My statement and apologies - Page 55

On March 10 2012 11:31 Bonkarooni wrote:


Oh sorry, you didnt call them stupid, you just called them a bastard...much better.

On March 10 2012 11:02 DaemonX wrote:
Actually you weren't wrong - Alex Garfield admitted he thought you were not actually racist.

He's a hypocritical sanctimonious asshat, you have nothing to apologise for.

How many, honestly HOW MANY people, especially those faux-PC reddit drama trolls, if you trawled through their entire history of every replay they had on ladder, custom, stream, skype snippets recorded, maybe their IM chat records, would not have comments similarly embaressing to be taken out of context?

I mean even Mr Garfield, assuming his irritating rant about his own educational credentials and spotless personal ethics are face-value true, has many people in his employ that do not meet these standards. Idra is the most famous but far, far from the only example. Ever heard InControl talk? Baller chap, says stuff sometimes you could take out of context.

Christ had a point with the whole 'those without sin casting the first stone' shebang, really he did.
You my friend are a martyr of the free word.

On March 10 2012 12:27 avilo wrote:

Let's look at this another way. Would anyone have batted an eyelash or even cared if orb was black? I highly, highly doubt it, and if there is an amazing black caster that happens to say the N word on his own time, do you seriously think anyone would even have the gaul to say he can't use the word? Do you think if there was a caster that good right now being hired for an event, that the company would be able to suddenly fire him because he's black and happens to use the N word every now and then in common speech in a different context? Hell no. That would actually be discriminiation.

On March 10 2012 12:13 Probasaur wrote:
Wheat had a show called, coincidentally, EG. Where him and his friends would talk all things game. Callers would call up and if they said something stupid djWheat and pals would go on to call him every name in the book.


I love wheat and I think he's one of the best as far as entertainment value goes for our humble little sport. But acting like this is an isolated incident is nonsense. None of this would be happening if Reddit foreveralone's didn't hate their own lives and make this not about racism but about an act of jealousy and pathetic intentions. I've seen many reddit threads where their outrage and activism of contacting sponsors is absolutely justified and warranted. But I honestly believe a bunch of kids who have their own inner demons battling racism, or sexism, or homophobia..... They think that if they have this holy-er than God persecution towards everyone who hardly does something negative that they need to go and crucify them. Making them feel like good people.

Sounds like the idiotic Kony tools and it clearly is just people in r/starcraft who saw what happen to Limbaugh and thought "we can do that too I want to be an activist" then they contacted sponsors and started an unnecessary shitstorm. Congrats lil forever alone reddit starcraft kids. You just drove away a seriously professional and intelligible personality away from our humble little sport. Hope you're satisfied.

On March 10 2012 12:41 sevencck wrote:
I'll use cheating at a university as a metaphor.

I work at a university. Cheating in any way is wrong and can be punished harshly. Yet hundreds and hundreds of undergrads cheat, to the point where cheating has become almost casual in some ways. When one person is finally caught cheating, he is raked across the coals in a big way, and it isn't just because he was cheating, but it's also a reflection of the university wanting to make an example of someone and send a message. In other words, he becomes a scapegoat and bears the punishment for all those the university would love to catch in the act. It often isn't appropriate and in my opinion it's a bit of a problem. It sometimes comes across as the university trying to wash its hands of any possibility of being seen as too lenient on plagiarism.

Now to the issue at hand. Derogatory language is OK by me, but racism and to a lesser extent sexism is wrong and can in fact be punished harshly (just like cheating can). The fact that you're using the N word so casually is offensive and ridiculous, as it is when any immature person does it (and many, many people do it quite casually). In your case it was made worse by the lies. Unfortunately for you, you're the one that's been caught and singled out. Despite the fact that you were doing something wrong, however, I don't agree with the overwhelming response raking you across the coals. What this looks like to me is a very immature community trying to wash its hands of any association with racism and throwing one of its formerly celebrated members under the bus in doing so.

Hope everyone feels cleaner.

Edit: Agree with Avilo

On March 10 2012 12:27 avilo wrote:
People are naive if they think that a lot of the other top pros/players are never BM online or are saints. There's lots of other of these "community figures" that are BM as hell but no one bats an eyelash.

On March 10 2012 12:10 Defacer wrote:



Sure it is. I'm not even questioning their intelligence. They're just conniving, cowardly bastards.