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deadmau5 banned from twitch for using homophobic slur on a twitch livestream against a "stream sniper"
- Thread starter Dreamboum
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I like a lot of Deadmau5's music and ive been to see him live and it was a good time but god damn for someone with all that money, fame and talent he is such an unimaginable pissbaby. He can't even apologise properly. Here Joel, let me do it for you:
"I understand that calling someone a derogatory term for homosexual is offensive and should not be in my vocabulary, nor should it be tossed out as easy as i did. To the LGBTQ+ community i would say this: I honestly don't harbour negative feelings towards you and i can only apologise for this incredibly poor choice of words spoken out of anger and frustration. It's not an excuse to say it was down to getting angry and frustrated from playing a videogame. There are people who have heard those words much, much more often than they ever should have to and i'm so sorry that you have now heard it from me. Bla bla bla i shall work to better myself bla bla bla here's a donation to the Trevor project bla bla" there you go, job done.
"I understand that calling someone a derogatory term for homosexual is offensive and should not be in my vocabulary, nor should it be tossed out as easy as i did. To the LGBTQ+ community i would say this: I honestly don't harbour negative feelings towards you and i can only apologise for this incredibly poor choice of words spoken out of anger and frustration. It's not an excuse to say it was down to getting angry and frustrated from playing a videogame. There are people who have heard those words much, much more often than they ever should have to and i'm so sorry that you have now heard it from me. Bla bla bla i shall work to better myself bla bla bla here's a donation to the Trevor project bla bla" there you go, job done.
Honestly took me a second to realize that the apology was already generated and that it wasn't the introduction to the apology generator written in the style.
Just read this update too. I wish he started with this attitude instead of the stupid rant, he went from "heated gamer moment" to another "heated moment". While it's good that he managed to do better apology, he already did damage to it with his prior rant and getting defensive. Live and learn hopefully.
that's nice but it's basically the same sentiment he said a few months ago
User Banned (Permanent): Excusing Homophobia; Account in Junior Phase
Oh no, he said a bad word while he was angry. Obviously he shouldn't have said it, but completely banning him over it is an excessive move by Twitch.
You know, this is basically my response as well. Haven't heard the word used for years except by people who are obviously ignorant and likely homophobic. Maybe I just don't get around as much as I thought I did.
"I used 'cock-sucking fag' to insult an individual" and "I didn't mean to imply that being gay was bad in general" are pretty much mutually exclusive. Anyone with half a brain should realise that. The only way it can be an insult in the first place is if you think there's something inherently negative about it. Otherwise, it'd be the equivalent of using other perfectly neutral words like "hopeful employee" or "food-eating pedestrian" as insults. The reason nobody does that is because nobody thinks that those words have negative connotations. Now, it's possible that a person has divorced the word so much from its meaning that they use it as an empty swearword without realising the implications but then they should at least be able to understand those implications in retrospect, not double down.
User Warned: Use of the word "retarded" is not allowed on ResetEra
My brother is severely "retarded" or both mentally and physically disabled. And i've never seen it as a slur. Ive heard it used in so many ways that unless I hear it actually be used towards a disabled person it doesnt bother me or anyone else in my family, really. Less so now but it is a legitimate word you can use in regards to a person or a condition, it just matters on the context its being used in.
Still hear it all the time in the LGBTQ community and it boggles my mind.
No, please don't use it just because it doesn't offend you or your family personally. There's no need for the word, whatever you want to say you can say without it. It hurts people, no matter who it's aimed at.
I mean, I'm sure people like this would do the same thing in that circumstance.
I've been saying this exact thing for years now. People got banned all the time from places on the Internet, but now when it happens it's always "but muh free speech!" This shit has nothing to do with your free speech rights. You're not owed a platform.
I haven't used that word in nearly 15 years. I expunged it from my vocabulary. Why is it so hard for "heated gamers" to do the same?
A lot of LGBTQ+ people reclaim offensive words like say the one that deadmau5 used. If you can reclaim something and it no longer holds any power over you it's pretty useful for getting through life. Those words cant hurt me anymore. Really it's all about context. When joking around with friends they can call me every name under the sun cause i know it doesn't come from a place of hate, but if a stranger was to come up to me and spew derogatory words at me it would be a whole different matter. Now you could argue that it wasn't deadmau5's intent to cause offence to LGBTQ+ people, that it was just really poor choice of words, but honestly i dont think that excuse can ever really wash with straight people. It's well known the power those words have and it's the first choice for most people who do intend to cause what they would consider the most offence.
User Banned (5 Days): Defending Ableist Language; Ignoring Mod Warning
Except my brother, doesnt hurt him and others that can use the word in a context where its appropriate. Like I said as long as your not calling a disabled person that word as an insult or way of putting them down, it doesnt bother me who says it. It just isnt, and it never will.
I think it being used within the LGBTQ community is a little different. They are allowed to 'own' the word more than straight be people are. Hopefully doesn't mean those using it have internalized homophobia, but they could.
Me and my sister are both gay and we call eachother it all the time (in a joking way of course)
Its just funny to us, But we never call anyone else it or say it in public.
User banned (3 days): inappropriate joke
I mean I hate cigarettes as much as the next guy but come on man!
I hear it used both ways. More often than not it is used as a pejorative. That's what really gets to me.
If a word has been used to beat down, harass, hurt, humiliate, dehumanize, and/or abuse a community, the members of that community are well within their right to do what they want with the word, whether that's reclaiming it or throwing it in the trash. As for everyone else: DON'T USE IT.
It's really that simple. Put in a modicum of effort to delete slurs from your vocabulary if you were ever crass enough to have used them.
It's really that simple. Put in a modicum of effort to delete slurs from your vocabulary if you were ever crass enough to have used them.