my best friends is gay and he doesn't give a flying fuck about the language I use, because he knows how I stand.

On May 02 2012 05:01 Silvertine wrote:

He wasn't trying to personally offend an Asian person... by telling them "Fuck off gook"? You must realize how ridiculous that sounds.

On May 02 2012 04:59 Holytornados wrote:


And a mature language filter for those he plays against in game.

On May 02 2012 05:02 Argolis wrote:


So streamers using less slurs will solve racism. I'm shocked nobody figured this out yet!

On May 02 2012 04:55 TheKefka wrote:
I think its sorta late to make a serious post in this thread,but just stop for a second and think about the situation in which he used the word gook and the sort of punishment some of you people are advocating by emailing his sponsors/team,whatever.Your essentially trying to get a guy fired for using a bad word in a state of rage which,partially,the OP induced.I'm not a destiny fan but do you honestly think having him loose his job would satisfy you in any way?
Speaking about double standards why has no one started this "email the sponsors" craze before,while he was actively throwing the words nigger and rape around which was 100 times worse imo(when you casually say it without a second thought) than the context in which the word gook was used in this situation,out of ladder rage.
Oh yea,orb was fired in the mean time so the people suddenly feel empowered to decide when its right to ask for a persons head on a plate.I don't get how so many of you are in such a drunk rage to get a man fired when I bet most of you had a situation in real life,in which if I would have taken a out of context screen shot or video I could run out to your boss and get you fired for it.
I don't think that racial discrimination is right and I don't think we should encourage it,but this "KILL IT WITH FIRE" mentality is something that I am really confused by.

On May 02 2012 05:02 Argolis wrote:


So streamers using less slurs will solve racism. I'm shocked nobody figured this out yet!

On May 02 2012 05:02 Wombat_NI wrote:
I use faggot in a similar way as you do (probably) and it's not my gay friends that are offended, but people acting 'on their behalf' to appear fucking progressive and tolerant. To divine the meaning of what is said and whether there is racist/homophobic etc intent requires an ability to contexualise which half of the respondents here seem to lack. Racist epithets don't always denote racist viewpoints.

On May 02 2012 04:57 Denzil wrote:


So you're trying to save the scene by destroying the scene?

On May 01 2012 22:16 WardenSC wrote:
I was playing vs QuanticDestiny a few hours ago where he was calling me a "gook" and a bunch of offensive words. Now I understand that one may get frustrated if he/she loses in a game (I've been there myself). I also understand that it is his stream and he may say that he can do whatever the hell he wants in his stream. However, he stands now as a "community figure" who has the reach to influence thousands of viewers daily and can skew the public's view of sc2 community in an extremely negative direction.

Isn't it reasonable to expect a level of professionalism from a player that plays on a professional team? I just don't think spurting out racial slurs left and right in front of a large audience is why Quantic sponsors Destiny to market their team.

As a note, I don't think QuanticDestiny is a true racist. However, I do believe that ignorance towards his excessive use of racial slurs would eventually lead to tolerance within the community and that would be a very dangerous outcome.

On May 02 2012 05:02 Kaitlin wrote:


Actually, you can't compare the two. You can't compare people playing a video game over the internet to organized professional sports leagues. Derek Jeter is a member of Major League Baseball. The commissioner can punish him for making racial slurs as it hurts Major League Baseball. Destiny is not part of any such "League". Now, he has entered into contracts with Quantic, and sponsors, so they can make their own business decisions of whether they want to be associated with him, but they can't "punish" him. They can't stop him from doing what he does. They can simply cut their ties.

On May 02 2012 04:58 besteady wrote:


Yes, the people complaining about someone in destinys position calling someone a faggot and a gook infront of thousands of (possibly young)viewers need to "live and let live".

On May 02 2012 05:05 HorsemasterK wrote:


So you honestly expect people to have some divine knowledge of your innner thoughts to KNOW that you are not racist, or to somehow assume that when you use racist/homophobic language you are, in fact, NOT racist?

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

On May 02 2012 05:05 denzelz wrote:


Here's a solution. To those who are offended by Destiny, go write an email to Razer or whoever sponsors Quantic. I've already sent my email. That's probably the most effective way to get him to stop. Arguing in here is not productive at all.