They're not. And Greg says negative things about PlayStation all the time. Most recently, he has criticized the current PS+ revamp and KF as a whole was incredibly blunt about Jim Ryan's bullshit regarding Roe v. Wade.
No idea what you're referring to here. This is feels like borderline accusing KF of being paid shills.
What an absolutely terrible take.
Greg's actions (and KF as a whole) has made it clear where they stand on multiple issues. They are one of the most outspoken video game outlets on social issues -- if not the most outspoken. They call out workplace harassment on a regular basis and have dedicated full podcasts to asking people to vote for Joe Biden and supporting the Black Lives Matter protests.
Every single damn person on ResetEra -- including you -- has been close to someone with shitty views in their lives. People change over time. Sometimes they get better and try to grow and educate themselves on important issues (as Greg has done and spoken about openly). Sometimes they get worse and dive deeper into more extreme circles (like Colin).
No one is perfect. But what you're trying to accuse Greg of, in relation to Colin, is dishonest and gross.
They might take a stand in 2022, they didn't between 2015-2017 and I thought it was shitty. I am happy that they have made their views known since then, I haven't paid any attention to kinda funny since the incident which is why at the time they seemed like PlayStation salesman rather than independent journalists.
People change over time… that hasn't been my lived experience, the vast majority of adults stay exactly the same in regards to politics and views on minorities.
Yes everyone has to deal with people with shitty views, not everyone chooses to go into business with them. People are complicit (sometimes through unconscious bias) in racism, misogyny and homophobia every single day, It is par for the course for most cis white men and you're going to say that Greg had absolutely no idea what sort of person Colin was and say it's dishonest and gross to think that he very likely did. Would you go into business with someone you didn't know personally for years? It's not ok these days but apparently was fine to do in 2015.
I know my view will be in the minority here, I understand the fanbase for Kinda funny is huge and protective but as someone else in this thread said 2016 was a wake up call and I rolled my eyes… It wasn't a wake up call for minorities because we've been fighting this shit our entire life and it's not getting better it's getting worse (even with Joe Biden being president), women in the US are paying today for decisions made in 2016. LGBT people are probably going to lose the right to get married. Trans people continue being abused and erased. I am sincerely happy Kinda Funny are outspoken for the right reasons these days, it doesn't change that it gave Colin a huge platform that he became massively popular on and allowed it to be carried over to his own business. You can bet that young people listen to him think he's fucking rad and want to be successful just like him with his controversial takes and PS reviews. Would he be where he is without Kinda Funny?
You can't just pretend the bad parts of your business (or your favourite Patreon) never happened. He will always be associated with Kinda Funny, the vast majority of this thread is about him.
Giving a platform to dog whistling, racist, misogynists in 2015 and 2016 is how you all ended up with Donald Trump as president.
